Soooo....

[katiesue]

I've just wasted half my morning on a super cool website. Someone has taken the time to scan in and reference all the yearbooks (well just class photos) from my High School since it started. I've found grandparents, great great aunts & uncles, my parents, aunts, uncles. I don't think I've ever seen photos of some of them when they were younger. And it's freaky how much some of the younger generations look just like older ones. My cousin Rob looks almost exactly like his grandfather in High School.

[cirquelover]

I can't wait to hear all about it GC!

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by wolfy999

Sent the Wolfette off to her first day at Middle School...yikes what happened to the years!? I'm going back to work today also, let's see how I handle working 7 days a week!

7 days a week?????

GC~ Wow, I can't believe you haven't been before, actually. I hope you are off having a wonderful time. When I went, I had the giggles. I don't know why. No alcohol or anything. Just got the giggles. I guess that was total geekdom for me, eh?

[Alex]

Just don't go into Club 33 expecting the best dining experience ever. For the type who's usual point of reference for fine dining is Macaroni Grill this may be true.

But I'd been so hyped up about how excellent the service and food is that I ended up being disappointed at simply standard fine dining service and merely adequate fine dining food.

But it is cool to be in there.

[MouseWife]

I also remember hearing about the cuisine being quite different than it was. Probably for certain events, certain people, not typical.

[JWBear]

Why did I come in to work today? What was I thinking?

[Disneyphile]

So, I'm heading off to the valley in a half hour for an interview at a temp agency regarding an entertainment job they have posted.

Already, the recruiter called me and asked, "Won't you take office positions at other companies?"

I'm very apprehensive about this interview in the first place, because 8 years ago, I went to an entertainment-centric temp agency with a consistent 2+ years experience from 2 different television stations, and they butchered my resume to make it look like I was the receptionist at those stations (I was a floor director and studio camera operator), and from that point, they'd only offer me entry level desk positions. And, when I'd look at their job boards and see several in-studio production assistant positions or needed camera ops, they'd seriously tell me, "But, your resume is for office work. We usually send men out on the physical jobs." (In hindsight, I do realize I could have sued them for not only that statement, but other gender-related ones that they consistently made.)

My 6-years-of-personal-cubical-hell recent office job is not even listed on my resume now, because it doesn't even fit with what I've been doing. And, this "first crunchy fruit" named agency better as hell not "doctor" my resume, unless it's to enhance the skills that I listed. That prior experience was mostly why I gave up and went to the cubicle job for those 6 years.

I'll seriously take working for $12 an hour at our neighborhood Costco before I'll agree to answering phones for $10 at a place 50 miles away. I refuse to return to administrative cubicle limbo, thank you very much. Now, will I travel 50 miles away to help run a video vault with just some basic editing duties for that same amount? You bet. And, that's the job they're currently showing available.

I'm just hoping that I don't come across as stubborn or bitchy when I say, "Sorry, but I want that one. If it's not available or won't match with me this time, then please keep me in mind only for similar positions."

I can't stand recruiters sales people who only give a crap about their commissions and never about the people they're supposedly trying to help.

[MouseWife]

Aw, DP. That sucks.

And, while I have such sympathy with your plight, what I really got from that was 'Costco pays $12???'

I won't get into my rant but I'm becoming more unhappy with my 'fun part time job'....

I hope your story ends well today. :0)

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Alex

Just don't go into Club 33 expecting the best dining experience ever. For the type who's usual point of reference for fine dining is Macaroni Grill this may be true.

But I'd been so hyped up about how excellent the service and food is that I ended up being disappointed at simply standard fine dining service and merely adequate fine dining food.

But it is cool to be in there.

Christopher Robin: What are you supposed to be?

Winnie-the-Pooh: Well, I'm a little black rain cloud, of course!



GC, I hope you have a great time, I sure did. And I hope you pay cash. They double charged my debit card.

Which I finagled into an invitation back.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

I'm just hoping that I don't come across as stubborn or bitchy when I say, "Sorry, but I want that one. If it's not available or won't match with me this time, then please keep me in mind only for similar positions."

I can't stand recruiters sales people who only give a crap about their commissions and never about the people they're supposedly trying to help.

Pleasant but unyielding is definitely the way to go. And if that don't work let me know. Me an the boys will go over and teach them some manors....