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Clodfobble · 10-30-2014, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

The only dream left for the default parent is to contract a highly contagious, non-life threatening virus.

No shit, when meningitis put me in the hospital for four days it was awesome. I wasn't just on morphine, I was on morphine and alone. In silence.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-30-2014, 06:20 PM

That's why I was taken back when you talked about having more.

Clodfobble · 10-30-2014, 06:52 PM

Oh, that was long ago, and was more about me letting go of old Plans (TM) rather than a real consideration. Mr. Clod got snipped like 2 years ago.

Aliantha · 10-30-2014, 06:56 PM

Thank god for you guys. I was starting to wonder if i was being unreasonable. Haha. Turns out, not.

classicman · 10-30-2014, 08:30 PM

Missed that on your Fb page. Lil too accurate for me. Ms. Wonderful stopped by tonight without warning to take Dan for dinner.

Aliantha · 10-30-2014, 10:57 PM

Oh awesome! Hope Dan had a good time and got home in time for bed. xx

busterb · 11-01-2014, 11:20 AM

X-mas music started today. WTF?

Griff · 11-01-2014, 09:16 PM

Saw a damn lit tree in a yard today.

sexobon · 11-01-2014, 11:00 PM

Maybe the lights are meant to attract turkeys for Thanksgiving.

Aliantha · 11-02-2014, 04:15 AM

all the shops here are full of xmas stuff. most of them started a couple of weeks ago.

Carruthers · 11-02-2014, 05:02 AM

One local supermarket has been quietly bringing in stocks of Christmas goods for a few weeks now.

Tins of sweets and biscuits (cookies) that are only sold at Chistmas have been appearing at the ends of aisles in ever greater volume.

There's no overt reference to Christmas as yet, but it doesn't take the detective skills of Sherlock Holmes to work out what's going on.

Griff · 11-02-2014, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by sexobon

Maybe the lights are meant to attract turkeys for Thanksgiving.

I'm thinking the turkey put them up.

John Adams · 11-12-2014, 05:01 PM

Just had a fifth interview this morning, was told this afternoon I was over qualified, the position pays significantly more than I am making now doing almost the same thing. Plus, it is much closer to home so my commute, when I go to the office, would be half of what it is now. They are concerned I would get bored and leave in six months.

Shouldn't they at least give me the opportunity to say yes?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-12-2014, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by John Adams

...the position pays significantly more than I am making now doing almost the same thing.

Do they know that? Was the pay rate set before you applied?

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Shouldn't they at least give me the opportunity to say yes?

In a fair world they should, but we know better don't we. Sorry, but at least you're working.

monster · 11-12-2014, 09:10 PM

How long have you done your current job?

Do they have someone else they can hire?

If not, maybe you could split the difference between what you earn now and what they offered and suggest you work for that for 6 months and if you don't split, they pay you that plus the difference from that point

10-30-2014, 06:20 PM	#5687
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's why I was taken back when you talked about having more. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-30-2014, 06:52 PM	#5688
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh, that was long ago, and was more about me letting go of old Plans (TM) rather than a real consideration. Mr. Clod got snipped like 2 years ago. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-30-2014, 06:56 PM	#5689
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Thank god for you guys. I was starting to wonder if i was being unreasonable. Haha. Turns out, not. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-30-2014, 08:30 PM	#5690
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Missed that on your Fb page. Lil too accurate for me. Ms. Wonderful stopped by tonight without warning to take Dan for dinner. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-30-2014, 10:57 PM	#5691
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Oh awesome! Hope Dan had a good time and got home in time for bed. xx __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-01-2014, 11:20 AM	#5692
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	X-mas music started today. WTF? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-01-2014, 09:16 PM	#5693
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Saw a damn lit tree in a yard today. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-01-2014, 11:00 PM	#5694
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Maybe the lights are meant to attract turkeys for Thanksgiving.

11-02-2014, 04:15 AM	#5695
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	all the shops here are full of xmas stuff. most of them started a couple of weeks ago. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-02-2014, 05:02 AM	#5696
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	One local supermarket has been quietly bringing in stocks of Christmas goods for a few weeks now. Tins of sweets and biscuits (cookies) that are only sold at Chistmas have been appearing at the ends of aisles in ever greater volume. There's no overt reference to Christmas as yet, but it doesn't take the detective skills of Sherlock Holmes to work out what's going on. __________________

11-12-2014, 05:01 PM	#5698
John Adams Founder of Freedom Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 58	Just had a fifth interview this morning, was told this afternoon I was over qualified, the position pays significantly more than I am making now doing almost the same thing. Plus, it is much closer to home so my commute, when I go to the office, would be half of what it is now. They are concerned I would get bored and leave in six months. Shouldn't they at least give me the opportunity to say yes?

11-12-2014, 09:10 PM	#5700
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	How long have you done your current job? Do they have someone else they can hire? If not, maybe you could split the difference between what you earn now and what they offered and suggest you work for that for 6 months and if you don't split, they pay you that plus the difference from that point __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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