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Arabian
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Here's something that really grinds my gears -
So I work at Disney. Yes. I'm an Imagineer. I do software engineering and I'm a senior working on the backend architecture for their new Netflix-rival platform. As someone in her 20's, I'm constantly rubbing shoulders with people who are 20-30 years my senior who are set in the old ways of working where you pick a thing, and you do the thing until you die. Unfortunately, tech moves really fast, and it's less of a 'get your degree and put in your hours until you hit CTO' thing, and more of an extended marathon of constant learning and progression until you hit the ceiling of your craft.
This is hard for older folks. The world is changing, and you'd think they'd have noticed that, but apparently, the first instinct within many of these people is to reject change. It's mindblowing. We have people on the team perpetuating tech that was deprecated years ago simply because it is comfortable; it's what they know. And management does nothing, because they are of the same mindset.
"Put in the same hours as your contemporaries, and then you'll have a say."
It's a mindset that is halting the progression, stability, and credibility of a platform that generally will not survive unless it progresses. In the end, if changes are not made, and a legacy codebase is established and the technical debt accrues, it will cost billions in the end to migrate the platform to something more modern in the near future! We're talking 5-6 year shelf lives whose lives should have been incrementally and routinely renewed with a constant progression of featuresets, technology, and talent, but it's not so.
It truly blows my mind. /rant
So I work at Disney. Yes. I'm an Imagineer. I do software engineering and I'm a senior working on the backend architecture for their new Netflix-rival platform. As someone in her 20's, I'm constantly rubbing shoulders with people who are 20-30 years my senior who are set in the old ways of working where you pick a thing, and you do the thing until you die. Unfortunately, tech moves really fast, and it's less of a 'get your degree and put in your hours until you hit CTO' thing, and more of an extended marathon of constant learning and progression until you hit the ceiling of your craft.
This is hard for older folks. The world is changing, and you'd think they'd have noticed that, but apparently, the first instinct within many of these people is to reject change. It's mindblowing. We have people on the team perpetuating tech that was deprecated years ago simply because it is comfortable; it's what they know. And management does nothing, because they are of the same mindset.
"Put in the same hours as your contemporaries, and then you'll have a say."
It's a mindset that is halting the progression, stability, and credibility of a platform that generally will not survive unless it progresses. In the end, if changes are not made, and a legacy codebase is established and the technical debt accrues, it will cost billions in the end to migrate the platform to something more modern in the near future! We're talking 5-6 year shelf lives whose lives should have been incrementally and routinely renewed with a constant progression of featuresets, technology, and talent, but it's not so.
It truly blows my mind. /rant
profa_212
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13843612:.lencon said:
yup.
the sad thing is skiing was cut from the school because of an even spendier sports program lol. Womens Basketball went 30 grand over budget and then asked for 30 grand more after that....poof. skiings gone even though we were one of the top teams in the nation. The basketball team pulled in a whopping two wins that year.
profa_212
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13843623:.lencon said:But you can't sell tickets, beer, food, parking, etc on the slopes. You can at the lawlor or whatever it's called tho
No we lose a truckload of money from women's basketball. They essentially lost the university 60 grand that year. But yay sports
profa_212
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FUCK. They got rid of it. This shit is insane. they wont point out who did it either. Im literally so fucking pissed. Who the fuck does that? They didnt even attempt to fucking contact us? I cant even make this shit up.
the amount of fucking stupidity at this university is fucking insane.
the amount of fucking stupidity at this university is fucking insane.
OregonDead
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13843644:Poindexter. said:
Was that like at the doctors office or in class?
Found out another friend just died. Only 27. I guess shit happens or whatever but it sucks when your friends don't even make it out of their 20s.
Great fucking guy. I was stoked to run into him 2 weeks back in NYC.
He was a blast, went to a bunch of shows, had some very strong friendships, and fucking lived.
RIP Vinnie. Glad I got to rage one last hurrah with ya! Until next time my dude!
Great fucking guy. I was stoked to run into him 2 weeks back in NYC.
He was a blast, went to a bunch of shows, had some very strong friendships, and fucking lived.
