<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>business : forum : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.combusiness/f/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>4417</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/4417/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Out Of Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[ I've got jury duty tomorrow and need to turn on the Out Of Office feature on my email.  So, instead of the normal &quot;I'll be out of the office&quot;, I wanted something with a little pizazz.   Here's what I got.  &quot;I have been selected to fulfill and important duty of citizenship - Jury Duty.  Although I'm sure the defendant is probably guilty, I will sit and listen to the entire case before I throw the book at him.  Until we 12 civil servants reach our unanimous decision, I will be out of the offic...]]></description><comments>12</comments><score></score><crdate>6/8/2008 11:16:21 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-08T11:16:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>453</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/453/1/</url><title><![CDATA[not hiring smokers...fair or not?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that some buisnesses now are refusing to hire smokers. Not just not letting them take smoke breaks, but if they are cought smoking anywhere or found to have nicotine in their systems they can be fired for it.<br/><br/>My husband (who is a non-smoker) who has been job hunting had to go through drug screening for nicotine for 2 places. When there companies decided to go smoke-free, these companies told their employees that they had a definite date to stop smoking or they would be fired. and the...]]></description><comments>38</comments><score></score><crdate>12/15/2006 11:22:41 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-15T11:22:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4155</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/4155/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Work Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Tell us a story about something that happened where you work (or worked).  I'll start us out with this one.     I work in a call center. We had one of the TVs on one night, set to ESPN classics. It was one of the old Lakers/Celtics games, back when Magic and Bird were both playing. They had the short shorts and all that.  This older woman stands up and asks loudly. &quot;Whose winning the game? I got some money on this one.&quot;...]]></description><comments>60</comments><score></score><crdate>5/9/2008 2:37:00 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-09T14:37:00+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4184</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/4184/1/</url><title><![CDATA[I love my job]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Monday morning isn't usually my most favourite time to be in work however this morning was different.  Work has been very stressful of late, we have lost staff members and had trouble finding good replacements, that coupled with the fact that we are expanding at a ridiculous rate and having our busiest year since opening have led to long working hours extreme workloads and general ball aching tiredness.  Our MD came in this morning with a big grin on his face,last month my branch broke all records for turn...]]></description><comments>24</comments><score></score><crdate>5/12/2008 2:43:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-12T14:43:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4141</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/4141/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Not Hispanic or Latino]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Can someone please explain to me why I keep seeing this? Do we really need help figuring out what isn't Hispanic or Latino?          http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/wheelah/nothispanicorlation.jpg     forumimage('http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/wheelah/nothispanicorlation.jpg','xhttpi12photobucketcomalbumsa231wheelahnothispanicorlationjpg');...]]></description><comments>37</comments><score></score><crdate>5/8/2008 10:31:58 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-08T10:31:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4067</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/4067/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Fees, fees, fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Didn't think this was worthy of a news article but for disussion in the forums.      http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/ConsumerActionGuide/The12MostOutrageousFees.aspx     Fees.  There are some fees that I can tolerate, other are just outright outrageous.  They call them &quot;convenience fees&quot; and they are convenient for WHO?  The Ticketmaster ones are ones that I despise.  A few years ago they recommended you get the emailed tickets (free at the time).  Nowadays you pay a fee to hav...]]></description><comments>5</comments><score></score><crdate>4/29/2008 4:33:50 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-29T16:33:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3902</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/3902/1/</url><title><![CDATA[So I'm the Underdog as usual]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I have a promotion interview this coming Thursday and of course I am the long shot! just call me Underdog.  I'm 31 and the avg age of the people going to this interview is around 42-43 years old.  I have had 2 years experence at my present occupation when the other peeps have on avg 10-12 years experence.  We all had to take a test just to get the interview.  so the group went from about 15 people to 5 people.  I took the test just to see if I'd pass and I did.  Anyone have any tips or tricks for this in...]]></description><comments>8</comments><score></score><crdate>4/12/2008 9:48:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-12T21:48:31+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3782</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/3782/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Call Center Support]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Since there was a bit of a thread-jack on iny's cell phone topic, I thought I'd bring it over here.  You can be a member of one of two camps:  Call Center Employee Supporter  or  Call Center Employee Abuser . Which do you belong to and why?...]]></description><comments>34</comments><score></score><crdate>3/31/2008 4:36:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-31T16:36:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>987</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/987/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Relig... no, wait. Pyramid Schemes: What's your stance?]]></title><description><![CDATA[ I was just pointing out at someone on another forum why it's not plausible to assume that he can get $15k by sending $25 to people on a list and then forwarding the letter to 5 buddies.  Not too long ago I tried to talk my wife out of hosting a Mary Kay party. Not sure if the issue is dropped, at least for now it is. I know the host doesn't necessarily get screwed over in those things (apart from peer pressure to buy overpriced stuff), but it's a principle not to participate in a scam.  Mary Kay, Amway, Av...]]></description><comments>19</comments><score></score><crdate>5/8/2007 5:01:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-08T05:01:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3546</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/3546/1/</url><title><![CDATA[I'm so sick of seeing &quot;Female bartenders only&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[ So yeah, I'm looking for a new job - I am a bartender and like half of the bar tending jobs say 'females only', which unless I am mistaken is ILLEGAL?!   Isn't that discrimination? How do I get people to stop this or look into it? I mean, I get why they'd rather have some hot 20 year old girl in a tight outfit behind the bar, but I am sick of all of these companies blatantly tossing up ads for 'female only' bar tending positions. GRRRR!!!...]]></description><comments>32</comments><score></score><crdate>3/8/2008 9:53:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-08T21:53:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3390</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/3390/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Expensive job benefits...]]