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Sell your stuff and give the money to your parents to help pay for yourselves. Your mum is crazy but she has the right to not want porn or adult television that upsets her in her home or anything else for that matter. Their house, their rules. Can't you or your brother get at least one part time job between you?
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At the last interview I had, I replied to the 'greatest flaw' question by saying "hmm I'm not sure, you would have to ask my friends and family that question!" The interviewer laughed, we chatted a while and I got the job.  This may or may not work, you would have to read the situation first, I think.Good luck with the search, OP, I'm rooting for you. You've had jobs before, you can do it again. Oh nearly forgot, one tip I've picked up for dealing with interview nerves and awkwardness is to think that you are also interviewing THEM. This was true in the days when the economy was booming and you could take your pick, interviewers would really try to sell the job to you. Things are different at the moment but it still holds true, I think.
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Going back to the Zucchini Incident briefly: Zuccini are made almost entirely of water. I'm not a chef, just a cook, but I'm willing to bet you were told to press them down with a towel/rag instead of a spatula to squeeze up some of the water as they cooked (as well as getting an even, firm press on the hot surface) so they get nice and chargrilled instead of sitting there steaming. It probably drastically reduces the cooking time. Any GWS'ers could perhaps clarify. What I'm saying is, if you are told to do things a certain way at a new job there is probably a good reason things are done that way, even if you think you have a better way. Just do as you are told! Good luck with the job search, OP.
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Apr 21, 2013 18:34
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I saw this news article and couldn't help thinking of this thread. How well can you dance, Benny? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23972952 "A university graduate says he was left humiliated after being asked to dance to a Daft Punk song during a job interview at an electronics superstore. Alan Bacon, 21, thought working at Currys in Cardiff would be ideal given his love of cameras, and he spent a week preparing for the interview. But instead of showcasing his skills, he ended up doing robotic-style dancing "like a scene out of [BBC TV comedy] The Office". Currys has since apologised. It has also admitted that the dance segment of the interview had been a mistake and was not part of its official recruitment processes.."
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Sep 5, 2013 17:34
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'Grad School' or uni, whatever the European equivalent is, is not a 'get out of jail free' card to avoid having to get an actual job for a few years. You may as well take a huge pile of 100 dollar bills and burn them every week and spend half of your life in enormous debt. Everyone and his dog have expensive qualifications coming out the wazoo these days and they still don't have their 'dream career'. I hate to be negative but that's the truth.
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Jan 6, 2014 01:04
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Benny the Snake posted:I guess I could That's great news, Benny. Good luck with the unemployment office, just try as hard as you can.
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Jan 16, 2014 10:41
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The biggest improvement is that I'm no longer paranoid, and I have my psych to thank for that.
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Benny the Snake posted:I'm in no position to make any kind of money off my writing so yeah, this is just a way to pass the time/dip my toes in the water. You could do though, just not in that way right now. Check out textbroker.com and similar sites, you can make quite a bit of beer money writing short articles suitable for blogs. Could you bang out 500 words on the attractions of your home town, a restaurant or how to.. something or other? If so you can make money writing.
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Feb 25, 2014 01:57
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Benny the Snake posted:My career counselor told me to write a thank-you-note after an interview. What I did was as soon as the interview was over, I stepped outside the office, wrote the note down, then I went back in and handed it to the manager. Oh god please Benny don't do that again, it's just really weird and awkward. The interviewer might remember you but not for the right reasons. If your career councilor told you to do this exact same thing (but I'm doubtful they did) then you need to speak to another one or seek other resources - the internet is pretty good for that, I hear.
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Mar 1, 2014 00:36
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Arian_Samurai posted:22. Guy who cleans out the porta johns after music festivals Oh hell no. I knew a guy who did that (crazy good money) and he fell in the sewerage tank when he was emptying them and nearly died of Weil's disease. Not a good fit for Benny.
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Pfft what's all this talk about closing the thread? There's comedy gold in here! I lost it at "I am proud to announce that I am applying for some loving job". We gotta keep the hope alive that one day Benny will do a thing.
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