Talk About Work Thread

Buruburu wrote:that reminds me.. need to find out if my insurance covers lasiks...

I would think not, since the insurance company would probably consider that elective surgery...

No crap from work reporting today.
However, today was crazy. Had an interview for a job at a real estate escrow company. Got home and got a call for another interview at another mortgage company. Shortly after that, I got another call for a second interview for the company that I just came home from an interview. I'm stoked. :metaldevil:

Sorry to hear about your accident Kou. I hope you feel better soon. :)

Good Luck with all of your job interviews Aho. :)

and bmwracer....Was your mind wandering day-dreaming about Ryoko-chan during all of your accidents? :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:
20-25mph?? Hard to believe there was no damage, considering that the shitty bumpers on most (all?) cars can barely pass a 5 mph bumper-basher test...

Yikes, sounds like a low-grade case of whiplash... Don't know if you want to pursue filing a claim with your/her insurance company... Might not be worth the hassle... :sweat:

Well, there was a scratch which I noticed later, but I'm not sure if it was already there or not :sweat: Like I said, I don't know the speed for sure but it felt like I was hit kinda hard. It wasn't like parking and bumping something/someone. I heard a muffled boom and was thrown forward and then backward. I almost hit my head on the steering wheel. As I've said, I'm shocked there was no damage. It was an Oldsmobile Alero vs. Ford Taurus. I know nothing about either car :beaten: The Alero was green and my work car is white, there wasn't any white on her car nor green on mine, lol.

I think it is something like whiplash, maybe it's a technical term for it. I don't know, I never knew anyone with it so I don't know the symptoms of it. All I know is my head hurts, I get a little dizzy sometimes, and I'm getting random pains in my neck and back.

I doubt we'll be pursuing anything unless the company is looking for reimbursement for costs of my medical care that worker's comp is paying for. I wouldn't be filing any claims because I was on the job at the time. The company does all that stuff because they are responsible to pay for me firsthand.

ahochaude wrote:No crap from work reporting today.
However, today was crazy. Had an interview for a job at a real estate escrow company. Got home and got a call for another interview at another mortgage company. Shortly after that, I got another call for a second interview for the company that I just came home from an interview. I'm stoked. :metaldevil:

Cool. Things are looking up, ne? :D

Enna wrote:and bmwracer....Was your mind wandering day-dreaming about Ryoko-chan during all of your accidents? :puppydog:

These accidents were way, way before Ryoko-chan... ;)

KouSeiya315 wrote:Well, there was a scratch which I noticed later, but I'm not sure if it was already there or not :sweat: Like I said, I don't know the speed for sure but it felt like I was hit kinda hard. It wasn't like parking and bumping something/someone. I heard a muffled boom and was thrown forward and then backward. I almost hit my head on the steering wheel. As I've said, I'm shocked there was no damage. It was an Oldsmobile Alero vs. Ford Taurus. I know nothing about either car :beaten: The Alero was green and my work car is white, there wasn't any white on her car nor green on mine, lol.

I suppose it had to have been at least less than 35mph or that woman's airbag would have gone off in her car...

I'm sure it felt like you were hit hard, but you've gotta remember that a typical car is around two tons, so it dooesn't take much speed to create a sizeable jolt... Gee, I guess I do remember some of my Physics. :bleh: :hehe:

I think it is something like whiplash, maybe it's a technical term for it. I don't know, I never knew anyone with it so I don't know the symptoms of it. All I know is my head hurts, I get a little dizzy sometimes, and I'm getting random pains in my neck and back.

I doubt we'll be pursuing anything unless the company is looking for reimbursement for costs of my medical care that worker's comp is paying for. I wouldn't be filing any claims because I was on the job at the time. The company does all that stuff because they are responsible to pay for me firsthand.

Well, that's good: saves you from all of the hassles of dealing with the insurance company...

bmwracer wrote:I suppose it had to have been at least less than 35mph or that woman's airbag would have gone off in her car...

I'm sure it felt like you were hit hard, but you've gotta remember that a typical car is around two tons, so it dooesn't take much speed to create a sizeable jolt... Gee, I guess I do remember some of my Physics.

