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By ReallyEvilCanine (Thu Jan 24, 2008 at 08:57:37 PM EST) (all tags)

Change must take place. The wheels have been set in motion.

I can't remain in the monkey cage unless I am literally willing to kill or be killed. I truly am in deathmatch mode mentally. My initial attempts to move to a different field have been met not with laughs but with Gen-You-Whine interest. And shock.

In short, the guy who runs the division and makes the decision can't believe his "luck" that I might relieve his personnel shortage. Unfortunately he has ten fucking thousand layers of red tape to smash through in order to take me under his wing.

Additional weirdness: I like the guy. Personally. And he likes me. We sat around about a year ago talking about all kinds of shit. We see eye-to-eye, a definite improvement on my current mouth-to-ass position with managers, something which hasn't changed over the past 3/4 decade.

Yes I am an atheist. No I won't get upset if you pray for me. Of course I'd prefer some sort of written, business-like recommendation since that's a lot easier to submit to the Red Tape Demons than your heartfelt pleas to the Flying Penne Monster (sometimes I like thick noodles), but I'll take whatever I can get at this point.

If it's required I will move to the Bay Area for a couple years as long as I have it written that I can move back to Europe (at company expense). I'll miss the sushi, burritos and Combos© filled snakck cracker snacks, but I can't see any long-term future in USia.

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If REC moves to the Bay Area

-	I'm moving elsewhere	8%
-	We'll be Best Drinking Buddies FOREVAR!	16%
-	We're having seX0rZ (I'm female)	0%
-	We're having seX0rZ (I'm male)	8%
-	And what about BG?	33%
-	Come. Work. Eat. Leave.	8%
-	You might find a better job and stay in the US	25%
-	Like, you oughta talk to Blixco	0%
-	Because you CAN still get a security clearance, right?	0%
-	I work for the DHS and I will personally fuck your shit up if you come back 'home'	0%
-	Tex Bigballs touched my junk liberally	8%
-	10 days, huh? If you don't get better in another 10 I'M going to by you a fresh carton of smokes.	8%
-	Is Winston OK? Because we don't have West in the US.	8%
-	Why do you spend more time on your polls than on your diary content?	16%
-	Only theantix could fill the last 10 poll entry lines.	16%

Votes: 12
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To Whom It May Concern by Gedvondur (4.00 / 7) #1 Thu Jan 24, 2008 at 09:46:15 PM EST

In my online dealings with REC I have found him to be a conscientious poster, who never fails to reveal his feelings positive or negative about the subject at hand.

His written diaries about the utter stupidity and ongoing cluelessness at your corporation have long been a source of considerable mirth. Indeed, REC's diaries regarding his My-Head-Shaped-Dent and Root Cause 17: Fuckwit are a favorite around my keyboard.

Please if you must hire him away from his current shit position, please make sure that he is at LEAST as miserable as he is now, or only a tiny bit less. I shudder to think what I would do without his reliable stories of workplace misery. He has truly been a boon to my browser.

It is with a glad heart and firm mind that I recommend you install REC into a new situation where hilarity can ensue. Considering the state of your company, I can't imagine that would be too hard to find.

I would also ask that you please make sure his co-workers are eccentric and bordering on batshite insane, for these stories provide much mirth as well.

In conclusion, REC will make a fine upstanding employee who will fix many problems for you, at least before the blood pressure and drinking kill him.

Sincerest Regards,

Gedvondur
"It is virtually impossible to effectively aim a jellyfish, a creature created by God almost solely for the purpose of not flying."- CRwM

: +1 VC2FP by toxicfur (4.00 / 1) #2 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 12:03:03 AM EST

What Gedvondur said. And seriously, good luck with the job hunt, REC. I hope it works out.
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If you don't get a Bonnie, my universe will not make sense. --blixco
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: Because I wuvvies you too... by ReallyEvilCanine (4.00 / 1) #4 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 05:33:46 AM EST

Last Friday I had trout filets for lunch and trout in a pepper sauce for dinner. On Saturday I had lox for lunch and dinner. On Sunday I ate rainbox trout. On Monday I had trout filets for lunch and linguini with salmon in a coconut milk & curry sauce for dinner. On Tuesday it was a pepper-salmon filet for lunch. Wednesday I had tuna, yesterday was octopus and also a can of sardines, and last night BG cooked salmon and cod with a Fritessaus.

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We have a number of Englishmen working for us by FlightTest (2.00 / 0) #3 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 12:32:03 AM EST

and Englishwomen as well. They all said the same thing you did when they first came here from our European division to 'help out'. Some never went home after from the first trip, the rest were convinced by the end of their second trip to decide to move here permanently. It's got to the point that our European division is loathe to send anyone here for fear of losing another one.

Oh, and, WIPO: I'll fly up there and we'll go flying sometime.

Aren't you in Arizona? by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #5 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 07:47:59 AM EST

Where the climate is a damn sight nicer than, say, Leeds?

Earth First!
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Nay, SoCal by FlightTest (2.00 / 0) #10 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 10:36:51 AM EST

Orange County.

I travel frequently to Yuma for business though. I'm leaving Sunday, in fact.

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: Still a nicer climate than the UK. by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #14 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 11:25:30 AM EST

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}
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REC's an American IIRC by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #8 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 10:09:35 AM EST

so he's well aware of what the US is like compared to Bavaria.

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Dang, misplaced my scorecard again by FlightTest (2.00 / 0) #11 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 10:39:35 AM EST

I have a hard enough time keeping track of what continent people are on now, much less which ones they've live on.

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: He is quite the globetrotte by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #13 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 10:42:07 AM EST

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well, a yurpeeen might be lured by gzt (4.00 / 1) #9 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 10:10:05 AM EST

but REC is from the u s of a.

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: 'doh! by FlightTest (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 10:40:57 AM EST

IFI, apparently.

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Maybe nightflameblue's employer is hiring. by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #6 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 07:48:39 AM EST

You could replace Zippy the WonderDog!

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}

: Overqualified. by nightflameblue (4.00 / 1) #7 Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 09:26:29 AM EST

Also, we're not interested in hiring anyone that requires compensation. And it's clown, Wonderclown.
Good luck with the search.

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