Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

[Semicolon]

What was wrong with it?

  It just went dark!      The tech guy opened it, took out the battery, and pressed the power button
   and held it down for about 30 seconds before putting the battery back in.  He said sometimes
   there is a buildup of electricity inside the phone and doing what he did discharges the buildup.
   Anyway, it's back to normal and all is well and the repair was FREE.   So life is good for this Weeble!

Now you can post from two devices at once.

[Parts]

I had a nice hour of alone time this morning

['andersom']

That new doctor really is a gem. She even got my daughter to talk.

[Parts]

Some of the buildings I am working on are in much better shape than they have been in previous years

[Pyraxis]

What could have been an awesome work opportunity fell through.

That wasn't the good thing, and that didn't happen today. The good part was the guy I interviewed with, who's part of a company small enough that he can afford to act human, felt bad enough for stringing me along that he offered a follow-up call to answer questions. I got the rare opportunity to grill somebody who interviewed me on what actually, honestly, went wrong during the interview process.

[Queen Victoria]

I found the body powder.  (Little things make me happy.)

[Jack]

What could have been an awesome work opportunity fell through.

That wasn't the good thing, and that didn't happen today. The good part was the guy I interviewed with, who's part of a company small enough that he can afford to act human, felt bad enough for stringing me along that he offered a follow-up call to answer questions. I got the rare opportunity to grill somebody who interviewed me on what actually, honestly, went wrong during the interview process.

That sounds interesting.

[odeon]

What could have been an awesome work opportunity fell through.

That wasn't the good thing, and that didn't happen today. The good part was the guy I interviewed with, who's part of a company small enough that he can afford to act human, felt bad enough for stringing me along that he offered a follow-up call to answer questions. I got the rare opportunity to grill somebody who interviewed me on what actually, honestly, went wrong during the interview process.

A shame you didn't get the job. He sounds like a good boss.

[odeon]

This was yesterday, but anyway: Me and a mate rewired most of the projector in the garage. Some of the cables were in really bad shape.

[Pyraxis]

A shame you didn't get the job. He sounds like a good boss.

Yeah, I think he would have been. I'm going to stay in touch with him just in case.

That sounds interesting.

It was. Apparently my resume and background are very strong but it's not reflected in my portfolio. They'd given me an art test to do, and I did it, and it was about that time that I started getting vibes that they weren't quite as enthusiastic about me as they had been. I asked if there was a quality issue with the results of the test, and he said no - but that because my portfolio wasn't directly reflective enough of the type of work he needed, he would have needed me to do some additional art specifically for them in order to tell whether I was going to be fulfill their specific requirements. I guess he wasn't comfortable asking for it when he wasn't sure if he was going to actually hire me.

It had become apparent in the past month that he needed someone with a different specialty to help out one of his team members who was completely swamped. He could only afford to bring on one person. The problem wasn't that I had priced myself out of the opportunity, but that there were so many incidental costs to bringing a new employee on, separate from their actual salary, that it wasn't feasible to bring on two.

['andersom']

I hope you'll get a second chance with him, in the near future.

[Jack]

I hope you'll get a second chance with him, in the near future.

Agreed.

[odeon]

Speaking of pricing oneself out of the opportunity, a headhunter called me yesterday about a job in London. His client was very eager to get someone with my qualifications so everything went very well up and until the moment they inquired about my salary requirements. Apparently I was well beyond their budget.

Such a shame. It sounded like an interesting job.

[Pyraxis]

Especially in London. I believe the living cost there is even worse than New York.

[Parts]

Speaking of pricing oneself out of the opportunity, a headhunter called me yesterday about a job in London. His client was very eager to get someone with my qualifications so everything went very well up and until the moment they inquired about my salary requirements. Apparently I was well beyond their budget.

Such a shame. It sounded like an interesting job.

You should get a job in NYC then we can be neighbors


Good things today.
Took my 15 year old daughter to work and she did much better than I ever expected.  I'm thinking of taking her again on Monday

Max earned his keep today when he caught one of the evil ground hogs in the back yard and ate half of it before we got him away from it    My neighbor whose yard they like much better as she no longer has a dog was thrilled but declined my offer to nail the remaining bits to her fence above the hole they go through as a warning to the other ground hogs  to leave