The Letting Off Steam Thread

[NovU]

Why are you such an asshole?
I don't even have the slightest idea who you are, why the fuck should I care whether or not you like me? I know I'm always right, so there's no need to bother with listening to your opinion, doing so just wastes my time. Hell, likely the only reason you think I'm an asshole is that I said something you disagreed with, and that just makes you a moron.

Dude, your webpage is hilarious, especially FAQ and main. Nice site you got there anyways.

[shadowgrin]

If you think that's funny, then this is legen...

...wait for it....

http://maddox.xmission.com/

..dary.

[Jackal]

Or the original version..

[shadowgrin]

That too.

[NovU]

Ok. I had one lecture today as the other Lab class was canceled due to Monday being a holiday. So I spent 1.5 hours in the traffic Jam to get to the school for 50 minutes lecture. Guess what. The professor shows up 30 minutes late, and spent rest of time on some bullshits the other professors already went through. So I spent another 1.5 hours in the traffic jam to get home. Not to mention gas money + $4.50 parking fee(no matter how long your park, you pay full). This has been the worst first week of all collegs/university I been to and I been to many. Prof never showed up on time and was very unorganized. What makes it worse is that the schedule is made by some idiot. Distance you have to travel for each class is by far the worst I've ever seen, and free time in-between for some classes is just ridiculously long. Oh. And no hot girls in my set and we're likely to stuck with each other for the rest of year.

[shadowgrin]

collegs/university I been to and I been to many. Prof never showed up on time and was very unorganized. What makes it worse is that the schedule is made by some idiot.

You've been to that many and you never got used to it? It's a given.

[Oznogrd]

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FUCK BROADWAY!!!! Fucking shit heads. God fucking dammit stop raping my favorite hero you cunts!!!

[shadowgrin]

Spider-man? Even Deadpool is better suited on Broadway with a violent musical.

[Oznogrd]

Spider-man? Even Deadpool is better suited on Broadway with a violent musical.

I mean violent musicals can work..Sweeney Todd is great

shit ill even lose man points and admit im a pretty big fan of musicals. Some things that should never be taken out of their original form.

Examples from Broadway:
John Lennon
Brian Wilson
The Beatles

ALL FAILED on broadway
Other examples i've heard that make me want to die is there's an Evil Dead Musical.

They should be shot

The only semi decent adaptation ive seen of old material converted for Broadway was Spamalot and thats because it was the exact some plot with some Broadway jokes thrown in.

[Fresh8]

I got called up for an interview on Tuesday.

Secretary: Would you like to come in this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon?
Me: I'm sorry but I'm at work today so tomorrow would suit me better.
Secretary: Ok, well, would you like to come in at 3, 4, or 5?
Me: I will come in at 3 as I have uni from 4.
Secretary: We will see you tomorrow then!

I spent 2 hours that night researching about the firm and preparing interview answers instead of studying for my mid-term on Thursday. On Wednesday morning I shaved off my mohawk and was super pumped that i was gonna get an interview.

10:30 am, they call back.

"In regard to your interview this afternoon, the position has been filled, sorry we have to cancel your interview."

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? I'm still fucking pissed off about it. That's unprofessional and rude. At least let me interview then tell me you don't want me.

[Andrew]

That's pretty poor. How do they know that they won't find a more suitable candidate, be it you or someone else, in subsequent interviews? And even if they still want to give the job to the person who's filled the position, it's not like they can't still do that after they've completed the other interviews. It's just not the done thing.

[The X]

If they're like that for interview stage, imagine what they are like to work for. You probably dodged a bullet

[Andrew]

Agreed, good point.

[Patr1ck]

Funny, I see it entirely the other way around. I'm guessing they found somebody perfect and needed to fill the position as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I agree they should have granted you and all the others interviews because of the possibility of finding somebody better then their initial choice.

-Would you like to schedule an interview for this job today?

No...I have to go to work today. How about tomorrow? It's not like working for you would be a good reason to go to work late or call in sick for my current job.

-Oh, and lets be rude by not telling the rest of the scheduled interviewers not to waste our time or theirs by coming in to interview since we already made our choice.

The opportunity was there. You just feel inconvenienced since you put some work into it and somebody snatched it right up before you got a chance. So, next time, no waiting around. Find someone who can fill in for your shift or go to work later or take an extended lunch.

[shadowgrin]

Same here with Pdub. Why would they ask someone to have an interview in the same day unless they were in a hurry to hire someone?

