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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 20 (2025)

jumbach said:
Not sure what to think about an e-mail I am accidentally cc:ed on...
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I suggest...

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jumbach said:
I honestly don't blame Sam, and wish him/her the best of luck. But I agree--why bother wasting everyone's time? Just e-mail a standard "we picked someone else" e-mail instead. I much prefer that to being strung along.

Jim
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I applied for a position several months ago, interviewed, but asked for more than the posted range. Zero response from the city after the interview. Remember back in the day you'd receive an letter (yes, a letter) stating that "we are moving in an different direction" or "we have selected a candidate that more closely aligns with our goals" or some other cliché. Email was the next medium. But lately, in the last 10+ years, I recall several that never communicated post-interview. Anyway, the position was then reposted with a higher range a month later and in-line with what I requested with the initial application. My optimistic self just thought it was good and that I was still in contention. I texted HR since that is how they communicated the first interview and said I'm still interested. Said okay and we'll pass along. Crickets. Position is again reposted four months later. Don't know if they hired after the second posting.
 
SlaveToTheGrind said:
I applied for a position several months ago, interviewed, but asked for more than the posted range. Zero response from the city after the interview. Remember back in the day you'd receive an letter (yes, a letter) stating that "we are moving in an different direction" or "we have selected a candidate that more closely aligns with our goals" or some other cliché. Email was the next medium. But lately, in the last 10+ years, I recall several that never communicated post-interview. Anyway, the position was then reposted with a higher range a month later and in-line with what I requested with the initial application. My optimistic self just thought it was good and that I was still in contention. I texted HR since that is how they communicated the first interview and said I'm still interested. Said okay and we'll pass along. Crickets. Position is again reposted four months later. Don't know if they hired after the second posting.
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That kind of thing really ticks me off. SLCo did this to me with an application for a position. It's not unreasonable to expect response. It's human.
 
I ordered something and UPS shows that it was delivered... only it didn't get delivered to my house. UPS won't tell me where. In fact, they won't tell me much of anything. I contacted the seller, and they confirmed the correct address. So now the seller is in contact with UPS to track it down.
 
Going to a transport corridor workshop tonight, hosted by the same planning manager who didn’t hire me last week.

But, I am going in a professional capacity as a Planning Commissioner, and I know the person they picked will do a great job, so there won’t be any fireworks.

Well, none from me, but probably from the old people that will be there.

michaelskis said:
I ordered something and UPS shows that it was delivered... only it didn't get delivered to my house. UPS won't tell me where. In fact, they won't tell me much of anything. I contacted the seller, and they confirmed the correct address. So now the seller is in contact with UPS to track it down.
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UPS trucks don’t turn left, so look to the right.
 
michaelskis said:
I ordered something and UPS shows that it was delivered... only it didn't get delivered to my house. UPS won't tell me where. In fact, they won't tell me much of anything. I contacted the seller, and they confirmed the correct address. So now the seller is in contact with UPS to track it down.
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It will show up in a day or two. Sometimes UPS hands off to USPS and they do the final delivery.
 
Nothing planned for tomorrow job-hunt wise, so I will be taking a me day after all the hard work this week. Maybe a couple of follow-ups, and of course I will answer if a prospective employer were to contact me, but other than that, it's a day of rest.

We are going away for the weekend until Tuesday, and I am right back at in on Tuesday afternoon with a pre-interview meeting, then an interview on Thursday, (Both of these involve a planning job with a government agency, which is what I am really hoping for.)
 
Finally Friday. I'm driving to Maryland tonight before a bike ride tomorrow. I rented a cottage next week in time for a bluegrass festival. All I've done since March is pack and unpack my car and I'm looking forward to some weekends without plans. I'll pretty much be off the grid next week; I'll be praying, thinking and meditating about a few things and hope I return with a clear head.
 
michaelskis said:
I ordered something and UPS shows that it was delivered... only it didn't get delivered to my house. UPS won't tell me where. In fact, they won't tell me much of anything. I contacted the seller, and they confirmed the correct address. So now the seller is in contact with UPS to track it down.
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UPS's corporate HQ is about a mile or so from my house if you want me to go talk to them...
 
A buddy of mine ordered a golf bag. A couple days later got a text that it had been delivered to his house with a picture of the package at the front door...only it wasn't his front door of his house. Complained to seller & UPS. Still no golf bag. That was a month ago.
 
Looking for information on professional acquaintance from years ago who was a resident of Pinedale, WY. My search led the this dinosaur of a website. This is active.

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Sometimes I really wonder where civilization is going and when we will come out of this low. Decency and respect isn't a thing in a lot of places anymore. It really makes me sad to see the state of things these days. Customer service is almost nonexistent, kids show zero respect for elders, media and politics have taken sensationalism to extremes not seen in at least a century, and there is zero trust at multiple levels of state and federal governments.

We didn't get here overnight and I don't think it will change anytime soon.
 
michaelskis said:
Sometimes I really wonder where civilization is going and when we will come out of this low. Decency and respect isn't a thing in a lot of places anymore. It really makes me sad to see the state of things these days. Customer service is almost nonexistent, kids show zero respect for elders, media and politics have taken sensationalism to extremes not seen in at least a century, and there is zero trust at multiple levels of state and federal governments.

We didn't get here overnight and I don't think it will change anytime soon.
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I was actually just thinking about this the other day. A couple of generations ago, it was respectful for a child to call a parent "sir" or "ma'am." Nowadays, though, doing that is DISrespectful, and seen as sarcastic.

Jim
 
So one of the places I have an application in for (as an office manager) just announced it is permanently closing its doors in October.

