What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Flake]

Smile: Got a call back on that phone interview I had on Tuesday. The recruiter told me that yes, I had bombed the softball questions at the beginning but the interviewer felt it was just nerves. Apparently he was confused that I was having trouble remembering how to count possible IPs between subnet masks but was able to create VLSM networks on the fly and could explain spanning-tree until I was out of breath. My final in-person interview is next month. If I get passed that, I get hired and all the work I've put in these last six months since I got laid off will be worth it.

Frown: This means more studying. I went ahead and bought a Cisco ASA on ebay so that I can prepare for the interview with the actual gear instead of with simulators.

[CavZee]

There's alot of snow outside so no work today!

Nintendo Direct later this afternoon and I can watch it live for once!

Seeing more pictures of the 2014 F1 cars.

[Flake]

Nintendo Direct later this afternoon and I can watch it live for once!

I'm so psyched about this. I really hope that Nintendo has woken up and gotten a gameplan together. That company produces too much awesome to be languishing like this.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Ticked
Driving to multiple Big Lots for the 50% off game sale not finding too much left on the shelf. One store had them buried behind the cash register, thought I might have got lucky. Most were multiples of the same boring titles. Ah well, there are still a few more in the county.

Smile
I forgot to mention in the Finds thread when I bought that Wii Silent Hill game for five bucks. It has a mature rating so I WAS CARDED! The employee actually asked my birthdate, but pointed out the Cash Register automatically requires it. If one wants to feel like a teen again, go buy liquor or mature games at Big Lots.

I meant to go to Big Lots today, but I had to stop by my (new) doctor's office first and got lost on the way! I wasted so much time, that after finding the doctor's office I just ended up going home... Maybe this weekend I'll hit Big Lots. So yeah, I'm ticked too.

I mentioned in another thread - but I recently got carded when I bought The Witcher 2. I guess the big box stores do that. I rarely shop at places like that - and I rarely buy M-rated games - so I was kind of shocked myself.

[dunpeal2064]

I was carded in Target about 2 years ago... for buying a "T" rated game. I was 24, and had more facial hair than publicly acceptable. I was so confused.

The worst part was, I didn't have my ID on me, so my gf had to "buy it for me"

[BoneSnapDeez]

To be fair, it's not the cashier's fault. The registers display automated prompts and they have to enter a birthdate to proceed.

<----- former Wal-fart employee

[dunpeal2064]

Yeah, I worked at Wal Mart too. Never rung up games, but I usually got stuck cashiering the cigarette isle, and there were many awkward moments.

Do they really card for "T" rated games?

[BogusMeatFactory]

I was carded in Target about 2 years ago... for buying a "T" rated game. I was 24, and had more facial hair than publicly acceptable. I was so confused.

The worst part was, I didn't have my ID on me, so my gf had to "buy it for me"

Could be worse, you could be on file and are limited on buying computer duster at a Target. Telling them you work with computers is no excuse.

[Hobie-wan]

Could be worse, you could be on file and are limited on buying computer duster at a Target. Telling them you work with computers is no excuse.

Just tell them you're addicted to rigging up public toilets to bubble alarmingly when someone sits down on them.

[BogusMeatFactory]

I also once was carded at a Meijer (a midwest 24-hour grocery store) for purchasing Faygo (a soda monetized by trailer residing clown rappers) Ginger Ale. They had to get a manager to confirm that Ginger Ale did not in fact contain alcohol.