The worst wedding hijack I've ever seen....
During the reception, the groom's auntie managed to get hold of the mic and gave this sobbing, lamenting speech about her son who'd died in infancy 30 years before. We got to hear about his illness and passing (in uncomfortable detail), and then she led the whole reception hall in a rousing rendition of the hymn they liked to sing to honour him. Like, several times over. Pretty sure we had to sing it in a round at one point, too. Soon as she was done, her tears disappeared like magic and she sat back down with a big, smug smile on her face.
Apparently she did it at every occasion she attended, weddings, funerals, anniversaries, and even some big corporate retirement shindig. The bride and groom had both expressly forbidden her from doing it at their wedding, and had instructed the MC not to allow her the mic, but at one point he'd stepped away to refill his drink. She must have been watching, waiting for her chance.
This was years ago. Anyone I talk to now who was at that wedding doesn't mention the bridal veil, the good food, the decor, anything nice about that occasion... all anyone remembers is "that weird woman who made us sing to her dead baby."
EDITED TO ADD: This is not my family, and I don't know them well except for the bride's sister... I was MOH (a last-minute substitution because the original MOH was injured and I fit the dress). The groom told me not to take the mic from her, or I would have. Apparently the reason the family puts up with this all is because the granny (who rules the roost and controls the money) doesn't want drama and thinks it's better to just put up with her poor, grieving daughter's antics.
*** I'm not saying that the death of a child isn't tragic. It is. But exploiting it for attention whenever there's a microphone nearby is hideous.
Bottom line, if you don’t ask this you won’t know and, if you don’t know, there’s nothing you can do to address any potential issues with your candidacy.
By directly asking this question at the end of your interview (make sure you allow enough time) you give yourself the gift of being able to directly address any potential areas of concern your interviewer may have. Often, you can completely calm their fears or restore their confidence.
Two real-life examples:
• For a Director level role, I asked this at the end of the interview and was told the person was concerned about my lack of change management experience. I knew this was a gap going in and was prepared to address their concerns with how I would quickly get in front of this by taking change management courses immediately and get change management certified in my first 30 days. I got the job!
• For a VP level role, I asked this question at the end of my interview and was told that they were concerned I didn’t really understand the job requirements based on my previous responses. I was shocked to hear this as I had studied the role in depth. I was able to quickly address this concern by framing the role responsibilities in my own words and in a manner which showed I clearly understood the job... this allowed me to restore the interviewers confidence and gave us a laugh as we realized it was the question I hadn’t understood earlier when I was asked to explain what the role meant to me.
Give yourself the gift of having a fair chance and don’t worry about putting your interviewer on the spot. Give yourself a chance to hear any concerns and restore confidence if anything is causing them pause. It works and shows you can sell yourself.
As an added bonus you will have much less stress worrying about whether or not they thought you were a strong fit... because you had the courage to ask.
Best of luck!
Edit: removed content about the size/stature of the company that was distracting from the point
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/politics/trump-impeachment-trial.html
Shouldn't the answer be "fuck no"?
Why would our government performing a constitutional process stall because of one man's belief in nonsense? If you can't do your job because of hocus pocus, then quit. This request should be immediately dismissed.
As a dad of a toddler and infant World was very difficult at times. I carted so often to make sure they weren’t killing themselves. I am beyond stoked to have the ability to just pause the game do what I need to do and jump right back in.
If Kenobi had been less condemning and preachy and more sympathetic to the upset and fear that Anakin was feeling... maybe saying something to the effect of; “let me help you”, could Anakin possibly have been saved, or was he too far gone at this point?
It feels like the next moment of that scene is Obi taking the high ground, Anakin losing his limbs and being burned... and screaming about hate.
https://twitter.com/malika_andrews/status/1351597454458814473?s=20
We as a sub has always had crazy runs like current GME, BB. Before it was TSLA, AMD, weed stocks and we always had extremely bullish retards writing long ass DD to justify their rationale. We also had bearish bears writing theories like quadwitching where we collectively lost money. But even when at peak Tesla, we still had posts about small pee pee AAPL gains, and loss porn because of the Mouse 🐁
I also threw money like y'all in GME and didn't close while ahead. I'm going to diamond hand this because frankly I don't have an exit strategy and with options, I somewhat broke even for stocks i bought. Now we can keep crying about money lost or try to make new money. There are lot of plays going on. What happened to my PLTR gang? Why are y'all so silent? Weed stocks are going up again, yet we ain't paying attention. BYND been shooting again, crossing some important levels. TSLA back to 850+. We had some crazy ass earnings reports from big tech, again no discussion. And it's not like people aren't posting, there are some posts but they're not getting any traction because we're literally stuck in this GME loop.
