working out for Disney

[StarWarsGirl]

Thank you. What is most frustrating for me is I received an email telling me that I was getting a video interview and when I was walked out of my last AA interview, I was told I would go straight to the video interview if I reapplied. I haven't received a rejection email yet, so it might be they've filled their training slots for the first quarter. But I think I might send them an email asking them what happened. I don't know. I'll sleep on it.

That is frustrating. This has been quite the ordeal for you trying to get into this industry.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good evening

I skipped the gym yesterday. Not really by choice; our weather was terrible. About an inch of snow with freezing rain later. I went to work late to give the roads a chance to clear in the morning. We have a garage, so I parked there, and then I just headed straivht home afterwards.

I did make it today. Only 30 minutes on the elliptical. Tomorrow I work from home (and work and the gym are 20 minutes away) so I'll try to get in some strength training at home. I'm hoping to get up early enough to make it to the gym on Thursday or Friday since I can't go after work on either day.

I am sure you know this, but there's loads of free workouts on YouTube, if you ever can't make the gym. If you tell me what you like, I could probably find something for you if you ever felt like doing that. My husband is one of those people who needs to go to the gym and I am the opposite.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning ☀

I looked at my schedule and I had an active recovery day on it. I woke up with a ton of energy and so I decided to do an hour long capoeira and muy Thai workout. I feel great and a little less frustrated. I haven't done this type of workout in a while, so I'll probably feel it tomorrow.

I might try to get out for a walk. I need to suck it up and get out there. It's just been really rainy here, but I think it might be clear today.

Have a great day, everyone!

 

[epcotisbest]

My wife requested breakfast for supper last night and I made ham and sausage biscuits, tater tots and scrambled eggs. There were some buttery, cheese grits too, but they did not make it to the photo.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Training runs went well last week. 4 miles on Thursday felt pretty good and I was really shocked, but 12.5 miles on Friday felt really good. Half of that run was one lap of the half marathon I'm running on New Year's day. My only beef is that the second half of each lap will be uphill. It also enabled me to map out a 1 mile pre-race warm up. I was slow, but I've been using it to work on heart rate. I also must have done really good stretching and massage work after, because I had no soreness. I gave myself an extra rest day over the weekend because I was exhausted from going to Austin to get more stuff from my FIL's, but I also did something to my back. I got back into the gym on Monday and finally ran again today, but I'm still having to avoid certain things so it can rest/heal. I didn't lift anything particularly heavy, so I think it was our "near-accident" on the way home.

The road we take to get to Austin is a highway and goes up to 75MPH in some spots, and is at least 2 lanes in each direction (up to 4 in some spots). Some of those fast spots have a center median, but those that don't have a double yellow line. Well, some moron decided he wanted to make a left turn in a 75MPH section with a double yellow line. So, he was sitting there in the middle of the highway at a complete stop. We drove separately because we'd be taking more home on this visit. My husband was in the right lane about a half a mile ahead of me, so he wasn't in harm's way, but he also didn't want to call me and risk distracting me. I'm thankful that my brakes did their job, that the two vehicles ahead of me had enough room ahead of the car running parallel to me to swerve, and that all of the drivers behind me were also alert and had good brakes. Unfortunately, I tensed up for impact and with the hard braking, it must have tweaked my back. What's pathetic is that this person had a safe/legal left turn option just a mile up the road. I know some of these older ranchers that live along this road resent the growth of the highway and probably feel they should still be able to make the left turns they used to be able to make when it was a slower road, but that's no reason to turn the road into a death trap with selfish driving practices.

Other than that, I still have yet to find the time to put up any interior holiday decorations. It's going to happen...it has to happen, but I'm still not sure when It at least felt a little Christmasy today. It was around 30 when I ran this morning. We even had some frost!

Of course, it'll be about 75 degrees here on Christmas!

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning-

I did a jump rope/kettle bell workout. Not in a rush to do this one again. I wasn't feeling it. My kettlebells were too heavy to perform some of the exercises correctly. It's too chilly for a walk today. It's really windy and that's making the wind chill dive into the single digits. I've been getting steps deep cleaning the house for the holidays anyway.