RIP Vinnie. Glad I got to rage one last hurrah with ya! Until next time my dude!
13844871:Rparr said:
I'm not sure honestly but there's a good chance. I hadn't seen him too much the last 2 years but I know he had his problems in the past. I only just saw him at a show. We were partying a bit but nothing too wild.
But yeah. Opiates seem to be taking a bunch out. That and suicide. Just had a snowboard friend from work OD 2 months ago. Was clean, then destroyed his knee on a PIECE OF SHIT EXCUSE FOR A JUMP and got rehooked and boom donezo.
As far as Vin, idk though. I don't really want to speculate. I also don't really want to ask. I just hate to be that guy. I'm sure I'll find out anyway. Idk it sucks though.
Good dude. Too soon.
daannnnieel
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my car has a plastic rear window, and a soft top.
I broke the plastic window last winter being a drunk idiot thinking hard plastic folds easily in the cold. Today, being a drunk idiot I locked my keys in my car. On the plus side, if I ever lock my keys in my car I can take a snow scraper, unlock my passenger door and open it.
fuck my car looks like shit though
I broke the plastic window last winter being a drunk idiot thinking hard plastic folds easily in the cold. Today, being a drunk idiot I locked my keys in my car. On the plus side, if I ever lock my keys in my car I can take a snow scraper, unlock my passenger door and open it.
fuck my car looks like shit though
Probably(definitely) not worth reading. Just don't think about my sister that often and then bitching about that made me bitch about everything else lol.
At my parents house. My mom told me my sister and her family were coming up. She wasn't really giving me shit, but had mentioned I should go see her more or whatever recently. I was getting together with a bunch of people from high school yesterday since a lot of us couldn't make out 10 year reunion this summer(actually wasn't that bad)
I was told about this over a month ago. Anyway. I sitat my parents waiting for my sister. She was supposed to be up around 12:30-1. 2 passed, then 2:30, 3, 4. Finally I went and grabbed some food and came back.
They showed up at 5. I was bummed because I waited and was going to have to bounce in 10 minutes max. Then they actually left before me. I think they were at my moms for a total of 3 or 4 minutes.
Sure they went to the bullshit christian resort my dad works at for dinner, and my parents were there. But I had to leave town, and I think I'm kind of banned from that place anyway.
Idk. I'm pretty good about meeting up with people or at least making an effort, but with her it just isn't worth it.
We were tight at one point. When she went to HS before me she was a bitch to me, fine, shes older I get it. We went to school an hour away so had to make friends. I was on my own when I got down there. But whatever, I made my friends, did my thing it was all good. Then after high school I think wanted us to be tight again but we weren't probably won't be.
Also my family is filled with crazy judgmental religious fucks. I don't like judgey people in general. If you really clash with somebody that hard, than go do your own thing.
Instead of getting weird texts bitching at me because I drank the alcohols and smoked the weeds. I told her to fuck off and we haven't really talked much since then. That was mostly 08-2010.
She's got 3, going on 4 kids now. I feel a little bit bad(like the tiniest bit) because I don't have any other siblings, so they have no aunts and I'm the only uncle. That said, if she wants me to see them, maybe she could try being less of a bitch. It's also that weird, being a douche in a nice way. Like she won't scream at me and start a scene but she's not very chill at all.
Also she outted me to my parents in 2010. That was pretty fucking cool. When my mom started into it with me about that "Your sister said.." I was pretty much like fuck this noise I'm out.
I talk to my parents once in a while, see them in the spring and fall, but mostly just because I want a place to crash visiting friends in the area, and store a few things when I travel.
Hoping to get rid of more shit, find a spot for other shit. Then have some real conversations with them that will probably end with us cutting ties for a long time. I think my mom misses me now. She'll throw in the old "i love you" or better "we love you" including my dad if I call. I think shes waiting for me to say it back. Good luck with that one.
Idk, at least she's nicer than my dad and sister but she's still intolerant as fuck. My parents, who don't have any money, were sending a bunch of money to stop gay marriage and anything/everything else.
