Flower Road
Archive for January, 2006
Greetings from Hillsboro
I had an pleasent flight to Portland. There were no clouds in the sky, so I got to see all of the mountains and fields we flew over. I saw the Golden Gate bridge and some wind farms too.
Yesterday, Claire had a recipe for spaghetti pie, which had a block of mozarella cheese, eggs, and tofurkey in a baked lump. We ate that with wheat spaghetti and some pasta/pumpkin sauce.
Then, we went grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. I picked out a dark chocolate bar that is 85% cocoa. The highest proof there was. We also picked out some fancy truffles from some Moonlight store. We may be dog shopping today, so I’ll have to wait and see. Claire refuses to wake up in the mornings.
Oregon bound
I’ll be heading out to Oregon tomorrow to visit the Clairanator. Here’s a new web comic I find quite humorous. www.toothpastefordinner.com
Just for CJ.
Mrrrrr… [rant]
I was feeling pretty bored today, so I decided to check Monster for the whole “job” thing. Of the two firms I interviewed for last November, I got one turn down by email and never heard from the other company. The one I didn’t hear from was the one I was most interested and psyched up about. How the interview went was difficult to judge.
From the start, the guy said he looked over my resume. He saw that I had a technical degree, and wasn’t a complete nutter. I thought “good, good.” After that, he let me run the “interview” and asked, “What questions do you have for me?” One after the other, I asked him questions about the company and everything I wanted to know. He’d respond to the question and ask, “What else?” After 10 minutes of this cycle, I was completely out of questions and drew a blank. He said, “if that’s all, then I guess we’re done.” And, he showed me the door… I thought “well this went well!”
Well, I never heard back from them, and now I’m checking Monster, and they’re still looking to hire people. WTF? Put me through the training program, and give me a chance to at least prove myself. To say I’m not cut out for the job based on an interview is such BS. You’re looking to hire, I’m looking to work. The thing is with this job my salary would have been based solely on my own ability to make commissions, so where’s the risk to your company. The work would have been all on my own shoulders, you’re just looking to fill empty space.
I dont get it… I’m done… Time to stare at dogs.
