OK Elon Musk now I am impressed

[FBKampfer]

Well, you asked for it.  Here are some of my favorite quotes.

#1.  No, I did not bring a portfolio.  My Daddy said I would get hired if I showed up.  (looks at watch)  I have a hair appointment, are we done yet?

#2.  What do you mean I have to be here at 9:00am in the morning?  Monday through Friday?  Oh, that will never do.  Good luck finding someone to fill that.

#3.  (constantly checking cell phone) I am sorry, what was the question?  better yet, why don't you just text me the questions and I will get to them when I can?  (She was applying as a receptionist).

#4.  Here are my requirements.  I have to be able to come and go as I please.  Do not expect me to answer to anyone.  I am my own boss.

#5.  I do not think you are qualified to interview me, I should be speaking to the owner.  You cannot possibly understand my needs and requirements. (She was actually that redundant).

I have more.  She gets about one a week.  These are all college graduates.

A few have slipped through the cracks and got a chance to work, but then showed their colors and were terminated.  One of them came in, two days in a row, just after noon just apologizing due to her having so much to do.  Never called in.

Another one just simply refused to do any work because her boyfriend got an infection from a tattoo and she was completely beside herself with anxiety over it.

For the record.  Where my Wife worked is considered one of the premier places to work, in that career field, in this area.  The people there are simply super.  They also are not afraid to share the wealth with the employees.

I.... I'm almost skeptical of that. Absolute worst I've ever seen was some punk out of culinary school who told my exec he should fire me and hire him as the new junior sous chef, and he can run any station twice as well as the others. So I sent him back to the dish pit and he never came back.

But that's just arrogance from being 21 and thinking you're hot toejam. Hell, I never had the crazy streak of drinking and clubbing most kids have, and I was still an arrogant little jerk a few years ago.

But I've never heard of anything so outlandish as that.

[Mister Fork]

I thought this issue I'm about to tell was a urban legend kind of story, but my sister told me about it and this does (used to) happen.

My sister had a young employee, let's call her Millie for her age group.  Millie had a performance review that was less than spectuar. I think she was rated "successful" and not "strong" or "exceptional" and called her VP father who then called her, my sister and proceeded to yell at her that his daughter was 'exceptional'.  While he was yelling at her, Millie was smiling at my sister at the same time.

While the dad VP is the friend of another senior exec where my sister works and felt entitled to call my sister, did a big mistake...she doesn't take crap from anyone

Sister hung up on him mid-sentence...walked over to smiling Millie who suddenly had a look of fear on her face from my sisters expression, asked her to stand up, take her purse and coat, and proceeded to walk her out the doors to the escalator, got her access badge, gave her a taxi chit, and fired her on the spot with a polite "you're done. go home."

Yep. My sister, beautiful woman and scary as fudge when she gets angry. I blew coffee out my nose when she told me that one.

[Ack-Ack]

Well, you asked for it.  Here are some of my favorite quotes.

#1.  No, I did not bring a portfolio.  My Daddy said I would get hired if I showed up.  (looks at watch)  I have a hair appointment, are we done yet?

#2.  What do you mean I have to be here at 9:00am in the morning?  Monday through Friday?  Oh, that will never do.  Good luck finding someone to fill that.

#3.  (constantly checking cell phone) I am sorry, what was the question?  better yet, why don't you just text me the questions and I will get to them when I can?  (She was applying as a receptionist).

#4.  Here are my requirements.  I have to be able to come and go as I please.  Do not expect me to answer to anyone.  I am my own boss.

#5.  I do not think you are qualified to interview me, I should be speaking to the owner.  You cannot possibly understand my needs and requirements. (She was actually that redundant).

I have more.  She gets about one a week.  These are all college graduates.

A few have slipped through the cracks and got a chance to work, but then showed their colors and were terminated.  One of them came in, two days in a row, just after noon just apologizing due to her having so much to do.  Never called in.

Another one just simply refused to do any work because her boyfriend got an infection from a tattoo and she was completely beside herself with anxiety over it.

For the record.  Where my Wife worked is considered one of the premier places to work, in that career field, in this area.  The people there are simply super.  They also are not afraid to share the wealth with the employees.

Did you sit through one of my recent interviews for some people I was hiring for my team?

I had an interviewee that fits #1.  Person felt that a resume was not needed as they considered it to be nothing more than a "chain" around their neck that didn't "convey properly" their work history.  Interview lasted less than 5 minutes.

Had a person that tried to pull "I need to make my own hours, I can't work on other people's schedules as it makes me stressed out."  I told them the job has good hours, 10am-7pm M-F, if they don't like it then thank you for coming in for the interview and showed them the door.

Another one was more interested asking if free WiFi was available so they could use their smartphones and tablets.  When I told them that our department is a secured one, meaning that personal smartphones/tablets are not allowed (due to sensitivity of the material we work on) and can only be used in the break/game room or outside of the building, the person walked out of the interview.

We had hired a girl that only lasted a week because out of the week, she missed close to 20 hours of work because traffic was causing her too much stress and demanded that she be allowed to work from home instead.

[ghi]

The boosters landing is also impressive,  unreal what quick deceleration from supersonic re-entry speed and both under control successfully landing; looks more like two missile launch video played in reverse.
 

[100Coogn]

The boosters landing is also impressive,  unreal what quick deceleration from supersonic re-entry speed and both under control successfully landing; looks more like two missile launch video played in reverse.
 

Damn, that right there should speak for itself.
This guys got the right idea.   

Coogan

[Brooke]

Awesome!

[EskimoJoe]

I love this YouTube channel, and this video is particularly incredible for the audio. Check it out 

https://youtu.be/ImoQqNyRL8Y

[100Coogn]

I love this YouTube channel, and this video is particularly incredible for the audio. Check it out 

https://youtu.be/ImoQqNyRL8Y

Sorry EskimoJoe, I didn't feel it.  They even had the fish-eye backwards..  Seems like they was just showing off their cameras to me.
I still think it's an amazing project though..
Coogan 

[Ripsnort]

 

[Nefarious]

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While it's a funny meme, Musk and Tesla motors are highly subsidized by dot gov.

www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html%3FoutputType%3Damp

[Zimme83]

For a very good reason. The spaceX journey are quite amazing but they have still "only" build rockets. They will not go anywhere without help from NASA, both financial and with expertise. We are not even close to have the technology to send people to Mars and there is pretty much zero chance that spaceX could pull that off alone. They can build a even bigger rocket but someone will still have to help them with the part with the people on top....