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Do DMs get involved with hiring bussers? That seems a bit much. I worked fast food for several months when I was 19 and I think I met with the store manager and that was it.
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life is killing me posted:Real talk, Benny: Have you followed up on any of your interviews? You know, like, called them? That "don't call us, we'll call you" deal usually doesn't mean they are excited about you, but sometimes being the one that calls back every so often to check up can be good. Detailed instructions, man. Benny has no idea if calling too much is every day or every other October
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Mar 13, 2014 03:04
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Tyrannosaurus posted:Detailed instructions, man. Benny has no idea if calling too much is every day or every other October Yeah I forgot that some don't have common sense that would dictate how often or how little to call.
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Mar 13, 2014 03:14
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Benny the Snake posted:The General Manager at the Olive Garden told me I'd get a call back by next week to speak with the district manager. So just like Sears, I'm waiting for a call back. And no, I didn't give a thank you note. Just as a heads up Benny, normally what people do is they get a business card from the person or people they interviewed with and shoot off an email that night expressing thanks for taking the time to talk to you and that you were excited to learn <x> fact or whatever to show you were actively listening. Good luck sir!
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Mar 13, 2014 04:05
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Benny the Snake posted:The General Manager at the Olive Garden told me I'd get a call back by next week to speak with the district manager. So just like Sears, I'm waiting for a call back. And no, I didn't give a thank you note. I want you to think back to that conversation and be very specific. Did the GM say that you would definitely be getting a call by next week to speak to the DM or did they say that you would get a call back by next week if you advanced in the recruitment process? When you're applying for these positions, is there usually only a single position open or are they doing a general recruitment drive for staff? Do you ever ask how many people are being interviewed at each stage (knowing this can guide you in how far past the "deadline" for hearing from them you should let it go before you contact them and whether it's more appropriate to follow up by email or phone)?
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Mar 13, 2014 06:42
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Also bear in mind (though you've had so many interviews I expect you know this) that it's not uncommon to never hear anything at all if you didn't get a particular job. It sucks, but employers are not always great at even sending out form "thank you for coming in, we have found someone else" letters.
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Mar 13, 2014 14:05
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Lolie posted:I want you to think back to that conversation and be very specific. Hahahaha. Look at this guy. Great post and all, but come on, you know how it goes.
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Mar 13, 2014 14:12
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Benny next time you give an interviewer a thank-you card the second after the interview ends slip a cool $20 in the card.
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Mar 13, 2014 14:18
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Magnus Gallant posted:Benny next time you give an interviewer a thank-you card the second after the interview ends slip a cool $20 in the card. The interviewer will be so puzzled when Benny carries in a cooler full of ice. He'll be even more baffled when Benny opens it and hands him a thank you card with a cold twenty dollar bill.
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Mar 13, 2014 15:09
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The DM calling isn't totally implausible, although I'm not familiar with Sears' internal structure. Since they're responsible for a significant portion of a company's operations, their instructions to a store could be along the lines of "Yo, Store Manager, your hours are way out of line for the business you're doing and it's really eating into your profit margin. You need to cut shifts" or something like "Marketing told me that from the customer care surveys they sent out, the thing that damages us most is the perception that there aren't enough associates around to help. Hire some more people." Most places don't send out rejection letters because it's a waste of HR's time (it's obvious that if you don't get a call/letter, you didn't get the job), and because there's the risk that an unsuccessful candidate will take issue with the wording and complain about discrimination. I have gotten calls when I was the runner-up for a position, but that was for internal postings. That said, it really sucks not getting so much as a "gently caress you" from a potential employer.
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Mar 13, 2014 15:51
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Benny you should revisit my crack idea. Maybe you could get into dealing first before you get hooked.
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Quantum Finger posted:Benny you should revisit my crack idea. Maybe you could get into dealing first before you get hooked. Many successful people started by selling crack. Just look at Jay-Z!
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Mar 14, 2014 06:46
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If anybody missed it, Benny blatantly tried to cheat in Thunderdome. Again.
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Mar 14, 2014 09:55
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:If anybody missed it, Benny blatantly tried to cheat in Thunderdome. Tell me more, tell me more?
