May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 7

[lillygator]

My two thoughts are

1. If the HR director suggested you send the e-mail, I would send it.

2. You need a comma....After learning the job description, I am confident I

I am the HR director for our company and this is how we would percieve it -

If no other written correspondance has occurred I would agree with the letter/email - two rounds of written thank you's however, is overkill. I would have suggested that thank you's to everyone after the interview as appropriate, not staggered over time. We would see it as an afterthought that you left the others out at the time of the first thank you. On the other hand, if you wrote to just one person before and you didn't include the reference to "everyone" then maybe it would be ok to address them now. Definately not a second letter to the same ones you have already contacted.


I understood the OP's mother who was an HR director suggested the letter, not the HR director where she actually interviewed.

I know you really want this. It is a fine line and I would hate to see you lose it by being too agressive. At the same time you are the only one that talked to these people so only you can mke a judgement as to how they may receive another contact from you at this point.

I hope I didn't pick the wrong time to be more active on this thread. I can always go back into lurking mode -lol

V....follow your gut and whatever will be will be....I will send you more pixie dust and prayers that you get what you want.

MY GUT, screams NO, my heart and head say PICK ME. I think I will wait it out.

thanks all for your suggestions!







abd although it is trivial====pixie dust PLEASE!

 

[birkner]

No....can you believe it....a year in advance and all I could get was another GTY Cat 6. I went over to that thread and they've been at it since Feb and are on page 150 or something. Not as chatty as we are.

I'll have to wait to be assigned again. I hate the wait!!!!!!

I was reading another thread about a person wanting to choose their GTY room. I don't think they quite get what GTY means.

 

[lillygator]

and I hate to say this but I almost feel like my mom and sister are pushing me to that fault...

 

[lillygator]

and figment 52 --- NO LURKING!!! Thanks for posting!!!

 

[Ginamarie]

Hey has anyone else had trouble getting to the Dis during the afternoon?
I was trying to check in from lunch and I couldn't get on here at all

 

[LisaG520]

No....can you believe it....a year in advance and all I could get was another GTY Cat 6. I went over to that thread and they've been at it since Feb and are on page 150 or something. Not as chatty as we are.

I'll have to wait to be assigned again. I hate the wait!!!!!!

Wow - I thought for sure you got the room you wanted. Maybe since it's a special itinerary right after returning from CA.

I'm still shocked how lucky we were to get a Cat 6 room # the day we booked for this cruise. We didn't want any one specific just a general area and were lucky enough to get there.

 

[MrsMork]

I was born in 1952 and I was spanked. A board that left bruises, a belt, a fly swatter, switches, and the paddles from those paddles that had a ball attached to them that kids play with. It's funny that this subject came up since my DB and I had this discussion the other night. It would be child abuse today. Oh, let's not forget being slapped across the face!

1950 and we too were spanked. Didn't hurt us, taught us to behave, do what adults told us to do, ask before we got into anything, speak respectfully. We had very few "possessions" to take away. I made paperdolls by cutting out the people in the Sears catalog. Our guns (yep we played guns and none of us are serial killers) were sticks that we picked up. It would have been hard for our parents to take our sticks away! They were pretty abundant Oh and small rocks made great toy cars. I'm trying to think of the priviledges we could have lost. Hmm. We lived very far up in the Colorado mountains and our entertainment was fishing, sledding, swimming in the river. All of this with our parents. Guess they could have left us home while they went fishing as punishment. Going to school was my fun because I got to seem my friends there. We had no neighbors except one old couple who were the age of my grandparents.

 

[MrsMork]

Been so busy around here, I haven't caught even one season premiere yet!

