Being asked for networking connections and then not following up on them. Several months ago, I knew a guy who wanted to change jobs, and I happen to know the head of the appropriate department at my office. So I gave him his email, and told the department guy about him. But he never followed up! It was kind of embarrassing, because my department friend was totally willing and even excited about it. Then, a while back, someone posted on one of the listservs looking for contacts with my company. I debated about whether or not to respond, but when I saw we had several mutual Facebook friends, I decided to go ahead. But she never emailed me back. What’s the point in begging for job help when you’re not willing to accept the help being offered?
People telling me I should go on Project Runway. Would it be kind of awesome to spend my days with interesting upcoming designers? Yeah. Would it be LIFE-ALTERING to meet Tim Gunn? Of course! (Seeing him in person last August was life-altering in itself.) Would it be cool to get to buy fabric using someone else’s money? Yes! But come on, people, I am NOT contestant material, nor do I wish to be. A few years ago, I worked for a pattern designer, and she tried out for the show and couldn’t get on. If she, a professional with decades of experience, couldn’t get on the show, what makes you think I could? And the grand prize is money to start your own line. Do I want my own line? No! I don’t want fashion design to be my career! What would I do for fun? Systems administration?
The colon-P emoticon. Boys like this one in particular, and use it in place of a traditional smiley. What makes sticking your tongue out at someone the same thing as a smile? And when I picture the person sticking their tongue out at me, it’s not, like, CUTE or anything. What is the reasoning behind the colon-P, boys? I am befuddled!
Websites with long intro animations. On a daily basis, I enter company profiles into our system, and I go to their website to confirm addresses and such. It’s really annoying when I have to wait 90 seconds to get through their animations. Innovate, grow, sustainability, working together… I feel like I’m watching the Jabberwocky presentation from Better off Ted.
Also, when said websites don’t have their address in text format. Then I can’t copy and paste, and I have to manually type in the information. Their web designers are douches.
Checks. Shouldn’t we be all-digital by now? Related to that, Zions Bank for charging for electronic wire transfers. Also, related: me, for taking a billion years to switch banks away from my Maryland-based credit union. These three Things That Must Go conspired against me when I got my tax return a few months ago. My dad’s office manager had to mail it to me because I didn’t want to pay $15 for the electronic transfer. Which meant I had to go to a physical bank to deposit it. The supposed partner CU in my neighborhood couldn’t read my CU info from my debit card (I could only deposit through an ATM), and when I schlepped it up to Rockville (tangent: I still love that town, and identify myself as a Rockvillain), the location was closed because of a power outage. It took three trips to get the damn thing deposited. Why did I delay opening an account through my company’s credit union, which has a location IN MY BUILDING??
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:P means we're teasing.
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