That's how you do onboarding
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@asdf said in That's how you do onboarding:
Strip clubs are not acceptable locations for teambuilding exercises. (Apparently, there's a story behind that rule.)
Things @asdf isn't allowed to do at the company?
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@Yamikuronue said in That's how you do onboarding:
There's got to be a story behind @asdf's stupid rules
There's a story behind the first rule (allegedly). The second rule is just pseudo-feminist bullshit as far as I know.
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(for those who didn't get the reference:)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG
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@fbmac Dunno. I'm not defending the rule here XD
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There's the end of that...
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@Maciejasjmj Wow, that X-COM one is great! :D
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@JazzyJosh said in That's how you do onboarding:
@dangeRuss Not sure why Install Printer is a First Day task.
Btw, I found that I've joined my current company for 1.5 months now, but I have no printer set up yet.
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@Yamikuronue said in That's how you do onboarding:
people can end up with purple prose because they feel the need to elaborate on every single item in the room.
Sir Walter Scott spent a page and a half describing the clothing of a couple of swineherds in Ivanhoe. The guys weren't even the among the main characters!
Edit: Ivanhoe is one of my favorite books. All the references that come from it, or that Sir Scott put into it (I'm not sure which all are which) are just amazing!
"Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..."
Yes, that's from the Princess Bride (also a great book and movie), but it's also applicable here.
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@djls45 I tried to read the once and future king series many years ago, but then there was a paragraph covering nearly two pages describing the landscape that Lancelot was looking out over, I lost motivation