Samantha and Serenity and Brian came home on Monday. It is way too quiet at my house, I can't believe we have a baby here! Serenity is still pretty sleepy but is waking some and looking around and stretching. She is being nursed by her mom, and yet is sleeping for 6 hours at night. She has already gained 4 oz since she came home 2 days ago. We had to take Brian to the airport tonight, he had to get back to Alberta to work Samantha is very sad today, but he'll be back in 5 weeks to collect her and the baby.Thankfully, one of her relatives that was out of town and hadn't seen the baby yet came by and they have gone out for a little visit, so that will help to cheer her tonight, but tomorrow may be a very long day.

How blessed she is to have you!

 

[birkner]

1950 and we too were spanked. Didn't hurt us, taught us to behave, do what adults told us to do, ask before we got into anything, speak respectfully. We had very few "possessions" to take away. I made paper dolls by cutting out the people in the Sears catalog. Our guns (yep we played guns and none of us are serial killers) were sticks that we picked up. It would have been hard for our parents to take our sticks away! They were pretty abundant Oh and small rocks made great toy cars. I'm trying to think of the privileges we could have lost. Hmm. We lived very far up in the Colorado mountains and our entertainment was fishing, sledding, swimming in the river. All of this with our parents. Guess they could have left us home while they went fishing as punishment. Going to school was my fun because I got to seem my friends there. We had no neighbors except one old couple who were the age of my grandparents.

I am a 1950 girl also. I LOVED cutting up the Sears catalog as so did many of my friends. We always lived in the city and my parents both worked which was unusual I suppose for the time. I spent a great deal of time with my grandparents and I treasure the memories of trips, visits to the zoo and museums which I may have never made if I weren't with my grandparents.

One of my favorite memories is how I thought my father was paid his salary. We would often go out to eat on a Friday night and he would pay in cash. I would notice the change and so I just assumed he was getting his paycheck. Kids sure get strange ideas.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

1950 and we too were spanked. Didn't hurt us, taught us to behave, do what adults told us to do, ask before we got into anything, speak respectfully. We had very few "possessions" to take away. I made paperdolls by cutting out the people in the Sears catalog. Our guns (yep we played guns and none of us are serial killers) were sticks that we picked up. It would have been hard for our parents to take our sticks away! They were pretty abundant Oh and small rocks made great toy cars. I'm trying to think of the priviledges we could have lost. Hmm. We lived very far up in the Colorado mountains and our entertainment was fishing, sledding, swimming in the river. All of this with our parents. Guess they could have left us home while they went fishing as punishment. Going to school was my fun because I got to seem my friends there. We had no neighbors except one old couple who were the age of my grandparents.

What a great story your childhood makes. I bet the rest of it is quite good too. How many brothers and sisters did you have in the Colorado mountains? I once had a friend who grew up in Rifle, CO on the Western slope of the Rockies. Anywhere near where you grew up?

 

[Ginamarie]

I am a 1950 girl also. I LOVED cutting up the Sears catalog as so did many of my friends. We always lived in the city and my parents both worked which was unusual I suppose for the time. I spent a great deal of time with my grandparents and I treasure the memories of trips, visits to the zoo and museums which I may have never made if I weren't with my grandparents.

One of my favorite memories is how I thought my father was paid his salary. We would often go out to eat on a Friday night and he would pay in cash. I would notice the change and so I just assumed he was getting his paycheck. Kids sure get strange ideas.

Hehehe, that Sears catelog was a standby for a long time.. I was born in 1978 and I used to cut it up too!!!

 

[MrsMork]

One of my favorite memories is how I thought my father was paid his salary. We would often go out to eat on a Friday night and he would pay in cash. I would notice the change and so I just assumed he was getting his paycheck. Kids sure get strange ideas.

That is such a funny story! What a wonderful memory!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

I am a 1950 girl also. I LOVED cutting up the Sears catalog as so did many of my friends. We always lived in the city and my parents both worked which was unusual I suppose for the time. I spent a great deal of time with my grandparents and I treasure the memories of trips, visits to the zoo and museums which I may have never made if I weren't with my grandparents.

One of my favorite memories is how I thought my father was paid his salary. We would often go out to eat on a Friday night and he would pay in cash. I would notice the change and so I just assumed he was getting his paycheck. Kids sure get strange ideas.

