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    #71
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    If none of this is made up, it certainly sounds as though you did very little wrong. [Other than accepting an interview with MF at his imaginary clientco].
    There's not much I can say without protesting too much.

    All I will say is that given my fecking precarious financial situation (again) and my devotion to my family, and the fact that I was hauling ass to Germany every week to the detriment of my health, that if I was desperate enough then yes i would work for that knobmuncher.
    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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      #72
      Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
      If none of this is made up, it certainly sounds as though you did very little wrong. [Other than accepting an interview with MF at his imaginary employer].
      FTFY

      MF hasn't been a contractor for years

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        #73
        Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
        that if I was desperate enough then yes i would work for that knobmuncher.
        Fair enough
        Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
        +5 Xeno Cool Points

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          #74
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
          1. I was drunk.
          2. I think, from memory, he maybe could sort of play the guitar.
          3. I thought I was going to get some action.
          So you are an alcoholic, tone-deaf, slapper?

          Where did you say you live again?
          I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. [Christopher Hitchens]

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            #75
            Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
            There's not much I can say without protesting too much.

            All I will say is that given my fecking precarious financial situation (again) and my devotion to my family, and the fact that I was hauling ass to Germany every week to the detriment of my health, that if I was desperate enough then yes i would work for that knobmuncher.
            Careful what you say. He might not invite you back for a 2nd interview (which you can choose whether to attend or not)

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              #76
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
              If none of this is made up, it certainly sounds as though you did very little wrong. [Other than accepting an interview with MF at his imaginary clientco].
              Clearly the interviewer was MF putting on a funny voice.
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins
              I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
              Originally posted by vetran
              Urine is quite nourishing

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                #77
                Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
                3. I thought I was going to get some action.
                Surely that was - not wishing to perpetuate gender stereotypes - your call even after the guitar. "Get off the guitar and get on me" would work on most men
                Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                Originally posted by vetran
                Urine is quite nourishing

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                  #78
                  Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                  Clearly the interviewer was MF putting on a funny voice.


                  I didn't think of that
                  Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                  +5 Xeno Cool Points

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                    #79
                    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                    Surely that was - not wishing to perpetuate gender stereotypes - your call even after the guitar. "Get off the guitar and get on me" would work on most men
                    Action was entirely out of the question once he'd taken up that guitar.

                    But I'm not sure I completely agree with your second point; some men find that sort of approach a bit unsettling, I think!
                    Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                    +5 Xeno Cool Points

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                      #80
                      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

                      So we exchanged emails and agreed on 3pm German time. I booked a meeting room at client co, and went in there 2:55. And waited.................

                      In the end, I had to go back to my desk. I did, and when I got there the phone rang. It was the guy. Very late. But the client was talking to me and I couldn't break away to answer the call in time. I got an email immediately from the guy. Friendly enough, said to drop him an email when I was ready. I emailed straight back, apologising for not being able to grab his call and said if he called back I would take it and we could resume.
                      Sorry but, FAIL. I would never have done this but would have set a time when I was back in my hotel, in fact I have done this with US based prospects who just 'wanted a chat', notably Redhat and Google. This way you are guaranteed of no work interruptions...
                      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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