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Mar 14, 2014 10:05
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This week, we're writing ghost stories. The prompt is very open, but there's one additional caveat.quote:For this round an additional rule is in effect: Do not ask anyone who has posted in this thread to look at your story before you submit. You must stand or fall alone. quote:You've been added to the list, but I'd like to draw your attention to this part of the prompt: Benny the Snake posted:I'm very much aware So let's recap 1) the rule says no going for help 2) Benny immediately breaks the rule in the worst and most obvious way possible 3) the judges decide to give him a chance to confess at which point ... 4) he doesn't, and at the same time destroys any hope that he might've just skimmed the prompt post and missed the rule. I may be reading too deeply into this, but I can't help see the cocked hat smiley as Benny's "teheehee puppetmaster im so clever they'll never catch me" moment. If I were the judge this week, I would've dug up the old ultraloser avatar that we save for special occasions. HOWEVER, in his infinite wisdom, The Saddest Rhino has given Benny one last chance to repent. The Saddest Rhino posted:IN LIGHT of this incredible development, it has been convened, and it has been agreed, that for you, Benny the Snake - in order for your story to escape both disqualification and That's two times in a row that Benny has broken the rules, both in really dumb and obvious ways. Perhaps the saga of gokupants has softened me to internet idiots, but if he can actually post something decent this week without breaking the rules, there may be hope for him yet. But keep in mind Benny, we're not nearly as dumb as you seem to think we are. Nobody is that dumb. You couldn't control a shopping cart, and you sure as poo poo can't play us like chess pieces.
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Mar 14, 2014 12:52
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:But keep in mind Benny, we're not nearly as dumb as you seem to think we are. Nobody is that dumb. You couldn't control a shopping cart, and you sure as poo poo can't play us like chess pieces.  I was going to quote Benny's post about how honesty is a personal conviction, but he edited that part of it out.
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Mar 14, 2014 13:12
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Advertiser posted:Tell me more, tell me more? Did he get very far? EDIT: gently caress, way too late. And I've been caught quoting a song from Grease... Pope Corky the IX fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Mar 14, 2014 13:18
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Benny call Vince McMahon, maybe you could get a job as a WWE jobber. You could get hit by a folding chair then write a short story about it. That would be your gimmick "the writer man".
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Mar 14, 2014 13:21
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Well that does it, Benny you are an idiot. 
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Mar 14, 2014 13:31
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I don't get why everyone is so surprised. Benny's a liar by nature, remember? He does it all the time, even though he's terrible at it. Just like his writing.
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Mar 14, 2014 13:36
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He is a writer, after all
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Mar 14, 2014 13:46
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Arian_Samurai posted:Benny call Vince McMahon, maybe you could get a job as a WWE jobber. The wrestler Raven used to bring a shopping cart to the ring during his entrance. He also used it as a weapon Benny you know what you must do.
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Mar 14, 2014 13:48
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While you're adding special rules for Benny, can you add one saying he'll be banned if he responds to criticism of his story with any variation of "I know it wasn't very good, it wasn't my best effort, just something I threw together because I didn't take it seriously..." He's been using that from the beginning and needs to stop.
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Mar 14, 2014 14:52
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:
I am sure that is exactly what that stupid smiley meant and for god's sake Benny you are a terrible liar are you aware how dumb doing things like that makes you look? Worth it though for the cart slam. drat Benny. Right there is an example of good writing. Maybe instead of pissing everyone in the writing forum off you could try and learn from them?
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Mar 14, 2014 15:32
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vxskud posted:The wrestler Raven used to bring a shopping cart to the ring during his entrance. Are you suggesting he submits The Raven as his piece, and claims Poe must have copied him?
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Mar 14, 2014 15:39
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Yo maybe his degree is actually in psychology and he's just been playing us the whole time. His brother is the control group and Benny is the placebo group. Does technically nothing but tricks himself into thinking he's passing as a normal human. Experiment is contaminated because somebody spit in the gene pool.
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Mar 14, 2014 15:40
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Starter Wiggin posted:Benny, did you see the like 12 love ballads to you in the dome this week? Yeah, all my goodwill towards you spawned from ole gokupants has now dissipated. Thanks Benny. Please tell me, did Benny try to send thank you cards to sebmojo and Fanky and whoever else?
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My bet is that Benny is just stupid and unobservant (as has been demonstrated numerous times), and didn't understand what the rules meant in the first place nor the attempt to reinforce them. Like, maybe he thinks "no help allowed" means "don't ask somebody else to come up with a story and try to pass it off as your own" or "don't ask somebody else to type up your story for you."
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Mar 14, 2014 15:42
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The rule was, specifically:quote:For this round an additional rule is in effect: Do not ask anyone who has posted in this thread to look at your story before you submit. You must stand or fall alone. Even Benny couldn't misinterpret...even Benny probably couldn't... Never mind.
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Mar 14, 2014 15:46
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I forgot to mention that Benny broke the rules before he had even officially entered. Benny lost a game he was not even playing.
