This Romney bit is quite good, especially the nipple ring part.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.
Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals
That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.
Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?
Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.
The willow is too close to the house.
I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.
Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.
I was promised a recession.
My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.
Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.
Consistently wrong since 2002
You cannot shame the shameless.
Fuck these fucking interesting times.
We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.
Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.
How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?
Accountability, motherfuckers.
Technically true, but collectively nonsense
“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”
No Justins, No Peace
A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires
We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.
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shortstop
I loved this. I had no trouble imagining him using the word “japes.”
lamh35
Sorry to threadjack so early, but I really need some advice ASAP!!!
Shitake!!!!
I applied for a job at this hospital in NOLA. I just receieved an email from them asking me to provide 5 references. 2 of the references should be from direct/past lab managers. My current job is where most of my experience comes from. I am a good tech and I am well qualified for this position, but I am wary of asking for references from any of my current managers because firstly, I haven’t told anyone but my closest friend/acquaintances that I am looking for another job. I haven’t told any of them that I am looking for a position in NOLA either, so my current manager have no idea that I’m looking for other work. Secondly, they have been really petty in the past (and are kinda petty overall, which is one of the reasons I want to leave) with other people I know who have left, and if I don’t get this position, then I will have to keep my current job and I KNOW that they will make my life here very uncomfortable, which I just do not want to deal with.
I am thinking really hard about using Senior Techs instead of supervisors, I’ve already written to the recruiter and explained the “hostile” work situation that could occur if I asked for references and did not get the job.
I have a feeling that I could possibly get this job, the only stickling point for me would be pay rate. I have the experience to ask for the higher pay scale which would still be about $2-$3 less than my current job, but once I’m home in NOLA, I can supplement that income with a PRN job just like I currently do.
Unlike with the CDC job I applied for my gut tells me that I have a REAL chance of getting this position if I can just get an interview and before that happens, I need to deal with the references situations.
Anyone have any good ideas on what I should do?
DougJ, Head of Infidelity
@lamh35:
Could you just go with people from previous jobs?
Capri
Personnel folks have a mechanism for handling references when there are issues like bad supervisors. I’d say give the names of the folks you trust to give a good reference, then tell the PR folks at the NOLA hospital your situation.
S. cerevisiae
OK the guy doing Romney has him pretty dialed in. The cock-fighting bit was pretty good but the whole bit was funny.
lamh35
@DougJ, Head of Infidelity: I plan on those being at least one of the 2 managers. I’m still friends with the manager from my student days. The managers from my previous position before this current one are no longer there. In fact, the place where I worked is no longer there thanks to Katrina. The building was demolished and quarantined. The new facility are new people and new managment.
It’s my current job where all my experiences lie. I plan on asking my current PRN supervisor for a reference, but I’m in a limited capacity over there. My PRN work only uses about 15% of what I’m trained and experienced in. It’s easy pickens.
I’ve emailed the recruiter and as soon as I get home I’m gonna try to call the recruiter and see what their policy is. I’m thiking I will just go with the Senior Techs I’ve worked with and let it go from there.
taylormattd
@lamh35:
This is definitely what you should do. Use senior techs who you trust as references, and when you provide them, be sure to reiterate that you are using these people as references because you are applying confidentially and your supervisiors don’t know you have applied.
This is perfectly normal; people apply all the time for new positions without informing their current employer. Interviewers and recruiters understand this. Just make sure you have an safe explanation ready for why you are looking to leave your current job, i.e., one that doesn’t trash your old place too much.
Raven
@taylormattd: I guess it’s a done deal but might there better be a better way to frame it that “hostile”? Maybe negative, adverse or something a bit less loaded.
Raven
@taylormattd: I guess it’s a done deal but might there better be a better way to frame it that “hostile”? Maybe negative, adverse or something a bit less loaded.
Raven
I DID NOT double post!
MikeBoyScout
Too bad for Rmoney that he won’t take the sage advice of Charles Pierce: “I’m Willard Romney, bitches, and how you like me now?”
Belafon (formerly anonevent)
@Raven: I always frame it as I feel like it’s time for me to move into something more challenging to better utilitize my skills and experience. I try to keep it away from talking about the company. If they ask why I am leaving, just say something about feeling like the new company would provide greater use of my skills and give me the ability to learn.
lamh35
@Raven: I used the word “uncomfortable” in my email to the recruiter.
ETA: here is the body of the letter I wrote to the recruiter:
Raven
@lamh35: Yes, that’s certainly not explosive.
Citizen Alan
How odd. The SNL skit wasn’t really “funny” at any point, but I still laughed at it because I really could imagine Slick Willard doing all those things. Does anyone have a good vibe off of Ann Romney yet? I couldn’t pick her out of a lineup, honestly, unless perhaps because she was the only one riding a horse. Does she really seem as mortified by her husband as the actress playing her in this sketch?
Ruckus
@Citizen Alan:
Does she really seem as mortified by her husband as the actress playing her in this sketch?
Wouldn’t you be?
zzyzx
I could have lived without the “We don’t believe you!” shouts as it would be funnier if everyone tried to play along, only getting more and more frustrated.
PGE
Say that the references will be given when you recieve an offer that’s contingent on the references.
khead
I thought it was good too.
So was the opening monologue where I stared at Ms. Vergara’s assets for a few minutes.
Then I crashed.
Cole told me SNL sucked so I haven’t bothered with the rest of it yet.
Ken Pidcock
I found most Romneyesque the claim that he got into the race to promote cat spaying.