warning, maybe a bit *too* descriptive.

[scottobear]

Wow, yuppies really evoke a dark side of my personality.

I shouldn't make fun of anyone's "religion"... but soulless corporate drones are vile things to me. Walk alike, talk alike, tail kissing plastic faces. Designer haircuts, power ties, looks before ability. Blind fish who swim in a dark cave... unaware of the environment around them, save for what they might eat, or what might eat them. Albino, ugly things when put into the light.

So, Scotto, how do you really feel? Bitter?

No. not really. I feel inconvenienced by the standards they have... people who use "overqualified" as an excuse not to hire someone who has long hair, or doesn't look the mold.

But I realize this: If no standards existed, they'd hire folks that I couldn't abide. The "pig-pens" of the world. Working in the computer industry, I bounce off the other end of the social spectrum too. Bad Breath, infrequent bathers, people who burst pimples on bathroom mirrors, and leave the remains for the next one in to see(gag) and folks who smoke far too much... to the point of bringing a gagging stench into the computer room even though it's supposedly smoke-free. It seems that I end up working with the latter, because I'm not in the mold of the former.

Where does one draw the line? To my convenience, of course!

If you're not obliged to meet clients or customers...

Allow Sandals. Long hair, and maybe a fun T-shirt instead of a collared shirt on Friday. Ties optional. Allow beards. Allow Music on headphones, if not on a community stereo

regulate Hygiene, comfortable but clean clothes (and bodies), please make people pick up messes, and have sick people go home, rather than spread ick and poor morale. no foul smells or language, (save for extenuating circumstances) and be generally polite to one another.

That's what I'd like.

so, who wants to hire a long-haired overfed leaping gnome like myself?

Comments

[ktm]

I'd hire ya Scotto!

I know you're a good guy!

[razz.livejournal.com]

Wow, Scotto! That's a beautiful poem, and that really is a beautiful poem! Not to far from a poem I wrote called "Disgruntled: The Might Spirit Stomper" -- corporate drones indeed! You can read that at a poetry slam, for sure! =D

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

;) aww.. I bet you say that to all the disgruntled hippies. :)

[razz.livejournal.com]

No, no -- absolutely not! It's good, really! I reserve a voice in my head that clicks on when I start reading something poetic -- read your post aloud and you'll see that it really is poetry. That's how it sounded to me in my head, anyway. And I can relate, like I said, being a disgruntled female employee in a very male company. Yay! Poem!

your white peroxide smile boring in,
boring me
you, entity of authority
staring down with a frown, arms crossed,
condescending and awaiting my admission to defeat
you don't talk to Tom this way
you don't talk to Josh this way
but between us
with me --
I don't need your sensitivity ...

It just goes on and on, but I understand the frustration, definitely. Um ... I'm gonna burn my soapbox to keep me warm now. Haha! Write lots, Scotto! It's cool!!!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

keen...

Oh I'm trying to get back into writing solid stuff daily... too easy to fall out of the habit.

Thanks very much.

[krussell.livejournal.com]

i love my work place. very casual--maybe too casual, considering one of my co-workers felt comfortable enough to call a customer a "fucker" over the phone...

i don't wear makeup. i don't shave my legs. i wear jeans to work. hell, on weekends, i wear sweats! one former co-worker has multiple piercings. my arch-nemesis, mr. mcse, has hair down past his shoulderblades.

you'd fit right in. thinking of moving to colorado any time soon? i do most of the hiring...

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Heh...

Tempting... you never know, I might take you up on it...

I don't think I'd ever call anyone a f-er though. (not out loud... :) )

[krussell.livejournal.com]

i think that word daily, but out loud is strictly a no-no.

and i'll hire you only if you promise to continue to be a great leaping overfed gnome. i may even put that in your job description! sadly, though, i am fairly sure we couldn't pay you what you are worth...we need a programmer desperately, but i'm willing you make double what i do.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

hmm... well, I'm willing to take a pay cut, depending on a few things... :)

1. I can afford to save at least 5% of my income, preferably 15%.
2. the company is beneficial to the world. (what do you do?)

