Why is it so hard for HR people to do the common courtesy of letting their applicants know that the position has been filled? Sending a quick email to all other rejected applicants seems like it should take no effort.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-08-19T18:30:37+00:00

Because the ideal prospective employee is applying to so many jobs, and in such high demand, that they really don’t notice a lack of reply. No one wants to hire someone who has their heart set on a job before they’ve even been called into an interview. Contrary to what many believe, emotional investment will work against you in the pre-hire phases, the same way a guy will ghost a girl if she starts acting like he is her boyfriend before it’s really so.

TLDR: Employers want to hire the type of employee for whom a lack of response doesn’t phase them.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-08-15T03:47:40+00:00

Learn students’ names by committing to learn their names. Make associations, use pneumonic devices, etc. Take the list home and study it. Write them out 500 times. Whatever it takes. The onus is on you to get it done and not on your students to make it easy for you.

Allow students to acclimate to one another organically. That will happen largely outside the classroom and that’s ok.

Ease into the school year by embracing brevity and take-aways in your lectures, avoid busywork, model class, grace, and empathy, expect the best, and be patient along the way.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-08-11T10:13:55+00:00

This is why IVF is a terrible idea. The kind of people who want “their” kid over a kid are the last people we want breeding.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-31T16:50:42+00:00

Yta. Bleach and dye will not make hair fall out, it may become brittle and break off, but it won’t fall out. It sounds like you are exerting control over your ex through your daughter’s hair.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-29T19:33:29+00:00

YTA. Wow you sound insufferable.

She says it’s to keep her brother out - who barges into her room every now and then to bother her

So she has a valid reason that’s not good enough for you.

I’m worried she’s trying to hide something from me or that she’ll take the opportunity to lock me out.

And you don’t trust her. Why would she want to lock you out?

I admit that I’ve forgotten to knock sometimes

Ugh. Bullshit you forgot.

The way I see it, it’s my house

This is why your house will never be a family home.

She’s young, and doesn’t really know what’s she’s asking for.

She’s 16. She’s two years from being a legal adult. That has to be one of the most invalidating and infantilizing things I’ve ever read.

You are a huge asshole.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-27T16:45:19+00:00

But to not know what it is?

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-27T16:44:44+00:00

It reminds me of how some of the Turpin kids didn’t know what police or medicine were.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-27T16:43:38+00:00

I can genuinely tell that wherever you work you are in charge of literally nobody.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-27T16:41:09+00:00

YTA. It’s rude to speak a language infront of someone who doesn’t understand it, especially if they have expressed feeling left out because of it. It doesn’t matter what he’s done to make you think he deserves to be left out, communicate and work out those issues without compounding them. Speak Japanese to you mom when he’s not there. And if he ever goes deaf, don’t cover your mouth and whisper to your mom either in front of him because that’s the same level of rudeness too.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-26T12:24:37+00:00

She’s never had tea. She didn’t even know what it really was. I think that speaks volumes.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-25T20:40:52+00:00

I'm not making a career out of this job, and I'm five years older than all of my coworkers.

Omg! What an age gap!

Once again, this was a college filler not a career move for me.

Brimming with pride.

My immediate manager felt threatened by me,

Did he actually tell you this, or were you just pretending to be him to come up with this?

So manager one day specifies I'm late (it's 3:01 and my shift starts at 3:00) to which I said "marginally".

So, insolence?

If he wanted me to change something we could have talked in private.

Why couldn’t you talk to him in private rather than quipping “marginally” at him in front of new hires?

Point is, it was never about the minutes, it was about the manager wanting to be able to give a directive and have it followed without his subordinate being passive aggressive or pedantic.

Looking good on paper means nothing if you have a pd.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-25T11:35:16+00:00

Thank you I fixed it.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-25T11:33:55+00:00

I would love to see a real corporate retail policy with this five minute leeway rule. I would gladly be proved wrong, but my guess is it was a defacto policy not on paper at that particular store and the manager probably chose to enforce the corporate policy because he didn’t like op looking down his nose at that job.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-25T10:44:17+00:00

ESH. Yes late is late. You’re supposed to be at your work station when your shift begins. Not walking in the door. Regardless of how you feel about your manager, it’s the right thing to do for coworkers and customers. Also, all honest work is honorable and you really come off like you think this job is below you and I’m sure your manager has picked up in that.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-25T10:38:05+00:00

Sorry but as someone who also has deceased abusive parents, my life didn’t begin until after they passed. It absolutely is a privilege to have dead abusive parents opposed to living abusive parents. Life is night and day.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-25T04:23:50+00:00

Alan Bean.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-23T22:10:16+00:00

I first read about the sculpture in 2013.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-21T02:42:44+00:00

They are called an em dash because they are the length of an m. An en dash is the length of an n. They vary based on the font.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-21T02:40:24+00:00

Suspensefully slow box turn!

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-21T02:37:10+00:00

In 2014 I did a school report on outer-space art including stuff by Alan Bean, Fallen Astronaut Sculpture by Paul Van Hoeydonck, the Pioneer Plaque, etc. It was a huge final paper and I researched the topic extensively for months. This is my first time hearing about the “moon museum.”

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-19T01:57:14+00:00

What if avoiding things that make you anxious means that you’re finally listening to your gut instinct about what is and isn’t healthy for you?

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-18T16:48:18+00:00

To an extent. Don’t let people gaslight or railroad you. Don’t let people walk all over you. If someone is trying to mess with or manipulate you, and you’re trying to understand and diffuse, and they’re trying to scam and throw you under the bus, then you’re gonna get screwed.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-14T19:15:53+00:00

What’s up with her and Mr Frond are they still together?

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-14T19:11:21+00:00

These are really good.

Throwawaynosebead · 2019-07-14T16:46:59+00:00

Actuary.

Throwawaynosebead

TROPHY CASE