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Category: Jobs

  • Rejecting the Rejection

    Rejecting the Rejection

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    Herb

    This is another one (not the cartoon) from GCFL but I really think I’m going to send it out somewhere. Letter of Rejection of Rejection Letter Dear [Interviewer’s Name]: Thank you for your letter of _. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept…

  • Again?

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    Herb

    So (I think it was 87% of bloggers start their blog entries with the word “so” although that statistic may be outdated any more), This is day 2 of a streak! If anyone is interested, I have joined another retail workforce. I left the grinning checkmark, which doesn’t treat its…

  • One Armed Paper Hanger In A Windstorm

    One Armed Paper Hanger In A Windstorm

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    Herb

    As in, “Busier than a.” Started a new job at the Amazon Distribution Center. (Read “‘Worst-kept secret’ in Colorado Springs leads to Amazon assumptions” to find out about the warehouse itself.) It’s actually a glorified, reinforced tent right now for unloading trucks and distributing merchandise. It’s a good job because…

  • Herb’s Got A New Job

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    Herb

    Greetings, Salutations and Hi There to all of my fans, friends, fiends, foes and relatives. I haven’t exactly given up on the A – Z thing but I needed to break in and give you some news. I have a new job.  As many of you know or figured out,…

  • Blogging A – Z Challenge 2015 S

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    Herb

    Blogging A – Z Challenge S is for Stress knots and Stress?  Not! People will trickle over here to find out where I have gone and what happened.  First I am going to say that not everyone has treated me bad.  In fact, the vast majority of people I have…

  • Blogging A – Z Challenge 2015 R

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    Herb

    Blogging A – Z Challenge R is for Ready For A Change Well, here is one of those phrases that can mean several different things depending on the context. It could be used in a manner like, “Herb showered, shaved and combed his hair and is ready for a change”or…

  • Job Hunting Stinks

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    Herb

    A teenage boy and girl at my daughter’s school had an idea.  They decided that they wanted to set a new record.  They would be famous.  They would kill 33 or more people at a pep rally and beat the Virginia tech guy.  They had plans for pipe bombs, notes,…

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“I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a king / I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing / Each time I find myself flat on my face / I pick myself up and get back in the race” Frank Sinatra – That’s Life
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