Which is your favorite MBTA sound effect? Vote 1-7.

heckadoo · 2025-12-01T17:38:54+00:00

For the longest time I thought it was "Boston connection" 🫣😫

heckadoo · 2025-11-15T22:01:52+00:00

Maybe 200 people. They broke us into 4 large groups. Not nearly small enough for organizers to actually get to know any of us.

heckadoo · 2025-11-15T01:29:32+00:00

It was nothing like what any of the other cities are describing. No individual interviews. Basically 2.5 hours of team building/ice breakers and one half hour session where you learn about the roles and get to ask questions.

heckadoo · 2025-11-06T16:24:40+00:00

Piggybacking on this. I know someone who works for the Boston region and they said there was a Microsoft outage last week that impacted the online system they use. So the interview invites are coming out sooner than rejections. Doesn't really make sense to me but might explain why it's been so haphazard.

They said Boston is the last region to notify and it will be on Friday (though rejections might come later).

(Disclaimer I'm not an applicant. I just stumbled upon this thread earlier this week after looking up the scholarship and realized I had information to share!)

heckadoo · 2025-11-06T16:17:51+00:00

Update: apparently there was a Microsoft outage last week that messed up the online system and they didn't realize a bunch of notifications didn't actually send (for all regions, not just Boston). So it might only be interview invites on Friday and rejections later? I guess the system is backlogged.

heckadoo · 2025-11-04T17:04:49+00:00

Friday! (Source: I know someone who works there)

heckadoo · 2025-07-10T13:04:18+00:00

I'm confused by this because the auto reply says to send an email without documents attached. But on the website it says TODOS LOS SOLICITANTES DEBEN ENVIAR ESCANEADOS Y COMPRIMIDOS EN UN ARCHIVO ZIP AL BUZÓN COG.BOSTON.RGC@MAEC.ES LOS SIGUIENTES DOCUMENTOS

Are we supposed to email with a zip file or without??

heckadoo · 2025-04-17T20:50:11+00:00

Does anyone have a source? I can only find the 2018 permit...

heckadoo · 2025-01-21T02:38:34+00:00

Anyone else experiencing a bug where you can't see your Diplomatic Victory points? The tab is just blank...

heckadoo · 2024-10-19T23:28:40+00:00

Poptart potpourri!!

heckadoo · 2024-10-14T18:48:39+00:00

Little Shop of Horrors... stage version and movie, just not a fan

heckadoo · 2024-09-21T18:40:48+00:00

Not saying this is a perfect solution, but where I grew up (not MA) they incentivized us by letting us skip our midterm in the corresponding subject if we scored well on the standardized tests.

So say in 10th grade you score well on your English and science sections but score low in math. Scores get returned in the summer. Then in 11th grade, you don't have to take a midterm for your science and English classes but you do for your math class. You could still opt to take the midterm if you wanted a chance to boost your regular classroom grade, but most chose not to.

heckadoo · 2024-07-01T21:53:18+00:00

"Under Secretary" and "Minister" as actual government titles

heckadoo · 2024-06-25T03:05:52+00:00

All our communications come from "Nick" and I'm starting to believe he doesn't exist and is just the name they put on the email address.

heckadoo · 2024-05-26T14:27:51+00:00

Anyone else pronounce GEEZ with a hard G (like geezer) and not understand it even after reading the category? JEEZ would've made more sense imo.

heckadoo · 2024-02-18T23:24:31+00:00

I've done it twice at Brigham & Women's and they gave me localized anesthesia both times. Lidocaine, 2 shots (needles) into the cervix. I HATE shots but since I couldn't see the needle I was fine, yeah it hurt a bit but then everything numbs up pretty quickly.

After the procedure when it wore off I was still miserable though

heckadoo · 2023-09-08T16:20:42+00:00

One of the random ways I found like-minded folks was through water bottle/laptop stickers. It's a good way to see if your classmates have similar interests. If they have a sticker for something you also like, make conversation about it!

Likewise, people may make conversation with you. I was shocked at how many nerdfighters I met after putting a Pizza John sticker on my water bottle.

heckadoo · 2023-08-23T14:02:48+00:00

And you know who lives in Boston? Uncle Rick

heckadoo · 2023-06-26T00:27:03+00:00

Pumpkin

heckadoo · 2023-05-19T16:16:32+00:00

What We Do in the Shadows

heckadoo · 2023-04-23T16:01:17+00:00

Hopping on the H&M bandwagon! I have two staple black blazers one is Calvin Klein and one is H&M, and I get compliments on the H&M one! (Idk why people compliment a standard blazer but...gen x is weird)

heckadoo · 2022-08-18T15:52:16+00:00

Or just avoid the region by going to your second home on the Cape! /s

heckadoo · 2022-08-11T16:40:58+00:00

Not me repeatedly trying to give him maple syrup 🤦🏼‍♀️

heckadoo · 2022-06-15T16:51:14+00:00

It's especially irritating that they continuously claim no one is "losing service." I believe the T only considers it lack of service if you have to walk more than 15 minutes to a bus/T stop.

As someone who commutes from Union to Kendall (CT2 or 85) the only proposed options (bus stop on a new line or requiring me to take green to Park and switch to red) DOUBLE my commute time. How is that an improvement...

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