Re: WANT ADS - PROPOSAL

From: Steve Butler <sbut-is_at_seatimes.com>
Date: 1995/07/10
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950710101507.29989C-100000_at_seatimes>#1/1


On Thu, 6 Jul 1995, Peter Moore wrote:
> <rant mode on>

hear, here!

> Will all companies that advertise for staff in this newsgroup please
> include the COUNTRY of origin in the subject line. I'm sick of reading

State and County also <<grin>>

> but I like England and I'm not going to the US to be shot or mugged or
> whatever just because half the companies that post here can't be

That only happens in Miami (Florida), New York City, and Los Angeles (California). Take Seattle (opps, what was THAT sound).

> no location in the text. I suppose all American Oracle people have US
> phone area codes memorised so they know whether they have to relocate

They keep adding them so fast it is very hard to keep up. The guy next door is now in 360 while I'm still in 206. Makes a person's head spin. Then there are those toll-free 800 numbers that could be anyplace! Not to mention the non-toll-free area code that could be anyplace (is it 995?).

> Besides, do you really want to employ someone that spends all their
> time reading this newsgroup! :) [Joke: No flames please!!]

Or responding to it? ;-)

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