Life lessons you've learned

Pantheraman said:
It can take a while for someone to respond to a message.

There's this job I'm interested in, and I'm still waiting for a response. (I've been waiting for days now) I do however have an old school friend who works there. So I was wondering if I should contact her or not, in case the employer never checks their email. What do you think?
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If you trust your friend, than absolutely.

Personally, I’d contact the employer directly by phone. Introduce yourself, say you’re really interested in the role and ask if there’s an update. I’ve done this three times before and in two cases, got an apology for the delay and an interview invite; and in the other, an apology for the delay and the autogenerated reject letter.

At least either way you’ll know; and if you haven’t got the job, would have let the employer know you’re interested in future roles.
 
Online Contact Forms

I hate these things from the outset, but many companies use these instead of posting their email address on their website.

I always save a copy of what I’ve written if it’s anymore than a couple of sentences. That way, when they don’t get back to you (which is about 90% of the time), you have it all typed up ready to resubmit.
 
Batto said:
Don't to try to argue with fanatics. Or idiots. Or idiotic fanatics and fanatic idiots.
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Never argue with an idiot. You’ll never convince the idiot that you’re correct; and onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
 
Batto said:
Don't to try to argue with fanatics. Or idiots. Or idiotic fanatics and fanatic idiots.
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Yes, I learn this from Zoochat.

Also life lesson, don't be a cocky person. It'll bite you later when the time happens.
Don't be afraid of failure, it's true that you learn more when you don't succeed.
And yes, both are from personal experience
 
- When you finish your work quickly; you’re given more work, creating an incentive to slow down.

- The customer is always right; but are they are customer worth keeping?
 
As mentioned earlier in this thread, I don’t like racism, but for me I have experienced it most due to the ignorance of people that I’ve met (even if they’re kids, they don’t get an excuse to be dumb) Mow I will respect people who are actually asking things to learn about other cultures, but not idiots. I remember being told that I sounded like a donkey braying when I talked :| This was when I was small, but still. Fortunately he kid was told off by an adult. I’m Indian-American for context.

That’s a life lesson from me.
 
Bengal Tiger said:
As mentioned earlier in this thread, I don’t like racism, but for me I have experienced it most due to the ignorance of people that I’ve met (even if they’re kids, they don’t get an excuse to be dumb) Mow I will respect people who are actually asking things to learn about other cultures, but not idiots. I remember being told that I sounded like a donkey braying when I talked :| This was when I was small, but still. Fortunately he kid was told off by an adult. I’m Indian-American for context.

That’s a life lesson from me.
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Your life lesson is that you don't like racism? :p:confused:

Nevertheless, I will say I 100% agree with that sentiment. Middle and elementary school kids especially can be brutal, as I've been called Baljeet (from Phineus and Ferb :p), Milk/Hershey's chocolate (because of my skin color), and I've always been shameful of bringing Indian food for lunch because it's often very strong in odor and I've received some annoying stares and comments about it in the past... The good thing is that I've noticed that most people grow up and realize what they're saying is not okay over time. Kids who were super racist in middle school completely changed in high school and for the most part, racism isn't really an issue for me anymore. So while I agree that kids "don't get an excuse to be dumb," most kids (including tons on ZC itself) are just not mature enough to think about the consequences of what they do or say. ;)
Now, adults who act this way are a completely different story that I don't wish to get into...

Anyways, I would say a good life lesson is to stop giving attention to people who are racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, etc etc. Just ignore them and move on and eventually they'll get bored and move on as well. You don't want to give them the pleasure of getting you upset and/or angry. The same applies to animal activist groups like PETA, just ignore all the lies and annoying things they say and move on.
 
Re. Racism/Discrimination:

Don’t feed the trolls is as excellent life lesson. Attempts to explain at worst gives their argument false validity and at best entertains the small minded individuals with nothing better to do than engage in derogatory rhetoric.

I’m sure everyone on ZooChat has experienced racism of some kind (away from the site of course). I’m fortunate to live in New Zealand, where it’s rarely seen beyond primary school (and even then in rare isolated incidences), but I know many other countries aren’t so fortunate.
 
Animals R AMAZING! said:
Your life lesson is that you don't like racism? :p:confused:

Nevertheless, I will say I 100% agree with that sentiment. Middle and elementary school kids especially can be brutal, as I've been called Baljeet (from Phineus and Ferb :p), Milk/Hershey's chocolate (because of my skin color), and I've always been shameful of bringing Indian food for lunch because it's often very strong in odor and I've received some annoying stares and comments about it in the past... The good thing is that I've noticed that most people grow up and realize what they're saying is not okay over time. Kids who were super racist in middle school completely changed in high school and for the most part, racism isn't really an issue for me anymore. So while I agree that kids "don't get an excuse to be dumb," most kids (including tons on ZC itself) are just not mature enough to think about the consequences of what they do or say. ;)
Now, adults who act this way are a completely different story that I don't wish to get into...

Anyways, I would say a good life lesson is to stop giving attention to people who are racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, etc etc. Just ignore them and move on and eventually they'll get bored and move on as well. You don't want to give them the pleasure of getting you upset and/or angry. The same applies to animal activist groups like PETA, just ignore all the lies and annoying things they say and move on.
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My life lesson is whatever you take away from that post, so if that is what you took away from it, that is my message to you ;)

By the way, for me it has always been Ravi from Jessie, though it was mainly when I was younger.
 
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