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• August 19th, 2008

  How do you feel about pre-employment screenings (drug testing, background checks, etc.)?

  Wildflower: It seems as though most of your rationalizations for utilizing pre-employment screenings stem from the concept that whomever is responsible for the actual hiring process is wholly incompetent. The entire purpose of employing a Hiring Manager/HR Director/Recruiter is to have someone on staff who is capable of reading and vetting people based upon their interview. If reading people is a skill you possess, it’s not that hard to realize whether someone is an addict, boozer, charlatan or deviant after speaking with them for more than ten minutes. Of course, you may not pick up on something like: this person likes to get high on the weekend, or, this person was arrested for public intoxication when they were in college. And you shouldn’t have to. Because those things have no bearing whatsoever on their ability to perform their job. Let me make it a little simpler for you. A drug test will not vet out an alcoholic. An experienced recruiter will. Would you rather have in your employ a chronic drunk, or someone who likes to get high? A background check will not vet out someone who was fortunate enough to buy/luck their way out of trouble enough times that they’ve never been prosecuted. A hiring manager worth his or her salt would be able to realize that a potential employee is a prick who figures that as long as they get away with something, they’ve done nothing wrong. I could keep on listing examples, but I don’t think you’ll make the connection, so I’ll make it easy for you: Background checks are the last resort of a lazy employer. Aside from verifying the information provided on a resume (which often includes the question: “Have you ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor?”) and calling up your references, how much does your employer need to know? For example Wildflower: Would you want your supervisor at 1–800-Flowers knowing about the restraining order your high-school boyfriend put out on you? Unless you come off like a complete headcase in the interview (which you probably would), the person or persons responsible for bringing you on should have no business snooping around in your personal life. Just because someone had their identity stolen/got mixed up in a bad situation/prefers illegal drugs over legal ones doesn’t make them a bad person. A qualified recruiter would realize this, and recommend (or warn against) a prospect based on their own analysis.
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• July 25th, 2008

  Anyone besides me think that The Dark Knight was just pretty good, and nothing special?

  I’m not sure it’s a better movie than Godfather II or all the other movies it knocked out of the #1 spot on IMDB, but as someone who’s seen way too many movies in the theater, watching Dark Knight on screen was probably the best time I’ve ever had at the cinema.
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• July 25th, 2008

  Why do you get freckles from the sun?

  @flyawayballoon: Picky picky! If that doesn’t do it for you, well, if this one doesn’t win you over, nothing will: http://www.losthatch.com/images%5Cscreen_captures%5CS1E01_Orange_Smile.jpg
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• July 25th, 2008

  Why do you get freckles from the sun?

  Nikipedia: what about that picture doesn’t scream: “I need to bang that dude”?
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• July 25th, 2008

  Why does hybrid's my miles per gallon ratio go down significantly when i use my ac?

  Because using the air-conditioning burns fuel. Even people who have regular cars will turn off the AC if they are driving around looking for a gas station. Try running your solely on battery power, and then try running the AC.
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