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| The Ice Cream Man |
I am interviewing a manager for the first time. (I've always promoted from within, and this is a "store manager, ideally with the ability to become a subsidiary manager", so its a bit different.) I'd like to ask the young man coming in, if he's carrying a pocket knife, as I think its absurd for a grown man to not carry one - but I realize many people have been conditioned to not have one. I ALWAYS have a pen on me, but I think that's a lawyer thing. (My brother is a contractor, and always has a measuring tape on him/in his truck, and thinks its absurd that I don.t) | ||
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Age Quod Agis |
I wouldn't. I almost never carry a pocket knife, but I have a 3" lock back in my shoulder bag, and a multi-tool and 10" Ontario camp knife in my truck. I'm probably not carrying that bag to an interview, however, as it's pretty obvious that there are guns and extra magazines in it. On the odd occasion where I wear a suit, or other "fancy" interview clothing, I carry a 938 in the pocket, and leave the heavy stuff behind. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Alea iacta est |
I almost always have a pen, and I always carry a Spiderco Dragonfly (tiny knife). I am the GM of a wholesale food - warehousing business. The “lol” thread | |||
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Raptorman |
I keep a pocket spectrometer. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
I'm retired, so this is pretty much irrelevant, but I've ALWAYS carried a 3 blade pocket knife, usually an Uncle Henry and lately a Buck since I lost my last Uncle Henry. 99% of my working life was in maintenance of one sort or another and I'd use a knife multiple times a day. Still do, in fact. I never did develop the habit of carrying a pen/pencil. When I was working electronics and IT, I also carried a "pocket tweeker" a little screwdriver with a pocket clip on it, carried in my shirt pocket. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Member |
I am an accountant, but in my early career I relocated small factories & worked in the oil fields. I always have a small pocket knife & pen handy. When I go out, an Infidel is in my right rear pocket & a pen is in my left front pocket with my car key. __________________________________________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit! Sigs Owned - A Bunch | |||
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What is the purpose of your light color analysis ? I had to look it up. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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Reading glasses in multiples. Blind computer programmer. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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| You didn't get penetration even with the elephant gun.  |
I always keep a speculum in my pocket. Juuuuust in case. ______________________________ DONT TREAD ON ME | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Same here on the pen in pocket. But... the knife is usually in the vehicle. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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15 years ago, while interviewing for an electrical engineering position, the manager over the position saw the clip on the edge of my pocket and asked about my knife. I'm not sure "are you carrying a knife?" is an appropriate interview question; but if they are presenting evidence, then you could ask. Mine was (and still is) a Gerber Air Ranger. Big enough to be useful, very thin, and a sturdy clip on the side. Peter | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Don't look now, then, because I think you'll discover a lot of absurdity all around you. Of all the men with whom I've been acquainted in my life, across a wide spectrum of professions and personal interests, I can think of only three others of which I was aware carried a pocket knife. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Raptorman |
I am the color scientist for an Architectural firm's manufacturing division. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I always have a pen in my shirt pocket. I have in the past carried a small pocketknife (a gift from my Best Friend) but it and its replacements kept getting confiscated by the airlines, so I stopped. For years I carried a small compact 10-foot rule. My job didn't require it, but it was small and I found occasional uses for it. It has been lost for some time and the current replacements are bigger, so I don't have one now. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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I carry two knives every day (even to the office)...a Kershaw Blur and a smaller S&W SWAT. I also carry a small flashlight. when I'm at the office there is also a pen in my shirt pocket. My wife thinks I'm a bit crazy but that is the way I was brought up....... _________ Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. Henry Ford | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
I think any person should carry a pen and a pocket knife. Those are gimmies. I carry a tiny “Rite in the Rain” capped pen that’s about 3 inches long, and an Emerson. Got multiple options for both, but both are the bare minimum to me. Badge/gun for my job, but you’d be dumbfounded to know how few do when they are off. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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I’ve carried a pocket knife of some variety since I was 12 (a long time ago), even if dressed in a suit & tie. Currently it’s a ZT 350. Often it’s in addition to a fixed blade (either one of sybo’s or a Walter Sorrels blade) if I’m going to a doctor’s appointment and can’t carry my pistol in the medical building. ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
Now that I am retired, I still carry a pen and a pocket knife. Never was asked if I carried a knife but plenty of people asked to use the pen. | |||
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My profession is "Retired", but always carry a Fenix E99Ti micro light and a Leatherman Micra. | |||
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| Partial dichotomy |
Years ago I remember always putting my pocket knife into an x-ray tray in the airport. How things have changed... SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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