New job

Kemp · 06-13-2008, 09:31 AM

So I was offered a new job which I accepted. I'm sitting at my desk writing up my resignation for my current employer and I'm trying to decide on a "last day". I decided on:

"..... and my last day will be June 18, 2008".

When I handed it in the Human Resources lady said, "June 18? That's a Wednesday, right? Kind of an odd day to pick as your last". To which I replied, "You wouldn't understand".

edm · 06-13-2008, 09:40 AM

haha. first, congrats on the new job. second, nice timing

rasnell · 06-13-2008, 10:35 AM

That may be the best marketing testimonial in OOTP history.

CHOWDERHEAD · 06-13-2008, 10:48 AM

Great stuff - congrats on the new job.

Kelric · 06-13-2008, 10:58 AM

I may have gone with the 17th just to make sure I can be nice and lazy about waking up on the 18th and looking for the OOTP download, but I suppose that works too.

Markus Heinsohn · 06-13-2008, 11:45 AM

Haha, that was a good one

1998 Yankees · 06-13-2008, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rasnell

That may be the best marketing testimonial in OOTP history.

Very good. "Yup, I quit my job so I could play more OOTP!"

Good luck Kemp. I hope you told your new employers that you had to give two weeks notice at your old job, starting June 18 . . .

Giants44 · 06-13-2008, 10:29 PM

very nice - I would like to quit on Wed too, but I work for myself.

I usually take off the first couple of days after a release, but have been slammed with projects so it doesn't look like it is going to happen this year.

at least my wife knows that when "OOTP comes out" she is on her own for a few days.

1998 Yankees · 06-13-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Giants44

at least my wife knows that when "OOTP comes out" she is on her own for a few days.

Listen, is your wife happily married? I don't get that kind of consideration from my current wife. I'm just wondering, that's all.

Mattymo · 06-14-2008, 11:06 AM

My wife is getting her masters degree and has classes on weds night from 4:30 to 8:30

yay

MidnightPyro · 06-14-2008, 11:39 AM

I actually had a similar situation. As a college student being off for the summer, there's a growing pressure from the parents to find a summer job. With the economy on a downturn and me with little marketable skills, I cannot bring myself to work in fast food.

When asked once again about what I intended to do for a summer job, I told them coming June 18th, I would be the GM of a club of my choosing in OOTP. This would be my summer job.
"You're going to play a baseball game for nearly 3 months?" I could tell at this point they weren't amused. Of course, I told them with my fantasy drafting skills, it could take a good 4-5 seasons before I'm ready to compete for a playoff run. The parents, armed with sarcasm, then asked me how much this would pay towards my college education.
"It really just depends how much the owner offers me," I explained. "Sometimes there just isn't a whole lot of budget room after free agency."
The conversation abruptly ended there and I was forced to clean the basement for a good few hours

The moral of the story is...just tell your parents you have a summer job, invest in a decent laptop, and go out to the park every day from 10-5ish and play OOTP. Come back sweaty, demotivated, and tired, and they'll never suspect....mwahaha.

1998 Yankees · 06-14-2008, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightPyro

I actually had a similar situation. As a college student being off for the summer, there's a growing pressure from the parents to find a summer job. With the economy on a downturn and me with little marketable skills, I cannot bring myself to work in fast food.

When asked once again about what I intended to do for a summer job, I told them coming June 18th, I would be the GM of a club of my choosing in OOTP. This would be my summer job.
"You're going to play a baseball game for nearly 3 months?" I could tell at this point they weren't amused. Of course, I told them with my fantasy drafting skills, it could take a good 4-5 seasons before I'm ready to compete for a playoff run. The parents, armed with sarcasm, then asked me how much this would pay towards my college education.
"It really just depends how much the owner offers me," I explained. "Sometimes there just isn't a whole lot of budget room after free agency."
The conversation abruptly ended there and I was forced to clean the basement for a good few hours

The moral of the story is...just tell your parents you have a summer job, invest in a decent laptop, and go out to the park every day from 10-5ish and play OOTP. Come back sweaty, demotivated, and tired, and they'll never suspect....mwahaha.

