Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

My clothing dilemma for today has left me with a pair of pjs. So i am about to go and spend some time gardening road side in my pjs.

I'm in PJs.

You need to source/stock up on 6 pairs of cheap leggings and loose T shirts.... I've got some I've worn nearly every day for about 5 years now. It doesn't matter what they look like, nobody sees them .... and they save my proper clothes. Not that proper clothes are comfortable or fit most of the time as they're all cut wrong and my size changes hourly/daily... and nothing matches either.

Right now I am in my PJs. PJs with prints of little Yorkies.

PasturesNew

I've always had to take "any job that pays the bills" - and, being single, the bills are quite high. Therefore I've not ever been able to 'choose' jobs I want to do. Had to do "the first job I can find, that'll pay the bills, that I can get". Had loads of really bad employers. Been laid off loads of times because the sort of people that offer jobs quickly tend to be shambolic bosses/companies - and so they tend to let you know the same day. Long-winded recruiting processes take too long for me - so I've tended to not even apply for jobs that tell me they have a closing date in 3-4 weeks and an interview date the following month.... usually, if I've not found/started a job by then I'd have starved or had people banging on the door for money.

And, once you're in a job, you can't book annual leave to continue looking. Not to mention it's wasting valuable annual leave time. Annual leave is a new thing really - there used to be none/little in jobs I did in the past 20 years. Temping was one where there was no holiday pay - so it'd be a huge gamble to let down the company/agency for one day and lose a day's pay just on the gamble that you'd get a job you had an interview for.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Right now I am in my PJs. PJs with prints of little Yorkies.

Mine are pale grey with pink stripes. They're 8 years old,have probably shrunk a bit and I'm rather tall so you can see my tummy and, actually, they ankle swing so you can see I had my legs waxed without rolling up the legs at all. I can choose whether to show off more belly or more leg by choosing to wear them on waist or hips. That's flexibility!

Generali

The best interview question is, "What's 7X8?".

It's the times table that fewest people know I reckon and people think they should know the answer yet almost nobody does in an interview situation.

You will learn more about a person in an interview by chucking that in than you will in a hundred questions about synergies, pro-activity, going forward (like a Christian soldier presumably) and solutionizing.

The correct answer doesn't matter at all. The way the answer is given tells you everything.

You could just as well ask what the Magna Carta was, the best way to get from one town 50 miles away to another a similar distance away or who won the FA Cup in 1981. People will either lie, blurt out the first thing that comes into their head, think about it and try to get it right or refuse to answer.

PS I'm wearing my pinstripe, a nice pink shirt and nipple tassles.

LydiaJ

Generali wrote: »

The best interview question is, "What's 7X8?".

It's the times table that fewest people know I reckon and people think they should know the answer yet almost nobody does in an interview situation.

You will learn more about a person in an interview by chucking that in than you will in a hundred questions about synergies, pro-activity, going forward (like a Christian soldier presumably) and solutionizing.

The correct answer doesn't matter at all. The way the answer is given tells you everything.

You could just as well ask what the Magna Carta was, the best way to get from one town 50 miles away to another a similar distance away or who won the FA Cup in 1981. People will either lie, blurt out the first thing that comes into their head, think about it and try to get it right or refuse to answer.

PS I'm wearing my pinstripe, a nice pink shirt and nipple tassles.

When I was 6 we went to Australia for a year for my dad's sabbatical. I'd begun learning tables in England, but in Oz they didn't believe in rote learning at that time, so we didn't do any at school. My brothers decided to take a hand. The drilled me in all the squares, and 7x8, until I knew them properly. For a long time I knew 7x8 but had to think a long time to do 8x7. So I'd be fine in your interview. I could do Magna Carta too (1215 innit), but would frankly confess not caring about football and having no idea about the FA cup one. I wouldn't lie or guess the football. I think it's important for teachers to be able to admit when they don't know something, so maybe that would be the "right answer" in my line of work.

chewmylegoff

isn't the answer just 56?

vivatifosi

One for animal lovers, esp lir. There was a story on Sky News this morning about an Australian horse owner that was absolutely beautiful to watch. You can see the love the woman in question has for her horse:
http://news.sky.com/home/article/16179273

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Good god, the lunatics are all out there on the board again.

I just posted there before reading this. We've gone through a good phase for a couple of days and now we're back to that again. Such a shame. It's bullying by any other name.

Doozergirl wrote: »

They phoned me at the end of the day to offer me the job.:) (It's not a career move,but it's part time mummy 's job in a fascinating department that I'm really excited about, I need to be with people to keep sane and it will cover DS's school fees, just)

Yay!!! Congrats Doozer! Hope you really enjoy it there.

lostinrates wrote: »

My clothing dilemma for today has left me with a pair of pjs. So i am about to go and spend some time gardening road side in my pjs.

The trick with pyjamas is never to wear matching tops and bottoms. Wear a plain top with patterned bottoms or vice versa, dress them up with a necklace and a belt and people won't see close enough to look at the material and will think you're wearing some foreign creation instead.

JonnyBravo

Congrats doozer.


re interviews
I usually finish off interviewing with questions around "risk". (Not the board game - the key is holding Australia or S.America early on )
Do they consider themselves a risk taker? - You get interesting views on whether its good or bad etc and that leads into stuff which helps me decide how self aware they are.... as those who say yes, I ask them to describe risks they've taken where it's gone wrong. Surprisingly few of the "risk takers" actually have examples.
Poor memory, lying as they think "risk taking is cool"or they don't really take risks but aren't aware of that?

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

One for animal lovers, esp lir. There was a story on Sky News this morning about an Australian horse owner that was absolutely beautiful to watch. You can see the love the woman in question has for her horse:
http://news.sky.com/home/article/16179273

I didn't play it, but its a lovely article. And the horse is very beautiful.

It makes me sad to see horses in clothes when their owners are warm enough in t shirts. I am guessing from the hood horse might have an issue with insects or sweetitch, but still.

Its special realtionship.