Hounding After Hours
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Dang, that looked like it was going to be good.
Night, sheep.
If you wake up in the oven blame Haggis.
Night, sheep.
If you wake up in the oven blame Haggis.
Haggis looks like a drug dog that got a big sniff of the good stuff. He's probably at the club right now talking about buying a boat.
Got paid today. I hate working for a company that just wants to bleed you until you die.
I got another reject in the e-mail, which means another sub tomorrow.
Got paid today. I hate working for a company that just wants to bleed you until you die.
I got another reject in the e-mail, which means another sub tomorrow.
Applied for another job myself today. Third email in 2 days. This one would be perfect though - report writer with technical/engineering background (I did this for 8 years and off and on for about the last 30). If I get no reply on this one I'll be paying a "friendly" visit to someone's office to discuss the definition of discrimination with them.
Greg, go get 'em! I'm getting tired of these companies hiring teenagers because cheap work is good enough.
My company does the same thing. Oddly enough, if you make a lot of sales, they find a way to get rid of you because commissions come out of their end, not the client's. So, they take the numbers, show off and then quietly get rid of you if you perform well.
I'm a glorified chair-sitter. My job is to have my butt in the chair so they can bill the client for the hours. Anything else is just gravy.
My company does the same thing. Oddly enough, if you make a lot of sales, they find a way to get rid of you because commissions come out of their end, not the client's. So, they take the numbers, show off and then quietly get rid of you if you perform well.
I'm a glorified chair-sitter. My job is to have my butt in the chair so they can bill the client for the hours. Anything else is just gravy.
I'd love to hear it actually.
I'm having horrible school issues myself... so bad I almost had a mental breakdown this morning.
They gave me an F!!! Yeah an F on my incomplete course. I freaked out! Turns out they put that on my record because my dumbass teacher never contacted them with my grade! So glad I almost lost all sanity, because my teacher didnt do HER job. YAY! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I hate my school!!!
I'm having horrible school issues myself... so bad I almost had a mental breakdown this morning.
They gave me an F!!! Yeah an F on my incomplete course. I freaked out! Turns out they put that on my record because my dumbass teacher never contacted them with my grade! So glad I almost lost all sanity, because my teacher didnt do HER job. YAY! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I hate my school!!!
good morning! I have the day off and a ton of crap to do. Hope I can get some stuff done today.
Oh no. Did you get your proper grade yet?
At least you know what is going on and how to correct it.
There is a plus side, don't melt down just yet.
Mine's really fun.
No school books, test or quizzes are allowed to leave the school.
Parenting a child in this school is much like:
Driving a foreign car in the dark through zero visability fog on an unknown road without a clear destination, compass, or map while an impatient tractor trailer driver rides the bumper charging his horn.
At least you know what is going on and how to correct it.
There is a plus side, don't melt down just yet.
Mine's really fun.
No school books, test or quizzes are allowed to leave the school.
Parenting a child in this school is much like:
Driving a foreign car in the dark through zero visability fog on an unknown road without a clear destination, compass, or map while an impatient tractor trailer driver rides the bumper charging his horn.
Well that sounds completely stupid! Why arent they allowed to leave the school? My mom used to sit down with me after every failed or close to failed test and go over what the right answers were so I knew the material. That way she also knew what i was having trouble with (and that was pretty much everything as a kid. All makes sense now)
That seems like a really messed up system. How are parents updated on there kids progress if they aren't bring back tests to show them? Have to wait till its too late and they get the report card?!
As for the grade... No hasnt been fixed yet. Still have to get ahold of the professor.
Sadly, though my Adviser gets a report saying i got an F. He already hates me, so i'm half expecting him to show up after my class today to pull me aside for a "meeting" in which he will say in sophisticated words "Hahahahah i told you, you would fail another course. What are you going to do now dumbass!? Looks like i can finally kick you out of school!" (I'm also not joking, this has happened before.)
That seems like a really messed up system. How are parents updated on there kids progress if they aren't bring back tests to show them? Have to wait till its too late and they get the report card?!
As for the grade... No hasnt been fixed yet. Still have to get ahold of the professor.
Sadly, though my Adviser gets a report saying i got an F. He already hates me, so i'm half expecting him to show up after my class today to pull me aside for a "meeting" in which he will say in sophisticated words "Hahahahah i told you, you would fail another course. What are you going to do now dumbass!? Looks like i can finally kick you out of school!" (I'm also not joking, this has happened before.)
Hi Ted. Welcome to day offville
Yes, that's exactly what I did to both my kids in the previous 3 school systems.
I actually KNEW what they learned that day.
Whether or not I understood it, aka: Math, was a different story. Which means: Contact teacher, blahzie yadda, bing bang boom, kid on same page, back to good grades.
Yes.
Oh these are my favs!
Review all the possible scenarios of this meeting.