></title><description><![CDATA[ If you haven't noticed, a lot of jobs that used to be common for Americans to have been going overseas. This is because American labor is very expensive compared to labor from other countries. This to me seems to be a problem. Now that we live in a global economy we have to compete globally for jobs. I don't think people now completely understand this. The wages we demand are alright, but I think that a lot of the added benefits we demand with our jobs need to be cut back in order to better compete globall...]]></description><comments>51</comments><score></score><crdate>2/20/2008 11:37:56 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T11:37:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2146</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/2146/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Investing Woes and WOOOHOOOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[ About two years ago, on the night that Apple announced the coming of the iPod video, I decided that I was going to invest in Apple.  That night their stock was under $50.  I told my father that I wanted to put a bunch of money into AAPL and that I wanted him to pass this on to my financial adviser/investor.  My dad got back to me the next day and told me that I was advised not to put anything into Apple.  They were being inflated by the holidays and their stock was sure to plummet in the near future.  Toda...]]></description><comments>19</comments><score></score><crdate>10/30/2007 4:04:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-30T16:04:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2919</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/2919/1/</url><title><![CDATA[High Interest Savings Accounts - Need Help!]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Do we have a financial guru in the house?  I want to start saving money for future big purchases.  For example, I want to buy a new (or new to me) car in the next couple of years...so instead of paying the loan company, I figured I would start making payments to myself right now.  Then - in a few years - I could pay cash for the car I wanted.  With that in mind, I'm interested in opening up a High Interest Savings Account and have a few questions.  1.  Compounding Interest - do you want daily, monthly, qua...]]></description><comments>8</comments><score></score><crdate>1/14/2008 2:23:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-14T14:23:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2736</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/2736/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Shopper of Doom]]></title><description><![CDATA[ 3 months ago, my husband and I bought some furniture, theatre seating for the living room.  Yesterday, the release for the foot rest on one of them broke.  Hubbin calls the store to see about getting R&amp;R...And discovers the store has since closed down.  2 months ago, I bought new tires for my car.  That business is now in the final days of their going out of business sale.   AAAAHHHH!  If you see me coming, close the doors!!! I guess the thing that bugs me is that these were both nationwide corporation...]]></description><comments>1</comments><score></score><crdate>12/26/2007 12:40:36 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-26T12:40:36+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2700</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/2700/1/</url><title><![CDATA[just my luck]]></title><description><![CDATA[ In case some of you don't know, I'm moving to Raleigh, NC at the end of this month for better job opportunity....  I had applied to numerous places and heard back from one that seemed like a great job. I went in for an interview and everything went well. After the interview, he told me to email my salary requirements and other questions I had and we would go from there. So I emailed him and he wrote back that everything sounded great and that he thinks I would make a great addition to the group. (I got the...]]></description><comments>9</comments><score></score><crdate>12/21/2007 2:18:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-21T14:18:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2088</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/2088/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The EVIL that is Pay Pal]]></title><description><![CDATA[ I posted this over at worth but because some people don't visit both sites and I'm angry and I'd like to know if anyone else has had this issue, I'm posting here too:  I've heard others complain about them, their fees, etc.  I've had a Pay Pal account for a long time, never had any problem with them, had nice smooth transactions, bought and sold stuff with ease.  I haven't sold anything in over a year but never had any complaints, no chargebacks, no disputes, in fact, got awesome feedback on e-bay.  And th...]]></description><comments>25</comments><score></score><crdate>10/24/2007 12:13:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-24T12:13:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1873</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/1873/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Guide to Hiring Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[ A bit old and short to post on the front page so I am posting this here...   [we need center tags] 1943 Guide to Hiring Women [/we need center tags]   The following is an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine. This was written for male supervisors of women in the work force during World War II.   &quot;Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees: There's no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and ma...]]></description><comments>16</comments><score></score><crdate>9/30/2007 6:02:32 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-30T18:02:32+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1804</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/1804/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Compendium of Notable NY Times Links]]></title><description><![CDATA[ As was  mentioned , The NY Times has done away with their subscription area of their online archives and more importantly have made available - for free - articles from  1987 to the present and from 1851 to 1922 will be offered free of charge.  It is a real shame that we don't get the articles from 1922-1987. That leaves a lot of great news stories such as the Moon Landing that we can't read, but hey we still have a ton of stories to peruse.  Let's list a few of the better finds in that old dusty archive: ...]]></description><comments>1</comments><score></score><crdate>9/19/2007 11:08:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-19T23:08:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1076</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/1076/1/</url><title><![CDATA[I think I just bought a business(wish me luck)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just got off the phone with a friend that wants to sell his business. He offered me a chance (first shot) to take it over. I could easily get into six digit income by Xmas if I can do it. Best part is...I know the business, it's where I started.*fingers xrossed*...]]></description><comments>23</comments><score></score><crdate>5/23/2007 11:05:42 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-23T23:05:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>966</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/966/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Are Telemarketers  Going to Hell?]]></title><description><![CDATA[ ... Or would we just like for them to?  I've been getting calls to my cell phone from an 800 number for the past couple of days, asking for some person named Lisa (and I don't even  know  a Lisa).  Not only that, but when I answer I am immediately put on hold (&quot;We have an important message for you.  All of our operators are currently busy.  Please hold.&quot;) and have had to wait as long as two minutes just to tell them that they have the wrong number!  Personally, I think it is the hight of rudeness...]]></description><comments>18</comments><score></score><crdate>5/4/2007 11:28:58 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-04T11:28:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1009</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/f/1009/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Internet Mosaic]]></title><description><![CDATA[ I have been using Internet mosaic to direct traffic for free to my blogs and shops     http://treebeard31.internetmosaic.com/    Have you tried it?...]]></description><comments>1</comments><score></score><crdate>5/12/2007 2:01:35 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-12T02:01:35+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>