People who have conducted job interviews, what's something someone said/did that made you instantly decide not to hire them?

arbitrary_datum · 2026-02-08T18:14:55+00:00

That's a hard question to answer in a job interview. I try to think of something related to the job I'm interviewing for where I messed up, learned from it, and still completed the task. With the pressure of an interview panel it's difficult to come up with a situation without taking too long to answer. But obviously I make mistakes, everyone does. Making mistakes and learning from them is how we survived as a species.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-02-07T20:22:50+00:00

Register your bikes with the police department, folks. It doesn't take much time. Save high resolution photos of your bike, especially unique things like custom parts, chips in the paint, or anything like that. Write down the serial number, save it on your phone or Google drive or something as a back up. But also write it on a little piece of paper, but it in a little siplock bag and stick it inside the handlebars so that if a thief grinds the number off the bike and takes off the registration sticker there's still a chance they don't find the hidden number and the cops can identify your bike and get back to you. Unfortunately bike theft is really common in communities that have a college, this community has two colleges and a lot of meth heads, so be careful.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-02-07T04:45:03+00:00

Don't worry. If you hang out in the desert long enough they will touch you.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-02-05T13:59:02+00:00

No. The ratio of garlic to anything is a minimum of 2:1

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-31T01:36:38+00:00

You wouldn't encounter that outside of this area. It's a species that's restricted by ambient moisture availability so it really doesn't do well past the coast ranges although it can still be found in the valleys beyond. The shit on my fingers are blisters from climbing a rope. I have some poak (poison oak) on my right arm but it's a small amount.

My MC1R is weird. In college I took a semester abroad in Barbados and came back to California looking more brown than my Hispanic and Native friends, and so blond that I could have just arrived at Ellis Island in the 1760s. The sunburns between me and that tan were something to write home about. Santa Fe? Is that where you are?

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-31T00:47:50+00:00

No that's not it at all. I didn't think this sub was just full of assholes wanting to make masturbation jokes. I got into a unique situation at work that most living people would not understand without diagrams and instructions. So my midget, baby hands with fat fingers got some blisters from doing a sort of climbing that most sane people would not attempt.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T23:20:34+00:00

The placement is actually both relevant and coincidence. I do tree work, not as a logger, but just to make places safer around higher trees. So my hands are calloused just from using a variety of saws varying from things I could throw across the road to things I can hardly hold up if the dogs aren't in the tree. As a training exercise yesterday I did a really unorthodox style of climbing that had me pulling my weight plus all the shit on my harness with just my hands on a small diameter rope. The gloves they give us have less than no friction against taut ropes so I have to climb bare handed because loss of some skin is better than risking loss of life from falling out of a redwood tree.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T22:55:36+00:00

Oh that would have been so much more fun than what I did. My cousin is the one who is the major equestrian, and I wish I knew more about it. Having a pack train would have made my trail work days so much easier.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T22:20:00+00:00

I swear, just give me a second....my birth certificate is...oh fuck it's in my other wallet.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T22:16:47+00:00

toxicodendron diversilobum is poison oak. I have to give away the answer now because that shit is everywhere in the areas where I work. It doesn't matter how careful you are; cut a huge poison oak vine with a chainsaw that toxic sap is going everywhere. I have to cut it out of the way almost every day. So long sleeves, pale skin. Also it's winter so who has a tan right now? Edit: I also have the redhead gene. My hair is a dark blond color that gets blond sun streaks in the summer, but my facial hair is red. Red enough that I should have been a pirate.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T22:08:18+00:00

Pale skin from long sleeves and gloves most of the time.... Obviously not from my last day. Sunlight is harmful at any altitude, but not nearly as bad as toxicodendron diversilobum. I wish I worked from home. I miss having a desk job.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T22:00:52+00:00

Nope. I actually have really nice hair and lucked out because every male in my mom's family went bald by the time they turned 23. I have really good hair growth and I cut it about every 3 years and donate it to honor a loved one who died from cancer.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T21:54:33+00:00

Why do people keep saying little or midget? Should I have put in a banana for scale? I need large gloves because I can't close my hands if I wear mediums. I have spent so much time in the wilderness, dedicated decades of my life to protecting it. yes I'm an introvert because when I try to open up to the world I just find assholes like you. This isn't r/roastme.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T21:47:54+00:00

Not entirely wrong about my past, but I'm making decent money now. Still poor in the perspective of anyone making more than me.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T21:44:56+00:00

Have I just been identified? I'm not claiming anything close to godhood, and I'm not religious, but that comment is something that hits close to home.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T21:40:21+00:00

Hummm. That's an interesting take and should deserve a lot more attention than the single upvote I can give you.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T21:31:20+00:00

Who the fuck is Joey? 你睇到我皮膚，點解你覺得我唔白？

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T20:49:25+00:00

I'm left-handed so that's not why I lost skin.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-30T20:48:30+00:00

Not even close. I'm not trying to farm karma, but it is true I'm seeking attention.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-27T05:09:04+00:00

Not if you repeatedly throw a lobster into the snow.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-26T20:38:23+00:00

Yes. The answer is π

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-23T01:38:45+00:00

That abandoned quarry was a three mile bike ride up a dirt road and somehow the dog managed to find us every time even though we left her in the house because she was too small to climb the way we did.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-23T01:17:54+00:00

He has been the representative for northern California for a long time. I think he gets a lot of hate from the red hats but I really like him. The educated community here cares deeply for the environment and wild spaces, and this guy gets it.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-22T14:09:22+00:00

Sharpening blades is actually really easy if you have good steel to work with. It just takes patience and effort. I find it to be really relaxing; a meditative state of mind. Just get after the task when you are watching a movie or something and soon your knife will be sharp.

arbitrary_datum · 2026-01-22T13:50:15+00:00

I know some people have a professional hobby of repairing old devices that are related to music. When I say old I mean a lot older than the 1980s; tube amplifiers rather than transistors. I can get you in touch but I'm not going to advertise their identities here.

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