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[krussell.livejournal.com]

beneficial to the world?uhoh--that's a tall order.

i'm a tech support supervisor for an internet service provider. we have about 20,000 customers all over colorado. we are looking for a sys admin/programmer.our other sys admin makes around $40k a year--probably a lot less than you, but then again, our cost of living is probably lower.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Actually, I could certainly cope with 40k a year.

(I'd much prefer 40k helping people, than 100k doing a gambling site, or mail order)

There's room for growth?

[krussell.livejournal.com]

our website is here (http://www.fone.net). we mostly serve rural colorado. we just got a t-3, and are getting set to offer cable modems locally--the first broadband access in our area! i heard tell that we are getting ready to go for an ocd-whatever in the next few months. we are getting ready to install some rackmount servers for e-commerce, storage, and co-location. we're growing like crazy. in the year i've been there, we've almost tripled, employee-wise. we're getting ready to offer telecommuting to employees, because the tech base just isn't here in cortez. let me know if you want an email address to send a resume...

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

email the address to me. :)

scottobear@bigfoot.com

please. :)

[bsgi.livejournal.com]

Now this thing about not shaving ones legs...that IS going just a bit too far.

(Sorry, I am a product of my society.) But as for the casual part, you are looking at Mr. Casual. I believe in dressing to the style of the customer. And, if the customer is represented by a phone, well there isn't much style there is there.

hehe

but, not shaving legs...**shakes head**

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

well, I don't shave my legs, either. :)

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[bsgi.livejournal.com]

Oh now that is what I call a real sexy thought! Thanks for sharing!

**erp! uck! thrope!**

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thrope! what a great word. :)

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[bsgi.livejournal.com]

**takes bow** Thank You!

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[krussell.livejournal.com]

hey! i shave my armpits--surely that counts for something!

kookookachoohoot!

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[bsgi.livejournal.com]

since I hope not to see those as often as sexy as they can be...

loo loo la loo hoot

[bsgi.livejournal.com]

You see the real problem is that the corporate types and the computer types and the computer geek nerds are all wearing uniforms...just like any other affected group. What happens when, like me, you have your feet in two or three camps and no one accepts you because you are too old or don't have the right degree (I just helped invent the stuff and they didnot have courses much less degrees for that stuff back then) and can't possibly know anything anyway. I can't dress the part. I can't pass the part. I don't look the part. I just don't... **shrug**

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I can't play the games... false laughter, dominance and submission... phone tag.

*shivers.

horrible.

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[bsgi.livejournal.com]

One does what one must to survive...

Re: I Will!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks! :)

[billijean.livejournal.com]

You're right.
I wonder if geographical location makes a difference?

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I suspect it depends on the cultural mores to a degree...

I know in florida, you can interview sucessfully with a short-sleeved collared shirt, and no tie.

[laurak.livejournal.com]

From the beginning to the end of that post, I agree with every single word you said. I can identify. I feel the same way. The "yuppie" types pre-judge me because of my weight. I can wear a $500 business suit to work, and all they see is someone who doesn't look like them.

That post that I made a few days ago, about certain people assuming I am stupid? That's what I'm talking about. *sigh

But if it were in my hands, I'd hire you in a second! You are one smart dude!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks, that's very sweet of you. I have a similar problem with folks too... I'm a big ol' mook. (6 and a half feet, and burly, too...)

grown folks automatically assume that I've gottem by on size, or that I'm a bully. fortunately I don't have that problem with kids or animals. :)

thanks for the kind words!

[laurak.livejournal.com]

Aww you're welcome! :-) And as far as I'm concerned, children and animals are better judges of character than almost anyone! I'm sure your Newtie is the same way--but my cat Pia can smell a rat from a mile away (both the kind she would hunt, and the kind that walk around on two feet...)

;-)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Oh, newtie's very insular.. he loves me, but is a watchdog, until he gets to know you... then you become terrain.

Mmmm... missing my kitty. going home soon! :)