This is topic OK. Trog needs all the good vibes, karma, prayers, proxy prayers he can get.... in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
I've secured an interview with an awesome company for a management position in HR communications/marketing.
Here's the story.
I'm writing stories right now for the Deseret News involving Human Resource functions. This Sunday I'll have a story involving Underemployment. I'm currently working on a story that talks about the proven financial edge of companies that have strongly ethical corporate cultures.
One of the people I'm interviewing is a honch at O.C. Tanner, a pretty well-known consulting firm around here.
So, I'm on the phone with him, setting up the interview and he asks me how the job hunt is going. "It's ok, but I haven't had time to really put a lot of effort into it."
"Would you want to work here? We have a management position that will probably show up pretty soon and we need someone just like you to come in. Are you interested in interviewing?"
**Pat's jaw drops**
It was hard not being too excited. It's a good thing I have an updated resume and cover letter on my laptop.
He's already got em.
Anyway.... I honestly believe in the power of prayer, thoughts, vibes. Send them my way, please.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
That is cool. Good luck.
*sends good vibes Pat's way*
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
What a fabulous opportunity, Pat.
Good luck!!!!!!!
**Ela**
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
(((Pat)))
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
::sends out good vibes::
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
**burninates Icarus**
Not those, meathead.
vibes, prayers, good feelings....
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Woot! Good luck!
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Good luck!
::sends good vibes out::
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Ah, what the hell...
(((((((man hugs Joe))))))))
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
Hah!
I will defy you all and notdo any ((())), though I do in other threads.
I will, however, wish you the best of luck.
Tip: The day after the interview, contact them and say thanks, if you have any questions feel free to contact me, et cetra.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
So what's this guy's name? And phone number. And e-mail address.
My prayers will definitely be all the more efficacious if you e-mail me that info, Pat.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
--I-- --I--
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Silly Zal. I never let jealousy get in the way of a good relationship. That's why you'll NEVER get that information.
Wow. Two birds from mack. That's a record.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
No worries. There's no way I'm moving to Utah.
But since Pat is already there -- good luck, man.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Ooh . . . the double deuce!
Best of luck to you, Evil Master Patrick the Great.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Although I have to admit, I worry about the state of your soul, Pat. I mean working at O.C. Tanner? Isn't that like one step away from joining the evil empire -- Franklin Covey?
::shudder::
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Anything is a step up from the dregs of pagination at the Deseret Morning News, my friend.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Extra Bonus Good Luck to Troggy. Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
But, Pat. At the DMN you are doing the *Lord's* work.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Meh. This place is run by Satan himself.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Knock'em dead, Trogdor. Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Thanks, Stormy. Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Knock 'em dead, Pat. But since all I have is bad karma (I TPed one too many houses on April Fool's day), I'll avoid sending it your way. I'll be thinking of you, though, and hoping things go well for you. You deserve it.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
So you are saying that I shouldn't consider everything I read in the DMN to be just a notch below conference talks, i.e. "almost" scripture?
That's just crazy. Next you're going to be saying that the Trib is worth reading and isn't filled with lies, calumny, and Mormon-bashing.
::shakes head::
Poor Pat. Where did you go wrong? I think you've been associating too much with the gentiles here at Hatrack. Get thee to Nauvoo, boy. No, wait. That place is suspect too. Ummmm. Well, you probably shouldn't use the Internet at all, but if you can't quit cold turkey, I recommend that you limit yourself to Meridian Magazine and Deseret Book's Web site.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Thanks, Ruth.... that was very nice...
Do you wanna become my chief minion? I think I could arrange that.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Okay Zal... knock that off. It'll take me at least ten minutes to clean the diet pepsi off my screen.
Zal, I think you and I were separated at birth.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Pat:
So I guess I don't have to make a joke about drinking diet pepsi on the job because, well, you probably already know what I'm going to say.
---- Okay. I'm done now. Best of luck.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
I smuggled it in, so to speak.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
*bottom lip quivers*
But I thought I was chief minion.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
She's cuter.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
She's also taken! Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
I know that.
Sides, I was just testing ya... to see if you still have the mean streak necessary to be chief minion.
You passed.
Ruth is my second counselor, though.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I'm fine with that arrangement.
Posted by aretee (Member # 1743) on :
Can I be in the minion? PLEASE? I don't know what strengths a can bring other than my knowledge of all the lyrics of "Strong Bad Sings."
I can also wear my Limozeen T-shirt.
Lightening Bolts to you, Trog.
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
*anxiously awaiting a live burnination for brown-nosing*
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Pat, just think: as a HR manager, you can have all the minions you want! Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
I already have all the minions I want.
**wonders**
Was that your version of a good vibe?
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
*sends positive affirmations*
[ April 15, 2004, 09:48 PM: Message edited by: eslaine ]
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
<pats Pat>
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Good luck, man! I'll reserve the Big Right On for when you give us the rest of the good news. In the meantime:
::good vibes::
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Pat, are you trying to break up our marriage?
'Cause I'm telling you now, it ain't gonna work.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Good vibes and prayers are yours for the asking.
Good luck.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Oh C'mon Ruth, you know Jon would elope with me if I only asked.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
O_o
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Thanks Dana... and same to you....
