No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


msbelle - Sep 23, 2016 10:21:37 am PDT #28077 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I emailed my boss asking if they were looking to save a specific amount over the next 17 weeks since I can run #s on various things and project ways to reach that. It seems to be just generalized pressure to get out more product and people at risk would not be me. Still.


Jesse - Sep 23, 2016 10:33:27 am PDT #28078 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Maybe the specificity was to see if you'd made up information for jobs you didn't have. I personally find it more likely that you wouldn't remember specifics from a job 20 years ago than if you could say "Oh, yes, on Project XYZ I was able to get a 10% improvement on the performance of Sprocket Q in the Doomsday Process."

I swear he was surprised when I was just like, "I don't remember the details, but here is the gist...." Recruiters, man.

I emailed my boss asking if they were looking to save a specific amount over the next 17 weeks since I can run #s on various things and project ways to reach that.

What a great idea!


-t - Sep 23, 2016 10:47:03 am PDT #28079 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's a good idea, msbelle!

Oh, right, recruiter. That changes my mental picture of the interview.


brenda m - Sep 23, 2016 10:53:24 am PDT #28080 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Sounds like he read an article on interview questions.


lisah - Sep 23, 2016 10:55:37 am PDT #28081 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

Yeah, sounds like he's maybe not a great recruiter.


Jesse - Sep 23, 2016 10:55:59 am PDT #28082 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It sounded a lot like that.

I'm sorry to go into excruciating detail here, but I was about to post on the Ask A Manager open thread but then got paranoid. So I was all revved up to talk about it, and you get the benefit(?)!


sarameg - Sep 23, 2016 11:00:13 am PDT #28083 of 30003

Office move scheduled for Oct 14! Only 3 more weeks and 28 extra miles of the stupid commute!


-t - Sep 23, 2016 11:00:39 am PDT #28084 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I feel like I have a better understanding of the world around me now, Jesse.

So I was whining to the air that I guessed I wouldn't do the National Cooking Day thing when the deadline hit and I hadn't settled on anything, and my cube-neighbor asked if that meant no more candied bacon, so I went ahead and put in my commitment to make the deviled eggs with candied bacon that I had made for the wedding shower. If my entry was too late, I'm sure my coworkers will eat them up for me.

IOmeN: I think I have decided not to go to Tai Chi practice tomorrow even though I have only been to one this month because I just do not want to leave the house all weekend.


Zenkitty - Sep 23, 2016 12:07:39 pm PDT #28085 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I am reading and giving everyone my love and support but I have no spoons right now. I'm out of utensils.

I just do not want to leave the house all weekend.

Oh, I feel ya. I have to put on pants and a bra long enough to hit the pack-n-mail place, but otherwise I'm not going past my mailbox this weekend.


shrift - Sep 23, 2016 12:11:49 pm PDT #28086 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm sorry to go into excruciating detail here, but I was about to post on the Ask A Manager open thread but then got paranoid.

Nah, that definitely sounds more like trying to answer questions to verify your identity after your bank detects fraud.

It's only 2pm, and I don't feel like doing more work today. Of course, if I'm not working, then I probably should go through another module in my online class at Stanford, but it's dryyyy. This professional certification needs more dinosaurs or volcanoes.