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THE HOBNOB-DESTIN NEWS
28 August, 2010 Destin’s Hippest News Source
............Top Ten lists...........
A New Monthly Feature of HobNob News will be our TOP TEN LISTS. Some will be drawn from the internet and others will be yours. We will announce a category such as “Destin’s Top Ten Entertainers” or “Destin’s Top Ten Salons”. You will then add your choices to the mix and vote for the best. They will be then placed in Top Ten order based on the number of votes. September’s lists were taken for the Internet and might put a smile on your face. The first is a list of actual comments by complied by HR professionals from interviews and reflect what not to do or say when applying for a job. The second list is, well just for fun.
1. “If I don’t get hired it will just prove that the company's management was incompetent."
2. "... stretched out on the floor to fill out the job application."
3. "... brought her large dog to the interview."
4. "... chewed bubble gum and constantly blew bubbles."
5. "Candidate kept giggling through serious interview."
6. "She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and the music at the same time."
7. "Balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to office a few minutes later, wearing a hairpiece."
8. "Applicant challenged interviewer to arm wrestle."
9. "... asked to see interviewer's resume to see if the personnel executive was qualified to judge the candidate."
10. "... announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and French fries in the interviewer's office”
Top Ten Presonnel Evaluation Comments
1. "Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap." 2. "Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig." 3.. "When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to change whichever foot was previously in there." 4. "He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle." 5. "This young lady has delusions of adequacy." 6. "He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them." 7. "This employee should go far - and the sooner he starts, the better." 8. "This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot." 9. "His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity." 10. "I would not allow this employee to breed."
HobNob Dave – Reporter-at-large
THE HOBNOB-DESTIN NEWS
28 August, 2010 Destin’s Hippest News Source
............Strange but True.............
Although the photograph looks like a set-up for a bit of humor because of the adjacent sign, it is the product of a real (and non-deliberate) small plane crash! According to the FAA, the Piper Cherokee lost power on departure and crashed into the tree while attempting to land on the road. The pilot walked away with minor injuries.
After surveying 374 waitresses, Professor Michael Lynn, who teaches marketing and tourism at Cornell University, concluded that customers left larger tips to those with certain physical characteristics such as being slender, being blond or having big breasts. Lynn told the Cornell Daily Sun in May that his study was important in helping potential waitresses gauge their "prospects in the industry." [Cornell Daily Sun, 5-7-10]
HobNob Dave – Reporter-at-large
THE HOBNOB-DESTIN NEWS
6 August, 2010 Destin’s Hippest News Source
............NOT QUITE BREAKING NEWS..............
CHECK THIS OUT
HobNob News: In our never ending quest for the unique and interesting, I stumbled upon this strange coincidence. Although HobNob is active in over 40 other cities and boasts a growing membership that tops 250,000 at last count, HobNob Destin and HobNob Panama City are new. As we begin our City Website Launch, I was intrigued to discover the presence of another equally popular Hob Nob entity. No, not another killer community website, this Hob Nob is decidedly more pleasing to the palate. It comes in several varieties and is actually imported from France. I’m speaking, of course, about Hob Nob Wines. This California-sounding and looking wine is actually a product of France. No problem as far as I'm concerned because if it had been packaged as a fancy French wine I probably would have had to pay more. It is available locally for less than $10 per bottle and each of the wines I have indulged in so far are exuisite. This is starting to sound like a commercial, but seriously, this is un unpaid personal endorsement. Quite frankly, I love these wines as much as I love HobNobbin’! I highly reccommend the wines but I really want you to follow the link to their really cool website. Like all of the HobNob Community City sites, fun is always an element we want to include. Such is the case here; http://www.hobnobwines.com/nobbing.html
Well worth the visit, but certainly if you have a taste for the sublime in wines, check these out. Then you will really be HobNobbin’!
HobNob Dave – Reporter-at-large
THE HOBNOB-DESTIN NEWS
6 August, 2010 Destin’s Hippest News Source
............NOT QUITE BREAKING NEWS..............
BP TRYING TO ALLAY CONCERNS
HobNob News (Kind of): And Now The Ridiculous... (1) A 24-year-old man was arrested in Crestview, Fla., in April after he allegedly removed a window air-conditioner and crawled into a house in which his wife was staying. They had recently separated, and he told police that he had not "gotten any" in three weeks and was going to "get some." (2) In June in Okaloosa County, passenger Courtnea Bradley, 21, roughed up the driver while the car was moving, making it swerve wildly, thus allegedly endangering her baby in the back seat. At the subsequent traffic stop, a defiant Bradley allegedly told officers, "My (expletive) family is one of the richest around, and we will have y'all's (expletive) jobs." [Northwest Florida Daily News, 4-26-10, 6-22-10]
HobNob Dave – Reporter-at-large
