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Talked to an idiot today that is closing on a house with no inspection in 2 days. They are in a hurry to beat the interest rate hike. Fail on so many levels.

I send a thank you note, only because the people who interview me normally have 10,000 things going at once. Almost every time I sent one I heard back. They just had so much stuff going on they didn't do it till they got my note. Some of them I call. If you got interviewed with 50 other people I...

I live in the south and LOTS of houses have mold. There's mold and then there's mold. If you are interested have it inspected and find out. It's not uncommon here to have that smell of mold/mildew in out of reach places or not part of the main house and it's not great but it's not harmful.

Have thank you notes fallen out of favor a few days after an interview?

I have never been asked any of these types of questions. They ask about two things in almost all of the ones I have had in 25 years. One, tell me about your work experience and what you typically do. Two, tell us about the other companies you have worked for and what are they doing to solve...

Hurry up and wait. I'm sure it happens a lot of places. Guy interviewed me once because they had to get someone in place right away. That seemed to be the problem lol and he mentioned it 25 times and talked of timelines of getting someone in there in a few days. I didn't hear anything for a few...

When I first started in this work 25 years ago the shop unionized. That didn't last AT ALL. They put up a board listing what welder 1st class made, fitter 1st class made and on down the line. Everyone got grouped up and they found out a lot of them were getting above average pay and no...

I don't know. I wasn't involved in their negotiations. I asked the president who does all that once. He said they don't get anything the other shop and our shop got. Just health insurance (entire company pays 100% of health insurance premium) and two weeks of vacation and X days of sick time...

The place I just left is non union in TX obviously. We have 2 shops in MS about 15 minutes apart. One builds sub assemblies for the other. One shop is unionized and the other isn't. It's a very weak union. You can't call up and ask for another X or whatever. Anyway the unionzied shop makes on...

Well they way they phrase it doesn't help. Are you familiar with? That's a terrible way to ask a question. I'm familiar with how nuclear power plants work, but you wouldn't want me to have anything to do with them. But they always ask if I am familiar with X and Y. Yeah I'm familiar with a...

I attend one a year on average. They have the festival for it in the spring which is where that pic came from, but I've never been. I have to go out Thursday and kill a few hogs for this one. It's kind of like a crawfish boil. Part food, and part socializing while you eat and entertainment.

I always like when the interviewer or recruiter ask you a yes or no question because they have no clue what it means. Who doesn't answer yes. Recruiters always ask if I'm familiar with API, AWS, ASME, AISC codes and stuff and I know they don't even know what those mean in the slightest. Who...

Been back in LA for a week and I think I have gained 10 pounds. Just when I thought I had it under control I got an invite to a cochon de lait this weekend. Here comes another 10 pounds.

The SEC network must have run out of stuff to do shows on already. Tonight they have one on the coach that was at LSU for a total of 47 days before dying in a plane crash.

I got a check from the original hospital today for the exact amount they turned me over to collections for. So they billed me. I paid it. They cashed the check. They turned me over to collections. I had it removed from my credit report by sending the agencies a copy of the cancelled check. Then...

They always want someone with more experience. A professor I know said when they interviewed him for the job they wanted someone with more experience. He wrote the book so to speak on that entire subject. He invented it.

My brother in law was a supervisor for a McDonalds franchise in south Louisiana and southwest MS until a few months ago. Not exactly a high cost of living area. Their starting pay is just over $11/hour. They had to pay that to get people who would actually show up. Of course for just manual...

My parents live in an area where the only code is for a commercial/retail business. There is no code of a home and their house has 2x6 walls which is very odd there in the south, and full of insulation. It's 3,400 sq.ft. and they are there all the time and average about $125/month electric bill...

Not worth a damn. Good luck getting anything other than lead/steel to fly more than a few feet with enough energy to penetrate waterfowl etc... There's a reason salt load won't even penetrate a person past about 10-15 yards and that's if they don't have any clothes in the way. It's a novelty...

Guess they counted where the ball went when he turns it stretches out. I still want to hear the official answer from the SEC next week on stopping the clock on a non first down pass. Then they huddled around and started the play like ummmm OK we forgot what we were doing. I don't know what...

Maybe so, still seems odd they didn't measure considering it was the drive that almost changed the outcome of the game. Same drive they wound up stopping the clock on a pass that wasn't a first down. They stopped the clock and ran out there and then said ooops it wasn't a first and reset with...

MSU got a first down on this.

I laughed.

That will NEVER happen.

New York state APPROVES $15 minimum wage for fast-food workers | Daily Mail Online Apparently it's just fast food workers if I read that right. Other industries to follow later. So those making $9-$14 in non fast food are fucked.

The good news is steel shot isn't required for grouse so you get a soft lead pellet instead of a rock hard steel pellet like you get in ducks/geese. Almost early teal season. I can already taste them

Resume padding?

LSU is out 3.2 million for the cancelled game. Then the AD opened his mouth about ticket refunds and confused everyone that they would get the entire ticket price back. The TAF came out and said he's a moron and doesn't speak for us. Well considering the average face value of a ticket is $25...

I very rarely see pumpkin stuff around halloween other than maybe a pumpkin pie at the grocery store and it's for a week tops. Maybe because people don't raise pumpkins here.

Not a fan of coffee. I used to work at a place that shared the driveway with the community coffee place where they unloaded the beans via a grain elevator off the river and then roasted. So 3 days a week this overpowering smell of coffee. Hated it.

Do people get an aquarium for christmas and then need stuff/fish to fill it in January? Just guessing. I can see lots of people buying "part" of a gift and then making you finish it out or giving a gift card to help. In the past our busiest time of the year has been January thru March and...

We/they didn't lay off anyone. I quit when I was told not to do the job I was hired to do. I was given the option after I quit to stay on anyway. I passed. I have a contract that last till the end of the year and the owner said they will continue to pay me and pay for the house I'm currently in...

They are somewhat like Chik Fil A around here. Pretty quick with people working there that don't speak ebonics, are friendly, and get the job done. That's a lot of the draw compared to some of the other places. As far as I know the menu hasn't changed in 20+ years since I ate at the first one...

I'm officially unemployed now even tho I get paid till the end of the year. I'm supposed to consult during that period. We'll see. Owner came to town and told me to lay off the petro chemical approach. I was specifically hired to do that by the president of the company. Apparently it was...

In Amarillo they have the steak house where they put your pic up if you eat an entire 72oz steak with "fixings". There's a fair number of women on that wall.

I've done two leases on property I own. Both times they stopped drilling entirely in the area shortly after. First was the big downturn when everything just dried up. The second was just as oil was starting to drop and it was in an area that is very expensive oil wise. So they shut it down too...

Guess I did, lost track of the post sorry. Rumors and a fair number of articles about Exxon buying up Chevron. I don't think the US government will alow that regardless of who is in power. Just selling ad space I imagine. I don't see it happening at all.

If you were in the south your guys would be begging for time off unpaid during hunting season. Hapened every year in our shop. You could give some guys 2 months off during hunting season (it last 5 months here) without pay and they would take it. It would coincide with your slow time, it didn't...

I can imagine secretaries talking about personal stuff, but how would they know about bonus checks? That's one thing every place I have worked is on top of. Everywhere else they get the outside company that does them to hand deliver them and you have to sign for them - right there. Regular pay...

Between this and the new ghostbusters. Pass. Worst part is young people will think "you liked this shit?"