Sam and Jack Shipper Lounge

[Sparky She-Demon]

Good luck, brendini

Love your new sig, Sparky!

I'm glad things are working out for you, Scully

I like it too. Felt the need for a change!

[roque872002]

I posted this on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter 2 weeks ago and forgot to share the awesomeness here. This is the t-shirt J4S got me for my birthday. It's a small! It's darn huge! But it's perfect.

The photo is quite big so I've just linked it.

http://i42.tinypic.com/v8fpko.jpg

And I'm wearing a tank top and shorts under there... not that you can really see either of them...

[Sparky She-Demon]

Nice shirt!

[roque872002]

Nice shirt!

Thank you! I LOVE it

[Sparky She-Demon]

Thank you! I LOVE it

I'd love to have one of my own. Think mine would need to be a bit bigger than a small!

[roque872002]

I'd love to have one of my own. Think mine would need to be a bit bigger than a small!

I kid you not. This "small" is huge! Usually a small would fit me perfectly. I'm wearing a small right now. Perfect.

It's awesome! I must share it!

[roque872002]

http://somethinggeeky.com/tv-film-t-...urtroopstshirt

I'm wearing this right now. In white.

[Sparky She-Demon]

I kid you not. This "small" is huge! Usually a small would fit me perfectly. I'm wearing a small right now. Perfect.

It's awesome! I must share it!

Define huge on you. I'm a bit on the husky side of things.

[roque872002]

Define huge on you. I'm a bit on the husky side of things.

Usually I'm a UK 8-10... Which I think is US 6-8.

That "small" t-shirt J4S sent me was long enough to cover my shorts. It went a quarter of the way down my thigh. My mens XL t-shirts that I wear to bed are about that length...

[Sparky She-Demon]

Could you PM me that link? I've been looking for shirts like that!

[XFchemist]

I won't cry...at least not at work. *sigh*
Life is so unfair!

[IamDKScully]

I won't cry...at least not at work. *sigh*
Life is so unfair!

*hugs*

Sorry it's a sucky day! I hope things look up for you Chemmy.

Unfortunately, you're right though, life is very unfair hence the reason why I get to celebrate my daughter's birthday and go to a funeral all in one weekend

[Sparky She-Demon]

*hugs*

Sorry it's a sucky day! I hope things look up for you Chemmy.

Unfortunately, you're right though, life is very unfair hence the reason why I get to celebrate my daughter's birthday and go to a funeral all in one weekend

Eeesh. You're going to be busy, and that is a sad combo! Not on the same day I hope?

[XFchemist]

One of my coworkers just told me he is going to get another job in 2 weeks in Switzerland.
The problem is I did have an interview in that company 2 years ago and it still hurts me the way they treated me. This guy phoned me and asked me if I wanted to have a job interview (apparently I had send my cv to them some time before). I agreed and I thought the interview got well. He explained me they were looking for someone to train for a job office, mostly about patents. And he was happy to know I knew French (he didn't) since they had some labs in French Switzerland.
A while after this meeting I sent him an email telling him if he could tell me the decision about the job as soon as he knew something since I did not like to stay in that limbo of hopes. It already happened to me before, with companies that didn't call me to tell me after an interview and you just had to realise by yourself that you didn't have the job.
He replied to me that the interview went well and I was going to have another one with one of his colleagues. Since nobody called me I sent him an email for info but he never replied to me. After a month I directly wrote an email to this woman and she coldly told me they already found a person for the job. WTF? Is it the way to treat people?
Now my colleague has my exactly cv. We studied at the same university, did the same PhD and only worked in the same company. He for a couple of years less than me cuz he is younger than me. We live just fews kms
far. The only not so important difference is that he is a male and sadly it still matters a lot today.
Now it is like that wound got reopened again and it still hurts. I feel like good things keep happening to everyone but me. I am stuck here without an exit from this situation. I usually don't cry much but when I am so nervous I can't help it.
I am going to suck it up all day giving fake smiles but I think this evening at home I will let it go and cry. It won't change anything but I need release.
Sorry for the depressing story...

[IamDKScully]

One of my coworkers just told me he is going to get another job in 2 weeks in Switzerland.
The problem is I did have an interview in that company 2 years ago and it still hurts me the way they treated me. This guy phoned me and asked me if I wanted to have a job interview (apparently I had send my cv to them some time before). I agreed and I thought the interview got well. He explained me they were looking for someone to train for a job office, mostly about patents. And he was happy to know I knew French (he didn't) since they had some labs in French Switzerland.
A while after this meeting I sent him an email telling him if he could tell me the decision about the job as soon as he knew something since I did not like to stay in that limbo of hopes. It already happened to me before, with companies that didn't call me to tell me after an interview and you just had to realise by yourself that you didn't have the job.
He replied to me that the interview went well and I was going to have another one with one of his colleagues. Since nobody called me I sent him an email for info but he never replied to me. After a month I directly wrote an email to this woman and she coldly told me they already found a person for the job. WTF? Is it the way to treat people?
Now my colleague has my exactly cv. We studied at the same university, did the same PhD and only worked in the same company. He for a couple of years less than me cuz he is younger than me. We live just fews kms
far. The only not so important difference is that he is a male and sadly it still matters a lot today.
Now it is like that wound got reopened again and it still hurts. I feel like good things keep happening to everyone but me. I am stuck here without an exit from this situation. I usually don't cry much but when I am so nervous I can't help it.
I am going to suck it up all day giving fake smiles but I think this evening at home I will let it go and cry. It won't change anything but I need release.
Sorry for the depressing story...

That totally sucks. I'm sorry

I have been in the same job for nearly 9 years. I have been very blessed that my boss has been flexible enough to let me not only go to and finish graduate school, but I've also gotten married and had both of my kids during that time. I am also able to take off for things involving the kids a lot more often than I probably would be in any other position.

These are things I am very thankful for, but I am not really happy with my job (it was a job I never wanted and never expected to still be in after all this time).

In December, it will have been 2 years since I finished my Masters. I often feel very inadequate when people ask me what I do. I merely tell them that I work for an attorney and usually leave it at that. So, I am a legal secretary with Masters degree It's very frustrating because when I do apply for jobs in my field, I have a huge disadvantage because I have no practical experience. I feel like the only way I'll ever get a job is to convince them in an interview but I can't even get that far in the process because I don't have the credentials to get anyone to notice my resume!

As for your situation, Chemmy, I can totally understand why you feel the way you do. It sucks that your friend would get this job only because he is a man. It also sucks that you were never offered an explanation as to why they didn't want you for the position. I don't understand why companies do that. Perhaps it wouldn't hurt so much if they had done that for you in the first place. Now it leaves you to doubt everything about the situation