Re: SMC job

From: DNE44 <dne_at_dslextreme.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:27:56 -0000

Ozzy-

So your real reason to suggest this job to John is the faint hope of
weaseling your way into meeting 7 of 9?

Btw, "7 of 9" is a mistranslation from the original Borg.
Prepositions are always a bitch in translation: it should really be
7" to 9", so you might not qualify. The item John left at your party,
however...

- David


--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "HiramGonash" <okfreddy_at_h...>
wrote:
> I think John should apply to work at the Star Trek Experience in
> Vegas. He could wear East Klingon Border Guard Uniform and greet
> everyone in Klingon.
>
> The Vegas heat would kill him of course but he could learn Ferengi,
> Romulan, and maybe remotely meet 7 of 9...
> Ozzy
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "toughslush" <meurtre_at_e...>
> wrote:
> > You go, boy!
> >
> > My only concern would be, would they pay you *enough*? I
> > suspect you'd still get more in private industry--though you'd
> > enjoy this a lot, and it might be the ideal way to ride out the
> > recession until the right career job came along.
> >
> > Though . . . the last time I saw you working in private
industry . .
> .
> > why not hang onto this thing?--might be good.
> >
> > --J
> >
> > > Well folks, regarding the job front, I have some good news and
> > some
> > > bad news.
> > >
> > > 1) The good news: I have a job.
> > >
> > > 2) The bad news: It doesn't pay.
> > >
> > > I am working in the language lab at Santa Monica College as a
> > tutor.
> > > This is for Summer classes, and covers several languages. I
> > started
> > > last week. I did not mention this at the bar-b-que on Saturday
> > since
> > > I really didn't think it was going anywhere. Well, as it turns
> out, I
> > > have become popular. People are coming into the lab, and if
> > they
> > > don't see me there, they leave.
> > >
> > > There is a possibility that this could be transmogrified into a
> > > paying position. What is in my favor is this: All the other
tutors
> > > are helpful in only one language, and there is only one person
> > per
> > > language. I am able to substitute for tutors when they are
> > absent. As
> > > long as I am there, all the major languages are covered. Pretty
> > cool,
> > > huh? (Klingon is not one of the languages taught at SMC...)
> > >
> > > Since it is going well SMC is eager to keep me. They are
> > worried that
> > > I will disappear as soon as I find a paying position. (This is
> > > correct, since I have to pay my rent!) So, in order to keep me,
> > they
> > > are working on a deal where I would be hired for pay.
> > >
> > > John
Received on 2002-07-18 09:27:59