Somehow your advice just does not seem . . . advisable. Unless you like cleaning basements for your parents and then for a living.

mh2365 · 06-14-2008, 12:14 PM

I have Wednesday's off at my job. I got up last Wednesday (the 11th) and in a hungover stupor sat down to download OOTP9 ... looking forward to next Wed.

06-13-2008, 09:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kemp All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,178 Thanked 12x in 4 posts	New job So I was offered a new job which I accepted. I'm sitting at my desk writing up my resignation for my current employer and I'm trying to decide on a "last day". I decided on: "..... and my last day will be June 18, 2008". When I handed it in the Human Resources lady said, "June 18? That's a Wednesday, right? Kind of an odd day to pick as your last". To which I replied, "You wouldn't understand".

06-13-2008, 10:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
rasnell Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,079 Thanked 16x in 11 posts	That may be the best marketing testimonial in OOTP history. __________________ Charlie Root won more games for the Cubs than any pitcher, yet was remembered for one pitch to Babe Ruth. Learn more, see rare video, and order the first biography of this Cub great as revealed by daughter Della, 90, and Roger Snell -- OOTP beta tester, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "Root for the Cubs: Charlie Root and the 1929 Chicago Cubs." See all this at www.rootforthecubs.com. Beta tester, OOTP 2007-2011. Member, Society for American Baseball Research.

06-13-2008, 10:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
CHOWDERHEAD All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Omaha - Home of the College World Series! Posts: 1,064 Thanked 56x in 39 posts	Great stuff - congrats on the new job. __________________ Life is Good !!!

06-13-2008, 10:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,982 Thanked 46x in 36 posts	I may have gone with the 17th just to make sure I can be nice and lazy about waking up on the 18th and looking for the OOTP download, but I suppose that works too. __________________ Former Co-Commish and owner of the Boston Red Sox, 1783-1144, .609%, of the defunct Overlords Baseball League (1930-48). 17 Division wins, 9 ALCS wins, 5 World Series wins.

06-13-2008, 10:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,032 Thanked 44x in 23 posts	very nice - I would like to quit on Wed too, but I work for myself. I usually take off the first couple of days after a release, but have been slammed with projects so it doesn't look like it is going to happen this year. at least my wife knows that when "OOTP comes out" she is on her own for a few days. __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

06-13-2008, 09:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
edm All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,809 Thanked 47x in 35 posts	haha. first, congrats on the new job. second, nice timing

06-13-2008, 11:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 12,984 Thanked 4,990x in 906 posts	Haha, that was a good one

06-14-2008, 11:06 AM	#10 (permalink)
Mattymo All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colchester, CT Posts: 1,443 Thanked 5x in 4 posts	My wife is getting her masters degree and has classes on weds night from 4:30 to 8:30 yay Last edited by Mattymo; 06-14-2008 at 11:07 AM.

06-14-2008, 11:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
MidnightPyro Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 227	I actually had a similar situation. As a college student being off for the summer, there's a growing pressure from the parents to find a summer job. With the economy on a downturn and me with little marketable skills, I cannot bring myself to work in fast food. When asked once again about what I intended to do for a summer job, I told them coming June 18th, I would be the GM of a club of my choosing in OOTP. This would be my summer job. "You're going to play a baseball game for nearly 3 months?" I could tell at this point they weren't amused. Of course, I told them with my fantasy drafting skills, it could take a good 4-5 seasons before I'm ready to compete for a playoff run. The parents, armed with sarcasm, then asked me how much this would pay towards my college education. "It really just depends how much the owner offers me," I explained. "Sometimes there just isn't a whole lot of budget room after free agency." The conversation abruptly ended there and I was forced to clean the basement for a good few hours The moral of the story is...just tell your parents you have a summer job, invest in a decent laptop, and go out to the park every day from 10-5ish and play OOTP. Come back sweaty, demotivated, and tired, and they'll never suspect....mwahaha. __________________

06-14-2008, 12:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Thanked 3x in 3 posts Infractions: 0/2 (101)	I have Wednesday's off at my job. I got up last Wednesday (the 11th) and in a hungover stupor sat down to download OOTP9 ... looking forward to next Wed.

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