Terrible Analogies

Noticed this sign in the company restroom today:

Apparently there are certain individuals who are unsure if two flushes are required, or they feel the need to seek approval before flushing twice, but I guess there’s enough of an outstanding issue to warrant such a sign in the men’s room.

I’m not sure if I want to be working with people who are mentally incapable of determining whether or not a secondary swirl is required.  Being in the IT field, I thought I was working with some bright bulbs, but this sign seems to confirm otherwise.

I wonder if the mystery man that this sign is aimed at has as much trouble flushing at home as he does at work?

Ah well.  Probably best not to dwell on such unsettling thoughts.

Happy Friday!

This was exactly how I felt before landing my new job.  Were these guys reading my mind?

True fact: This video gets funnier every time I watch it…

Things I’ve lost: Car keys, wallet, movie tickets, flip flops, towels, pens, homework, phone numbers, addresses, DVDs, CDs, casette tapes, money, time, jobs, parking spaces, friends, books, rides, bets, socks, nail clippers, my lunch, train of thought, place in line, a pet bird, surf board, my car’s spare tire, passwords, utility bills, hopes and dreams.

One thing I’ve never lost was my pants…until now.

It’s the strangest thing. I ironed my pants one night, woke up the next morning and my pants were gone. Poof. MIA. AWOL. Vamoosed. Auf Wiedersehen. Gone.

I searched all over. My thought was that perhaps they fell off the hanger, were thrown into the hamper, or had somehow found their way back into the washing machine, but no such luck. Neither did the cat purloin my pleated slacks for use as bedding, nor did the wife appropriate them to hem the waist or polish our vast collection of priceless fine dining ware. It’s as if some ancient malicious shadow crept in through the transom late one night, slithered its way up the stairs and through the narrow gap under the closet door, and with a sallow silence that only an ethereal death can provide sequestered my freshly-ironed attire then eeriely, and with a well-practiced flourish, held them close to its inky chest and spirited itself away into that dark Plutonian night.

Socks I can understand losing, but pants? How does one go about losing a pair a of pants?

I wrote about a job interview I had a few weeks ago with a tech company in San Diego. Well…after weeks of going back and forth with the Human Resources department, faxing forms, signing waivers and undergoing a background check, it seems that I got the job.

That’s right. I got the call Thursday evening!  ”Welcome aboard, Mr. HermanTurnip.  We look forward to working with you.”  Aw, yeah!

My new position is a perfect fit for me, and I can’t wait to get started.   I’ll be working with a great bunch of people in a QA environment with a bit (just a bit) less stress then my current position.  Sure…I’ll be the noob at work once again, but at least I’ll be a SQL noob

Now, to give my notice at my current place of employment. This sure is going to be an interesting / awkward Friday.  I can picture it now:  ”Hey, boss.  I’ve been offered a position at another company and I’ve decided to take it.  It’s a nice bump in pay and I think I’ll fit in quite nicely.  So…I’m giving you my two-weeks notice.  If you need me I’ll be in my cube surfing the ‘net.”

Heh…

I wanted to write about a recent job interview I had, and how the technical portion of the interview went extremely well, but the ‘getting to know you as a person’ fell apart because I don’t think I answered the “How would you deal with a crying customer on the phone” quite to their satisfaction.

How do you answer something like that without laughing while your interviewers remain dead serious with scorn in their eyes as you giggle in disbelief at their well-rehearsed question?

Damn it, Jim…I’m a systems administrator, not a psychologist!

Meh, whatever.

Oh, and I hope everyone has a happy Easter! Feel free to send me your unwanted Peeps and Cadbury Creme Eggs

See you again on Monday!