Update XVII: I Ate The Strawberry (The REAL, AUTHENTIC Update)

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Bushie didn't even make it to the end of his probationary period with the other employer and then says this new job will be "even easier."

Just gauging on what I would actually be doing.  It looks to be a lot simpler.

How so?

It looks a lot like a "fill-in-the-blank", CAD style.  Instead of vocabulary words, I would be putting in shapes in a diagram to represent tanks and such.  They do a lot of the same work that my previous company does and apparently partners with them on occasion.

As soon as boss B asks "the boss" about his latest applicant Bushie will find himself with another employer to strike off the list.

Why? What do you think Allison would say?

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They did nothing but drink wine...

This is a very important point that, despite my interest in history, I never heard about in a formal classroom until a college class about the Roman Empire. You'd think something as important as the historical lack of drinkable water (and its consequences) would make the high school curriculum. Sigh...

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Oklahomans would be outraged that he regularly uses Satan's Typewriter.

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What sort of bills are unavailable online and must be paid within a week?  Also, what is the nature of your condition that you are unavailable to drive? If you had digestive issues, and you probably do considering the stuff you eat, I would understand not wanting to be too far from a restroom, but riding as a passenger in the car is not any more amenable to illness than driving.

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Bushie can't drive because his schizophrenia is acting up? I'll concede that is one illness that may preclude driving, but not riding. I was indeed mistaken. Well played, sir.

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Bushie, are your parents frustrated by your perpetual unemployment?

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Bushie, why do you think it is that you have so much trouble keeping a job?

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I suspect that the Update crew may be able to clue you in to why you have so much trouble keeping a job if you are willing to listen.

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Papa Bushie wants to get away from all the visiting relatives and Bushie is tagging along. What's the harm?

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There's not much a doc can do for a cold. Minor viral deals just play themselves out.  If a cough lingers a very long time, an albuterol inhalor is great though. They'll never prescribe it because of the government, but hydrocodone cough syrup is also pretty damn sweet.

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Baptist is the wrong denomination for a clergyman with Tourette's. If he decided to be Pentacostal, it would work out much better. They view shaking, screaming, etc as evidence of possession by the Holy Spirit. Seriously. Look it up on youtube if you're unfamiliar. It's hilarious.

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If he does choose to apply for disability, it should be for psychiatric reasons, not medical ones. Being fat and having headaches doesn't impress Uncle Sam much. They'll cut you a check for having a screw loose though. Maybe he could get Tiffanye's help. IIRC, she gets paid for having the bipolar.

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I am voting for Inhofe's opponent, though I am voting for Lankford since I know him personally.  I'm also voting Democrat for State Superintendent.

What is the nature of your relationship with Lankford?

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I suspect self-deportation cleared Oklahoma of the gays many years ago.

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Pizza delivery. It's perfect for you. Mostly driving. Little customer contact. Pay is reasonable. Just avoid stores in bad neighborhoods.

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How many jobs did he have before ONG? We know he worked KFC in high school. With his Dad at NG. He did the vaccuum cleaner thing another time. Also some sort of life insurance scam, for which his parents are still paying premiums.

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Stop. Don't pay a dime for any test. We played this game with the life insurance test that you had to take (and parents had to pay for) 17 times. Just get a regular job.

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Where are you going to get the $188 to take the test?

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Here is what I just shared with J-Mann about why I keep going back to customer service.  Any friendly advice would be helpful.

I have had a little success in the call centers, especially technical support call centers.  I was at Dell for an entire year with no problem and was only let go because I couldn't pass the Security+ Certification.  I was also at ONG for 2 years with no problem and that was customer service all the way, though not all call center.  I don't really want call centers, and I want CAD jobs, but those are hard to come by and I need a job.  So, I feel I have to open myself up to jobs that are less than pleasant.  I don't want to stay on my parent's financial ledger, and a lot of times I choose desperation over preferred.  I know there are other jobs out there, but I don't know what to look for.

Wait, wait wait.. lets pump the breaks here real quick. In past seasons, you told us they were getting ready to let you go at ONG. So how does that translate to being there with "no problems"?

Bushie likes to change the narrative to whatever is going to work best/sound nicest for the situation. 

Are we lambasting him for throwing away a steady job to chase a scam?  It's okay, guys.  I was on my last legs at ONG, anyway, and Dad said yadda yadda yadda

Now we are confronting him about looking into customer service AGAIN after he swore it off not one week ago?  It's okay, guys.  I was a model customer service representative at ONG for TWO years, and all I have to do is believe in yadda yadda God blah blah Dad. 

It's classic Update material. 

(I'm sorry for being more caustic than normal with you, Jeff, but you really need a reality check right no
w.  Take a spa day and have some herbal tea and reflect.  I'm serious.)

There's also the fact he was only at Dell for 2 months

I was at Dell an entire year (June 2011-May 2012).

Can somebody bust out the Update archives and fact check this. I'm on my phone and it's not working right. Otherwise I would. I can't recall Bushie ever having a job for a whole year since ONG. I could be wrong but I think I'd remember something like that.

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Their heavy reliance on curing and caning in times of hardship also made them addicted to salt and fat with no taste for fruits or vegetables, which they passed on to their children even as it became unnecessary.

This actually has an element of truth to it. Fresh produce was hard to come by the old days.

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As I've stated numerous times, I don't at all understand what sort of magic you people seem to think a psychiatrist would do with Bushie. As it happens, I see one every three months. They're not miracle workers, and, for the most part, they're not talk therapists either. Like most doctors, they see patients for 5-10 minutes unless there is an extreme and urgent emergency. Mostly, they dabble in pharmaceuticals, making best guesses with brain chemistry. As the brain is still largely a mystery and everybody's brain is different, drug therapy involves a lot of trial and error, attempting to find drugs and dosages that best suit people's needs.

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As I've stated numerous times, I don't at all understand what sort of magic you people seem to think a psychiatrist would do with Bushie. As it happens, I see one every three months. They're not miracle workers, and, for the most part, they're not talk therapists either. Like most doctors, they see patients for 5-10 minutes unless there is an extreme and urgent emergency. Mostly, they dabble in pharmaceuticals, making best guesses with brain chemistry. As the brain is still largely a mystery and everybody's brain is different, drug therapy involves a lot of trial and error, attempting to find drugs and dosages that best suit people's needs.

It sounds like you should find a new one.

I don't mean that as a sort of shot but I do know firsthand that there are those psychiatrists out there who tend to view these appointments as routine, quick visits that seem to merely be drug transactions. Despite that, I also know that there are a good degree of them who take their time with their patients (30 to an hour as Duke pointed out, once a week usually) with a lesser degree of emphasis on pharmaceuticals. I think seeing one once every three months is a terrible idea unless the patient's sole purpose for being there is to get medication. Like most things, it all depends on who you see and what you're looking for.

Alternately, "-ologists" are a good place to go for similar treatment without worrying about being pumped full of meds.

I see her to get Adderall, which is exactly what I want. I'm not much for the chit chat. I'm not much into all the feelings vibe, and my life, while not perfect, isn't an Update style clusterInks. I don't claim to be an expert on the issue, but I've never heard of a psychiatrist do all that much talk therapy. No offense to those who do, but seeing a doctor (and remember a psychiatrist is just that, an MD) once a week is serious overkill.

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You can add me to the deleted from Bushie's facialbook list. As to Brit's question, Bushie and I are as good of "friends" as half the people on my fb feed. I know more about him and hear more from him than at least 90% of people. I'm friends with a few other Atlas people on facebook as well.

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At the top of my scrren, in addition to the disability ads, I'm now getting ones for psychiatry as well. Splendid.