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Weigh in on this: we have a guy coming in for a second interview today, and my boss was going to take him to lunch. - TFox Dec 30, 07:56 20
- I disagree, just make sure the guy knows that is is part of the interview, so that he/she can talk to the potential coworkers -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 30, 08:10
- Excellent decision. You and the coworkers will be working with this guy more than he'll be working with the boss, so it's a good opportunity to see - CrankYanker Dec 30, 08:08
- my old company started doing this after I started. generally we'd take them to the pub and make them have a few beers. it worked well. -- nm - mafic Dec 30, 08:06
- Oh, one clarifying point: we were coming to lunch either way. It's just that my boss is no longer coming. - TFox Dec 30, 08:05 4
  - I actually think the interviewee might be able to ask some questions he'd be uncomfortable about in the presence of your boss. -- nm - Callisto Dec 30, 08:09
  - It's not so much what you will say, but what questions the interviewee might feel comfortable asking... -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 08:07 2
    - Yeah, I see that point, but I think telling a guy on the phone "we'll get lunch" and then "hey, about that lunch, go with these guys instead"... - TFox Dec 30, 08:09 1
      - could've been handled a little better, but the underlying principle is sound. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 08:10
- When I invertview for a job last year I spoke with three different people the first time, then two the next. I liked speaking with different people. -- nm - lileve Dec 30, 08:03
- if i was interviewing for a job that i needed, i really wouldn't care who i met initially about it -- nm - pigby Dec 30, 07:58
- Disagree, I think it's a great idea. - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:58 9
  - That is true - but that's not how this lunch was presented to the interviewee - Roger More Dec 30, 08:04 3
    - True. I assumed interviewee is going to talk to boss afterwards privately. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:05 2
      - Everyone at the lunch will have just been in the interview, even me and the other analyst. -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 08:06 1
        
        Oh, lunch afterwards with just the underlings? Yeah, still no problem. I agree with CY up above. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:09
  - I agree *if* the company has no problem with the situation SB states in the IM -- nm - con_carne Dec 30, 08:03 2
    - If the company or the boss has a problem with that, then I'd consider that a warning flag. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:04 1
      - I'm just picturing the other employees talking trash about the company to the new guy - con_carne Dec 30, 08:07
  - yup. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 07:59 1
    - Granted there are other ways to do that, but the lunch idea is a good option. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:01
A Facebook peeve: Using photos of your children as your profile picture. - nubby Dec 30, 07:48 23
- That's right. It should only be pets. -- nm - David Dec 30, 08:06 2
  - or TV or movie characters that you feel represent the inner you. -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 08:07
  - and luchadores -- nm - Roger More Dec 30, 08:07
- this bothers me not in the least. - Callisto Dec 30, 08:04 1
  - Fine, but don't use your kids. We really don't care. -- nm - nubby Dec 30, 09:19
- and pets, and drawings, and photos of their cars and photos from when they were kids? (2 of these you have done yourself). -- nm - Amy SuperHoop Queen Dec 30, 08:02 1
  - But Trish really is Tinker Bell -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 30, 08:05
- I agree, I have some friends that do that...I'll mostly post photos of lil miss ccc in my photo albums, but I have myself in the profile -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 30, 07:52
- We are referring to the pictures on the news feed that are so small as to be basically useless? - TFox Dec 30, 07:52 1
  - I AM FURIOUS YELLOW! -- nm - nubby Dec 30, 07:54
- Agreed. I also wish Facebook would let you see a large version of someone's profile picture. I often can't tell who they are from the thumbnail -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:52 8
  - You can click on the thumbnail to get a bigger picture -- nm - Roger More Dec 30, 08:05
  - I was going to say they did, but then I realized you probably mean people you're not friends with. -- nm - mafic Dec 30, 07:54 4
    - yes. I meant in the box that pops up to approve a friend -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:58 3
      - How I look now wouldn't help anyone id me from 20 years ago. -- nm - Amy SuperHoop Queen Dec 30, 08:04 2
        
        I was told by a friend I added last week that I look exactly the same. - Callisto Dec 30, 08:10
        
