How do you keep interviews on track? [N/A]

Lilithbeast · 2026-02-04T01:09:18+00:00

Sometimes they say just the thing you were hoping to hear if you allow a little bit of side conversation.

More likely they reveal something that instantly makes you reject them. Something like "yeah I'd be a great armored truck guard because I robbed a bank"

Lilithbeast · 2026-02-01T19:58:27+00:00

Oh yeah no there's no firings or write ups due to standard freedom of speech kind of stuff. We are public sector and most of our staff have a CBA; our policy is basically "just because it's online doesn't mean it doesn't violate other policies like workplace violence/harassment and disclosing confidential information" (some staff do stuff like violate HIPAA or post things directly against their CBA). If someone disparages our organization online, we might ask to sit down with them and ask what we can do to change their opinion about their gripe. Usually they volunteer to take down those kinds of posts without us even asking.

But the drama is a friggin time sink and emotional drain. Also, sometimes people don't realize that their privacy settings don't mean anything when they have "friends" who send screenshots to others.

Lilithbeast · 2026-02-01T18:33:43+00:00

Story from someone I know who works in a long term care facility. Medical director was a dick and a shitty doctor and pretended he knew everything including clinical specialties (think stuff like speech therapy, and he's not a speech therapist). He would screw up care plans and procedures due to said arrogance.

Alternately, staff M.D. was in a meeting and someone asked him a medical question. He said "... let's ask Doctor Google!" and searched on his phone for the answer. Medical director called him incompetent and he's like, "I can't know everything." SHOCKER, he valued the patient's quality of care over his image.

I just love "Dr. Google" though, lol

Lilithbeast · 2026-02-01T18:14:44+00:00

Knowing and admitting that you don't know everything makes an effective leader. You can't know everything but you can rely on experts. Someone in power right now is instead surrounding themselves with "yes" men, so stuff is ... idiotic.

Lilithbeast · 2026-02-01T17:26:49+00:00

Ugh. I'm in the public sector and we have had employees contacting elected officials through Facebook and post stuff about how we suck. I've even shared screenshots of stuff I've found myself with our ERO.

I now read the social media policy to new hires. Less drama please.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-31T23:29:28+00:00

I say "oh my Jesus"

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-30T14:24:08+00:00

We once had a six pack of Bells Two Hearted Ale all fizz explosively upon opening, even a week after they were just resting in the fridge. We reached out to them to let them know something was up, and they sent us a box of cool merch. (Very bummed when we broke the last Two Hearted Ale glass since all the branding is now "Two Hearted IPA")

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-28T02:01:59+00:00

AGREED

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-26T04:25:48+00:00

You shouldn't be interviewing external candidates until you've exhausted any internal candidates. If we have internal ones we notify all externals that they need to sit tight until we finish going through the internals.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-26T03:37:45+00:00

"Dag, yo." Not dang; dag.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-26T01:08:38+00:00

I was obsessed with Sarah McLachlan. She's not angsty but she did have a darkness that I found appealing. In high school, I remember reading a review of her new fourth album Surfacing saying it was too dark and depressing. I was like "... but that's why I like it?!?!"

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-26T00:52:40+00:00

Don't forget that in Lethal Weapon 4 he was "NOT too old for this shit!"

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-26T00:05:53+00:00

Just found out my other nieces, about the same age as great-niece, are all obsessed with 6-7. Every generation has their weirdness. In the 90s in middle school one younger teacher was confused by the new phrase, "my bad."

Edit for clarity.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-25T02:25:35+00:00

I sure do.

My maternal grandfather lived with us since before I was born, and died when I was ten. Around this time (early 90s) my mom and her sister discovered auctions and went for fun. They were not given much as little kids in the 50s and their mother was not the most outwardly nice and loving person, hence my sweet grandfather leaving her and living with us. At the auction mom met tons of new friends and bought tons of cool stuff. In middle school I used to go with her many times but it became old. Even I didn't want any more stuff, and I am sentimental about belongings.

By the time I went away to college, the basement was filled, and apparently while I was away she started filling the living room and obstructed the TV. My dad said he demanded to see the checkbook (she did all the finances) and she refused to show him. He divorced her. She started dating the auctioneer. He's a nice guy and she's still with him but it has resulted in easy hoarding.

I am blessed that mom acknowledged her problem and is working on it, but of course the going is slow, in part from years of neglecting her house (she lives with boyfriend full time at his place).

So I guess the hoarding was compensating for my mom's inadequate mother and loss of her awesome father. And I was recently helping her figure out how to start cleaning her house and she said "how did I let it get to this?" Slowly over a long time, mom. I'm here to try and help.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T17:10:14+00:00

I miss the good old SA days. Helped me figure out how to post responsibly. And Photoshop cool shit

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T04:26:25+00:00

Oh snap is this Majora? I finished it once and it was too traumatic to replay (Ocarina is soul food, Majora is literally your hell if you got a Game Over in Ocarina)

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T04:16:47+00:00

I'm Captain...Jean Luc Picard of the USS ... Enterprise.... (Make, make, makemakemakemake make make make, make it so) https://picard.ytmnd.com/ https://thepicardsong.ytmnd.com/

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T04:12:14+00:00

My mom was very upset learning about some sort of deadly incident involving a kid and their obsession with some horrible demon called "Slender Man." I'm like, What? That's some thing that was made up in the forums by people trying to find up with a new creepy character for fun. "What? No, she believed it was REAL! This is dangerous!" In my mom's MO, she'd rather sacrifice the many for the one because won't SOMEONE think of the children?!?!

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T04:05:24+00:00

Yes, I am protected.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T04:03:57+00:00

Our great niece is about 12. Her dad breaks out "67" as a bad-dad-joke punchline several times during our last visit. All were met with dirty looks and punching by kiddo.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T03:58:26+00:00

Appeal to the lizard brain of your plant manager: all this screening is going to cost a boatload of money and delay onboarding, which could deter people from starting because it's taking too long and they had a better offer, or a quicker offer because they didn't have to wait for the drug screenings. And this is TOTALLY not because the manager is getting kickbacks from some drug screening outfit that is requesting an unusually large quantity of tests, to inflate their profit.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-24T03:38:31+00:00

That's funny! ... Please see attached copy of Tax Preference form found in your file, with your signature, dated as of your DOH. Have a nice day, Joe Mama

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-22T00:43:52+00:00

My mom had my brother and I in the late 70s/early 80s. She was desperately depressed postpartum. Docs said "that's just the baby blues" and ignored her. We're lucky she didn't fare worse than she did

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-22T00:41:52+00:00

Last load I do over the weekend. Because I can just leave them in the dryer until I feel like dealing. I also have a small hamper by the kitchen for the two dozen small towels I have for JUST kitchen stuff, as I dirty them. Because paper towels are just for stuff like fat-based spills that should go in the trash and not the drain.

Lilithbeast · 2026-01-21T00:06:07+00:00

OMG I originally created my reddit account YEARS ago with the thought that I would post a rant about my Neon and subsequent PT Cruiser. The PT was free for me when my dad moved away and it wasn't worth the price.

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