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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: I needed to do more DD,
Well you are no woman, that's the problem 
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Like Dave? Drunk and Disorderly? 
veni bibi saltavi
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Could be apparently I lacked 'zeal' (give me a break!) the best bit was when the MD took another call...
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I don't know about zeal, but I've got loads of zest; ready for the lemon tart I'm making. 
veni bibi saltavi
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Dunkin Donuts, more of them you must have.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Don't feeel too bad. About 20 years ago I stopped an interview/interrogation by six people when I started answering the previous question. For those in the UK it was a bit like the Two Ronnies Mastermind sketch but not so funny for me
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Mmmm, just watched it! you poor b....
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They effectively wasted your time too, which is worse.
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but they get paid for wasting time...
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Exactly, so why would they care? You OTOH actually lost time.
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It sounds to me more like the recruiter wasted everyone's time.
I remember going to an interview (when I really really needed a job to pay bills). Gas was at an all time high (I think you call it petrol). It was a long drive each way. I drove for the interview and nailed it. Then they called me back (I'm thinking it is a follow up interview). I drive back again, paying the high price for gas I could barely afford. Instead of a 2nd interview... they give me an offer... a very very low offer (insulting levels of low). I'm thinking to myself... they could have done this on the phone.
I was furious, but politely said I could not be satisfied with that   My time and money were wasted that day.
In the end I got a much better job a few short weeks later, with a 50% pay increase 
Edit:
I guess I should elaborate on why I got a low offer after nailing the interview... they thought I cheated on the technical exam  because nobody had ever done it that fast - and a perfect score to boot. Some people are so arrogant... thinking they are the only ones that know a language inside and out...
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Pricks.
I hate going into an interview and within 5 minutes you know they are all pricks. Glenn, don't take it too badly, it does happen sometimes, and it makes us more careful prior to the interview.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Excuse the tardiness.
A very quiet tenant pays for cold water while learning a trade. (10)
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A A
very quiet PP
tenant pays RENT
for cold water ICE
while learning a trade
APPRENTICE
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well done.
Evidently too easy again!
Must try harder!
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Not the email I got! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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<grin>
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Just curious, how does very quiet equal pp? i can see the rest but i can't figure that one out.
#region(start signature)
Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!
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Comes from musical directions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics_(music)[^]
"pp" in musical notation stands for "pianissimo" or "very soft" - "p" stands for "piano" or "soft"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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pp - very quiet
p - quiet
mf - moderately loud
f - loud
ff - very loud
Which leads us to an additional puzzle of the day since the clue was solved so quickly. How many words can you name which contain the letter sequence 'mf' (without consulting OneLook or similar word search site!) There's a surprising number!
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The first one i tought off was comfy
pretty hard tough
#region(start signature)
Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!
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Yes, it had me going in circles for quite a while. 
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Does "hamfisted" qualify or should there be a hyphen? 
Sometimes, it just is, OK!
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...Reminds me of an episode when i was a green apprentice (many many years ago) working for what was then GPO and is now BT.
I was an electronics technician, but as part of the apprenticeship had to go round all the other departments for a while, so this day I found myself assigned to a 'Heating & Hot Water' engineer (basically, a plumber). We were dispatched to look at the tea urn in a staff canteen at a certain South London exchange (I won't name names here).
Engineer/Plumber looked at the vessel which was sat on the end of the canteen counter and told Apprentice (me) to jump up and have a look in the top to see if there was anything obvious as to why it wasn't doing the 'do' as far as boiling water was concerned.
While I was up there, Doris the tea lady (probably not her name, but they were all called Doris) asked if I might change the blown lightbulb that was inches from my head, to which Plumber jumps in and states most indignantly
"You can't do that, that's a job for the electricians" and then to Doris "You'll have to call Hxxxxy (the name of our ofice, censored as I said, no names) to book a call"
Despite the fact that I had already been through the 'Electricians' department part of my training and had passed their assessment with flying colours!!!
The root of this inefficient idiocy, I suspect, was the union culture pervading the company, but whatever...
We left Doris with a working tea urn but broken light bulb.
Anyone else got any tales of stupidity like this?
Cheers
Graham.
Sometimes, it just is, OK!
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