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Need I say more? YES!!!
I did a change of address for license and car last March (have a confirmation!).
Login to see when this years 'fees' are due and see that the change of address they confirmed 11 months ago was rejected a few days later. No idea why and no notification even though they have my email address.
There is a 90 minute wait on the phone and no email address available. I paid the fees anyway and now I have to hope that the mail redirect actually still works (paid through until March).
Tried to do it online but the system rejected my details even though I took them off the registration.
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!
Going to drop by the AAA and see if they can help.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Well, happy birthday anyway. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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So 'business' as usual then.
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We need national healthcare so we can get this same outstanding level of service in life or death situations too!
To whom it may concern: Please don't respond with serious comments about the merits of nationalized healthcare. This was a joke. Pure & simple! No need to turn it into a Soapbox discussion. If you feel you must respond in some fashion and believe that the US government is the best choice for dispensing healthcare to Americans just vote the message down.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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mark merrens wrote: Need I say more?
Yes. Start from what is DMV and AAA. No really. I guess these are US based government agencies to get driver permits.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Department of Motor Vehicles
American Automobile Association
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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there are some more who feel irritated when potential employers say, "We will get back to you" and never do? I would appreciate them telling me why they don't want me. Really, that will help me ahead.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Yes, it would be nice to have a reason, but, I don't think many companies will give you a reason.
Perhaps a 'thanks, but no thanks', but I think even that has gone the way of the dodo since resumes are now predominately electronic.
A shame really...
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I didn't even got that. I was kind of stalker or pervert or whatever to send email to HR asking what happened. I specifically mentioned that yes or no does not bother me but tell me a reason so I can improve myself. Never received a response. To me, this is unprofessional.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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And due to a contencious, litigious society, you probably won't get a reason.
My previous employees have a policy of simply confirming someone was employed there and what their title was, because, if they give a positive review for one person, and no comment on someone else, that is perceived as a negative review and they don't want to fight lawsuits.
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This is state law in California. An employer can only confirm that you worked there and indicate Yes/No on re-employment.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Not just you...
Event without reasoning - just get back and tell no...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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So why exactly they spent time of 8 people and 6 hours on me? I guess I deserve to know that.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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It's irritating. But you'll get on much better once you realize that means "Thanks, but don't plan on ever hearing from us again."
Keep searching as if they'd said no. Everybody wins. If they do call back, you've got bargaining power in the pipeline in the form of other opportunities (hopefully.) If they don't, you've wasted no time.
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I know that. But it always bugs me. Why this result? I am not saying I am greatest ever employee and I certainly need to know what I should improve upon.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Oh I agree with you entirely. It's a major PITA.
But they have absolutely no vested interest in a detailed post mortem. They'd have to do a couple/few dozen of them and frankly, the last thing they want to do is give someone the couple keys that would enable a less then scrupulous person to game their interview process.
There's really no win out of it other than to take the lumps as a form of psychological case-hardening.
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It's annoying but it's also how employers role these days.
Just ignore it and move on - until you have a written contract/offer in your hand you have nothing - keep looking.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I am not really bothered with not getting job. I want to know why they spent 6 hours on me? They kind of wasted time of their 8 people during this time.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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d@nish wrote: I want to know why they spent 6 hours on me?
Because you were one of a number of candidates that they didn't weed out with a phone interview and sought to see which of you would best fit the role.
They don't care that you gave up a day of your time to interview.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Fair enough.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Well, yes, it is "just you;" or, "just me," if the wheel turns again. And, it just makes us human to make an effort to present ourselves as favorable candidates, "get our hopes up," and then be disappointed if there's no response.
However, the "glass is half-full" interpretation is that you were considered seriously, you made it past the initial screening (and probably many others did not).
So, how about praising yourself for a partial "win" ? And, also, consider that the process you just went through may have given you valuable ideas about how to shape your presentation of self, and work, the next time ?
I know, I know, "easier said than done." And, there is a solid body of social science research that indicates, in general, we humans react more strongly to a perceived loss than to a perceived gain, even if the two are really equal in consequences (see Kahnemann, Tversky, et. al.).
But, to some extent, we do have the power to shape the way we cognitively appraise the inevitable disappointments that life throws in our path.
to your future, Bill
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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Reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask.
Does anyone ever get a positive response after a "We'll get back to you"? Both of the interviews I was hired from they didn't let me out the door without saying they'd at least follow up with an offer. Everything else was the standard fob off and I got confirmations of no interest from maybe 1 in 4.
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Many places won't even say "We'll get back to you" because they know they might not. Most places have lots of applicants to sift through and they want to make the process as streamlined as possible for themselves while also protecting themselves from litigation.
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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d@nish wrote: there are some more who feel irritated when potential employers say, "We will get back to you" and never do?
I did a phone interview that went well, then did a programming quiz which took about 15 hours that I thought I rocked. The potential employer got back to me (by email) a few days later and said I wasn't a "perfect fit." No other explanation. I sent a response saying I would appreciate learning why not. No response.
1. I had put a BSD License on all the source files, so I will sue their asses if I see anything that looks like they used my code in their product.
2. The code really is good (a multi-threading image viewer) and is based on some work I did years ago which I published here, so you can expect an article soon.
But as far as I'm concerned, they are losers, and quite frankly, they are the losers.
Marc
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