They never supported anything I wanted to do. I think my being gone has made me become a bit more of a novelty maybe. Also the fact that I've been traveling a ton now I guess I'm considered "interesting" enough to care about for conversation topics at church or whatever. Here are some pictures of of son that we all the sudden decided to care about. Yippie.
There is some good done by religion, but the bad, and the downright fucking crazy, massively outweighs that good.
Sorry guys, I'm not joining your bullshit superstition. Thanks for being dicks, here's a postcard.
At my parents house. My mom told me my sister and her family were coming up. She wasn't really giving me shit, but had mentioned I should go see her more or whatever recently. I was getting together with a bunch of people from high school yesterday since a lot of us couldn't make out 10 year reunion this summer(actually wasn't that bad)
I was told about this over a month ago. Anyway. I sitat my parents waiting for my sister. She was supposed to be up around 12:30-1. 2 passed, then 2:30, 3, 4. Finally I went and grabbed some food and came back.
They showed up at 5. I was bummed because I waited and was going to have to bounce in 10 minutes max. Then they actually left before me. I think they were at my moms for a total of 3 or 4 minutes.
Sure they went to the bullshit christian resort my dad works at for dinner, and my parents were there. But I had to leave town, and I think I'm kind of banned from that place anyway.
Idk. I'm pretty good about meeting up with people or at least making an effort, but with her it just isn't worth it.
We were tight at one point. When she went to HS before me she was a bitch to me, fine, shes older I get it. We went to school an hour away so had to make friends. I was on my own when I got down there. But whatever, I made my friends, did my thing it was all good. Then after high school I think wanted us to be tight again but we weren't probably won't be.
Also my family is filled with crazy judgmental religious fucks. I don't like judgey people in general. If you really clash with somebody that hard, than go do your own thing.
Instead of getting weird texts bitching at me because I drank the alcohols and smoked the weeds. I told her to fuck off and we haven't really talked much since then. That was mostly 08-2010.
She's got 3, going on 4 kids now. I feel a little bit bad(like the tiniest bit) because I don't have any other siblings, so they have no aunts and I'm the only uncle. That said, if she wants me to see them, maybe she could try being less of a bitch. It's also that weird, being a douche in a nice way. Like she won't scream at me and start a scene but she's not very chill at all.
Also she outted me to my parents in 2010. That was pretty fucking cool. When my mom started into it with me about that "Your sister said.." I was pretty much like fuck this noise I'm out.
I talk to my parents once in a while, see them in the spring and fall, but mostly just because I want a place to crash visiting friends in the area, and store a few things when I travel.
Hoping to get rid of more shit, find a spot for other shit. Then have some real conversations with them that will probably end with us cutting ties for a long time. I think my mom misses me now. She'll throw in the old "i love you" or better "we love you" including my dad if I call. I think shes waiting for me to say it back. Good luck with that one.
Idk, at least she's nicer than my dad and sister but she's still intolerant as fuck. My parents, who don't have any money, were sending a bunch of money to stop gay marriage and anything/everything else.
They never supported anything I wanted to do. I think my being gone has made me become a bit more of a novelty maybe. Also the fact that I've been traveling a ton now I guess I'm considered "interesting" enough to care about for conversation topics at church or whatever. Here are some pictures of of son that we all the sudden decided to care about. Yippie.
There is some good done by religion, but the bad, and the downright fucking crazy, massively outweighs that good.
Sorry guys, I'm not joining your bullshit superstition. Thanks for being dicks, here's a postcard.
.lencon
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People are fucking retards. Some chick tweeted "post your favorite pics of Idaho", so like the trickster I am, I post a picture of the Matterhorn and rice terraces. A lot of people like my picture, so I'm assuming they understand the joke. But this morning some squid asks me where there are rice terraces in Idaho. After going back and forth for a minute.. he still doesn't bring up that the Matterhorn is in fucking Switzerland. So he doesn't know... or doesn't know what the Matterhorn looks like. I thought that was an iconic mountain tho. Whatever people are dumb.
also, my wifi sucks ass. Must steam in 1080p... but it's so slowwwww.
also, my wifi sucks ass. Must steam in 1080p... but it's so slowwwww.