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Mar 14, 2014 15:51
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Benny is rapidly losing any shot at sympathy. He had potentially infinite access to sympathy, too- poo poo family situation, poo poo economy, poo poo town. But now he's revealed that all along he's been a big, dumb baby, too stupid to listen to the one group of people who can help him.
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Benny you are the dumbest motherfucker alive, which is why I think you should leave home and live on the streets, giving blowjobs and snorting rat poison up your sinuses. You will either harden up or die, and either of those things is better than the bland, blobby, purposeless existence you lead now. You are too squishy in both body and mind to even be a cog in the machine, Benny. Think about that.
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New Weave Wendy posted:My bet is that Benny is just stupid and unobservant (as has been demonstrated numerous times), and didn't understand what the rules meant in the first place nor the attempt to reinforce them. Like, maybe he thinks "no help allowed" means "don't ask somebody else to come up with a story and try to pass it off as your own" or "don't ask somebody else to type up your story for you." Benny is INCREDIBLY stupid. It probably won't be that he misunderstood the rules, but that he thought he found a loophole or something and was hoping no one else did. I think that's how his dumbass brain works, anyway. I feel stupid typing that out. Edit: Serious question. Benny entering the thunderdome was great for this thread, but is it doing Benny any good? Greg Legg fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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I feel like it's interesting (probably armchair-psych level) insight into how Benny works, because I don't think he's actually that stupid. He obviously knows the rule is there, he knows that breaking it is a terrible idea, and yet there's such a fundamental disconnect between his thought processes and his decision-making processes that he goes and does it anyways, like he's still a prepubescent child that hasn't quite got the hang of that bit of life where you acknowledge the probable consequences of your actions before you make a decision about what action to take. Or, you know, he's just incredibly stupid. Aqua Bear posted:Edit: Serious question. Benny entering the thunderdome was great for this thread, but is it doing Benny any good? Well, it's the most dedicated he's been to a thing since he called in hungover to work, so take that as you will.
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Ursine Asylum posted:I feel like it's interesting (probably armchair-psych level) insight into how Benny works, because I don't think he's actually that stupid. He obviously knows the rule is there, he knows that breaking it is a terrible idea, and yet there's such a fundamental disconnect between his thought processes and his decision-making processes that he goes and does it anyways, like he's still a prepubescent child that hasn't quite got the hang of that bit of life where you acknowledge the probable consequences of your actions before you make a decision about what action to take. I had thought that either therapy or medication or both would help Benny improve his executive function, but not so far.
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Aqua Bear posted:Benny is INCREDIBLY stupid. It probably won't be that he misunderstood the rules, but that he thought he found a loophole or something and was hoping no one else did. I think that's how his dumbass brain works, anyway. Well, you see, he asked for feedback before he entered, so the rules didn't apply to him when he was shopping his story around. Or something. And no, spending time writing terrible "stories" rather then applying for jobs or volunteering or donating blood or reading Cliff's Notes summaries of Dante's Inferno is probably not doing Benny any good. Normal people could probably juggle all of these (and a full-time job, and a social life). Benny is not a normal person. Ninja edit: Not that I want the entertainment to stop! 
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AlbieQuirky posted:I had thought that either therapy or medication or both would help Benny improve his executive function, but not so far. I've said this before, but he'd be great in politics. Making choices, no consideration for consequences, lying, blaming others. It's almost as if he fits the exact mold for politician.
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Mar 14, 2014 18:35
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:That's two times in a row that Benny has broken the rules, both in really dumb and obvious ways. How did he break the rules previously? I missed that. (Or is that where he failed to acknowledge his story because he lost?)
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DopeGhoti posted:And no, spending time writing terrible "stories" rather then applying for jobs or volunteering or donating blood or reading Cliff's Notes summaries of Dante's Inferno is probably not doing Benny any good. Normal people could probably juggle all of these (and a full-time job, and a social life). Benny is not a normal person. I'm surprised that Benny is still entering the thunderdome. Like someone above you said, it's the most effort he's ever put into anything. But I don't want it to stop, either. life is killing me posted:I've said this before, but he'd be great in politics. Making choices, no consideration for consequences, lying, blaming others. It's almost as if he fits the exact mold for politician. This is perfect.
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life is killing me posted:I've said this before, but he'd be great in politics. Making choices, no consideration for consequences, lying, blaming others. It's almost as if he fits the exact mold for politician. The trick is that you can't poo poo on your coworkers or they throw you under a bus, and Benny's shown himself incapable of that as well. spacing in vienna posted:How did he break the rules previously? I missed that. (Or is that where he failed to acknowledge his story because he lost?) Yeah, the rules were that after your story has been judged and deemed wanting, you still have to own up to it.
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