        relatedly, I watched empire of the sun earlier tonight, and you wouldn't have that problem with christian bale. - mafic Dec 30, 08:08
  - you just need glasses, old man. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 07:52 1
    - *flexes Lasik* 20/20 beyotch! -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:54
- I can out-creep you - con_carne Dec 30, 07:51
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- heh. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 07:49 1
  - "I have sex with pets on the bed!" - mafic Dec 30, 07:54
I'm driving to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego tonight. Taking one of the family founders of Mimi's Cafe. - CrankYanker Dec 30, 07:47
sitwap: Washington gives GMAC $5 billion and GM $1 billion -- (link) - Beaker Dec 30, 07:47
Gas: $.699 today per litre, lowest it has been in a long time. -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 07:45 2
- I'm loving the prices in the states....$17 bucks to fill up -- nm - J Dec 30, 08:02
- It was 67.4 when I filled up in Lorneville (just west outside SJ) on Saturday. Cost $31. I laughed. -- nm - Shaun - 2008 Caveman Champion Dec 30, 07:47
Bills expected to make decision on Jauron Wednesday -- (link) - Beaker Dec 30, 07:41
My resolutions are: - Callisto Dec 30, 07:41 5
- #5 is what I call the impossible dream. -- nm - David Dec 30, 08:05 1
  - That's not optimistic! - Callisto Dec 30, 08:07
- yeah, like #1 is really going to happen. --nm - prayformojo Dec 30, 07:49
- I got a resolution in a box from my mom at Christmas. - nubby Dec 30, 07:45 1
  - Step one: -- nm - mara Dec 30, 07:48
Housing prices falling at record pace -- (link) - znufrii Dec 30, 07:40 3
- What kind of stupid advice is this??? "People who think they're going to lose their job don't buy a home" -- nm - Don Homer Dec 30, 07:43 2
  - I generally only buy houses when I'm not sure where my future income is coming from, as a core principle. -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 07:51
  - That's downright un-American. -- nm - mara Dec 30, 07:48
Melissa Ethridge and spouse defend Rick Warren -- (link) - oblique Dec 30, 07:40 2
- Random Melissa Ethridge thought - If you listen to the lyrics of many of her songs, she sounds like a stalker. - pmb Dec 30, 07:59 1
  - Yes, a lot of her lyrics are kind of creepy. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:08
Comics today: Nova, Kingbreaker, Punisher, Punisher War Zone (2 and 3), Gunslinger, Skaar and Deadpool -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 07:40 3
- all good picks. But I'm surprised Pnisher War Zone is not selling better with Garth Ennis on it. -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 07:54 2
  - I need to remember to send you my pull list, frig damnit. I keep forgetting. -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 08:00 1
    - don't just stand there...get cracking! -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 08:05
Ugh. I need new tires and a new battery. How the hell do you shop for tires? - nubby Dec 30, 07:37 13
- You go to Costco on January 5th. $70 off set of 4 tires, rotating & balancing for life. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:03 1
  - sorry - "starting on January 5th..." - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:04
- Costo is great for tires. I'm not sure if you need a membership or not, you can use a friends. My sister used mine. -- nm - lileve Dec 30, 07:57
- Talk to the manager of a local "tires only" store. Ask if you can get a deal if you pay cash. There's a big markup on tires and the stores have some - CrankYanker Dec 30, 07:43 1
  - Interesting. Thanks. -- nm - nubby Dec 30, 07:44
- Get round ones. -- nm - Cuzzin Tauld Land Syne Dec 30, 07:41
- find out the required size, call sams club, walmart, other tire places for the best deal - tRuMaN Dec 30, 07:39
- go to the dealership or someplace like pepboy's -- nm - decline Dec 30, 07:39
- Discount Tire is the offical tire store of kilbo -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:39 2
  - FYI, the reason is free rotations and flat repair after you purchase. Plus, my local place as done this for all my cars, even if I haven't bought the - oblique Dec 30, 07:41 1
    - I get rotations etc with my regular maintenance. -- nm - nubby Dec 30, 07:44
- go to the tire man and say "I need new tires." -- nm - mafic Dec 30, 07:38 1
  - You know, this is almost the exact response my dad gave. -- nm - nubby Dec 30, 07:43
Cell phones not only cause cancer but kidney stones and heart disease -- (link) - oblique Dec 30, 07:37 2
- Honestly I find these studies disturbing. I realize I carry my cellphone in my pocket 16 hours a day and that my kids use them regularly as well. - pmb Dec 30, 07:53
- * invents stem cell phone * -- nm - Jammed Uzi Dec 30, 07:37
I hate pickles ... this morning anyway -- nm - Jammed Uzi Dec 30, 07:34
Numbers show Wii sales doubled year over year, Xbox360 rose 8%, PS3 fell 9% -- (link) - oblique Dec 30, 07:33 2
- is there anything that tracks how games for the Wii and Xbox and PS3 sell? like total numbers for each system? -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 07:34 1
  - They usually have an "attachment rate" for each system. That's the common measurement I've seen. - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:05
I think I'm going to change my resolution to "keep up at work". - Amy SuperHoop Queen Dec 30, 07:29 1
- so how YOU doin? What can I convince you to order? - Remlik Dec 30, 07:31
Only 1.5 hrs late for work today... go me !! -- nm - Jammed Uzi Dec 30, 07:27
Amazon mp3: The 99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces for $1.99. - TFox Dec 30, 07:23 3
- I think I need to buy this. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 30, 07:29 2
  - there is no drm on these songs right>? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 30, 07:30 1
    - nope. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 07:39
LYC: Our reception on the 23rd was fantastic and I can rock a tux. -- nm - Shaun - 2008 Caveman Champion Dec 30, 07:21
Shipping today: Wanted, Burn After Reading -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 07:19 7
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  - But you still saw it, right? Now I want to see it too. -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 07:53 1
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- Shipped yesterday: Fable 2 Limited Edition. -- nm - Shaun - 2008 Caveman Champion Dec 30, 07:27
- Sadly. Shipping today: Bethoven's Big Break -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:27
- Shipping Today: The Happening - Cuzzin Tauld Land Syne Dec 30, 07:21
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- bah, you're making sh!t up. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 07:24 3
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    - like, never. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 07:59
  - Duh!!! He's a lawyer. -- nm - Redmond Dec 30, 07:24
- There is barf drunk, then there is wheelchair drunk. -- nm - Redmond Dec 30, 07:21 3
  - Wheelchair Drunk encompasses Barf Drunk as dawson's HSX boxers at Quark's recalls. -- nm - New Year's Deeve Dec 30, 07:23 2
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    - *gropes your boobs* -- nm - Jack Dawson's boxers Dec 30, 07:24
- he's a lightweight? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 30, 07:19
- I'm proud to say my tolerance is at an all-time high. You would be proud. -- nm - Shaun - 2008 Caveman Champion Dec 30, 07:19
ST Poll: What were your 2008 resolutions (if you remember) and how did you do on them? -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:16 26
- Help Callisto with her iPod addiction. -- nm - David Dec 30, 08:05 1
  - I know. I added AIM today so I could talk to Meghan without having to pay for text messages. - Callisto Dec 30, 08:08
- I still didn't finish my NaNoWriMo book that I started in 2007. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 07:40
- I'm not sure I posted anything on tt, but I think mine - tRuMaN Dec 30, 07:36
- Go with the flow... 2008 has been a great, fun year -- nm - Jammed Uzi @ work after partying 'til 4 am Dec 30, 07:30
- I can't find that I made one. - Callisto Dec 30, 07:24
- I don't know that WeightWatchers was a NY resolution, but it was the one thing I stuck with all year. Now I have to work on the final push to - MojaveMeg Dec 30, 07:24 4
  - yeah, I don't think my WW was a resolution either. I joined in Feb. - Callisto Dec 30, 07:29 2
    - That's great!! I still have about 20lbs to go to goal. Then the maintenance period (2 months?). It'll be nice not to be paying - MojaveMeg Dec 30, 07:38 1
      - it's 6 weeks (but took about 2 months for me because we didn't have meetings for 3 weeks during my time frame) -- nm - Callisto Dec 30, 07:39
  - Wow, a whole year? Impressive. Well played. -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 07:25
- To read more - set the goal at reading 5000 pages. Hit that but haven't read much in recent months... - Cuzzin Tauld Land Syne Dec 30, 07:21 2
  - Read King Dork. You will either love it, or find it unbearable. -- nm - Amy SuperHoop Queen Dec 30, 07:22 1
    - Was on anobii to get my page count so I looked that up. It's on the shelf of someone known as "Logan's Mama." - Cuzzin Tauld Land Syne Dec 30, 07:27
- Mine was to drink more. I accomplished it pretty easily. -- nm - mara Dec 30, 07:20 1
  - that was my second resolution. - znufrii Dec 30, 07:24
- *Dr. Trons his from last year* apparently not... - znufrii Dec 30, 07:19 6
  - and it was to keep better track of movies, plays, etc. that I saw... - znufrii Dec 30, 07:26 5
    - You smartly chose something attainable. -- nm - TFox Dec 30, 07:27 4
      - ironically, because I accomplished the other task fairly well, when all is said and done. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 07:29 3
        
