Interview over, think I did fairly well. If I could find a way to stop my body from soaking the back of my nice shirt with nervous sweat though that'd be great.
My office has been too quiet today. I put on some Chopin which I thought would be nice and neutral but I selected the wrong album (I was trying to remember what I’d heard on the classical radio station the other day, which would have been perfect) and it just ended up making me feel all melancholy and sad.
Even though I prefer to work in quiet (the same goes at home) I like to not feel alone. My ideal working environment is sharing an office with 2-4 people but we don’t talk much and the music is low.
Got an email to our department about a sketchy email she got. We use to to that years ago but now theirs IT and soon cybersec (who will hopefully be me). I forwarded it to IT and they said "Yeah this is a total scam!". It was an email from TurboTax about a possible issue and wit ha 1-866 number. Employee thought this was a good looking scam and IT agreed. I googled it, and hey thats actually the email address TurboTax uses and hey thats their Security team's email address and hey heres like 4 posts from their community forums and FAQs with TurboTax reps saying those emails are legit and please call ASAP. So I replied to the employee to tell her this just as the Infosec Chief, who is interviewing me next week, came in to talk to my boss, I told him what was up and he was like "Huh interesting what you find when you look" so...I think thats good?
Lady who sent us this said she called TurboTax and they said there was nothing wrong with her account so the email must be fraud. But she did call the phone number in the email and it was really TurboTax.
So according to her someone created a fake email, spoofed TurboTax's customer service email address, and send a scam email with...TurboTax's real security line number in it to gather ????
So really I think shes just trying to save face. Not that I care, and I'm the only one shes emailing. But ugh, users!
Got an email to our department about a sketchy email she got. We use to to that years ago but now theirs IT and soon cybersec (who will hopefully be me). I forwarded it to IT and they said "Yeah this is a total scam!". It was an email from TurboTax about a possible issue and wit ha 1-866 number. Employee thought this was a good looking scam and IT agreed. I googled it, and hey thats actually the email address TurboTax uses and hey thats their Security team's email address and hey heres like 4 posts from their community forums and FAQs with TurboTax reps saying those emails are legit and please call ASAP. So I replied to the employee to tell her this just as the Infosec Chief, who is interviewing me next week, came in to talk to my boss, I told him what was up and he was like "Huh interesting what you find when you look" so...I think thats good?
Lady who sent us this said she called TurboTax and they said there was nothing wrong with her account so the email must be fraud. But she did call the phone number in the email and it was really TurboTax.
So according to her someone created a fake email, spoofed TurboTax's customer service email address, and send a scam email with...TurboTax's real security line number in it to gather ????
So really I think shes just trying to save face. Not that I care, and I'm the only one shes emailing. But ugh, users!
Some nefarious phishing email could contain all legitimate links save one, and somehow make sure that's the one people would most likely click?
I still think it's time for a highlander reboot where the plot revolves around trying to keep the immortals and decapitations secret in our self imposed surveillance society.
Not like it could get that much worse than the others unless like Uwe Boll gets picked as director or something.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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I actually think the original ending works fine for a book. The movie ending was much better for film. And the fact that most of the movie was so true to the book and then that ending came out of nowhere made it really shocking and so much better.
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Drake ChambersLay out my formal shorts.Registered Userregular
I actually think the original ending works fine for a book. The movie ending was much better for film. And the fact that most of the movie was so true to the book and then that ending came out of nowhere made it really shocking and so much better.
I'd say that's how the film diverged from the norm. In prose, you're much more likely to find horrific endings in short stories than in novels. The same convention carries over to film - short films and episodic one-offs can get away with unhappy endings in a way that feature-length films cannot. I think it's generally related to the amount of time and emotion the reader/viewer has to put in, and that they're more likely to feel betrayed and unhappy with the overall product if they've sunk a lot of time in only to get punched in the balls.
There are exceptions, of course, but I think this holds in general.
Got an email to our department about a sketchy email she got. We use to to that years ago but now theirs IT and soon cybersec (who will hopefully be me). I forwarded it to IT and they said "Yeah this is a total scam!". It was an email from TurboTax about a possible issue and wit ha 1-866 number. Employee thought this was a good looking scam and IT agreed. I googled it, and hey thats actually the email address TurboTax uses and hey thats their Security team's email address and hey heres like 4 posts from their community forums and FAQs with TurboTax reps saying those emails are legit and please call ASAP. So I replied to the employee to tell her this just as the Infosec Chief, who is interviewing me next week, came in to talk to my boss, I told him what was up and he was like "Huh interesting what you find when you look" so...I think thats good?
Lady who sent us this said she called TurboTax and they said there was nothing wrong with her account so the email must be fraud. But she did call the phone number in the email and it was really TurboTax.
So according to her someone created a fake email, spoofed TurboTax's customer service email address, and send a scam email with...TurboTax's real security line number in it to gather ????
So really I think shes just trying to save face. Not that I care, and I'm the only one shes emailing. But ugh, users!
Some nefarious phishing email could contain all legitimate links save one, and somehow make sure that's the one people would most likely click?
I think you're probably right though.
No links, just a phone number to call. And like all TurboTax emails the bottom says "Check before you click! TurboTax will never ask you for personal information in an email. When you click on a link, the address should always contain "intuit.com/"
Speaking of me trying to get that new position, I just ran into the IT...I guess you'd say supervisor? Hes the senior guy right below the manager of the department and has a special title. Hes really friendly and him and I have had chats a few times in the past and hes always really nice when he sees me.
