| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 652.1 | ? | MARVIN::MACHIN | | Wed Apr 12 1989 14:12 | 6 |
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God told me to
(If I was applying for a job as a vicar).
Richard.
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| 652.2 | ! | LESCOM::KALLIS | Anger's no replacement for reason. | Wed Apr 12 1989 15:15 | 7 |
| "I'm sorry, that's classified information." (to a defense contractor)
"Don't ask!" (covers a lot of possibilities)
"Paroled." (if looking for a State job in Massachusetts.)
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 652.3 | ^ | MARVIN::MACHIN | | Wed Apr 12 1989 15:50 | 5 |
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How about: "I felt that if I didn't leave, I wouldn't be in a position
to accept this job".
Richard
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| 652.4 | | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Thu Apr 13 1989 04:09 | 2 |
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"For health reasons" Salmon Rushdie did spake.
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| 652.5 | | MYCRFT::PARODI | John H. Parodi | Thu Apr 13 1989 19:05 | 8 |
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Retention of sanity.
An acquaintance told me he actually used this when he left a job
behind a department store cash register.
JP
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| 652.6 | subtle sacktics | MARVIN::MACHIN | | Thu Apr 13 1989 19:25 | 8 |
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"..well actually, THEY left ME."
Reminds me of the joke about the bee asleep on the thistle. Along comes a
donkey and eats the thistle, bee and all. When the bee woke up, the
donkey had gone.
Richard.
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| 652.7 | | BLAS03::FORBES | Bill Forbes - LDP Engrng | Fri Apr 14 1989 19:43 | 4 |
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My dog ate my workstation.
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| 652.8 | correction to name | COMICS::DEMORGAN | Richard De Morgan, UK CSC/CS | Mon Apr 17 1989 19:26 | 2 |
| Re .4: that should be Salman Rushdie (I'm still reading the book)
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| 652.9 | | GAOV08::DKEATING | You Can Observe A Lot By Watching ! | Tue Apr 18 1989 20:08 | 14 |
| howsabout...
- What last job?
- My old gang got nicked.
- To get further away from my wife and kids.
- Why!, do you wanna swap?
- Health Reasons...the boss told me I was *sick*.
- Dave K.
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| 652.10 | | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Wed Apr 19 1989 18:12 | 11 |
| Re .8:
> that should be Salman Rushdie (I'm still reading the book)
> -
Hmm, I knew there was something fishy about that name.
For reasons why left job:
"My boss said they found someone of better caliber," said
the overweight Human Cannonball.
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| 652.11 | Down to earth reason! | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Here today and here again tomorrow | Wed Apr 19 1989 19:26 | 3 |
| The farm hand who's boss said he was out standing in his field,
just before he fired him!
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| 652.12 | | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Wed Apr 19 1989 19:32 | 8 |
| re .10
>> "My boss said they found someone of better caliber," said
>> the overweight Human Cannonball.
The poor guy was hired and then fired (twice!) on the same day!
Dan
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| 652.13 | blsat from the past | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Here today and here again tomorrow | Wed Apr 19 1989 19:39 | 5 |
| re .10 & .12
Of course he could have said
I was sick and tired of being fired.
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| 652.14 | Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock... | HSSWS1::DUANE | Send lawyers, guns & money | Fri Apr 28 1989 05:36 | 13 |
| On a semi-related note:
My father used to work for a small trucking company in Oklahoma. The
company was one of the few around who would hire recently released
prisoners from the nearby county jail. From one application:
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Most recent residence: "Carter County Hotel"
What did you do at your last place of employment? "Time"
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