Daph
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13846004:B.Gillis said:
It's pretty deep, I scrubbed all the charred skin off but there's still a few layers of dead shit that I don't want to peel off yet cause it's pretty raw and nasty, there is about a quarter sized chunk that's rubbed down to the lower skin layer and it's all bloody and full of fluid and if I don't keep it covered i get nasty skin goop on everything
.lencon
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The shipping facilities in my town are fucked.
I ordered some things from TGR, which is a 2 hour drive from where I'm at. Anyway, the stuff I ordered literally passed through my town and has go to like 2-3 other cities/stops before it gets to me?? Anything I order from the North of me usually gets fucked. Anything from the south is usually great though.
that said, stoked for all the cool things coming my way
I ordered some things from TGR, which is a 2 hour drive from where I'm at. Anyway, the stuff I ordered literally passed through my town and has go to like 2-3 other cities/stops before it gets to me?? Anything I order from the North of me usually gets fucked. Anything from the south is usually great though.
that said, stoked for all the cool things coming my way
Daph
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13846402:intifada said:
RJ and his helper Travis are cool dudes they were just really rushed for the tram splice cause it was 20 degrees and blowing 50mph with snow. Plus they weren't supposed to do this splice but doppelmayr fucked up and measured the new rope too long. It was an honest mistake but it still sucks
A lot of bartenders, especially at the slower bars, or small town bars are the laziest people.
They're the first to bitch about how hard their job is, and the first to close when paying customers are there because they want to go home early.
Just went to get a drink in town at 9:25 lol. Place closes early even when there are people. I don't get that.
When I work you, I could find out that there's a shit ton of work, and another day without sleep to get shit done. I'm just used to getting things done. If you don't want to work, why are you there? It's not as if bartenders make bad money.
Some people are just lazy fucks.
They're the first to bitch about how hard their job is, and the first to close when paying customers are there because they want to go home early.
Just went to get a drink in town at 9:25 lol. Place closes early even when there are people. I don't get that.
When I work you, I could find out that there's a shit ton of work, and another day without sleep to get shit done. I'm just used to getting things done. If you don't want to work, why are you there? It's not as if bartenders make bad money.
Some people are just lazy fucks.
Google/Youtube.
When Google bought youtube I knew it was fucked. I used to use that site all the time. Me and my friend were constantly looking for new content before it went viral. There were some changes that made it shittier, but it still kind of worked. Stopped using it. Then started using it occasionally for music. I figured when they made it "app only" on mobile things were fucked. You used to be able to play it through the browser like a laptop etc.
Obviously somethings just want you to download the app. I figured google had bigger plans. The whole youtube red is the dumbest shit ever. "We'll make youtube more useless unless you pay us money".
Get fucked google. I hope this is as successful as google plus. That went great for ya.
Google was a great company at one point, not sure what the fuck happened. They'll do some innovative things from time to time, but that seems more and more rare. Now they just fuck things up trying to make more $
When Google bought youtube I knew it was fucked. I used to use that site all the time. Me and my friend were constantly looking for new content before it went viral. There were some changes that made it shittier, but it still kind of worked. Stopped using it. Then started using it occasionally for music. I figured when they made it "app only" on mobile things were fucked. You used to be able to play it through the browser like a laptop etc.
Obviously somethings just want you to download the app. I figured google had bigger plans. The whole youtube red is the dumbest shit ever. "We'll make youtube more useless unless you pay us money".
Get fucked google. I hope this is as successful as google plus. That went great for ya.
Google was a great company at one point, not sure what the fuck happened. They'll do some innovative things from time to time, but that seems more and more rare. Now they just fuck things up trying to make more $
Sick as fuck again. Well, could be worse, but trying to rest so i don't get there. Happens once in a while. Really bad summer 2015, but I wasn't sleeping much, was making insanely long drives solo every day, stressed out, etc.
Ended up having to sell a bunch of my phish tickets and stay home. There's some music tonight. Umpreys mcgee. it's a 3 or 4 hour drive away though, but i havea free ride from an hour and a half. Even if the show was an hour and a half away i don't think id make it.