Well, I'm guestimating. Let's just say I bumped something accidentally in a rental car, because I did. :hehe: I was going 15 MPH backwards. That was a surprise too and the impact was probably half of what this one was. My client who was unhurt and has been in 8 accidents himself commented on it being a hard jolt. We were in a 35 MPH zone and no brakes were hit, she just nailed me. We were just guessing that she kept going, played with the phone, assumed the light would turn green before reaching and got too close too fast. Of course we'll never really know, but I'm guessing.

When I stopped at the light I was the only car there, then boom. I estimate her speed at something like 20 MPH. I'm not trying to make it sound bigger than it is or anything. In fact I'm pissed off that something so little is giving me actual pain :banghead:

bmwracer wrote:
Well, that's good: saves you from all of the hassles of dealing with the insurance company...

Well, I still have to deal with my company's insurance company that covers the cars and worker's comp. They called my house today. I have to call them back tomorrow.

I got my x-ray of my neck today....but it was hurting off and on today. They made me take my tongue ring out briefly ;__; But I'm having a pain in my back as well as my same persistent headache :shamefulcry: I'm considering going back to Employee Health and getting those muscle relaxers that were first offered.

I just wanna say that nonprofit work sux! And I'm just an intern. It's boring too. My supervisor is away on vaca and other people at work are making me do all their crappy work. It's not even in my department! :grumble: :grumble: The women are soo noisy and such gossipers but it's always fun to listen in on their conversation :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:Cool. Things are looking up, ne? :D

Was.

Went to the second interview today and expected to make a killing. Didn't seem like I put a single dent in that lady. Got a call later on today from the company and they told me that the final decision will be made tomorrow and that I'll be contacted of the result. :sweat:
Now I can't sleep. :beaten:
All I can do is pray. In the meantime, I'll return that call for an interview from another job I sent my resume to.

ahochaude wrote:
Was.

Went to the second interview today and expected to make a killing. Didn't seem like I put a single dent in that lady. Got a call later on today from the company and they told me that the final decision will be made tomorrow and that I'll be contacted of the result. :sweat:
Now I can't sleep. :beaten:
All I can do is pray. In the meantime, I'll return that call for an interview from another job I sent my resume to.

Don't be discouraged. Just about interview I thought I didn't make that desired impression.....I got the job. :victory: Sounds like a quick process too, that is a good thing. 1) If you don't get it, no time is wasted waiting to hear back so you can look for something else. 2) If you get it, you got it fast :D

i work at a landrover dealership.

today we had a lottery winner come and collect his new range rover sport 4.4 V8.
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when getting an insurance quote for his new car he told the ins. co. that he was a lottery winner and that he had won 4.5mgbp (approx.$8m). so they quoted him 7000gbp($13,000) a year!

needless to say he told them to shove it up their a**e!

got a reasonable quote when he kept his new found wealth a secret.

Unbelievably slow day at work today... Just making posts and reading about Japanese history at Wikipedia... ;)

Funny, same thing here. Half of the people went on an extended holiday break, and the productivity loss because of the morning fire drill hasn't fully recovered.

dochira wrote:Funny, same thing here. Half of the people went on an extended holiday break, and the productivity loss because of the morning fire drill hasn't fully recovered.

Is that a real fire drill or a Chinese one? :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Is that a real fire drill or a Chinese one? :hehe:

:hehe: A real one, which happens once a year. Hmm, I wonder what would happen if a real emergency happens during a drill. I know that people here expect the drills to occur, so I wouldn't think there would be panic. :headscratch:

dochira wrote::hehe: A real one, which happens once a year. Hmm, I wonder what would happen if a real emergency happens during a drill. I know that people here expect the drills to occur, so I wouldn't think there would be panic. :headscratch:

So the real fire drill would turn into a Chinese one. :hehe:

at work now on a beautiful (very rare in the uk) saturday morning. nothing to do so i'm sitting around waiting for the pub to open. only an hour to wait!

hayaku hayaku. nodo ga kawaita!!

ahochaude wrote:Went to the second interview today and expected to make a killing. Didn't seem like I put a single dent in that lady.

we're pullin' for ya, AC! keep us up-to-date!

Got the job today. They need me to start on the 18th (since training begins that day) however. Hardly enough time to put in a two week notice. As much as I hate leaving places without giving proper notice, this is my only shot and I can't afford to blow it and lose it.