That is strange but not unheard of if they were hiring internally. I've done several years of work overseas and would see jobs that were required to remain open even if they had several candidates in the final stages (i.e. just waiting on them to sign their contract) before closing them out. I don't have any…

Acknowledging conflicts with people at the work place is not unheard of and/or out of the norm. Almost everyone has encountered some issue at work. It's how you deal with it is what they're really after. In my last interview, I was honest about a conflict I had with a previous manager and how I handled it I ended up…

Exactly. I was 19 and over in Switzerland when I tried to order steak tartare from a menu. There were no English menus and I latched onto a familiar word. My server, in his broken English insisted I do not actually order that dish and after a few minutes of fumbling I found out why!

This happened to me several months ago. I'd been on the outs with a 'friend' and she started to post weird but slightly digging comments on my status updates for the last few months. I ignored it because we weren't that close to begin with but then she posted several times about fake/phony/bad friends and then one…

I had that same question asked to me when I was a waitress/bartender! It's so condescending and has an overwhelming feeling of someone holding bills over your head and saying 'no really, what do YOU think you deserve to be paid?' I hadn't quite grown into my sassy pants at that point so I would just fumble and say the…

On the flip side, what's $2 more to a customer? I got sick this weekend... boo! And ended up ordering a pizza and a growler of beer for delivery (don't judge!) from a residence that was a few miles outside of their traditional delivery zone. They charged me an extra $2 for the hassle and I gave the delivery guy $10…

Thanks, I was mainly just sharing it to emphasize your point of abuse going full circle. His mom couldn't have stopped his choice to abuse his new family but she didn't have to take a dump on me and call me 'crazy' and a 'psycho bitch' and all kinds of other adjectives when we did split up. One of his faults is being…

One of my ex's was verbally and emotionally abuse towards me. He put his hands on me once and then never again since we broke up because of it. His mom (who I thought I was close to) turned around and told everyone how horrible I was and how her son could never do any wrong-despite leaving his father (years prior) who…

That's it... I'm required to follow you now after reading 'flesh diaper full of silicone'.

This is your friend. Troll.

I'm friends with several men I've worked overseas with and the emotional toil it takes on them to not be around for their kids/wife is real. Several years ago, I said something off hand to a friend of mine who had a couple of toddler aged kids. I basically said 'it's so much easier for men to do this job than…

Yes, I literally said I hoped poor people have no health care... if that's what you took away from me saying that people in charge of your health care should have sterile environments (this goes to free clinics as well) then you're not only willfully ignorant but just trying to troll.

That and they made Amy look older... at least that was my impression. I think she killed it in that role and to select someone who is realistically a specific age rather than getting a great actress and make her appear older (as they change appearances all of the time) would have been a bit silly.

That's fair! I guess I should have specified that it depends on what kind of information you're conveying. I text my boss all of the time because I know he's busy and in meetings and what I'm saying is usually informative and short. Now the couple of run ins I've had at work where I've been mistreated or frustrated by…

Didn't mean to be ignorant :).

You're correct in that rather than sitting there with a book or just buying some pints and going home, people are utilizing electronic devices even if they choose to then ignore everyone around them :).

Of course... I've never allowed someone to inject caulk into my body. There are degrees. To say otherwise is silly.

I didn't mean to say it as if I was superior! I promise :). I just meant that's not my experience. Pot? I can understand... as it's not legal in nearly every state except three. Cigs? Get your ass outside.

Freezing ass winters... hot summers. I can honestly say I have not been inside a household where smoking was allowed. Every person went outside, to the garage or stood under an awning because that shit just don't fly 'round here! ;). Even when I had my own apartment and smoked I would go outside.

I know that I don't speak in text short hand speak when consulting with medical doctors who could possibly cut me open. If a doctor responded as you have, more than likely I would have not gone there to begin with, but I would RUN AWAY. AS FAST AS I CAN.