Supposed to be in a wedding tomorrow. I'm def going to go, but I feel fucking shot. I don't like this at all. IF I went to the show I don't think I'd make the wedding. Drove back from maine yesterday and barely made it.
Hopefully if I rest more I'll get better. Fuck
Ended up having to sell a bunch of my phish tickets and stay home. There's some music tonight. Umpreys mcgee. it's a 3 or 4 hour drive away though, but i havea free ride from an hour and a half. Even if the show was an hour and a half away i don't think id make it.
Supposed to be in a wedding tomorrow. I'm def going to go, but I feel fucking shot. I don't like this at all. IF I went to the show I don't think I'd make the wedding. Drove back from maine yesterday and barely made it.
Hopefully if I rest more I'll get better. Fuck
It kind of scares me that even now at 28, I'm relying on friend to tell me about places and things I did. I properly fucked my brain up a couple times.
The headaches, sensitivity to noise, and other issues have gotten much better, but my memory is still shit.
Idk, I've been using my insta more. One reason was that I got some shit from people because I was traveling a bunch but not posting often. So I started using insta. But then I was also thinking about, what about when I forget all this shit? When I don't even remember being places?
I think facebook and insta etc will be awesome for that. I should keep a journal but I don't and don't think I will, even though I've thought about it.
Idk, it's just weird to think that my memory might just start getting worse and I might forget more. I'm already horrible with a lot of things.
10 years ago I could have told you names, dates, places of all this crazy shit that happened in history. Now I sometimes forget what I'm doing, what my friends names are, what I did the day before. It's fucking stupid.
I mean, I get that brain injuries are brain injuries, but still. It's just crazy. I like to talk to people and I'm pretty friendly. I end up meeting a lot of people, really great genuine people. I feel fucking terrible that I can't remember them. Not even faces. I have no idea, who they are or where I know them from. It doesn't really help me or them doing the "it's not you it's me" thing.
Deleted a bunch of personal stuff about friends that have died, and life and shit. A lot of times I delete everything but I guess I'll post something. Idk why.
Life is a fucking trip man. You show up on this earth and you've got a completely random amount of time. You just don't fucking know. All you can do is make the most of it, and when it's time, it's time.
The headaches, sensitivity to noise, and other issues have gotten much better, but my memory is still shit.
Idk, I've been using my insta more. One reason was that I got some shit from people because I was traveling a bunch but not posting often. So I started using insta. But then I was also thinking about, what about when I forget all this shit? When I don't even remember being places?
I think facebook and insta etc will be awesome for that. I should keep a journal but I don't and don't think I will, even though I've thought about it.
Idk, it's just weird to think that my memory might just start getting worse and I might forget more. I'm already horrible with a lot of things.
10 years ago I could have told you names, dates, places of all this crazy shit that happened in history. Now I sometimes forget what I'm doing, what my friends names are, what I did the day before. It's fucking stupid.
I mean, I get that brain injuries are brain injuries, but still. It's just crazy. I like to talk to people and I'm pretty friendly. I end up meeting a lot of people, really great genuine people. I feel fucking terrible that I can't remember them. Not even faces. I have no idea, who they are or where I know them from. It doesn't really help me or them doing the "it's not you it's me" thing.
Deleted a bunch of personal stuff about friends that have died, and life and shit. A lot of times I delete everything but I guess I'll post something. Idk why.
Life is a fucking trip man. You show up on this earth and you've got a completely random amount of time. You just don't fucking know. All you can do is make the most of it, and when it's time, it's time.
My dad talked to me about jesus today. That was interesting.
Rparr
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13847737:DayMan said:
It really depends how heavy your habit is/was. I was dabbing nearly a gram of oil a day for close to a year. I’m 40 days clean of it and my headspace has improved dramatically. Less brain fog, better memory, less anxiety, better appetite, better sleep. The heavier your habit, the more you’ll get from quitting for a while
Titus69
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Every time I skateboard or even sometimes work my lower back just kills immediately. Skated for 15 minutes on lunch and although I ate shit my back kills in the same area as every other time. I feel like a fucking old man at this point.
Should probably check it out before ski season.
Should probably check it out before ski season.
270on420out
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Fuck me I just snapped my collarbone at Abay
Titus69
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13847927:B.Gillis said:
Well my previous job involved unloading freight trucks which often had furniture or other heavy shit and that always fucked my back and I think might be the whole cause. I also don’t lift properly a lot I kinda just use all my strength with no regards.
I haven’t skated lately and my new job washing cars isn’t really a back breaker.
AveragePete
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13041049:MilaKunis said:
same goes for the fucking vegans. If you are vegan, fine, cool, but don't cram the fact up everyones ass.
Just got a facebook game request. What is this, 2008?
What kind of fucking savages send that shit? I get it, you get liker 3 bonus bullshit points if you harass other people but go fuck yourself. Nobody wants to play your stupid fucking facebook games.
What kind of fucking savages send that shit? I get it, you get liker 3 bonus bullshit points if you harass other people but go fuck yourself. Nobody wants to play your stupid fucking facebook games.
After 3 weeks and a half weeks of searching for a place a guy pulls out. He was the one that fucking contacted me. He was the one most leaning toward the place we applied for 2 weeks ago. Worked everything out with references. Finally get the place set and dude dips.
I hear from THE FUCKING REALTOR. Like I called the realtor to check on the statues and she was like "I thought you guys weren't moving in. I talked to Jon and he said that you weren't interested anymore"
Drive off a fucking cliff, you flaky fucking piece of shit.
At least if you're a scumbag, have the balls to call somebody and let them know. What if I hadn't called the realtor for another few days? Jesus.
Seriously, crash your fucking car you fuck.
/I feel a bit better
I hear from THE FUCKING REALTOR. Like I called the realtor to check on the statues and she was like "I thought you guys weren't moving in. I talked to Jon and he said that you weren't interested anymore"
Drive off a fucking cliff, you flaky fucking piece of shit.
At least if you're a scumbag, have the balls to call somebody and let them know. What if I hadn't called the realtor for another few days? Jesus.
Seriously, crash your fucking car you fuck.
/I feel a bit better
Titus69
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13848436:iced said:
Sorry to nose in but on the note if uniforms, fuck our uniform guy. He took my order and I said to his face “my name is Collin with two L’s” as he was typing the order in. 3 weeks go by and I get my 12 fucking button up shop shirts, all the stitched name tags say, “Colin.”
Apparently the guy is always stoned as fuck but luckily I don’t have to wear it, uncomfortable anyways. Just waiting for the fucking guy to get me my pants, my khakis are gonna be ruined soon.
270on420out
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13848201:Rparr said:
At this point I'm honestly just stoked that I'll be able to ski this season. Hoping I can get out there by December
.lencon
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Told a friend about a job that you usually apply to in Jan/Feb. She was interested in it for sure so I was kinda giving her tips on it and what not. There's also a drug test with this job.
anyway, I hear that they are going to start application in November this time around.. so in like a month. So I call her and let her know, and she asks me "if the application date is in November will that speed up the application process?" And so I tell her that it could and what not, so then she asks "so will the drug test be earlier than normal?" And I said "maybe". She then freaks out on me and says how that's not a good answer. Sorry I don't know the exact dates to everything? Haha I have to go through the same process as her. I mean, I tell you about the job and give you tips are you're freaking out on me cause I don't even know the exact dates? My bosses don't even know the exact dates. Seriously thinking about not helping her out anymore. She just wants to know when she should stop smoking and if she can't figure that out for herself then she probably isn't responsible enough for a job that isn't waiting tables.
anyway, I hear that they are going to start application in November this time around.. so in like a month. So I call her and let her know, and she asks me "if the application date is in November will that speed up the application process?" And so I tell her that it could and what not, so then she asks "so will the drug test be earlier than normal?" And I said "maybe". She then freaks out on me and says how that's not a good answer. Sorry I don't know the exact dates to everything? Haha I have to go through the same process as her. I mean, I tell you about the job and give you tips are you're freaking out on me cause I don't even know the exact dates? My bosses don't even know the exact dates. Seriously thinking about not helping her out anymore. She just wants to know when she should stop smoking and if she can't figure that out for herself then she probably isn't responsible enough for a job that isn't waiting tables.