I still haven't received my official "thanks, but no thanks" email from American. I drafted a letter to send them when I do get it. I am just asking for an explanation of why I got an email telling me I was getting a video interview only to be rejected. I feel like this might be an error. They are still actively hiring, so it's not a positions are filled issue. Honestly, I didn't think it would be this difficult to be hired. I meet and exceed requirements. It's not like I am applying for a MacArthur Genius Grant.

Have a great day, everyone.

 

[MinnieM123]

Good morning-

I did a jump rope/kettle bell workout. Not in a rush to do this one again. I wasn't feeling it. My kettlebells were too heavy to perform some of the exercises correctly. It's too chilly for a walk today. It's really windy and that's making the wind chill dive into the single digits. I've been getting steps deep cleaning the house for the holidays anyway.

I still haven't received my official "thanks, but no thanks" email from American. I drafted a letter to send them when I do get it. I am just asking for an explanation of why I got an email telling me I was getting a video interview only to be rejected. I feel like this might be an error. They are still actively hiring, so it's not a positions are filled issue. Honestly, I didn't think it would be this difficult to be hired. I meet and exceed requirements. It's not like I am applying for a MacArthur Genius Grant.

Have a great day, everyone.

Normally, I'd say to not bother sending the email, as (most) potential employers rarely respond or give an honest answer, anyway. However, in this instance, you might have an angle to use -- you're only inquiring whether there might have been an oversight in your case. about the video interview, as you had received an email, that you WOULD be granted a video interview. (That's a reasonable question.)

Hence, it's not like you're asking them directly WHY you were not chosen -- you're inquiring if there was perhaps a computer glitch, or whatever. (Still, they may not respond, but if you don't write to them, you may second guess your decision down the line. Sometimes, people just want some sort of closure, as well.)

So no right or wrong here, just a few rambling thoughts I had above.

 

[Sans Souci]

Normally, I'd say to not bother sending the email, as (most) potential employers rarely respond or give an honest answer, anyway. However, in this instance, you might have an angle to use -- you're only inquiring whether there might have been an oversight in your case. about the video interview, as you had received an email, that you WOULD be granted a video interview. (That's a reasonable question.)

Hence, it's not like you're asking them directly WHY you were not chosen -- you're inquiring if there was perhaps a computer glitch, or whatever. (Still, they may not respond, but if you don't write to them, you may second guess your decision down the line. Sometimes, people just want some sort of closure, as well.)

So no right or wrong here, just a few rambling thoughts I had above.

I agree with you. I wouldn't bother if it was just a flat out "no." I am doing this because I received an email telling me that they had been inundated with applications, but to be patient, because I would be receiving an email to do a video interview. I just want to make sure I play every card in my hand, because this doesn't make sense to me. If it turns out they changed their minds or whatever, I'll accept it and move on.

 

[epcotisbest]

@Sans Souci I want to pass along a brief conversation my wife and I had not long ago that made me think of you.
No real advice here, just an observation that made me think.
My wife does most of the hiring in her organization and works hard to find the right person out of multiple applications and resumes she has to go through. She was sitting on the couch one night with three stacks of resumes, first the unread, then two sorted piles, a very small stack that will be followed up on and called for interviews, and a bigger stack that did not make the interview cut.
I asked her how she chooses who to interview and who to not persue further. Of course, the answer was not surprising, some who went in the no pile included ones with sloppy resumes, little relevant experience, or, more often than not, overqualified and doubtful to stick around for a long time as their resumes show they are agressively seeking advancement (something she can't offer a whole lot of), and those who seem to jump from job to job, not staying for much time at any one place.
I asked her what was the hardest part of the process and she said two things, one was there were some that she wanted to offer a job to because she felt they really needed it but were not really qualified, but the next thing she said is what surprised me. She said every time she did this, she always felt she may have made a mistake and felt that probably the best person for the job did not even get an interview, did not make it past the resume stage.
She said she always feels she may have not even interviewed the right person, that the best candidate, someone who would make a great, long-term dedicated employee she may have overlooked for whatever reason and it bugged her thinking that some small thing may have eliminated the best candidate, and she is the one who made the decision not to even interview.
She flat out said that she often thinks she may have eliminated the best choice without even knowing it and will never know what might have been had she not made the decision she did.
Sometimes things work out good for her and the organization with new hires, and sometimes she has to start all over to refill a position that she obviously did not hire the right person for, or they might have been the right choice but things changed in their life and they had to move on for whatever reason.
I think my point, if there is one, is sometimes people get overlooked for no known or real reason. Sometimes hiring managers make a mistake, sometimes they have lots of choices and have to decide based on something as simple as a misspelled word on a resume, misunderstanding the applicant's past work history, or simply feeling they move too often, or and she did tell me this too "Who knows, I might have found someone I think would be right and then I accidently put that person's resume in the wrong pile and never even get to meet them because I was careless while hastily trying to go through all these. Wouldn't it suck if I put the right person's resume in the wrong pile?"
I asked her if she thought she had ever done that? She said "It's possible."

