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belynch Jan 20, 2010 7:53 am

aloha box. :-:

Sorry to hear about the job KNRG, but if you hated it then it's for the best. No one wins when an employee doesn't like their job.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Jan 20, 2010 7:54 am


Originally Posted by KNRG (Post 13216181)
Hi box.

I went in tonight to work an overnight shift.. to find out I've been fired.

I get why they do what they do with regards to termination - but jeeze, having me drive in at 11pm to hand me payout and send me packing? I hated the job so i likely fully deserved it - just annoyed.

Sorry to hear it. Hopefully the next one is something you truly enjoy.

jrzyshawn Jan 20, 2010 7:55 am


Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13217551)
Since EUA'able was a requirement, LIM is likely our best candidate.

There is a nice SFO-LIM fare still lingering, so we could do EWR-SFO-EWR-LIM-IAH-SFO-EWR. :D

I am listening.....

adelauro Jan 20, 2010 7:56 am


Originally Posted by KNRG (Post 13216181)
Hi box.

I went in tonight to work an overnight shift.. to find out I've been fired.

I get why they do what they do with regards to termination - but jeeze, having me drive in at 11pm to hand me payout and send me packing? I hated the job so i likely fully deserved it - just annoyed.

Bleh, maybe i'll use the cash to buy a last minute fare somewhere. First time i've been fired though, so considering it's the day after my 27th birthday i'd say that's not too shabby of a record.


Sorry to hear this, but if the job was that :td::rolleyes:, then you are better off in the long run. Definitely take that flight, you deserve it.


Originally Posted by KNRG (Post 13216642)
So.. clicking round the 'net I found one of those silly personality tests.. this one entitled the "Why do other people hate you?" test.

I once got told on a performance review that people at work didn't like me because I didn't stop in the halls or hang out in the pantry and talk to them. Apparently, this was the only negative thing they could find, and as I found out later it was unofficial company policy that no one got a perfect review.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Jan 20, 2010 7:59 am


Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 13217597)
I am listening.....

[stage whisper]if you :rolleyes: it, they will come[/stage whisper]

adelauro Jan 20, 2010 8:00 am


Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13217404)
:D ... capable .... hmmm... that would be ALCO, xyzzy, sbm12, colpuck, Scot6067, Fozz, FTLurker, Steph3n, baglady, CM and all those other Boxers who are waaaaaaaay more capable of constructing MRs than I.

At the risk of getting booted from teh Box, I've never done a MR. If I ever lose my job, I'm gonna be in big trouble.

jrzyshawn Jan 20, 2010 8:02 am


Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13217625)
[stage whisper]if you :rolleyes: it, they will come[/stage whisper]

:-:

You can count me in on a LIM jaunt if it's on my weekend off.

Scott6067 Jan 20, 2010 8:11 am


Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13217551)
Since EUA'able was a requirement, LIM is likely our best candidate.

There is a nice SFO-LIM fare still lingering, so we could do EWR-SFO-EWR-LIM-IAH-SFO-EWR. :D


Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 13217642)
:-:

You can count me in on a LIM jaunt if it's on my weekend off.

I want go too!! unemployment is great for MRing!! Ok, that is about all it is good for. Job search in earnest today!!

ConciergeMike Jan 20, 2010 8:13 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 13217205)
I had some tailwinds last night too. Must've been the Chinese food. ;)

That cereal for dinner tore me up. Lots of wind with dangerous gusts.


Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13217632)
At the risk of getting booted from teh Box, I've never done a MR. If I ever lose my job, I'm gonna be in big trouble.

I have post #1,000 in Teh Box, and I did my first MR this past December. No worries. ^

Morning, Box. Mega-Courics of stuff to do already this morning...I gave myself the rest of the day off in light of having finished the Economics project, and that was a mistake. The list grew without me adding anything to it.

ConciergeMike Jan 20, 2010 8:15 am


Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13217404)
:D ... capable .... hmmm... that would be ALCO, xyzzy, sbm12, colpuck, Scot6067, Fozz, FTLurker, Steph3n, baglady, CM and all those other Boxers who are waaaaaaaay more capable of constructing MRs than I.

I'm at the bottom end of that skill curve. Were I crazy enough to sell that LIM trip to my other half, and I could actually go, it would be at that point that I call fozz and give him my OnePass and AmEx numbers.

uncertaintraveler Jan 20, 2010 8:18 am


Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13217608)
I once got told on a performance review . . .

I hate performance reviews. If an employee isn't performing to the level that is expected, don't you think that such a matter should be brought up before the annual performance review? Yet seldom it is....

Performance reviews are nothing more than a way for HR (or one's managers, or both) to feel like they have coverered themselves nicely in an occasionally sensitive area should a lawsuit be forthcoming.


Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13217608)
. . . that people at work didn't like me because I didn't stop in the halls or hang out in the pantry and talk to them.

And did you respond by saying that you didn't like the people at work because they are too busy socializing and not actually working?

belynch Jan 20, 2010 8:18 am


Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13217632)
At the risk of getting booted from teh Box, I've never done a MR.

I'm a card-carrying member of teh Box (put it on the back of my SPG card :D) and I've never done a MR.

If I lose my job or get one that doesn't involve travel then elite status won't mean :rolleyes: to me. Or so I say today. :rolleyes:

sdm1130 Jan 20, 2010 8:18 am


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 13217709)
I'm at the bottom end of that skill curve. Were I crazy enough to sell that LIM trip to my other half, and I could actually go, it would be at that point that I call fozz and give him my OnePass and AmEx numbers.

Or just go to CO.com, put SFO in one box and LIM in the other and click Search. ;)

ConciergeMike Jan 20, 2010 8:20 am


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 13217737)
Or just go to CO.com, put SFO in one box and LIM in the other and click Search. ;)

Nah. If anything goes wrong, I want to be able to say that I was booked by the Wizard and that there's no place like home, so get me there. :D:D:D

sdm1130 Jan 20, 2010 8:20 am

It looks like the SFO-LIM fare can also be routed through PTY on the outbound (SFO-IAH-PTY-LIM) for $491+ ($476+ if you route through PTY both ways). It's probably just a CO.com error, but it says the PTY-LIM and LIM-PTY segment books in to First (O).


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