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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 14:05:42
Message: <478bb286$1@news.povray.org>
Well **** me backwards... Travis Perkins replied. o_O

Some of you may know I sent them an electronic copy of my CV in early 
December after seeing an advert in the local newspaper. I suspected I'd 
never hear from them ever again.

But wait. I just opened a letter [yes, they *paid* to reply to me].

Apparently, I don't get the job.

Well, that's not so surprising. I suspected I'm probably not what they 
wanted for this particular position. But hey, I'm just amazed they 
actually bothered to reply. Usually employers just don't bother to speak 
to you unless they want to interview you.

Wow.

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 14:20:01
Message: <web.478bb4da243a13dff48316a30@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Well **** me backwards... Travis Perkins replied. o_O
> Apparently, I don't get the job.

who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional woes?  get a
blog, dude!


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 14:25:38
Message: <478bb732@news.povray.org>
nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > Well **** me backwards... Travis Perkins replied. o_O
> > Apparently, I don't get the job.

> who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional woes?  get a
> blog, dude!

  Yeah, 100% blog material.

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 15:50:49
Message: <478bcb29@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:

> who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional woes?  get a
> blog, dude!

He has a Blog ...


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 16:21:49
Message: <478bd26d$1@news.povray.org>
Warp nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/14 14:25:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> [-- text/plain, encoding 8bit, charset: iso-8859-1, 9 lines --]
> 
>> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Well **** me backwards... Travis Perkins replied. o_O
>>> Apparently, I don't get the job.
> 
>> who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional woes?  get a
>> blog, dude!
> 
>   Yeah, 100% blog material.
> 
Blog material is off-topic. So, it's on-topic on an off-topic group ;-)

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to 
tell from 10,000 feet."           -- Anon.


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 17:05:33
Message: <478bdcad$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional woes?  get a
> blog, dude!

Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a 
**** about my life. Sorry about that...

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 17:19:40
Message: <478bdffc$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:15:38 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Well **** me backwards... Travis Perkins replied. o_O Apparently, I
>> don't get the job.
> 
> who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional
> woes?  get a blog, dude!

There's always the "ignore" option in your newsreader.  This *IS* off-
topic, is it not?

Sheesh.

Jim


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From: somebody
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 21:24:24
Message: <478c1958$1@news.povray.org>
"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote
> nemesis wrote:

> > who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional
woes?  get a
> > blog, dude!

> Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a
> **** about my life. Sorry about that...

I'm pretty sure somebody does, the tricky part is finding him/her...


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 22:02:00
Message: <478c2228$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:05:36 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> nemesis wrote:
>> who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional
>> woes?  get a blog, dude!
> 
> Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a
> **** about my life. Sorry about that...

Well, don't be.  Just because a few people complain doesn't mean you 
should stop what you're doing.  If you changed direction everytime one or 
two people said "dude, you suck!", you'd never get anything accomplished.

Jim


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: The unexpected...
Date: 15 Jan 2008 02:03:35
Message: <478c5ac7$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Well **** me backwards... Travis Perkins replied. o_O
> 
> Some of you may know I sent them an electronic copy of my CV in early 
> December after seeing an advert in the local newspaper. I suspected I'd 
> never hear from them ever again.
> 
> But wait. I just opened a letter [yes, they *paid* to reply to me].
> 
> Apparently, I don't get the job.
> 
> Well, that's not so surprising. I suspected I'm probably not what they 
> wanted for this particular position. But hey, I'm just amazed they 
> actually bothered to reply. Usually employers just don't bother to speak 
> to you unless they want to interview you.
> 
> Wow.
> 

Hey, congrats on hearing back!  Did he give you any useful advice?

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com


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