Take w/you all course material supporting your cause and inform another teacher, who's class you up to date in, to aid you w/good student references.
Be aware of which course of action you will take if this meeting does not go well and inform the advisor of the premeditated actions you'll take - in accordance w/school policy - the expected outcome, and how stupid he'll look when you HAHAAA, Win!
Welcome to mom's 'driving a car in the fog pain train'.
Ooo, i got an email from one of my son's teachers.
I was expecting the cops at my door, this is better.
Yes, that's exactly what I did to both my kids in the previous 3 school systems.
I actually KNEW what they learned that day.
Whether or not I understood it, aka: Math, was a different story. Which means: Contact teacher, blahzie yadda, bing bang boom, kid on same page, back to good grades.
Yes.
Oh these are my favs!
Review all the possible scenarios of this meeting.
Take w/you all course material supporting your cause and inform another teacher, who's class you up to date in, to aid you w/good student references.
Be aware of which course of action you will take if this meeting does not go well and inform the advisor of the premeditated actions you'll take - in accordance w/school policy - the expected outcome, and how stupid he'll look when you HAHAAA, Win!
Welcome to mom's 'driving a car in the fog pain train'.
Ooo, i got an email from one of my son's teachers.
I was expecting the cops at my door, this is better.
Sadly, i'm at a very very very small university. There are only 5 chem professors, and my Adviser is the Head chair of the department as well. No other professor will stand up to him, plus they are all in a very tight nit little group. Found this out the hard way last year. We have a chem teacher who literally does not teach.
he puts you in groups of 4 hands out a worksheet and leaves the room. the worksheet is written by him and a continual riddle. he answers questions with questions, that is if you are even lucky enough to get ahold of him to ask. And her refuses to help students who are having trouble. Sounds like an ass and horrible teacher right? I complained to my adviser about him... thing is they are BFF! So that's why i'm on my Advisers shit list now. Had to go as far as the Dean last semester to get someone to listen to me. Now i'm in real hot shit with the Chem department.
Over the summer i memorized the school policies at my university. Also studied and memorized the Disabilities act of 1970 (I have several severe learning disorders). I'm hanging on by a thread at my school... all i have to do is make it though this semester with all C's and i'll graduate... but i know they are doing everything in there power to make sure this wont happen. it seems like a battle of who can study up on school policies more at this point.
he puts you in groups of 4 hands out a worksheet and leaves the room. the worksheet is written by him and a continual riddle. he answers questions with questions, that is if you are even lucky enough to get ahold of him to ask. And her refuses to help students who are having trouble. Sounds like an ass and horrible teacher right? I complained to my adviser about him... thing is they are BFF! So that's why i'm on my Advisers shit list now. Had to go as far as the Dean last semester to get someone to listen to me. Now i'm in real hot shit with the Chem department.
Over the summer i memorized the school policies at my university. Also studied and memorized the Disabilities act of 1970 (I have several severe learning disorders). I'm hanging on by a thread at my school... all i have to do is make it though this semester with all C's and i'll graduate... but i know they are doing everything in there power to make sure this wont happen. it seems like a battle of who can study up on school policies more at this point.
Ted, yeah, I'm thinking I might have to go after them. I've been signed up with 3 temp agencies so far and not a single one of them has gotten me more than a cursory interview (1, exactly). It doesn't help that I'm older (52), very skilled, highly talented, and smart enough to read the interviewers like a book.
The last interview I was on the two guys doing the interview at the end asked "Do you have any questions for us?" and I was very, very tempted to answer "Yeah, why'd you waste your time and mine since you already know you're not going to hire me and so do I."
The last interview I was on the two guys doing the interview at the end asked "Do you have any questions for us?" and I was very, very tempted to answer "Yeah, why'd you waste your time and mine since you already know you're not going to hire me and so do I."
Awwwww *hugs* sorry! Interviews are the worst. I hate them.
ETA! Thanks. I suck at figuring those things out. You would think i was 90!
That sux, Greg.
When you parted company were they still breathing?
I'm horrible at it too.
Actually Greg uses FWIW often and that's why i remember it.
When you parted company were they still breathing?
I'm horrible at it too.
Actually Greg uses FWIW often and that's why i remember it.
Debbie, Yeah, they were still breathing. Too bad it's against the law to kill people in Oklahoma because some of them seriously need a little killin'.
I mean, seriously. Can any of these companies honestly tell me that out of the hundreds of positions they have to fill every week, let alone every month, in a town with something like 5.6% unemployment, they don't have a single job opening they could send me out to? No, of course not. They're simply not trying or they're actively ignoring my availability and applications.
I mean, seriously. Can any of these companies honestly tell me that out of the hundreds of positions they have to fill every week, let alone every month, in a town with something like 5.6% unemployment, they don't have a single job opening they could send me out to? No, of course not. They're simply not trying or they're actively ignoring my availability and applications.
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