Those are great memories Noel and how different growing up in a city is from the rural mountains....like Angie. How many brothers and sisters do you have? I wonder who has more, you or Angie? Just curious and doing the comparison.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

I'm a 1956 baby and I grew up on Long Island....Suburbia USA.....we had a lot at Christmas but not much else throughout the year. We never got spanked, but we always got punished. My mom worked too. We would do the same vacation every year going up to the Cape...mom loved it there.

 

[Ginamarie]

I'm a 1956 baby and I grew up on Long Island....Suburbia USA.....we had a lot at Christmas but not much else throughout the year. We never got spanked, but we always got punished. My mom worked too. We would do the same vacation every year going up to the Cape...mom loved it there.

Deb- you're born the same year as my dad then.. though he was born in NYC. We didn't move out to Long Island until the 1980s.

 

[Jhalkias]

1950 and we too were spanked. Didn't hurt us, taught us to behave, do what adults told us to do, ask before we got into anything, speak respectfully. We had very few "possessions" to take away. I made paperdolls by cutting out the people in the Sears catalog. Our guns (yep we played guns and none of us are serial killers) were sticks that we picked up. It would have been hard for our parents to take our sticks away! They were pretty abundant Oh and small rocks made great toy cars. I'm trying to think of the priviledges we could have lost. Hmm. We lived very far up in the Colorado mountains and our entertainment was fishing, sledding, swimming in the river. All of this with our parents. Guess they could have left us home while they went fishing as punishment. Going to school was my fun because I got to seem my friends there. We had no neighbors except one old couple who were the age of my grandparents.

Silly me Angie . . . I thought in the mountains of Colorado in the 1950's they would use the Sears catalog for something else . . .

BTW - they were still spanking in the 1960's, and my mom would carve a switch from her favorite bush. My dad used his belt - although I could run from him - mom would make me feel to guilty to run. I played army too.

 

[Jhalkias]

Why is the DIS time like a 1/2 hour behind?

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Deb- you're born the same year as my dad then.. though he was born in NYC. We didn't move out to Long Island until the 1980s.

WOW, if you had moved out sooner, we could have been classmates. That's pretty cool! I moved into NYC in 1976....was there throughout the 80's and then some....until I lived in Long Beach and only worked in NYC...those were the single days....until I moved back to the East End and met DH.

 

[MrsMork]

What a great story your childhood makes. I bet the rest of it is quite good too. How many brothers and sisters did you have in the Colorado mountains? I once had a friend who grew up in Rifle, CO on the Western slope of the Rockies. Anywhere near where you grew up?

An older brother and an older sister. I was the baby. We lived outside of Somerset. The closest town of any size was Paonia, about 25 miles. The children were bused to Paonia after 6th grade. There were only 1-5th grades in Somerset. 4 kids in my first grade class, we shared a teacher with the 2nd and 3rd graders. We were just over the pass from Crested Butte, which was nearly a ghost town then, but I understand it is quite a ski resort area now. Not too far from Rifle, we too were on the Western Slope...the REAL Colorado according to those who live there. We moved to Paonia area, still outside of town when I was 11, 1961. That was the first time we could have a TV as we lived in a box canyon and could not get any reception...way before cable or satelite. Really a wonderful childhood. We moved to Southern Cal when I was 13. Now THAT was culture shock! In 7th grade I was playing jump rope and jacks and after a summer move all the girls were in nylons and makeup in 8th grade.

 

[Jhalkias]

One more post and I have GOT to go to bed!

Indians won first game of the double header with the Mariners 12-4, and are up in the second game 2-0.

An FYI to those of you who may not listen to the Podcast . . . the DIS podcast gang is planning a meet at WDW on 12/6, and 12/13. Maybe those of us at WDW could go to that meet and get to meet too. We are flying in on the 6th.

Good night all! Too late to be up in Ohio!

6:00 will be here too soon!