Re: Moving to Japan
Bryce wrote:
> "Rykk" <NospamIshnar@nospamhotmail.nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:5HZAd.49204$uM5.29093@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> necoandjeff wrote:
>>> Rykk wrote:
>>>> necoandjeff wrote:
>>>>> Rykk wrote:
>>>>>> Mr. Smith wrote:
>>>>>>> "Michael Cash" <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:k980t0hhmfdi4fpu78lqkg3bn17vp34dop@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:44:04 +1000, windsor <fake@none.com>
>>>>>>>> brought
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Depth of rapport with the interviewer is also important.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's a very pleasant way of rephrasing "sucking up".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> that's silly, "sucking up" is usually a poor way to impress
>>>>>>> someone at an interview. It usually means you don't have
>>>>>>> anything interesting to say and you are easily intimidated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately that would be me. Not that I am so much
>>>>>> intimidated the person as by the act of attempting to establish
>>>>>> rapport. It isn't that I have nothing to say either, but that I
>>>>>> am completely uninterested in all non-functional conversation.
>>>>>> So as long as the conversation is pertinent I do fine. But if
>>>>>> it turns to something trivial such as the weather, or personal,
>>>>>> "I had a baby yesterday," then I am filled wave of disinterest.
>>>>>> I have absolutely no idea how to respond to these completely
>>>>>> irrelevant remarks. Interviews seem to involve one non-sequitor
>>>>>> after another.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow. Aren't you supposed to preface a confession like that with
>>>>> something like. "Hi, my name is Rykk and I'm a suffering
>>>>> self-a-holic"...
>>>>
>>>> Heh, are you trying to imply that I'm conceited?
>>>
>>> No implication required. You said it quite clearly yourself I
>>> thought.
>>
>> Then you are just misunderstanding me and making assumptions.
>>
>> I fail to see how being disinterested in non-functional conversation
>> equates to conceit.
>>
>> Rykk
>>
>
> Just live with the fact that it does and move on.
If it truly is a fact then maybe you could explain it.
Rykk
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