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
No, Pat. You are his evil master, but in terms of babaliciousness, I'm confident that I win this contest hands down, at least in Jon Boy's mind.
Hm. I don't think I've ever used that smiley before now.
*struts stuff*
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
It's true, Pat. As hot as you are, my wife is still hotter.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
You mean... that email you just sent me professing your unending man love for me was a lie?
**runs away**
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Okay. That was weird. Sorry....
Back to the thread, now.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Since when does "man love" equal "gay love"?
Bigot.
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
*blink*
Uhm, good vibes to you, Pat.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*edges away slowly from thread*
Good luck and vibes! Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Yeah, that was weird. I think I need to play some violent video games now.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Again, I'm sorry. I do weird things like that when I'm so happy!
I mean, I don't run off with curly headed newlywed guys... I mean I say strange things...
Just to clear that up.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Amka, kat?
I need prayers from you two.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Done. Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Absolutely. For you and your family. And we still have to have a get together.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Definitely.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Somehow this thread has reminded me of the quintescential hatrack moment when Slash posted this statement to David Bowles:
"If I ever go gay, it would be for you, man."
*sniff* It was one of the most touching things I've ever read.
Prayers sent your way, Pat.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Thanks, Adrian....
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Prayers, vibes, and assorted good thoughts headed your way, Pat.
When's the interview?
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Awesome, Pat. *Vibes*
Although H.R. managers... *shudder* They might as well wear a black robe and carry a sickle. They serve a necessary function, but you don't want one wandering around your floor.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Trog: good luck and all ...
is Deseret News looking for a paginator? Cause that's what I do - almost 3 years experience now and lots of experience in lots of other things. Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Hopefully they will, asap.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
ah, I would have to move - the commute from Iowa is terrible ...
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
*vibes*
I'm a bit worried that my Heathen Prayers might have the opposite effect of what I intend. So, as I don't want to call down fire from heaven or anything, I'll just 'vibe' you. Is that okay? Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Good luck on the interview.
And on that paper.
And on that other paper.
And didn't you have a 3rd paper?
What are you doing on Hatrack? Get back to work.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I hope the situation will yield the best result for you, and hopefully in not too much of an awesome tribulation enduring perspective.
In other news, I found out today (Friday) that on Monday I received an email rejecting me for that job that I was looking at. It's a good thing that on Tuesday I realized I didn't really want the job after all because I would start out working Sundays. The email must have come right after I checked Monday.
It's mostly a good thing, because I wasn't sure how I was going to go about telling them I decided I didn't want the job (which I had applied for back in January). It was too little money anyway. But getting rejected is still... getting rejected. Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
I hope that your obsession with Jon Boy doesn't interfere with your career.
Or with my obsession with Jon Boy.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
~~~good vibrations, a'happin' with you~~~~~~~~>>> Pat
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
When you become the HR manager, you can pencil in a * on your deskplate, so you'd be the H*R manager. Homestar assimilation will be complete!
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
:recalls the days when "meme" was being discussed as important to the HR community, and pooka didn't realize it was Hatrack, not Human Resources:
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Pat, when you become HR manager, hire me Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Prayer to ya, Slash. Good fortune!
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Slash?
**eats Sopwith**
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Pat,
I'm clearing a space in my grumpy time today to send good vibes and wishes on this opportunity.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
When is grumpy time? Is that like nap time except you can't for whatever reason?
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
pooka,
for me, all this week has been "grumpy time."
Combination of factors - stress and sickness mostly.
But I am setting it all aside for awhile to send Pat some positive vibes and will try to make sure my germs don't get mixed up with the vibes. Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Pat, that's the coolest. (reading the first post, not the rest of the thread)
I'll be praying for you. I don't think you need it though. Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
That was cool, CT. If ((())) is "hugs", then I nominate ~~~X~~~ for the official hatrack shorthand for "good vibes"
~~~Pat~~~
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
~~~~~sndrake~~~~~ ~~~~~KarlEd~~~~~
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Update: I'm going to interview him for my story here in about 10 minutes. In the meantime, he wrote me back earlier today to tell me that he thought my resume was impressive.
Of course, now I'm wondering if he thought my experience and credentials are impressive or if the resume looked nice.
Anyway... Thanks everyone. I love it. Keep em coming.
pat
[ April 16, 2004, 04:46 PM: Message edited by: Trogdor the Burninator ]
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
*pat pat*
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Of course, now I'm wondering if he thought my experience and credentials are impressive or if the resume looked nice.
Hey, good formatting has to count for something, right?
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
You better hope so, JB. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I'd better hope so? Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
JB: I'm trying to be funny by posting a comment that seems like an insult but is one that really doesn't make sense and is completely oblique and thus falls flat on its face. I find humor in failed attempts at bluster/machismo. Apparently I'm the only one who finds this sort of thing funny because I keep doing it and nobody laughs.
I still think it's funny, though.
Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
I thought that acknowledging your particular form of wit would detract from it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I snickered a bit, Zal. Does that help?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
That's kind of what I thought, Zal, but I wasn't sure if you were trying to be funny or if you were just being stupid. I've found that that particular type of humor doesn't work so well online, which is unfortunate, because I'm also a fan of it.
[ April 16, 2004, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
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