In that case, I should write a letter respectfully withdrawing my application, without giving a reason. It's the same form letter I send out whenever I do land employment, except I will delete the part that says "Due to my accepting other employment"

Jim.
 
I wonder if this has anything to do with why I am getting random calls from companies, asking about my interest in insurance broker jobs: something that does not match my skill set at all, and that requires a license I don’t have.

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jumbach said:
A couple of generations ago… Nowadays…
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Geez, for the love of god, I know you’re just venting, but I’m sure you can think of some things that weren’t so good just a few generations ago, don’t let you mind get segregated by your own recency bias, and for heaven’s sake, don’t be a slave to the zeitgeist.
 
luckless pedestrian said:
Feeling hungover from the weekend, but I didn't have anything to drink at anything I was at - wtf
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What I like to do is this: really sit with my misery, you know? Like, when I'm a little achy upon standing, instead of just standing up and dealing with it I groan, and do the "old-man-two-hands-on-my-back" stretch and say "Jooooo-das Puh-REEST, I'm creaky today, Lawd." And then just for good measure, I shuffle a little bit. Eventually, the twenty-six year-old Associate Planner will ask if I'm OK, and I'll say "Just gettin' old. Just gettin' old"...and she'll go "Aren't you, like, 50?" And I'll make a face and say "Watch it!" and then I laugh and feel better.

Now, I don't know what version of that you need, @luckless pedestrian, but trust me, THAT's what you need today. Or maybe liquor at lunch, I'm not familiar with the ways of the world as most people know it. :)
 
I found my iPhone 3 in my junk drawer over the weekend and for sheets and giggles decided to connect it to WiFi. Up popped a message "This phone has not been updated in 498 weeks. Update now?". Yep, sounds about right ... Browsed old photos and text messages with the now ex (it was easy now to see that was coming, actually).

I'm easily amused.:daydream:
 
I'm glad I took Friday off, but now I get to deal with all the drama. Sounds like the Clerk and a lawyer are not having a good time and the phone number I was told to scrub from the webpages needs to be put back.
 
I received a phone call from a real estate agent requesting a document at 9:54 am. I told her that I'd get it to her today. The document had to be created so I was working on it when I received an email informing me that she had not received it at 10:10 am. I would have sent the document at 10:12 am but at that point I was irritated. It only took me 3 rewrites, a brief staring contest with a blank email, and some deep breathing exercises to get to "Attached is the requested document. Let me know if you have any questions."
 
I met someone of the opposite gender in Buffalo this weekend who strikes my fancy, and thinks that I am "incredibly interesting" and wants to "meet again". Hoping to run into this person at the next Allentown art picnic in early Sept, I gave them my card. Wish me luck ;)

(Allentown is 1 of 4 hipster 'hoods of Buffalo, the others being the longstanding Elmwood Village, Chandler St in Black Rock and the "Five Points" area of the West Side around where Utica & Rhode Island Sts. meet, I live nowhere near any of them tehehe)
 
The Terminator said:
I met someone of the opposite gender in Buffalo this weekend who strikes my fancy, and thinks that I am "incredibly interesting" and wants to "meet again". Hoping to run into this person at the next Allentown art picnic in early Sept, I gave them my card. Wish me luck ;)

(Allentown is 1 of 4 hipster 'hoods of Buffalo, the others being the longstanding Elmwood Village, Chandler St in Black Rock and the "Five Points" area of the West Side around where Utica & Rhode Island Sts. meet, I live nowhere near any of them tehehe)
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Why wait?
 
The Terminator said:
Ball is in their court, I gave them my info and dont want to seem like a crazy stalker if I message before they do.
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Wow. I guess the current social climate has come to this. Asking someone out is NOT stalking. It's an "asked and answered" kind of thing. See, it's like a flow chart: "No" - you move on and try and find someone else. "Yes" - you set up a date, time and place and hopefully have an enjoyable time getting to know someone a little. It's like anything else, you can't wait for life to come for you, you have to go get it.
 
MD Planner said:
Wow. I guess the current social climate has come to this. Asking someone out is NOT stalking. It's an "asked and answered" kind of thing. See, it's like a flow chart: "No" - you move on and try and find someone else. "Yes" - you set up a date, time and place and hopefully have an enjoyable time getting to know someone a little. It's like anything else, you can't wait for life to come for you, you have to go get it.
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Agreed, but the situation here is a little more nuanced.

I don't have said person on socials, and they didn't offer any. if I went and looked them up and messaged from my ghost accounts (I only use FB for marketplace, IG for music/cars) out of the blue, it would be kind of too much.

If I don't hear anything in the next two weeks, I can always have our mutual friend reach out ;)
 
The Terminator said:
Agreed, but the situation here is a little more nuanced.

I don't have said person on socials, and they didn't offer any. if I went and looked them up and messaged from my ghost accounts (I only use FB for marketplace, IG for music/cars) out of the blue, it would be kind of too much.

If I don't hear anything in the next two weeks, I can always have our mutual friend reach out ;)
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You mean you didn't get her number? I wouldn't respond to a text. I want a phone call.
 
JNA said:
‘They’re going to kill this beautiful lake’: Bear Lake residents raise alarm over lakeside developments
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As a dude who hopes to retire to a quiet life living somewhere in Fish Haven on the Idaho side....I agree. It's too much too fast. I'm part of the problem. I pre-hate out-of-towners like pre-retirement me. Makes me dizzy.
 
Working with spacex for some site they need. They don't want to do a variance. I guess we could argue over the legality of that for a while or you could just do the variance and be done with it. I'm sure will allow it for the site. It does have some hardships.
 
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