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Alex Papadomilous Papamidilious Pammalicious Palladimious Papadipopulous Papadimoulis:

Bert Glanston...Bert Glanstron...Bert Gladstron...Bert Glastron...Bert Glanstrom...

logical..:

I haven't had time to read all the other comments so

Greg depressed a button he had build just for that occasion, causing the lights in his office to dim and the dark and dangerous sweeping crescendo of a Danny Elfman soundtrack to start playing.

As far as I'm concerned, Greg is the crazy one. I mean, what dude holds a grudge longer than 15 minutes?

frits:

As far as I'm concerned, Greg is the crazy one. I mean, what dude holds a grudge longer than 15 minutes?

ch1gz:

So where exactly is the WTF ?

GettinSadda:

ch1gz:

So where exactly is the WTF ?

The WTF is that Greg forgot the important step - send him a rejection letter signed "SARUMANATEE"

GettinSadda:

ch1gz:

So where exactly is the WTF ?

The WTF is that Greg forgot the important step - send him a rejection letter signed "SARUMANATEE"

GettinSadda:

Funny - the music that comes into my mid when someone mentions Danny Elfman is the Simpsons Theme, which would be rather odd here!

Ceiswyn:

As far as I'm concerned, Greg is the crazy one. I mean, what dude holds a grudge longer than 15 minutes?

I'm still bitter over my primary school teacher, 27 years ago, telling me off for pointing out to her that tyrannosaurs only had two claws on their forelegs.

So... what was your point, again? :)

highphilosopher:

There was a time when this site stuck to code that people wrote, not stories made up by the admins. Are you really that low on content?

(Not that this message will last long)


captcha: damnum -- I'm done.

The Nerve:

When conducting interviews, my boss was always overly concerned, insisting that we never cut short the interview of even the most useless of candidates. I think he was worried about discrimination lawsuits, but I never found out if his concerns were warranted. If they were, it would seem that if Bert Glad.* had found out they brought him in and never had any intent of hiring him, he could issue a similar complaint.

gramie:

GettinSadda:

Funny - the music that comes into my mid when someone mentions Danny Elfman is the Simpsons Theme, which would be rather odd here!

Maybe that's because you don't know that Elfman writes a lot of movie scores too, like most of Tim Burton's movies, Terminator Salvation, all three Spiderman movies and dozens of others (although, to be fair, some of the others are not dark or violent).

GettinSadda:

ch1gz:

So where exactly is the WTF ?

The WTF is that Greg forgot the important step - send him a rejection letter signed "SARUMANATEE"

wtf:

And that this guy was old enough to have had a lawn and lawn problems (and not, say, a face full of pimples) when he was playing with FidoNet. That he was looking for lawn care information on FidoNet in 1988.

Alargule:

Alex Papadomilous Papamidilious Pammalicious Palladimious Papadipopulous Papadimoulis:

Bert Glanston...Bert Glanstron...Bert Gladstron...Bert Glastron...Bert Glanstrom...

Just curious: what's the guy's real name?

Alex Papadimoulis:

Without even a hint of sarcasm, Greg said ever-so-sweetly, “actually, I don’t think I’ve ever had a conflict with anyone.”

momerath:

wtf:

And that this guy was old enough to have had a lawn and lawn problems (and not, say, a face full of pimples) when he was playing with FidoNet. That he was looking for lawn care information on FidoNet in 1988.

I like that getting to 50-ish counts as a WTF to you. Would you prefer the alternative?

frits:

As far as I'm concerned, Greg is the crazy one. I mean, what dude holds a grudge longer than 15 minutes?

Matt Westwood:

GettinSadda:

ch1gz:

So where exactly is the WTF ?

The WTF is that Greg forgot the important step - send him a rejection letter signed "SARUMANATEE"

+1

Me:

frits:

As far as I'm concerned, Greg is the crazy one. I mean, what dude holds a grudge longer than 15 minutes?

I agree. Greg can't have spent much time online if he remembers a tame flame war he was briefly involved in 20 years ago.

wtf:

momerath:

wtf:

And that this guy was old enough to have had a lawn and lawn problems (and not, say, a face full of pimples) when he was playing with FidoNet. That he was looking for lawn care information on FidoNet in 1988.

I like that getting to 50-ish counts as a WTF to you. Would you prefer the alternative?

