Comments on: Friday Happy Hour: The Jobs That Got Away

By: NYCGirl

NYCGirl — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:41:00 +0000

Yay for the “Two Cathedrals” love!

By: Sparky

Sparky — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:38:00 +0000

1. I’m too lovable to get mad at…

2. Electrician at a Michigan prison. Would have had inmate assistants., anything from a drunk driver to a murderer. Enough about that.

3. One favorite is “Whose Line is it Anyways?” starring Richard Simmons – wet your pants hilarious!! Also Star Trek Voyager. The Dr. is uploaded into 7 of 9′s body. Jerri Ryan did some great acting emulating the Doctor.

4. The natural fireplace, We have a fire almost every night in the winter.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:44:00 +0000

I had interviewed for a PR position at Enron about a year before it’s collapse.. I’m very happy I didnt get that one!!

By: nikki

nikki — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:59:00 +0000

1. An old roommate was mad at me for a week and she finally told me it was because I planned on moving out at the end of a lease and I’d told the other 2 people in the house before telling her. I wasn’t going to ditch out and I hadn’t seen her since I’d decided. Weird.

3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Once More with Feeling

“They got the mustard out!”

4. I just moved into this place in October. It’s smaller than I would like, but it came with free cable and a washer & dryer. Never again will I live in a place without a washer and dryer. Laundromats – boo!

By: Elle

Elle — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:39:00 +0000

2 – About two months after college, I got offered a job in “editing” from a friend of a friend. I had to apply twice, take an online personality test, do a phone interview, take an editing test, and then fly several states over for an in-person interview. During the interview, they pulled the bait and switch on me, and offered me a medical editing job in lieu of the creative editing position I had been seeking. Had I actually filled the position, I would have spent 40 hours a week editing medical textbooks, prescription warnings, and informational essays about new medications. That sounds, well, awful. Glad to have sidestepped that one.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Jeremy got my favorite episode of TV ever!! The Constant from Lost was just phenominal. I still get choked up thinking about it.

A close second is on Fresh Prince when Will and Lisa go to couples counciling. The group session with the Jeffersons is classic.

By: CharlesWidmoreMustBeDESTROYED

CharlesWidmoreMustBeDESTROYED — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:30:00 +0000

Yet another LOST , but for me it’s THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME, where Ben gets to be all BAD-A**

By: mdely

mdely — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:15:00 +0000

Wow! I totally agree with Jeremy on the Lost episode.

My dept was going away and I had a chance to take another position there, but I held out. And a few months later I was sent to another location much much closer to home!

This is totally wrong, but the best feature of my house is that the lady that lives next door is extremely beautiful.

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:43:00 +0000

I received a call from a head hunter one week back in 94 and he sent me to local establishment that provided food to airlines. I am a maintenance mechanic and electrician and was being looked at as the head of maintenance for this firm. The first interview went well but I heard nothing from them for 3 months. They finally called again and asked me to come in for the 2nd interview. This was with the managers and main office HR director. The interview lasted an hour and we discussed salary and benefits. I was going to get 100k plus a 4 wheel drive pick-up. I was informed that there were other people to be interviewed and it would be 3 more months before I would hear anything.

Just before I was to hear about the position the place was raided by the INS and lost 60% of the work force. They never reopened. Luckily for me I was employed and did not take that job, I would have been out of work!

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:06:00 +0000

4 Easy walking distance to a good auto repair place.