Except just now...in the bathroom. He didn't say anything and I got a look of what I can only describe as pure contempt. I said hi and he didn't respond, then he turned around and greeted the other guy in the bathroom very warmly and friendly again.
So I think its safe to say I know who my competition for this position is.
Speaking of me trying to get that new position, I just ran into the IT...I guess you'd say supervisor? Hes the senior guy right below the manager of the department and has a special title. Hes really friendly and him and I have had chats a few times in the past and hes always really nice when he sees me.
Except just now...in the bathroom. He didn't say anything and I got a look of what I can only describe as pure contempt. I said hi and he didn't respond, then he turned around and greeted the other guy in the bathroom very warmly and friendly again.
So I think its safe to say I know who my competition for this position is.
So... because he knows you're competition... he hates you now?
Guy's a dick! Hope you win!
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The bathroom is really the wrong place for drastic mood swings.
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Drake ChambersLay out my formal shorts.Registered Userregular
As scams get better and legit emails get sloppier, they eventually meet in the middle.
This is 100% why I never click through an email like that ever. I always go to the site and sign in and then pursue because you just can't tell based on quality of email presentation anymore.
Bad stuff happens in the bathroom
I'm just glad that it happens in a vacuum
Vacuum you say? Let me assure you there is nothing glad to be about the interaction of a vacuum with a bathroom and what goes on within it. I’ve seen what happens when a Roomba enters combat against poop... it’s not good...
I also wouldn’t discount Craigslist. I had better luck with getting responses through Craigslist than Indeed and both @Moriveth and I got our current jobs through Craigslist!
Edit: We both found more businesses advertising directly through CL, whereas Indeed is more of a base for recruiters.
I will give craigslist a try. I've been kind of avoiding it because years ago during a job search someone tried to scam me. It was very frustrating.
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I think my soda drinking has finally caught up to me. Pretty sure I'm dealing with gout right now. The area around my big toe's joint has been in some pretty extreme pain. I can't bend my foot up.
I really need to get a job so I can have insurance and find out for sure.
Craigslist has some pretty promising job openings so I'm starting to feel kind of hopeful again with this job search.
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My office has been too quiet today. I put on some Chopin which I thought would be nice and neutral but I selected the wrong album (I was trying to remember what I’d heard on the classical radio station the other day, which would have been perfect) and it just ended up making me feel all melancholy and sad.
Even though I prefer to work in quiet (the same goes at home) I like to not feel alone. My ideal working environment is sharing an office with 2-4 people but we don’t talk much and the music is low.
Lady who sent us this said she called TurboTax and they said there was nothing wrong with her account so the email must be fraud. But she did call the phone number in the email and it was really TurboTax.
So according to her someone created a fake email, spoofed TurboTax's customer service email address, and send a scam email with...TurboTax's real security line number in it to gather ????
So really I think shes just trying to save face. Not that I care, and I'm the only one shes emailing. But ugh, users!
Some nefarious phishing email could contain all legitimate links save one, and somehow make sure that's the one people would most likely click?
I think you're probably right though.
It's fine if you're Tom Jane.
Not like it could get that much worse than the others unless like Uwe Boll gets picked as director or something.
Uhm... I have some bad news for you.
Yeah, I would say by the end of that film he was... not fine.
that ending was fantastic
Like, it was ballsy. It's Black Mirror-level awfulness at the end of a wide-release Hollywood film. It just isn't done that way.
I'm trying to think of something worse and I frankly don't want to.
I'd say that's how the film diverged from the norm. In prose, you're much more likely to find horrific endings in short stories than in novels. The same convention carries over to film - short films and episodic one-offs can get away with unhappy endings in a way that feature-length films cannot. I think it's generally related to the amount of time and emotion the reader/viewer has to put in, and that they're more likely to feel betrayed and unhappy with the overall product if they've sunk a lot of time in only to get punched in the balls.
There are exceptions, of course, but I think this holds in general.
No links, just a phone number to call. And like all TurboTax emails the bottom says "Check before you click! TurboTax will never ask you for personal information in an email. When you click on a link, the address should always contain "intuit.com/"
Except just now...in the bathroom. He didn't say anything and I got a look of what I can only describe as pure contempt. I said hi and he didn't respond, then he turned around and greeted the other guy in the bathroom very warmly and friendly again.
So I think its safe to say I know who my competition for this position is.
So... because he knows you're competition... he hates you now?
Guy's a dick! Hope you win!
And scowl-at-former-friend-then-seamlessly-smile-at-another is like 1980's John Hughes film villain behavior. It has no place in functioning society.
Go on...
This is 100% why I never click through an email like that ever. I always go to the site and sign in and then pursue because you just can't tell based on quality of email presentation anymore.
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I'm just glad that it happens in a vacuum
Vacuum you say? Let me assure you there is nothing glad to be about the interaction of a vacuum with a bathroom and what goes on within it. I’ve seen what happens when a Roomba enters combat against poop... it’s not good...
Suuuper excited!
I will give craigslist a try. I've been kind of avoiding it because years ago during a job search someone tried to scam me. It was very frustrating.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
What about their shower, in their home, when they didn't know I was there?
Me
okay, now we have a containment breach for real this time
I really need to get a job so I can have insurance and find out for sure.
Craigslist has some pretty promising job openings so I'm starting to feel kind of hopeful again with this job search.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.