As Bushie's World Turns (The Update Thread)

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Surely it would be booked by an organizer. It doesn't make sense for it to be a free for all when finding flights.

Are you sure it's smart to take time off work for this? Aren't you still a temp? If so, I'm not sure they will retain you if you are taking trips to Kenya for extended periods of time.

If this is something that interests you, why not become a full time missionary? I've heard of people going to Africa and other places to risk their lives to spread the message of Jesus. Just do it all the time, and update us on your journey!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

How are you getting time off work for this again?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

How will he get hired full time if he's taking an extended break to dance with the natives in the jungles of Kenya?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Congrats! I'm proud of you! Have you hit the gym yet? I have been keeping in shape too since my c**t of a girlfriend split up with me. That said, I am having pizza and beer tonight while watching the election returns, so its a bit of a cheat meal for me..

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I can see the tides beginning to turn in this thread. Those must be difficult technical questions if you can't even find the answers online!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

God has a plan for BuskOK, gramps. This Kenya trip is just part of it. He wouldn't have called him to go if it meant he would lose his job and become destitute once again.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

If we have learned anything in this saga, it is the main character tends to be a bit optimistic about his chances. My advice is to take whichever job is extended to you, if one is, rather than assume Dell will rehire you. If you were having trouble with tech help and knowing answers to basic questions, I would not feel overly confident that you will be hired full time. That is the vibe I am getting from the writers. I predict, however, you will get the AT&T job, turn it down so you can spend an extra day in Kenya, and then not get hired by Dell. The main character will return to the unemployment life like he was most of last season.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Listen, brother, I am not following all these saying you're spewing out of that mouth of yours, but if you think having a sure thing job regardless of pay for the moment is better than taking a risk, then we agree.

Nothing is a sure thing, especially in Oklahoma, so if AT&T extends you an offer, take it. Don't assume Dell will hire you, because if you make that huge assumption, it will likely come back to bite you and you will be unemployed once again, and this thread will start over, with you looking for a job and hopefully finding another fiancée.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

If you can cancel on AT&T anyway, then why is this even a question? At least if Dell doesn't come through, you will have a job, and if they do, you will have choices. Sounds ideal to me. Less money coming in is better than no money coming in. Remember, you don't want to mooch off your parents anymore than you already have! You're 30 now! A big boy!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Praise!!!! You're finally getting it!! God wants us to use the common sense he so diligently gave us!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Please don't ever listen to advice your family gives you. We've seen this script before.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Please don't ever listen to advice your family gives you. We've seen this script before.

Truer words have never been spoken.

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Basically, his family is telling him to reject a job offer that he can later cancel on if he gets full time with Dell and to simply 'trust' Dell will hire him full time. We all, of course, have told him to take whatever job is offered, and if Dell comes through, he still has 2 weeks to cancel AT&T.

We have seen this episode before. BuskOK will ultimately follow the advice of his family, turn down a job offer from AT&T and subsequently get let go by Dell. Come May, he will be unemployed and will either force his mother to work more to support him or have to move back in with his parents.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Eh, if I remember correctly, didn't his parents also tell him that it was a smart move to leave the gas company for that insurance one.

Yep. The infamous "leap of faith" argument. He fell for that when he left the gas company for the scam Australian company that we all knew was a scam except for BushOK and his family.

How can it possibly be bad to accept a job offer if you can get out of it later? That's just free unemployment insurance...

That's what I told him. There's no harm in accepting it if he can cancel later if Dell hires him. It will be a job if Dell doesn't come through. It's like he would rather be unemployed than to work for AT&T.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I just saw. I think we all know where this will end up. His poor, poor mother.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It is almost a given it will. I'll be shocked if it works out as smoothly as BushOK explains.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

This is maddening yet so entertaining at the same time. I keep giving advice knowing he won't follow it. It's almost the definition of insanity!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

whoa, whoa, whoa... spoiler warning???

Most certainly. We all know the story would likely end if he gets a job, so I think we can fill in the blanks as to his intention with that comment.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Here we go! Best of luck to you, BushOK!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I have a feeling the writers are setting up the main character for a massive fall.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Evidence by his tendency to repeat things over and over again before something fails, I would say Lief is right. (see ON Company, fiancees, etc). Prior to both those failures, the main character would insist on repeating why he was confident of his success and read into people's actions surrounding the situation way too often. In this episode, the same thing is happening, while, at the same time, the main character is making the audience keenly aware that things will not end once he is not offered the job.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I think the groundwork was laid as early as last week when he failed to interview with AT&T, citing his family and God advised him not to do it, harkening back to the ON Company debunkle when the same two people told him to take the risk. There, the main character also repeated self assuring facts and "evidence" that convinced him he had done the right thing, most of which didn't exist. It remains to be seen whether the big eyes, grins and such are simply a figment of his imagination or whether they actually existed.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I doubt they would shred interview papers before they had all been conducted, and if they were dead set on giving you the job, I don't think they would continue to interview people. They probably haven't made the final decision, but I am sure you are in the running considering your time there. It is cheaper to keep someone on than to hire a new worker. But if your only advantage is a security clearance, I would be worried. Frankly, running a background check isn't too difficult. It isn't like you're working for the FBI where its a 2 month process.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

You could be right. I do hope it works out for you either way, but I don't want you to get your hopes up so much with all this speculation. In past episodes, we have seen where speculation and taking leaps of faith has gotten you.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Why would they send you a job offer in the middle of the night based on assumptions you yourself made? Are you just psyching yourself out tonight in preparation?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

What're the odds he was offered a job today?