Aerothorn on 19/6/2011 at 05:51
Quote Posted by Al_B
Good luck, what type of job are you applying for?
Technical writer for a health care software company (a job that sounds dangerously close to what RBJ left). The good news is that the company seems pretty hip - laid back, employee owned, creativity valued, etc. Their interview process is also very interesting; there are many steps, one of which required me to write a (timed) New York Times book review of my own unwritten autobiography.
Martin Karne on 19/6/2011 at 06:46
My job is to pull the strings of the puppets that I have under my control.
june gloom on 19/6/2011 at 08:17
your job is to outdo belboz when it comes to posting nonsense
CCCToad on 19/6/2011 at 18:46
so he's just a clown?
CCCToad on 19/6/2011 at 18:59
Quote Posted by theBlackman
I resigned from my position with a Fire Department for close to the same reason. The Chief was a political animal and set up situations to foster his position at the risk of causing his officers to kill the fire-fighters by following his Terms of Engagement.
In a bureaucratic world, its all over the place. Even here there's certain high ranking officers who have implemented certain policies(Sorry, plausible deniability) that protect their asses from any investigation, but are likely to cause unnecessary deaths of soldiers who were unable to get the support they needed WSHTF.
demagogue on 19/6/2011 at 19:31
You can't win that battle anyway... If you didn't have that stodgy bureaucratic culture it'd get replaced with what's called "rule of charisma", which is even worse.
At the end of the day, you realize all of society & the economy & the political system are all resting on the paper thin narrative of confidence... People do healthy things when they have confidence society will carry on and they can trust that everything that needs to get done will. And everyone following the book, even if you're playing it (inevitable), is what suspends that narrative. Rule by Charisma OTOH has to thrive on perpetual conspiracy theories, which draws people to be self-destructive, and there's no end to it.
CCCToad on 20/6/2011 at 07:54
The thing is, the military naturally drifts that way because we as an institution have an almost masturbatory complex over leaders like Patton, Lee, Eisenhower, etc. Quite a few young leaders graduate with their new commission thinking that they really WILL change the world with the force of their Charisma alone. Its something that actually complements the bureaucratic culture because the people at each level of the chain have their own "brilliant" ideas, all of which add up to make it impossible to get things down in a timely manner.
In other words, Rule by Charisma doesn't really thrive on conspiracy theories. Instead each leader tries to find different ways of making themselves feel smart and important, fagging up the system in the process.
Thats a big part of why we can't win in the Middle East. Whereas the insurgents are capable of reacting to events immediately it will take days or weeks for us to get authorization to do the same. Even getting artillery or air support is too slow. By the time it shows up, the bad guys are usually gone.
Gingerbread Man on 20/6/2011 at 15:11
My job is fucking unreal. Let's begin by describing the asshats I have to work with...
First of all, there's this ridiculously hot supermodel type chick, and true to every stereotype she is a dumb as a brick. Incredibly beautiful girl, but how she manages to string a bunch of words together to make a sentence is beyond me. She seems to spend a ridiculous amount of time fixing her hair and makeup, and I haven't met very many people more narcissistic and self-centered in my life.
The other girl is like multiplying the supermodel by negative one. An honest-to-God zero on a scale of one to ten. Smartest human being I have ever met, seriously. Her career options are unlimited, so why she bothers to work with us is a complete mystery. Not sure she showers or shaves, and the general consensus is that she might be a walking embodiment of all the bull-dyke lesbian stereotypes.
Then there's the stoned kid. Holy Christ. He's 22 years old, and I don't think he's spent a day sober since he was ten. Constantly high, always screwing up. And such an irritating stoner whine for a voice, holy SHIT THIS GUY. As if that wasn't bad enough to deal with on a daily basis, the kid brings his dog to work EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND IT'S STONED TOO
Fucking gigantic stoned Great Dane wandering around, getting in the way. The two of them are constantly disappearing to Burger King or KFC or fuck knows where. CONSTANTLY hungry, both of them. And the fucking dog keeps roaring and making those noises like it's trying to say something. It's completely ridiculous.
So yeah, anyway. I drive these tools around in my van all day and we solve mysteries and shit.
Matthew on 20/6/2011 at 15:20
Well played, Geebums, well played indeed.
Al_B on 20/6/2011 at 15:28
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
the kid brings his dog to work EVERY SINGLE DAY.
If he
ever starts mumbling about bring any other dogs to work then get your shotgun ready, either for yourself or the dog.
