National Asshole Day!

Jukebox: Aimee Mann - Magnolia Soundtrack

It's an official day.

In a related story, I fail to see the significance of companies that establish a three to four interview process for hiring. I know their bureaucratic regimes think it's the right way to do it or something, but I just don't understand.

It seems rather unfair to the interviewee to wait a month to see "IF" they get hired. Make them wait a months with no work, and then tell them they're not hired so they have to go through that same process at another place. I feel one interview with reference checks is enough, at most.

Well, in some cases I can see it. Like here, there's a three part process but there's the owner & me to see how they are, but it's done at the same time. Then, if they're for driving, they talk to Tony, who takes car of the cars and all that jazz. But that's all neccessary stuff.

But places like Enterprise Rent-A-Car is dumb. They are pretty much looking for chumps to work there. They won't hire people with graduate degrees and all that stuff. I know of two people already who've tried out there and were way qualified. They like to hire chumps and Enterprise themselves told Jeanne that they have a high turnover rate.

So that means that Enterprise, with their long and arduous weeding out process with three extensive interviews (which used to be four. Seriously) are doing something wrong. If they spend all that time picking the right candidate, you would think that they would stay there. I don't know about them, or other places.

I still think the best thing to do is take the applicant our for drinks. You get to know the real them and in a comfortable environment.

Enough of that. On to good news. My cell phone bill this month is $350. Hahahahahahahahaha! Yeah. The month is from a week before moving from Omaha to here so it was our prime source of communication. That's quite a jump from $55/mo. to $350, even if you had money. I need to extend my plan again, because last time I had this job my phone bills jumped and then I got a bigger plan and although it's $30 or so more a month, it's better than $300.

Speaking of cell phones, I have this person's one on my desk. Should I change her voicemail?

We watched Theremin last night. It's an all right documentary. Brian Wilson's part in it is awesome, and it's right after the Eugene Landy era, so he's just learned to be himself again. Robert Moog is in it also.

I need a cotton swab.