 

[Sans Souci]

@Sans Souci I want to pass along a brief conversation my wife and I had not long ago that made me think of you.
No real advice here, just an observation that made me think.
My wife does most of the hiring in her organization and works hard to find the right person out of multiple applications and resumes she has to go through. She was sitting on the couch one night with three stacks of resumes, first the unread, then two sorted piles, a very small stack that will be followed up on and called for interviews, and a bigger stack that did not make the interview cut.
I asked her how she chooses who to interview and who to not persue further. Of course, the answer was not surprising, some who went in the no pile included ones with sloppy resumes, little relevant experience, or, more often than not, overqualified and doubtful to stick around for a long time as their resumes show they are agressively seeking advancement (something she can't offer a whole lot of), and those who seem to jump from job to job, not staying for much time at any one place.
I asked her what was the hardest part of the process and she said two things, one was there were some that she wanted to offer a job to because she felt they really needed it but were not really qualified, but the next thing she said is what surprised me. She said every time she did this, she always felt she may have made a mistake and felt that probably the best person for the job did not even get an interview, did not make it past the resume stage.
She said she always feels she may have not even interviewed the right person, that the best candidate, someone who would make a great, long-term dedicated employee she may have overlooked for whatever reason and it bugged her thinking that some small thing may have eliminated the best candidate, and she is the one who made the decision not to even interview.
She flat out said that she often thinks she may have eliminated the best choice without even knowing it and will never know what might have been had she not made the decision she did.
Sometimes things work out good for her and the organization with new hires, and sometimes she has to start all over to refill a position that she obviously did not hire the right person for, or they might have been the right choice but things changed in their life and they had to move on for whatever reason.
I think my point, if there is one, is sometimes people get overlooked for no known or real reason. Sometimes hiring managers make a mistake, sometimes they have lots of choices and have to decide based on something as simple as a misspelled word on a resume, misunderstanding the applicant's past work history, or simply feeling they move too often, or and she did tell me this too "Who knows, I might have found someone I think would be right and then I accidently put that person's resume in the wrong pile and never even get to meet them because I was careless while hastily trying to go through all these. Wouldn't it suck if I put the right person's resume in the wrong pile?"
I asked her if she thought she had ever done that? She said "It's possible."

I do think people get passed over for a lot of reasons. It's good that your wife actually looks at resumes. The airlines use software that look for keywords, which I think passes over a lot of potential applicants. What frustrates me is I watch some Flight Attendant channels on You Tube and some of them are so unprofessional. They complain about pay--they are 100% transparent about pay scale at these interviews. They complain about working red eye flights, passengers, co-workers, their employer. I get that people want to blow off steam, but I would never do on a You Tube channel. Honestly, if you are that miserable, leave. These are the people who get hired.

I flew American to Chicago for Thanksgiving and this one flight attendant showed up in a wrinkled uniform with car hair all over it. Nice. Another couldn't be bothered to say good bye/happy thanksgiving to people as they left the aircraft. I would never be a slob and I would never glare at people as they exited the air craft. I honestly feel I would be an asset to the cabin crew of any airline.

 

[Sans Souci]

Happy Friday!

I did a workout called "Summer Shred 21 X." It had a little bit of everything and it fit the bill for what I wanted today. I'm going out for Vietnamese food with my husband today.

I need to finalize what I am cooking on the 24th and 25th. I'm usually on it, but this year, I'm not. It's only the three of us, so it's really not a big deal. I do end up cooking more food than we have storage space for.

I finally got my email from American yesterday and I sent out my drafted email back. I'll see what happens. I had to take a personality test when I applied back in February and I was told the results were still valid when they walked me out of the interview. If that changed, they should have given the test again when I applied in October. It's not adding up to me. I have played every card in my hand now. It's up to them. But maybe it's a good thing. I don't know.