That's not the WTF. The WTF is that he was 30 or so and couldn't find anything better to do with his time than FidoNet. It's about like seeing a 30 year old playing on Facebook today.... oh, sorry, some of you might take that personally.

frits:

In circumspect, I think we can all agree that the guy's last name should just be shortened to Glans, right?

Bert Gla[nstron|dstron|stron]:

The Nerve:

When conducting interviews, my boss was always overly concerned, insisting that we never cut short the interview of even the most useless of candidates. I think he was worried about discrimination lawsuits, but I never found out if his concerns were warranted. If they were, it would seem that if Bert Glad.* had found out they brought him in and never had any intent of hiring him, he could issue a similar complaint.

Dear THE NERVE,

In case you haven't noticed this is a grown up place, the fact that you insist on using your ridiculous handle clearly shows that you are too young and stupid to use the internets.

Go away and grow up.

Best,
Bert Gla[nstron|dstron|stron]

wtf:

ch1gz:

So where exactly is the WTF ?

The guy remembered Bert Whatever's name after 22 years, that'll be a start. And he expected Bert to remember him, that's another.

nB:

We don't cut interviews short, but only because it would screw up the other interviews.
We have four interviewers and will usually interview four people at a time, they just round robin through. If you cut it short then WTF do you do for the rest of the time?

Bert Glanstron was an older fellow, possibly in his late 50’s. He wore brown shoes, white socks, and brown polyester slacks that were a good three-inches too short. His button-down, short sleeve shirt was ledger yellow with thin blue, lines in a graph paper pattern and opal buttons trimmed in silver. As for the blazer, it was tweed and sported elbow patches. And it too was about three sizes too small for his portly belly. He also had a long, wispy beard, a bald head, and wore black, horn-rimmed glasses. All told, he was straight out of a 1962 yearbook photo of a math professor… with a little powdered sugar from the last interview in his beard.

wtf:

ch1gz:

So where exactly is the WTF ?

The guy remembered Bert Whatever's name after 22 years, that'll be a start. And he expected Bert to remember him, that's another.

And that this guy was old enough to have had a lawn and lawn problems (and not, say, a face full of pimples) when he was playing with FidoNet. That he was looking for lawn care information on FidoNet in 1988. That was subscribed to a lawn care feed. That Bert Glantonbury (or whatever) was also subscribed to a fer-frack's-sake lawn care feed.
How's that for a start?

frits:

As far as I'm concerned, Greg is the crazy one. I mean, what dude holds a grudge longer than 15 minutes?

bbsuser:

PCBoard rules!

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...

gramie:

GettinSadda:

Funny - the music that comes into my mid when someone mentions Danny Elfman is the Simpsons Theme, which would be rather odd here!

Maybe that's because you don't know that Elfman writes a lot of movie scores too, like most of Tim Burton's movies, Terminator Salvation, all three Spiderman movies and dozens of others (although, to be fair, some of the others are not dark or violent).

The Nerve:

Bert Gla[nstron|dstron|stron]:

The Nerve:

When conducting interviews, my boss was always overly concerned, insisting that we never cut short the interview of even the most useless of candidates. I think he was worried about discrimination lawsuits, but I never found out if his concerns were warranted. If they were, it would seem that if Bert Glad.* had found out they brought him in and never had any intent of hiring him, he could issue a similar complaint.

Dear THE NERVE,

In case you haven't noticed this is a grown up place, the fact that you insist on using your ridiculous handle clearly shows that you are too young and stupid to use the internets.

Go away and grow up.

Best,
Bert Gla[nstron|dstron|stron]

Dear Bert,

Frankly, I am shocked and would like to apologize. I have no idea why his handle is showing up in my messages. The comments clearly indicate that no handles are allowed, and I don't have a choice as to what name is displayed on my posted messages.

Sincerely,
The Nerve

Me:

frits:

As far as I'm concerned, Greg is the crazy one. I mean, what dude holds a grudge longer than 15 minutes?

I agree. Greg can't have spent much time online if he remembers a tame flame war he was briefly involved in 20 years ago.

frits:

wtf:

That's not the WTF. The WTF is that he was 30 or so and couldn't find anything better to do with his time than FidoNet. It's about like seeing a 30 year old playing on Facebook today.... oh, sorry, some of you might take that personally.

*Shakes fist* Get off my farm, err, lawn!

nB:

We don't cut interviews short, but only because it would screw up the other interviews.
We have four interviewers and will usually interview four people at a time, they just round robin through. If you cut it short then WTF do you do for the rest of the time?