The Water Cooler

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7:09 AM

@AaronHall I am exceedingly good at faking experience. :)

But really, it's mostly a liberal dose of Common Sense combined with my own experience and about 2 years of reading workplace blogs. :)

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Raoul Mensink

8:33 AM

@RichardU should be more than that as you Need to Change more.

@Lilienthal Really liked how you just flat out ignored the introvert part ;P

Raoul Mensink

9:23 AM

@Lilienthal my comment was responding to Paparazzi on the online part. Unless its in his contract they have no rigth to make Pictures of him during work. A running camera is allowed as that makes him "background" and the camera doesnt record public grounds assuming australia has similar privacy laws as west Europa.

posting this here since the comments are getting overrun with Chat responses

Lilienthal

10:15 AM

Comments just vanished into thin air apparently. :)

Needs a final close vote so I'm guess that will be closed soon.

A: How to tell the interviewer that I don't want to work on a particuar type of projects for religions reasons?

How to tell the interviewer that I don't want to work on a particuar type of projects for religions reasons? You simply need to state the types of work restrictions your religious observations require, and ask if that would cause a problem there. Clearly, this is an important factor in yo...

Excellent answer there @JoeStrazzere. Clear and concise but covers the relevant aspects of job searching and self-selecting out.

Raoul Mensink

@Lilienthal as they should :), I mean I try not to get involved but evertime i see a high rep user doing "bs" I just have to

Have you seen the other answer @Lilienthal? I really like how he put it :D

Lilienthal

10:38 AM

@RaoulMensink It's a nice concise answer but I'm not a fan of the analogy he uses.

Raoul Mensink

@Lilienthal I have to agree that it is an unprofessional example, but it works.

@Lilienthal the Review query aint empty :P

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Masked Man

5:46 PM

Q: How can I best respond to "reasonable" personal questions from co-workers?

I am engaged, but we are not planning to get married for at least a couple years, for our own financial reasons which I don't feel like explaining. I work in a fairly small and close workplace where people are friendly, and the word Fiancee inevitably elicits the question, "When are you getting m...

Seems to be a bit of a troll to me. "My SO and her son show up at my workplace, why the hell can't my colleagues just stop talking about them?" seems to be the essence of his problem here.

Amusing that your Question is 4 paragraphs. I find that many people do not read the entire Question, especially if more was added thru edits (ostensibly to improve it and head off further queries about it) and people do not follow the Comment chain, which is intended to have useful clarifying information. I get lots of "fast draw" Comments that are already addressed in the Question and in earlier Comments. For me, the real question is: if you do not have the patience to read all and understand fully, why are you even trying to answer? If it was worth time to write, it is worth time to read. — no comprende 2 hours ago

He also searched through my meta profile and found something "amusing" about a question I had forgotten about, and seems to be picking up a fight there too.

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