Take care, everyone.

 

[epcotisbest]

I honestly feel I would be an asset to the cabin crew of any airline.

I think so too.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Happy Friday!

I did a workout called "Summer Shred 21 X." It had a little bit of everything and it fit the bill for what I wanted today. I'm going out for Vietnamese food with my husband today.

I need to finalize what I am cooking on the 24th and 25th. I'm usually on it, but this year, I'm not. It's only the three of us, so it's really not a big deal. I do end up cooking more food than we have storage space for.

I finally got my email from American yesterday and I sent out my drafted email back. I'll see what happens. I had to take a personality test when I applied back in February and I was told the results were still valid when they walked me out of the interview. If that changed, they should have given the test again when I applied in October. It's not adding up to me. I have played every card in my hand now. It's up to them. But maybe it's a good thing. I don't know.

Take care, everyone.

Personally, I think personality tests are the stupidest way of weeding out people. I feel like interviews should be enough to determine if someone's qualified. Aptitude tests, yes. Personality tests, nope.

 

[Sans Souci]

Personally, I think personality tests are the stupidest way of weeding out people. I feel like interviews should be enough to determine if someone's qualified. Aptitude tests, yes. Personality tests, nope.

This one was so ridiculously transparent, too. Each question was a situation and you had to select one of four solutions you felt was best. Two were absolute stinkers and you should retire from humanity if you thought these solutions were in any way appropriate. The other two were "better" and "best" responses.

 

[Figgy1]

I woke up for my morning workout, as usual. It was nothing exciting, but I felt decent during it and had a lot of energy. Maybe it's also because I realized, just before hitting the bike, that I forgot to move the stupid Elf on a Shelf. We received this darn thing in summer of 2018, so it's not like it's some long-standing family tradition. My kids are a bit older and know about Santa and such, but they enjoy this. So, I torture myself and try to make it fun. After moving Ollie and leaving his mess from the previous day behind, I hit the gym. I thought about putting in my 4 miles rest week long run today, but I'm going to wait until tomorrow morning after our cool front goes through.

I also tried something a little bit different today. I know I've mentioned hummus before, but I've always worked with canned organic garbanzo beans. This time, I cooked dried beans in the InstaPot. I cooked the heck out of them! This also allowed me to season them for a first time in the cooking process. Holy cow...the end result was the creamiest hummus I've ever made! And there are still enough beans for at least two more batches...for a fraction of the price of the canned beans. WIN!

Hummus is one thing I don't mind making because I put the beans in the pot with the seasonings let them go forever and process them when I get time after they've cooled a bit when I'm not busy

 

[Figgy1]

I think so too.

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[Figgy1]

Happy very belated birthday @Sans Souci

 

[Figgy1]

Sorry I've been away for so long again but between the snow and mostly ice, the guys getting sick and my dh having some days to use by the end of the year just eeeeekkkkkk not to mention the last of my holiday gift making. guess what boys asked for fleece jammies with 2 weeks to go Everything is bought or made and wrapped ready for the big day.
Anyhoo with the carpy weather LS and yoga is about all I've had time to do and this morning may be my last formal anything until Thursday because in about an hour or so the annual baking and cooking marathon begins. first up a gazillion cookies, then prep for the feast of 7 fishes when the last cookie is baked. If I don't get back here

 

[epcotisbest]

Sorry I've been away for so long again but between the snow and mostly ice, the guys getting sick and my dh having some days to use by the end of the year just eeeeekkkkkk not to mention the last of my holiday gift making. guess what boys asked for fleece jammies with 2 weeks to go Everything is bought or made and wrapped ready for the big day.
Anyhoo with the carpy weather LS and yoga is about all I've had time to do and this morning may be my last formal anything until Thursday because in about an hour or so the annual baking and cooking marathon begins. first up a gazillion cookies, then prep for the feast of 7 fishes when the last cookie is baked. If I don't get back here View attachment 435481View attachment 435482View attachment 435483View attachment 435485

Nice to hear from you again. Stop by when you can. If you can't stop, wave as you go by.

 

[Figgy1]

Waves hi! I baked hundreds of cookies, candied pecans, all the gifts are wrapped and the stockings are stuffed. Still have just a bit of cleaning to do or I may make the boys do most of it