[Andrew]

The same thought did occur to me as well but then I'd still find that a bit weird and a sign that they're fairly unprepared or ill-equipped to deal with turnover/a new position being created if they need to interview and hire someone all on the same day. And if that's the case, why bother scheduling interviews past that day? To me it sounds like they've interviewed someone, decided they're a perfect fit and figure they don't need to look any further so screw giving anyone else a chance.

If that's the way they're handling their business, then X hit the nail on the head; Sit dodged a bullet there.

[shadowgrin]

I understand Sit's anger, though in a different way.
If I did this for nothing I would also be pissed...

I shaved off my mohawk

[Lean]

"In regard to your interview this afternoon, the position has been filled, sorry we have to cancel your interview."

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? I'm still fucking pissed off about it. That's unprofessional and rude.

I feel your misery.

[J@3]

It's because you shaved off the mohawk. Sell-out.

[Fresh8]

Well, they offered me to come in 'today' or 'tomorrow'.

I'm doing unpaid work experience for a solicitor. This job was a paralegal position. So I thought it would be good to show that I am professional. Plus, I couldn't really leave work that day as I was drafting a defense for the guy I work for who is lazy as and asked for a week extension to give it to the other side and that day was the day it was due.

I can understand if I asked to reschedule for the next day but they gave me the option. If they asked me to come in that afternoon and didn't mention the next day, I would have said 'ok, I will see what I can do.'

Also, they put the job ad up the Thursday prior at 1:30 pm. I sent them my application on Friday morning at 8:30am. So they would have shortlisted candidates on Monday afternoon and called me on Tuesday. I'm sure they could have waited another 4 hours to meet me then ascertain.

However, as you guys have said, probably not someone I'd like to work for at the end of the day.

[benji]

Paralegal? What's the size of the firm? Do you have legal experience? Did you send them a resume? If they got someone with law background amongst a bunch of nobodies they're taking that person and canceling the search. It might have been an instance where HR sets up the interviews, and the partners go "this fag has a legal background, why are we bothering with the rest?"

As others have said be glad they called you back and told you to not come in. You should come over here to Michigan and apply, you'll be lucky if they tell you anything. Even after you have interviewed.

EDIT: Missed your part about your current "job" if someone else has the formal training and you don't you're going to have a hard time in the legal profession. Even for a paralegal, they will be interested in someone who can eventually generate money for them unless they're a smaller firm. Bringing in someone with school experience, and even better: bar approval, will vaporize anyone who has none of that if they are looking for potential future partners or even short-term paralegals.

If your guy is lazy, don't think too highly of your references then, as lawyers will know other lawyers.

Either way, in the economy we will be having soon, being scheduled for an interview just to have it cancelled is hitting gold.

[Fresh8]

Paralegals here don't need any legal experience. The job ad said this job was perfect for a law student and someone who they could invest in for career development at the firm. I finish my law degree next year. The only people who'd be applying for this position would have been other students. Ah well, as others have said, I will just get the next one.

My current job is really my retail job and I'm doing experience with this solicitor once a week. I have school every other day. The work experience is good as I draft most of his legal documents but I'd much prefer to be getting paid for it.

EDIT: To answer your questions. I have some legal experience as well as policy experience with our State Treasury department. I sent these guys a resume. The firm was a small firm but they have offices in three major cities. Ah well... I've applied for a shitty admin position with our Public Defender's office. Hopefully they call me back on this one. Actually called them to have a chat and make sure the recruiter remembers my name.

[benji]

Paralegals don't need legal experience anywhere I'm aware of, but firms will prefer it especially as they get bigger as they want to cultivate a farm team.

One thing to remember is that there are legions of unemployed people with law degrees out there and firms can pay them the same crappy salary they would pay you while making them do more.

[Fresh8]

Paralegals don't need legal experience anywhere I'm aware of, but firms will prefer it especially as they get bigger as they want to cultivate a farm team.

One thing to remember is that there are legions of unemployed people with law degrees out there and firms can pay them the same crappy salary they would pay you while making them do more.

Yeah I know. I'd like to think I'm pretty awesome though. Just for consolation.

More venting. We lost to the 6th placed team last night. Our arch-nemesis. We are 2nd but I think only narrowly after this loss. It's an 8 team league. If we keep playing how we have been recently (tied game against 7th and 20 point drubbing against 6th), we might not even make the playoffs.

[Jackal]

Twitter. That's all.