Exactly. Plus, that person must be available: not busy in a meeting or otherwise, willing to say something that may incriminate them/ their company, and willing to tell someone they are not good-enough. And then forget about applying there again, I think. EDIT: Think of the mass shootings in the U.S , and someone who may be angry just dropping by, something not usually done, AFAIK.Ibix said:
I'd say phone, since company may not want to put reasons in writing.Ibix said:
They " Mind-Read" my joke ;).Borg said:
Wow, Psinter, where have you been? Haven't heard of you for a while now. Maybe just not posting in Random Thoughts?Psinter said:
I rented a van the last time we DIY'd a house move. Got home, went to open the cargo door, and found that the handle didn't open the door (with the usual not-connected-to-anything feel you get from a locked car door handle). And there was no keyhole. Nor an obvious keyhole cover. No door-release markings on any of the dashboard controls.OmCheeto said:Just figured out, after 10 years, how to get into my Christmas light string fuse boxes.
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Reminds of Egyptian crypt, Raiders of the Lost Ark type puzzles.
It vas zee "sliding door", Herr Om. Sorry for all zoze years of tvisting und turning und pulling und hammering.
Ibix said:I rented a van the last time we DIY'd a house move. Got home, went to open the cargo door, and found that the handle didn't open the door (with the usual not-connected-to-anything feel you get from a locked car door handle). And there was no keyhole. Nor an obvious keyhole cover. No door-release markings on any of the dashboard controls.
Hm.
I rang the rental company and explained rather sheepishly that I couldn't figure out how to open the back door. They apologised for forgetting to tell me, and explained that you had to use the key to unlock the driver's side door, then let the key turn back and then unlock it again. And the second time you unlock the driver's door you actually unlock the rear door.
Obviously.
I'd never have guessed that in a million years.
I once left a bar and found two teenage girls outside who tried to stop a car for a ride home. They probably thought nothing could happen because they were two. I thought: Better me than someone dangerous, so I offered to drive them home. At the first traffic light I had to stop, and the shy one of the two decided to test the door. What an embarrassing moment to learn about the safety lock! I didn't even know I had one. Nobody ever had sat there.OmCheeto said:
Ehr mehr gerd.
Your story, and the story of me riding around in the back seat of my friend's minivan, once a year, for the last 3 years:
Omfriendia; "Sorry you're locked in guys! I have to open the side doors from up here."
Om; "Really? Is this some child safety thing? We're in our 60's."
Omfriendia; "The owners manual section on how to fix that is 3000 pages long, and was written by a lawyer."
Om; "Understood!"
OMG!fresh_42 said:
story. I can think of only once that I gave a stranger a ride. It was 34+ years ago. Some kid from Germany asked me for a lift at a rest stop. 200 km from Seattle to Portland. Can't remember his name. Nice though. Didn't kill me, nor me him.Awkward! What did you say? I guess you'd want to disengage the child lock, but if you didn't know you had one I guess you didn't know how to do that.fresh_42 said:
I don't remember whether I figured it out. I certainly tried at least. But the other girl gave me the rose she's gotten that night as I dropped them at homeIbix said:
Hihi. I was away for a good while on work and other stuff.WWGD said:
Hmmmmm. Talking about presents/tokens of appreciation in the given subject, you reminded me how slow I am. If other girls at PF read the following they are probably going to say: "You are a jerk!". But what can say, I was a kid. So it goes like this... A girl always gave me the biggest valentine's card every year in elementary school and during the whole year, she would give me drawings she made. All of them had hearts on them. One of them was an Ice Cream Cone, but instead of being filled with Ice Cream, it was filled with heartsfresh_42 said:I don't remember whether I figured it out. I certainly tried at least. But the other girl gave me the rose she's gotten that night as I dropped them at home
. Another one was a Christmas Tree, but instead of having normal decorations it was decorated with hearts . Other was a river, but instead of having water, it had hearts flowing through it. One had a tree, but instead of having leaves, it had hearts . In another one, the Sun was a heart . I always said thank you, but never even remotely crossed my mind anything else other than: she likes to draw. It wasn't until I was 18 years old that I was like: "Ooooooohhhhhhh. Now I understand." 
It was elementary school and I was concentrated on playing and having fun. Never did I think about love or liking another person in those times.
.Speaking of cold, I must tell you. I recently saw snow for the first time in my life and it was amazingWWGD said:
! This is my first time in the US and I have one word for you:
. Another surprise was the amount of buildings and the amount of houses. I cannot fathom the amount of work it must have taken to build all that. My mind is still trying to process the information. And the amount of stores... legendary.. Never had I experience temperatures below 57F. The temperature was 30 something F. I told my friend joking: "It's official. My left butt has been completely frozen and my right butt is on the process." I had to get into a store and buy myself a thick jacket. My friend took me to a store I had never seen before to get me a jacket. I told her like repeating what she had told me, but in like a joking sense: "No, it's not cold. It's only 30 something F. Meanwhile I'm here, with my nails getting blue and shivering like a phone in vibration mode" and we laughed . A funny event was that I saw a kid that was apparently as excited as me to see snow, but he didn't calculate his movements properly while jumping from joy so he tripped over and smashed his face against the snow 
.. One of the blankets is thick and the other two are normal. I tell you, it's cold." and then it's really awkward.Psinter said:
Psinter said:Speaking of cold, I must tell you. I recently saw snowThe people were friendly and kind to me. I had a little trouble communicating, but some told me they understood my english pretty well. My mistake was (and still is) that because I don't want to come out as dumb I try to reply very quickly to the person I am talking with and in the end I still come out as dumb. For instance, people ask me: "How are you doing?" and I reply really quickly: "Yes! I mean thank you!
All in all, the experience has been wonderful. You guys have to visit the US.
lel. It took me a while to understand the joke. You live in the US then? Pretty neat. I have yet to experience 23F. It hasn't gone below 30F where I am visiting.WWGD said:
Nah, I'm okay. I am accompanied. I was told I was being too politeWWGD said:
in my speech... The one that comes out correctly, that is. The rest is probably nonsense like in my example above ..I've learned (UK) "and you".WWGD said:
Ok, nice in-between. I still want to hear: " I willfully reciprocate your sentiment"fresh_42 said:
Probably, because U2 has a different meaning on the islands.WWGD said:
And me ;).WWGD said:
Specially on some types of Sundays...fresh_42 said:
I didn't get this one.WWGD said:
You know, the red...BLOODY ones...fresh_42 said:
I only associatedWWGD said:
I have one those, which is build in a way thermos are. But it's plastic.WWGD said:
I decided to mirror their in my eyes devalued term of "continentals", which they have for the rest of Europe, and will call them islanders. Still better than what a colleague of mine once used: teabags.WWGD said:
