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Is it considered stunt casting if special guests aren't widely announced or known ahead of time?
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2 hours ago, emma675 said:
Hump dayyy, yeah! Love that commercial. (Sorry, @theredhead77, lol)
I actually like that commercial. It makes me laugh
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"Happy [day of the week]" grates on my last nerve. I have no reason why but I hate that phrase.
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3 hours ago, partofme said:
I would recommend logging out of LinkedIn but not deleting your account unless you never plan to use it to look for a job. I deleted my account once because I was fed up with the whole thing and when I eventually rejoined I had lost all of my connections.
To clarify: C9 said she was deleting her LI. I wasn't suggesting she delete it.
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On 10/19/2023 at 2:24 PM, Cloud9Shopper said:
No one else seems to have this much trouble finding a job. Every friend or relative of mine, in real life or online, who has hit the job market recently has secured an offer or received a promotion. I see so many success stories in this thread and yet, I can’t get the same thing to happen for me.
It took me 3 years and 200+ applications. My current job was the third or fourth I applied to at this company. Like most things, people share about the good and keep the bad and frustration to themselves to cultivate that positive personality. I know I wasn't very public about how hard it was, just a post here and there. My closet friends knew, of course.
5 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:Then you have to interview basically perfectly.
No, you don't. I was convinced I blew my first interview for my current job, with the big-big boss. I got so nervous I forgot how to answer questions about my history. It was bad. I found out later he appreciated that I acknowledged that I was nervous and powered through.
Gentle feedback: people here have given you solid advice about all of the things you're lamenting about. I think taking the break you referenced, deleting your LI, doing some self-reflection, identifying where you truly want to be (as you've mentioned before), and then jumping back in when you are in a better head-space is the best course of action. Culture fit is huge, one team-member that doesn't mesh can bring down the entire team.5 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:If I am doing that badly and I act like an idiot in interviews in their eyes, then just cut me in round one or two instead of getting me to rounds 3 and 4.
Getting to rounds 3 and 4 is HUGE. You are doing something right. But they can only select one. It sucks you aren't it but that doesn't mean you are flawed. There was just someone else that was a better fit. It could be background, or culture, or a special skill they have, or who knows. It sucks but if they didn't like you you wouldn't have made it that far.
You don't have to be perfect, but you do have to be the best you that you can be. I wish you luck when you return to the search after the first of the year (what you've shared).
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2 hours ago, peeayebee said:
The sketch with Pedro as the mother again was fine. Best part of that was him dumping the cookies out and using the tin for his sewing stuff.
I laughed so hard at that I woke up my cats. The only way that could have been funnier is if the container already had sewing supplies in it. Across the country, across all cultures, that damn cookie container being a sewing kit is a collective experience that started long before the internet.
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On 10/16/2023 at 10:30 AM, nodorothyparker said:
One of the things that's really worked here once you just accepted that he'd been plunked down in France for ... reasons was finally letting Daryl be a grown up, which I realize sounds ridiculous when talking about an actor in his 50s. But there were no shipping wars, no obvious fan service of a man who really just needs a bath tricked out in leather. Daryl's relationship and interactions with Isabelle were refreshingly adult and it was easy to see how it could lead to him finally finding a home and a family of his own that wasn't entirely predicated on his being everything to everybody, taking on everybody else's stray children and putting himself in harm's way over and over again just so he could feel like he'd earned his place among decent people. I was really taken aback to realize at the end with the seeming non cliffhanger on the beach how much I hoped he was going to take his fellow American's advice and choose a home and life for himself because it was what he actually wanted and not because he feels like he still has obligations on the other side of the pond.
I've been chewing on this for a few days. My take on it is CDB was Daryl's found family but he never felt truly secure there. He was everything to everyone and I always had the impression that he felt that if he deviated from his "role" in that family he would be abandoned.
Watching him grow throughout TWD, especially the final season, set him up for where he is now. He is able to be the true "grown up in the room", which I think a lot of adults (myself included) can relate to, even though we're well into adulthood.I never had an issue with Daryl, or Reedus' acting, but he really stepped it up. Watching him learn to trust Isabelle and his new group, being able to start somewhere without the baggage of who he was, and his connection to Merle, was great. I did want him to get together with Connie, and maybe they did, who knows. I never considered Daryl to be a predator and watching him develop feelings he's not acting on because Isabelle is a nun (for now) was nice, as it is always nice seeing men interact with women without an ulterior motive.
I'm also digging the new morally grey characters. I liked Quinn and wish we got more to his story (unless he was going to turn into another apple eating villain). He did have an epic send-off. I do miss Talking Dead at times like this. It would have been fun to hear his take on Quinn and his death.
Hoping for more Stéphane (face tattoo). I wouldn't be surprised if he was part of the original group trying to find a cure, or the CRM (or someone from World Beyond). I do like tie-ins and hope that all these spin-offs (World Beyond, Dead City, Fear, DD) can get tied into each other down the road.-
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That was fantastic and I hope Book of Carol isn't too far into "next year".
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Oh, I am so happy SNL is back and stoked Peacock airs SNL live and has the reply available as soon as the initial airing is over.
I have a soft-spot for Pete. His cold-open was solid and I loved his monologue / bit. My favorite was I'm Just Pete and found myself laughing at everything except the spaceship sketch. I'm not a fan of rap and while the days of SNL's musical guests being for 'me', I love being exposed to new music during their musical acts.1 hour ago, peeayebee said:I got a chuckle out of hearing, "Michael Che! Mikey Day!"
Same. It also seemed Punkie Johnson's name was said with more enthusiasm. Her name used to sound flat - James Austin JOHNson, Punkie Johnson.
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5 hours ago, Superclam said:
AMC+ is a steaming pile!
I don't have AMC+ but my experience with regular AMC streaming has been positive.
3 hours ago, BasilSeal said:the post credit scene is on this facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=949506765942468
Nb you'll see my summary above was slightly miss remembered, the guy who shoots the doctor who has returned to the lab does not take the laptop or the data she has downloaded of Jenner's communications, he just kills her as retribution for presumably being involved in whatever stated the ZA in the first place.
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On 10/12/2023 at 10:24 AM, theredhead77 said:
TIL there are post credit scenes. Thank you!
And TIL that AMC steaming cuts off before the credits. And I can't find the scene.
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TIL there are post credit scenes. Thank you!
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13 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:
and she told me I should take a break after this because soon no employers will be hiring/hiring will slow down. I don’t disagree and am aware it’s mid-October and yes, generally hiring gets slower in the winter.
FWIW, hiring slows but interviews continue (albeit a bit slower) so they can have people ready to start at the beginning of the year. Last company (the one with the thank-you note) I was laid off from the previous job a few days before Halloween, started interviewing for the initial entry level position in early Nov., got a job offer right before Christmas, and started Jan. 13th.
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15 hours ago, Bastet said:
My parents have pumpkin pie for dessert, but I hate pumpkin (it's like coffee to me -- smells great, tastes like shit
Yay I'm not alone! To me, the only good part of a pumpkin is the seeds.
8 hours ago, JTMacc99 said:Just out of curiosity, would a sweet potato pie substituted in for the pumpkin make any difference to you or to your parents?
Not the person you asked, but also barf. And I like sweet potato.
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11 hours ago, Laura Holt said:
Speaking of which does anyone really make green bean casserole? I'm tempted to make it but it sounds, well, dubious! to me.
I love vintage green bean casserole (the recipe on the side of the French's onion can). I'll make it outside of Thanksgiving and add either a can or two of tuna (tuna casserole) or a big can of chicken (chicken casserole). Easy meals.
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Was not digging abusive Daryl, but Reedus knocked that out of the park.
I could have sworn Carol told Daryl to come back, not "he's back". A vague "he's back" makes sense for plot reasons and also Daryl could know who they were expecting while the rest of us get to sit here and talk about it.
I'm intrigued by super serum zombies. My guess (sheer guess, I don't read spoilers), based on the angle of the battle axe is that Daryl is able to decapitate super-zombie. The effects were really good but it reminded me too much of Captain America and the Hulk transformations. I suppose there is only so much you can do with super serum transformations...-
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11 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:
A work pet peeve--people who choose to reply all when it is not necessary and they know better. My boss has a habit of replying all when he is working from home, I guess to show us all he is working even if he is not in his office. Just now, our business manager sent an email informing us she's about to close payroll, and he replies all to say "thanks." Why do I need to see this as I am catching up on my email. The job makes me have my email on my phone as well as on the work computer, so I get two notifications of his thanks to another employee, and the chain is broken if I did need to respond back to the original sender.
My favorite is "take me off this chain" or "stop replying to all".
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4 hours ago, Laura Holt said:
I know American thanksgiving is always on a Thursday (but if they can people tend to make it a long week-end), here in Canada it's the Monday (today) and I was curious - do most people have the turkey dinner (or however you choose to celebrate if you do) on the actual day or do you have it on the week-end? We're doing it today for various reasons but normally we like to have the get together on the Sunday so we have Monday to recuperate.
In my small world, people have turkey on Thursday and randomly people eat at like 3pm. My family eats at our Thanksgiving meal at our normal evening meal time.
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2 hours ago, RealHousewife said:
Do any single women here ever feel like they have to have this perfect balance between not being so friendly that other women see you as a flirt but being friendly enough that men don't see you as standoffish?
Nope. I'm me and people can either like me or hate me. I don't give a flying F what other women (or men) think of me. I have a solid group of co-ed friends, and those friendships were formed by us being our authentic selves.
I don't try to be a "cool girl" or a "pick-me" girl, or anything but myself. I don't have the energy for the drama that comes with all of the things that come with being anything but me.
3 hours ago, RealHousewife said:There isn't a sexual connotation. Awhile back when the topic of flirting came up, one of the guys at work said "do you even know how?" He is a flirty dude, and I would normally pretend I didn't hear him or play dumb when I knew he was trying to flirt with me. A couple other guys have said I was standoffish.
Literally cannot relate to this. Constantly being in these situations with your male coworkers sounds like an HR nightmare and it sounds like everyone at your company needs some anti-harassment training.
3 hours ago, RealHousewife said:But I don't love the idea of becoming close friends outside of work.
Work friends are work friends regardless of gender. Forming close, lasting relationships with work friends that sustain once someone leaves the company is rare. It's great when everyone gets along, when mandatory fun is actually fun, when a team wants to go out, but at the end of the day, they aren't your besties, they aren't your confidants, they are just work friends. Act accordingly. And don't shit where you eat.
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12 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Okay, but do you tape over the barcodes?
Yes. Never had an issue.
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5 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Has anyone here dropped off a package at a Walgreens or similar place that accepts Fedex packages?
If so, is it okay to use clear packing tape to fix the label to the box like the folks in the Walgreens store say to do?
The label I generated from the Fedex website says to "place label in shipping pouch and affix it to your shipment..."
I tried looking on Reddit, but didn't readily find an answer.
I always tape FedEX, USPS and UPS labels on with clear tape. It's fine.
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13 minutes ago, PRgal said:
Whoa, it’s weekly? Is this a national thing so they can accommodate different time zones? My husband’s company is here but the US office is on the west coast, so sometimes, he has to do meetings late (ie 5 pm or after, eastern time) so people there can do 2 pm. I mean, a 1:30 pm here/10:30 there is probably most ideal (or 2 here, 11 there) but it’s also about who is most available. And then sometimes, you need to accommodate other, international time zones. Meetings with Asia are even worse.
Nope. It's all the same time-zone. We have meetings with India and Australia that are late (last one ends at 6:30pm here) to accommodate their time-zones but this one is just someone who couldn't bother to find a better time.
It's not just this meeting though - people schedule last minute meetings that aren't urgent over lunch, or double book people all the time. It's sheer laziness in not leveraging Outlook features to find the next available time, or pinging people to see if they really are blocked out all day every day for a week (not out of the office, just blocked out).-
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44 minutes ago, PRgal said:
It MAY be okay if everyone is being fed (I'm assuming you mean in-person) as well.
We're remote and it's really never OK, even if the company is providing food, except in very rare circumstances like a conference or emergency. It's not OK to schedule a weekly meeting for the next 6 months at 12:30pm because that's the only slot available. That's the only slot available because people are at lunch.
I hate toxic meeting culture.2 hours ago, partofme said:When I worked in the office pre-Covid, none of my coworkers would take a lunch hour.
That is poor company culture and promotes burn-out. People need brain breaks throughout the day.
There is a reason that hourly people have mandated paid breaks and mandated lunch slots. We need to normalize giving salaried people the same respect.
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Stop!Scheduling!Meetings!Over!Lunchtime!
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Chit-Chat: What's On Your Mind Today?
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Because of climate change. Autumn is going to get shorter and shorter. Winter and summer will continue to move to the extremes and the extremes will become "normal".