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I posted this in the Evo thread (but could have posted it here):
It finally shipped, but FedEX won't allow me to cancel the shipment. Instead, I must allow them to ship the package from Nevada to here, then give it back to them. According to their website, I might be able to skip that step by putting a note on my door for the delivery person, but I have no confidence that will actually work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Story of my life…and most of the time I haven’t had much money.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
Pretty much any email from a ski area or pass vendor that doesn’t specifically address the current conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
you’re a lot smarter than Danno - that guy’s fkn dum
Shit that annoys me at times are QR codes on every menu.
I get it for printing cost savings and having to wipe down a menu from children spittle, but I don't really like carrying my phone with me when I go out to a restaurant, just give me the paper menu and I'll be happy. [Luddite out]
Employers using antiquated technology for job applications.
No, I’m not going to provide you with a nicely formatted resume and then type all of that information into your little text boxes.
You are showing me that your company does not value efficiency and time management. Goodbye.
^I'm told it's so they can search easily for attractive buzz words or phrases, or something.
Sure. But as a software guy, if you want to use 2007 era software to attract talent, you’re not going to succeed very well. Says too much about the organization and it’s lack of solution forward products.
Grocery store Sushi. It has become a game of them seeing just how incredibly thin and meagre-ly they can slice the fish before customers say this is bullshit.
Yes. ThisQuote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Upload your résumé
Fuck the fill in the box forms
You lost me at grocery store sushiQuote:
Originally Posted by rideit
I’ll eat sushi from Nugget or Wegman’s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
I'm not defending this crap. It's annoying and seemingly irrelevant. I was job searching months ago and ended up ignoring anyone who went with this approach. (maybe it worked for them?!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Hiring systems and job requirements pre-2020 were designed to weed out the chaff by being intentionally difficult or choosy so as to winnow the pool.
Not surprised that some HRs haven’t figured out that if they want to hire people they should make it easier. It’s sort of the equivalent of the business that posts some semi-nasty job job requiring “no whining”, “pride in your job,” or whatever other bullshit they thing their staff should deal with. Smart job seekers are using it as a screen to avoid bad companies.
This more or less. Our HR system (govt) uses that confounded ‘questionnaire’ that copies the resume/CV. It sucks but HR always think they are Dog’s gift and are slow to adapt to new tools and hiring situations.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldnew_guy
Seeing as any other sushi outing here is gonna run a few hundred, I'll occasionally get my fix from Albies or Whole Grocer. Or roll our own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Not sure where you live, but I definitely have my cheap $20 sushi takeout spot and my $1-200 sushi spot here. That’s the only way I can keep it reasonable.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
I’ve done grocery sushi before but never had good experiences. It’s the rice, not the fish, that gets me.
I had some excellent $32/person all you can eat sushi in LV the other day. Although the menu was a QR code on the opposite corner of the table from me, which I had to keep rescanning because of my fucked up ad-ridden QR scanner and the fucked up menu--I gave up and let my kid order. I don't know shit about sushi anyway.
Costco near us in Sacramento has some decent sushi.
Is that a teleski off call out?Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
That could be a first.
The rules would have to be unique and involve puzzles and shit, like spelling, and LSAT's, and mouth breathing.
The rice at the Allbies is actually excellent when you hit it right. The Sushi people are from Burma, of all places. If you wonder where I live, think of the absolutely most expensive tourist place/ski town you can think of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Ain’t no ‘cheap’ takeout Sushi here, really.
Except the grocery store.
Serious question: what if you don't have a phone? Will they not take your order? /don'tgetaroundmuchanymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by mtnjam
The last job interview I had was a couple years ago, right before covid. I made it to the in-person round. I sat at the end of a long conference table of high ranking dept heads at least a dozen stories up. They knew my credentials, but couldn't believe that I really wanted the job. When I convinced them why, all they could ask was how I could manage, sort, organize, and track all of my work by myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldnew_guy
I told them that I wrote the software myself, flipped my laptop around, showed my workflow while they all crouched over and looked at my screens partitioned, including my interview notes and progress notes as it was going.
I asked them about certain legal normative positions they held- they deferred to oblique answers. Then I asked if they had anything else for me because I had a long drive home.
They never even bothered to call back, or e-mail. Then a buddy of mine became the head AG, no shit, we actually started an entire law review together from the seed. I never did apply again. I think that is the last time I actually saw Danno. We may have gone for a beer afterwards. I didn't track that. The whole point of that job was so that I could be free to just think and write, and not track shit. I guess that backfired, and thus TRG is stuck with me.
well ..... now we're all annoyed.
https://nypost.com/2022/08/16/i-only...cal-condition/
Pfffh. She is the real hero we all need half of.
Or, 1.5 of? Or 2. I used to be a high school math teacher, but it all goes to shit in that zone. I also had an avatar for over a decade that just said, tits or gtfo. Those were the days man. Those were the days.
I’ll still out tele the both of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
as long as I don’t have to ski Lemonboy’s scary shizz
I’d seriously consider crossing the poutine curtain to see that TGR downhill.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
She and John Bobbitt should make a porno.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
I ski like a fucking log truck with dodgy brakesQuote:
Originally Posted by BCMtnHound
look out below
cuz here we go
I’m the worst professional skier I know
At least you are getting paid! At best I have to don the white cross pro-bono to get appreciated for my lack of steeze.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
I’m barely getting paid these days
“Face shots are powerful currency”
Dodge has new owners
They will gladly bring you a printed menu from 3 months ago and try to explain what's no longer offered on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
Sirius fucking XM spam callers. Fuck those fucking fuckers. Over the course of the free trial that came with my new auto, it went from one a week, to 2-3 a week, to 2-3 a day. Their MO must be to use private contractors who do actual scam calls for their day job because every single fucking call has that scammer vibe, from the random numbers, to the lack of professional sounding people with horrible call quality. Half the numbers come up as "possible scam caller" in Google Fi. No, I don't use the Google call screener, it fucked me up on some medical calls, lost some important appointments, big hassle. I was about to take one of the SXM offers that came in the mail [online sign up of course, I'm not giving the scam callers any satisfaction.] However, this week has been brutal. Fuck them. They tipped me over the edge I don't even really like SXM that much. Now when they call I scream stop calling me and hang up. Unfortunately I need to answer the local seeming numbers that call. No real way I can avoid that.
I don’t give one single shit about Brittney Griner
you bring weed into Russia you’re gonna get arrested dumbfuck
You really think the time fit the crime? In my opinion she has suffered enough. Yeah, not a great decision on her part, but I'm glad she's coming home.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
Seriously. WTF was that moran thinking?Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
That's like thinking it's totally fine to bring contraband material into Singapore. Yeah, no. Don't do that.
Not in America, but when you go to Russia (or ANY foreign country), you don't gamble on these things. The reason Griner especially deserved this bit of karmic justice is how she'd walk off the court before the US National Anthem would even begin playing, in protest. Gotta love how quickly one can change their tune on the issue. Just takes a bit of time chilling out in a cell in Russia to understand. Especially when one talks shit about the US and goes to work for the Russians.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
I certainly find it interesting that everyone takes at face value that Russia is lying about all things Ukraine, but take as gospel that Russia has said Griener actually brought anything illegal into Russia. Yes, I’m aware she signed some document saying she did.
Yeah. Russia was clearly looking for leverage against the US support of Ukraine and Griner got caught up in it. Anyone saying she “deserves” it either doesn’t understand the whole picture or has some implicit biases they should examine.