Stijn!!

[Jim Richards]

Today is the second and final day of a management training class I had to take. With only 8 months to go, I'm obvious still in need of training.

[RKDinOKC]

The classes I have to attend are usually to get the number high enough to justify the class, not because I, or anyone else actually need it. They have to justify the whole training department thing.

[Jim Richards]

All of our management is taking this class. Unfortunately, I didn't qualify for a short-timer's exemption.

[RKDinOKC]

Had to go to one management class but it ended up rather entertaining. Only remember on thing though...

The class had about 100 people in it. We took a test that was 3 scenarios and each had 3 reactions. You scored from 0 to 30. The instructor was talking about introverts versus extroverts. He had everyone that scored 0 go up to one side of the stage, and everyone that scored 30 go up to the other. There were about 10 in each group.

After everyone came up, I was in the 30 group, he pointed to the 0 crowd and said these are our introverts. And to notice they were all facing him and had organized themselves in a neat line from tallest to shortest. They had!

Then he pointed at the group I was in. He said were were the extroverts. And to noticed we were bunched up, most not even facing him and were talking amongst ourselves finding out where each worked to determine who made the most money, he was right.

[ckelly78z]

I'm probably in the zero "introvert" group. I can be alone most of the day and still be happy. I also only care what I make as a salary.....not others.

[Jim Richards]

Yesterday, we took a social style assessment test. I fit the category "Amiable." I could easily see myself falling into the Analytical or Driven categories. The only category I couldn't see myself fitting into is Emotional . We didn't get into the introvert/extrovert thing. I'm generally an introvert, but cross the line frequently.

[RKDinOKC]

To upset an introvert go into their neat and tidy office, pull one of the freshly sharpened pencils out of the pencil holder, break the point off and stick it back in the holder.

An introvert will go to the extroverts messy office (if they can get the door open) and ask for a specific document, then get upset when the extrovert miraculously seems to randomly pull the correct document out of the messy piles of papers. Amazing that I was in charge of all the technical documentation and drawings where I work.

Introvert usually drives a light green station wagon or 4 door sedan. Extrovert, doesn't matter what they drive as long as the horn works. Introvert probably doesn't know if their horn works or not. I think the horn on my Cayenne sounds whimpy and needs to be louder.

They have all those different categories so they can have enough material to justify a class on the personality types. Can't we all just get along.

[Jim Richards]

One engineer here is a real introvert, think Dilbert, and his office uses the Pile-Oriented Filing System (POFS™). All horizontal surfaces are covered with piles of varying heights of documents. There's just enough room for him to walk to his desk. He keeps a space only about 2'x2' on his desk clear enough for his keyboard and mouse. It's a total fire hazard.

[GH85Carrera]

Good morning folks!

I vividly remember as a kid I was shy and introverted at one school in 2nd grade. All year I had no friends and I hated it. As we were moving to the new house and of course a new school I remember sitting in the back seat of the car and saying to myself that shy is stupid! The first day of 3rd grade school at recess I walked up to a group of boys and said Hi, I am Glen the new kid. What do you guys do for fun? No one knew I was the shy kid and I reformed myself that day.

My mom even commented that year that I suddenly had a lot of friends this year. I learned long long ago how to talk to strangers. I can go to parties where I don't know anyone and fit right in.

I guess I am a reformed former introvert.

Years ago we had a big photo job to shoot pictures at a big golf tournament. Picture after picture of group shots gets REAL boring. They were going to sow the pictures at the big banquet that night. Now this was LONG LONG before digital photography. We shot 35 mm slides and since we had a processor within an hour we had slides to project. My boss was embarrassed for me at first but he saw I did not care and he relaxed.

To inject some humor and break up the series of boring photos of the golfers I dressed up in a really goofy golfers outfit we got at a costume shop. We went all over the golf course the day before the tournament and shot pictures of me in the costume doing wacky things. They we went to lunch with me wearing the costume.

[RKDinOKC]

When I was 5 my parents were renovating the old house they used to live in the the small town where my Grandparents lived. Now a rent house it was across town from grandma's, a whole 9 blocks. Halfway was main street, and the county courthouse. I would often get bored and walk from grandma's to the rent house or from the rent house to grandma's. Got ran out of the basement of the courthouse, a funeral parlor for opening and looking into all the caskets, the pool hall (told me I was too young to play dominos because I beat them out of 50 cents), and the officer coming back from lunch did not like me playing checkers with the one inmate thru the bars of the city jail.

After the jailhouse thing my granddad started taking me all around with him "to keep me out of trouble." But everywhere we went he bragged about me getting kicked out of the pool hall for beating those domino guys out of 50 cents. He had played dominos with me a lot. Granddad passed the next summer when I was 6.

So think I've always been a little extroverted.

Imagine letting a 5 year old walk around like that today! I feel sorry for today's youth.

[Porsche-poor]

morning all. last of the week for me. tomorrow is a 6 hour drive to Bend for the weekend.

[flipper35]

I am certainly an introvert. I can talk to people at parties and what not but I would rather not attend the party. Everyone at work thinks I am a people person but I tell them I get paid to be a people person. People are what makes my job suck. At our "Culture Change" seminar we had to sit in a circle and tell something that others in the circle may not know about us. When it got around to me I said I don't like people.

Our son is so shy he will tell everyone that will listen to him how shy he is. He is confusing.

Friday for me and Monday next week comes on Wednesday. Whoo Hoo.

My wife's family is visiting and my brother in law has not had an opportunity to go up against the Texas Star. He can handle a spoon pretty well so I don't think he will have too much problem. Em is going to take a crack at it with the .22 revolver. She will have to hit the outside of the plate to knock it off with a .22. We should make some lighter plates for rimfire.

Either that or I will shoot the first off for her and see if she can hit them.

Dad and I have dueled with it before as well trying to knock more plates off than the other guy.

Early day at work as well so I get off early. Had to replace a switch.

[Porsche-poor]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!! I can't get motivated to detail this platform out.....zzzzzzzzz

[porsche4life]

Originally Posted by flipper35

I am certainly an introvert. I can talk to people at parties and what not but I would rather not attend the party. Everyone at work thinks I am a people person but I tell them I get paid to be a people person. People are what makes my job suck.

This is pretty much me.... I will put on the happy face and go schmooze clients, but I certainly am not one to socialize if I don't have to!


And yes, people suck. Crappy agents, REALLY suck...

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

This is pretty much me.... I will put on the happy face and go schmooze clients, but I certainly am not one to socialize if I don't have to!


And yes, people suck. Crappy agents, REALLY suck...

A friend and of mine was complaining about this creepy agent that just showed up at a house one day while she was showing it. She kept talking about how creepy and awkward he was. I asked the name. She confirmed my suspicion. Dude did ten years for bursting into his ex wife's house and threatening to kill her at gun point while their young daughter watched.
Not sure how the heck he got a realtors license.

[Jim Richards]

I generally don't start out disliking people, but, I'm a quick learner if they choose to show me that they're jerks.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by HHI944

Not sure how the heck he got a realtors license.

I can't speak to the how, but maybe the why is so he can check out other people's homes and lives. Scary.

[porsche4life]

No kidding Joe, no clue how he got a license there. In AZ we have to pass the same background check that you have to pass for Concealed carry.

[HHI944]

My impression is that it's supposed to be the same here.

[flipper35]

Here I thought our agent in CA was bad because he wouldn't let others show the house.