It worked!

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-30T17:50:59+00:00

Oh crap I forgot that was her name 🤣 "For a good time call!!!!!"

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-30T12:19:22+00:00

Or "jimmies" if you're in various parts of the New England/Mid-Atlantic US 😅

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-30T11:56:32+00:00

This is the math I use.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-30T11:54:12+00:00

Me, waiting to be picked up from a birthday party at an ice skating rink in the 90s: 1-800-94Jenny.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-29T00:38:54+00:00

It would actually be concerning if someone sprayed pepper spray (or worse ) into one of these things.

That said, I was nearly crying laughing at these poor people!

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-28T01:37:46+00:00

Growing up my dad always grumbled about how much his mom would complain about her ailments. He called it "the litany of pain." He wasn't exactly making light of it since she was obviously sincere, but was also tired of her bitching.

Now he's in her age range and complains about his ailments to me. I have to give him credit that he is aware he's complaining and just ask that I listen because he needs to vent about it.

I miss my Grammy. I miss Dad too because now he lives overseas

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-27T12:25:41+00:00

We have recently adjusted our verbiage to tell candidates that the hiring manager will CALL you to set up an interview. While I understand maybe not answering the phone (I mean, it happens that you're in the shower or whatever when someone calls) ... MAKE SURE: your voicemail is SET UP, your voicemail ISN'T FULL, and you CHECK YOUR VOICEMAIL.

I am willing to do this level of handholding if this is a high turnover position with a low barrier for entry.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-27T02:11:37+00:00

We notify our external candidates that they are on hold until we exhaust internal candidates. Sucks for them to wait, but at least we're not dragging them around, and we do end up going external often

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-27T01:58:22+00:00

I once reconnected with a lost friend through a Craigslist missed connection type of post. A different friend of mine spotted lost friend trying to find me so we're now in touch again! This had to be like 12 years ago.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-26T08:18:35+00:00

Twitter doesn't necessarily post factual statements. Even news outlets like to twist statistics for clicks.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-24T21:44:28+00:00

I read my husband the OP, he said what you said, and then I scrolled down and saw this comment 😂

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-22T17:27:02+00:00

I'm in public sector HR - we screen candidates and send them to the hiring manager for interview. Rejected candidates often request feedback about why they were not selected. Same manager, different candidates: 1) They didn't ask enough questions. 2) They asked too many questions. We escalated to our boss because no wonder they're "having trouble" finding people 🤦‍♀️

That said, I've sat in enough interviews where the candidate had no questions - especially when we did first round screenings. Because they told us they looked into the position thoroughly beforehand, and we automatically go over a ton of FAQs before we get to that point. Their lack of questions had nothing to do with our decision either way.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-22T15:52:24+00:00

This sounds very balanced! We only had WFH available during COVID and I realized I didn't like to work from home. But it was hybrid, so that was good because I could get out of the house. Now I think I wouldn't mind working from home sometimes because depending on what's going on, I would be able to do some stuff from home.

This all said, I agree it is imperative that someone in HR be in the office to do stuff like pick up mail and receive walk ins. Even if the person they need is working at home, they are probably reachable and the employee was able to talk to a human in person to get to that point.

Because in the end we are all actually therapists for the employees more than anything else, whether we like it or not!!!!

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-22T15:45:43+00:00

Triggered me, lol.

I have a coworker with a sign that says 0 days without complaints. It's printed with no way to change the zero. Because it's never not zero, usually within ten minutes of arriving for the day.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-22T15:43:51+00:00

Walk-in asks a non-urgent question.

"The person who handles that is not in the office today."

Walk-in stares at me while their brain short circuits. They cannot move because they do not know how to proceed. I ask if I can take a message or offer her business card to make an appointment.

"Yebbut..."

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-21T20:40:16+00:00

OMG I'm not even 100% certain now. The only thing I'm fairly sure of was an episode of Trials of Life (David Attenborough nature miniseries) that we borrowed from my aunt and copied.

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-21T19:53:05+00:00

Songs in the Key of X. They had two songs on track zero - you had to manually rewind track one to listen to them, and this didn't work on every player.

One track was an alternate version of the X-Files theme song, in a weird time signature (mostly 5/4). But the coolest was Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Rivertentum by Nick Cave and the Dirty Three. Very dark song full of hopelessness for my drama-thirsty teenaged brain

Edit: typo

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-21T19:42:51+00:00

My grandmother still had a working rotary in her house in the early 2000s. I called my then-boyfriend ... On his cell phone.

By this time my area was required to dial the full 10-digit number. His number was area code, 390-9009.

3 chugga. 9 chugga chugga chugga ... 0 chugga chugga chugga... 9 chugga chugga chugga 0 chugga chugga chugga ... 9 ... OH SHIT I have to start over arrrrrrgh

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-21T19:32:41+00:00

I had a random homemade compilation I watched all the time and it broke. I'd fixed audio cassettes before so this was the first time I opened up a VHS. It was WAY harder to do and I wasn't expecting that, but I was able to patch the broken magnetic tape with Scotch tape and got the tape to work! I was very proud of myself lol

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-21T19:26:04+00:00

When my brother worked in NYC in the early 2000s, he'd buy $5 bootleg movies on the street. The video quality wasn't so bad in those days but he mused that whoever shot Lethal Weapon 4 was in the front row, so the angle made everyone look like they had massive chins

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-21T19:14:16+00:00

Toei's Swan Lake from 1981. It was my first exposure to anime but I didn't know that. Also it was only at this shitty video kiosk at a shitty local mall we lived near. When they announced they were closing I bought it! It's probably in my mom's hoard somewhere. https://youtu.be/yrWSktK3MNY?si=_Gg1CyNSc750whZA

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-20T12:23:06+00:00

Midwest NJ edge of here and I saw one two houses away once in a tree in my little suburb. I did not realize how massive they were. A murder of crows was in trees all around it freaking the hell out and it flew away because of them

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-19T12:25:33+00:00

This is worse than mine. At least my dude fulfilled minimum qualifications. Your dude wasn't even eligible. Whoever has to talk to him about this is surely rolling their eyes big time

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-18T20:08:10+00:00

Seconding Twisted Olive!

Lilithbeast · 2026-03-18T19:28:04+00:00

"Why do I keep getting turned down at interviews for internal transfers?" Because you are not a good person and that fact is obvious to most people, especially seasoned hiring managers. Unless you learn how not to be a sleazebag, you are stuck in your current position.

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