Ch'kai's Corollaries
Ch'kai
Ch'kai offers an explanation - and a couple of thoughts:
"We've just finished creating a company intranet here - the
big rollout was yesterday. It's been months of work, but in
the end, it looks good and works well. There was a position
available that I really wanted, and went after. Hmm, said
the PTB, and handed me a whole slew of work to do on it -
which I fitted in around what I was already doing, thinking
that I was demonstrating I could do this. So can I get the
job, I asked, and the PTB said hmmm again, and gave me
another chunk. This went on for some time. And then,
without ever posting the job, they hired someone else."
"Now, a smarter person would have realized much earlier than
I did that at some point, no answer becomes the answer no.
I applied for a secondary position, and got an answer much
faster - which was again no, partly on the grounds that
rebound and general snitfittery are not the best of all
motivations."
"By this time, I was in full hedgehog mode, and had it not
been for some distinctly Good Things in my personal life,
I'd have been in much worse shape. But still, I was all
prepared to dislike this person on sight - after all, she
had taken My Job, right?"
"Wrong. The PTB were right. I don't have anything like her
skill, her talent or her flair. I do a pretty competent
mise en place, but this lady can cook! I still have issues
with being used as a placeholder - but that's hardly her
fault. And maybe I've learned something."
"So this is free advice, people, and probably worth about
that much - but it's bought and paid for with experience.
You've all heard the line about when one door closes,
another opens: IME, you should also consider the following
-
a) don't stand too close to the door that's closing, but if
you do,
b) wait till the bruises fade before trying the second door
Ch'kai
gradually uncurling
mae...@bordeaux.enteract.com
> Ch'kai offers an explanation - and a couple of thoughts:
maenad offers Ch'kai a *hug* and a BOHC. That does sound hard on the spirit.
maenad
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In theory, theory and practice are the same.
In practice, they are not. -Yogi Berra
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Kirsten M. Berry
Ch'kai looked up from the want-ads, turned to me and said:
<gentle snip>
}"So this is free advice, people, and probably worth about
}that much - but it's bought and paid for with experience.
}You've all heard the line about when one door closes,
}another opens: IME, you should also consider the following
}-
}
}a) don't stand too close to the door that's closing, but if
}you do,
}
}b) wait till the bruises fade before trying the second door
Well said. BOYC to help with the uncurling process?
K`shandra
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http://www.mindspring.com/~kshandra/
"Expect the best. Expect the worst. Expect a f*cking miracle.
It's always Anything Can Happen Day." -Pamela Des Barres
niteridr
Ch'kai wrote:
>
> Returning from an unheralded and largely unnoticed absence,
> Ch'kai offers an explanation - and a couple of thoughts:
> So can I get the
> job, I asked, and the PTB said hmmm again, and gave me
> another chunk. This went on for some time. And then,
> without ever posting the job, they hired someone else."
>
> "Now, a smarter person would have realized much earlier than
> I did that at some point, no answer becomes the answer no.
> I applied for a secondary position, and got an answer much
> faster - which was again no, partly on the grounds that
> rebound and general snitfittery are not the best of all
> motivations."
> I still have issues
> with being used as a placeholder - but that's hardly her
> fault. And maybe I've learned something."
> -----------------------------------------
If they treaded you with no respect ,then hired you, probably they
would have made your life meserable. I always say," wow, that was
close."
Well, I can understand also on an other angle, I would have been real
upset, and would have at least wanted to try out the new job.
The way they did you, I call that "dirty pool.'
Maybe by not getting hired, you got out of the big mess.
Good luck on you next adventure. Anne
"Life is full of adventures"
John Vinson
>a) don't stand too close to the door that's closing, but if
>you do,
>
>b) wait till the bruises fade before trying the second door
John the Wysard (who's BTDT and dealt with people close to him
BeingTDoingT) offers Ch'kai a gentle <hug> and a welcome-back BOHC...
and wishes for a surprising and attractive opening-door experience
soon.
chkai
mae...@BORDEAUX.enteract.com wrote:
>
> Ch'kai :
> > Returning from an unheralded and largely unnoticed absence,
> > Ch'kai offers an explanation - and a couple of thoughts:
> ...
>
> maenad offers Ch'kai a *hug* and a BOHC. That does sound hard on the spirit.
Thank you - I think it's a Learning Experience - bears a striking
resemblance to Buckley's, really.
But I'll gladly accept both a hug - and a large mug of tea. Join me?
Ch'kai
chkai
niteridr wrote:
>
> If they treaded you with no respect ,then hired you, probably they
> would have made your life meserable. I always say," wow, that was
> close."
That's a valid point.
>
> Well, I can understand also on an other angle, I would have been real
> upset, and would have at least wanted to try out the new job.
> The way they did you, I call that "dirty pool.'
>
The fault's not all on their side though - I should have asked for, and
got, clarification much earlier on.
> Maybe by not getting hired, you got out of the big mess.
And that's possible, too.
>
> Good luck on you next adventure. Anne
Thanks.
Ch'kai
chkai
Thank you so much - and a <hug> back. I think right now I need to
recharge the batteries, as it were - which is one of the reasons I'm
back.
Ch'kai