Just Venting...

[Minimalist]

I get so pissed off with ballplayers who point to the sky when they hit a home run.

YOU hit the ball, asshole. Not fucking jesus.

And when they strike out they never point anywhere.

[LastPoet]

If you had two candidates. Both with equal skills, one was much more personable and witty than the other. Then they would likely get the job. Furthermore, charm could take up slack of skills in some cases.

For example if you were interviewing for a customer facing role, person 1 has all the technical skills but no personality. Person 2 has most of the technical skills and an amazing personality. Person 2 would likely get the job.

It is what it is. We employ people who are likeable. Technical skills can only go so far. Furthermore technical skills are far easier to teach or learn than personality changes.

I guess if you think about a job like modelling, you are right. To be honest, what was your point again? Just venting?

[Bad Writer]

I get so pissed off with ballplayers who point to the sky when they hit a home run.

YOU hit the ball, asshole. Not fucking jesus.

These jocks aren't bred for intelligence.

[Angrboda]

Well, everything that you say about prayer may be true, but I still want my god damned pony.

[Mister Agenda]

I purposefully answered a job prayer once...I assume other people I've hired prayed for the job, but I wasn't privy to it. Guy was waiting in the interview room, before I opened the door I heard him praying. That was a tie-breaker for me, because I figured, 'this guy really wants this job, maybe that will translate into good effort.'

It didn't. He was a nice enough guy, and maybe the other person wouldn't have been as good, but he was so-so performance-wise and had an ill wife which lead to attendance problems. I've made much worse hiring decisionst than that one, though.

[Jackalope]

I get so pissed off with ballplayers who point to the sky when they hit a home run.

YOU hit the ball, asshole. Not fucking jesus.

And when they strike out they never point anywhere.

I'm still waiting for the day when, during a post-game interview, an NFL receiver says: "I had the ball, in my hands, in the motherfucking end zone, and motherfucking Jesus knocks the motherfucking ball right out of my hands!"

That Jesus, he plays good pass defense.