So i ask all of you, new and old gang, to take a break and think what's the way out? We can circle jerk all day and cry about those hedge funds and the media and the manipulation like we've been doing for past two weeks. Or we can start looking for new plays and buy new consoles from GameStop. At least that's a better plan than just simply hoping to pump questionable DD posts to r/all and expecting momentum swing.
Positions: ASAN LEAPs, PLTR, PSTH, BABA and of course GME
Jesus, these posts were repetitive the first time round.
I don't even disagree with you but we don't need 50 posts a day announcing to this sub that you will play on if someone pauses after they score. We get it, OK?
https://soundcloud.com/joebuddenpodcast/episode-413-pause
On this episode: Joe, Rory, Mal & Parks break down Cardi B’s newest single, “Up” (30:41), Chris Brown & G-Eazy’s remake of “Return of the Mack” (53:54), and more new music. Lil Uzi recently had a $24M pink diamond embedded into his forehead (1:36:30) and Lamar Odom is set to fight Aaron Carter in a celebrity boxing match (1:39:55). The guys discuss coparenting and how to explain cheating to your kids (1:47:00), and Jim Jones joins the JBP to talk ‘Drip Report,’ music, and more (2:12:00).
Sleeper Picks
Joe | Jim Jones - “State of the Union” (Ft. Rick Ross & Mark Scibilia)
Rory | Jim Jones - “The King”
Mal | Jim Jones - “Up in Harlem”
Parks | Jim Jones - “Dust & Powder” (Ft. Jadakiss)
Disclaimer - I am not telling you to sell if you are confident in your DD and Positions. This is general advice I don't see in WSB.
Fellow WSBers,
I felt the need to write this to the collective group. Many of you have added a zero or more to your overall NET WORTH in the last couple months, weeks or days. Congratulations, that is awesome. I am truly happy for you and wanted to offer some advice.
- Take a Break. Revel in the win. You need some time to reset on your new situation.
- Do something nice for your immediate circle - significant other, family, close friends, a stranger.
- Don't tell everyone how well you did. You can say in general but keep it vague. Your money is your money, no one needs to know. There are people in this world that will take advantage.
- Leave 50% of the big win in cash for at least a couple days, a weekend, a week to reformulate your move forward. Pushing it back into the game immediately is a great way to lose it all.
- Don't forgot what got you here. Some of it was luck, some skill, some determination. Accurately assess your ability. May be time to join Theta Gang with some of it and buy 100 block chunks of stock and sell some Covered Calls or sell Cash Secured Puts.
- Start thinking about Retirement. If you are young, start a ROTH IRA and fully fund it for 2020 and 2021. BIG BONUS - You can trade this money without worrying about taxes until you pull it out when you retire.
- Pay off some debt - Be smart actually transfer some to your bank account and pay off a credit card, student loan (leave $10k or less in cause Biden comes through), your car (maybe, most interest rates are 3.5% or so). I would probably not pay off a house cause you need dry powder for future plays but it does bring piece of mind.
- Tax Man cometh and he will take away, prepare for it. You will pay short term taxes (same as your income tax rate). Some of you will bump up a couple tax brackets this year and for the first time in your life have a significant tax bill. SET ASIDE 25% or more for taxes. If you held for over a year it is capital gains at 15%. If you traded in retirement accounts, congrats you trimmed years off your retirement age. It may be worth the money to actually talk to an accountant or tax professional. You may want to pay someone to do your taxes in 2020/2021.
- DO NOT MAKE ANY BIG PURCHASES for a time period. You will make poor decisions in the moment. Why do you think the casinos have ex
