Here is the way I explain a flint lock to a less than interested group of students: A flint lock is an ollld type of gun. Think revolutionary war. The flint is on the cock (this is where the students laugh...)
Basically, when you pull the trigger, the cock flies forward and hits down really hard. The flint is a rock that makes a spark when this happens. Think boy scouts striking stones together to make a spark. Same principle. The spark is what ignites the gunpowder to go BOOM! So no flint, no spark, no boom.
Very old type of gun though.
Alrighty then -
I asked my boss about the facebook thing...because it's been a week and she hasn't said anything, but I didn't add her. Luckily, this was because she felt just as awkward, and she was hoping that I just wouldn't say anything. I laughed to myself. People are all sort of alike. I was nervous to ask her because she was my boss, and she was nervous to ask me because I'm an employee.
So I got forms from my job today...like thirty of them. To re-apply for the job that I already have. I would explain how that makes sense, but I don't want to lie.
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3 comments:
Very good explanation of a flint lock.
Why would you have to re-apply for a job you already have? Yeah, I know, you said it doesn't make sense.
Re-applying for a job you have...sounds like what my friend in New York has to go through every 5 years. He is a researcher for the VA hospital. The government grants are reviewed every 5 years and by their rules the higher ups HAVE to open all the jobs up for a rehiring phase. It's basically their way of seeing if there's someone newer and cheaper out there. Unfortunately, it means if he wants to keep his job (or attempt to keep it) he has to reapply. Stupid, yeah, but that's the way it's done.
Hope you can keep the your job - it doesn't sound like you enjoy it much, but its a job.
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