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[Black Abyss Babe]

I was in a pub just now, wearing a Maiden shirt, as I do (this is an Iron Maiden fan forum, you should not be shocked), and as he left a guy at the neighbouring table spotted my shirt, and the exchange, for brevity's sake, was something like this:

Guy: See you at Waldbühne this year?
Me: Of course!
Guy: What song do you want them to play the most?
Me: Probably The Evil That Men Do
Guy: Cool choice! I stopped being a Maiden fan in 1987. I saw them at Waldbühne two years ago and they played this song I didn't know but everyone cheered at. I asked someone what it was and he looked at me weirdly and said it was called Fear of the Dark.

I'd like to point out that even one of my friends I was with, with whom I primarily share the interest of archaeology and who knows jack shit about heavy metal, smirked at that.

Good that he's back on board now though

Why would he think The Evil That Men Do was a good choice if he stopped being a fan in '87?

If he stopped being a fan "in 1987" then he didn't even stick around long enough to hear SSOASS. Maybe he did his homework after hearing FOTD and realising what he'd missed out on ...

 

[Perun]

So this morning I sat down to put on my shoes. Only that I realised I couldn't do it. Why? Because apparently, I always put on my left shoe first, and the hand movements are automatic from there. Today, for some reason, I was in the process of putting on my right shoe first, and I simply didn't know how to go about it. I had to take off that shoe and start again with the left one. I suppose had I taken a moment to think about it, this would have worked too, but I wanted this done quickly and thoughtlessly.

Funnily enough, until this point I never even realised I always put on my left shoe first. Had you asked me, I wouldn't even have been able to tell you there's an order in which I put them on.

 

[Shmoolikipod]

Trying to log in to my university's grades website:
Username: this.that@blahblab.com
Password: blahblahblah

Expectation: successful login.
Reality: "login failed. Your username is this.that - please use it without @ and without extras. Also, the password you entered was correct".

...

 

[Magnus]

So this morning I sat down to put on my shoes. Only that I realised I couldn't do it. Why? Because apparently, I always put on my left shoe first, and the hand movements are automatic from there. Today, for some reason, I was in the process of putting on my right shoe first, and I simply didn't know how to go about it. I had to take off that shoe and start again with the left one. I suppose had I taken a moment to think about it, this would have worked too, but I wanted this done quickly and thoughtlessly.

Funnily enough, until this point I never even realised I always put on my left shoe first. Had you asked me, I wouldn't even have been able to tell you there's an order in which I put them on.

#ThoughtlesslyFTW

 

[Meliegree]

Time to change jobs. This year I was given responsibility for 5 countries to run strategic advertising activities & analyses for local companies. With responsibility for annual goals in this area. Countries where marketing managers ask me, a supposedly supporting person, who sets the budgets.

Why? Because for 5 years I have been achieving >100% on the performance assessment year to year and for the last two years I have been substantively supervising marketing activities in 16 countries and we have exceeded the annual goals by ~40%.

What is the problem? A new position without a salary increase (even though I am responsible for 80% of marketing activities in 5 countries and my salary is currently at the lower end of the range for a similar position with regional reach), with the role of only a specialist and a clearly communicated message that 'this role does not provide a development path to a manager meaning - this is dead end position.

I guess this is how you lose competent people in companies.

 

[Magnus]

Жыве Беларусь!