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Don Spang says: I once found myself winging it in a job interview and somewhat exaggerated my technical experience in the field of mainframe computer operations. 24 years later, I'm still there. Ever had to improvise to get by? Tell us you tales of MacGyver-type genius.

(, Thu 28 Mar 2013, 12:31)
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Temping as a demolitions expert
I never had a great education, living out in the middle of nowhere, but I somehow managed to get a temp job doing demolitions.

My first assignment was massive, apparently the place was the headquarters of some multi-national organisation or something. Having never done anything like this before, I was quite nervous, but I had support from a few colleagues, and I'd been provided with a computer and software to help calculate where to place the charges. However, something didn't sit right with me, so I decided to ignore the computer and go with my gut instincts.

The bosses weren't too pleased when they heard, naturally. You just can't afford to botch these type of things. In the end I pulled it off fine, much to the relief of everyone back at base, and the place came apart spectacularly!

The twats rebuilt it though :'(
(, Sun 31 Mar 2013, 4:43, 4 replies)
yabu
imjussayin
(, Sun 31 Mar 2013, 14:44, closed)
No they didn't. It was the one after.
You can't even get Star Wars right you utter, utter dullard.
(, Sun 31 Mar 2013, 19:27, closed)
my bad
been a while since i've seen them
(, Sun 31 Mar 2013, 19:45, closed)
Your
bad what? Back? Knees?
(, Sun 31 Mar 2013, 20:02, closed)
There's nothing like correcting factual inaccuracies in Star Wars posts to demonstrate one is a normal balanced human being.

(, Mon 1 Apr 2013, 14:10, closed)

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