        It's nice to see you happier -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:30 2
        
        It's nice to see me happier too. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 07:30 1
        
        which is the primary motivation behind my 2009 resolution. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 07:32
- My credit card was paid off for a few months--but then our back door fell apart. -- nm - Amy SuperHoop Queen Dec 30, 07:18
- I don't think I made one last year. -- nm - New Year's Deeve Dec 30, 07:18
- N/A. -- nm - Shaun - 2008 Caveman Champion Dec 30, 07:17
Diva... - Mel Profit Dec 30, 07:13 1
- nmbtim mie - New Year's Deeve Dec 30, 07:14
Israeli navy rams boat with international peace activists, one of them being Cynthia McKinney -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:12 5
- Good!! -- nm - Redmond Dec 30, 07:13 4
  - I can't think of a politician I loath more than her. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:14 3
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      - They don't ram his boat, they just throw shoes at his head. -- nm - Redmond Dec 30, 07:22
    - (loathe) -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:15
mucking fonkeys. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 30, 07:12
kilbo: JFDI. that is all. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 07:10 6
- *nods* -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 07:11 5
  - I have changed my whole idea of "working out". I just try to do 2 or 3 short things a day. I walk the dog, walk around the parking lot on my - Amy SuperHoop Queen Dec 30, 07:16 3
    - My plan is to use the Wii Fit in the mornings when Cooper gets up (6am) instead of going back to bed. - Shaun - 2008 Caveman Champion Dec 30, 07:18 2
      - I'm excited about getting that Active Life Outdoor Challenge game. It looks like a better workout that the WiiFit - oblique Dec 30, 07:31 1
        
        Well for me right now, *any* exercise at all is more than I'm doing currently. -- nm - Shaun - 2008 Caveman Champion Dec 30, 07:36
  - earn that TV time! -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 07:11
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- In NYC, it's quite a resolution -- nm - con_carne Dec 30, 07:44
- it's really all the same to me, just a matter of timing. -- nm - mafic Dec 30, 07:10
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