# A Test post for kaylasdad99 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376 "2003-06-25T21:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/1 "2003-06-25T21:50:02Z")
Sorry, I hope I’m not violating any board policies by using this post as a clipboard for my letter of intruduction. I am in the enviable position of having a document on a computer from which I can neither e-mail, print, nor save. I beg you to bear with me: [spoiler]Kaylasdad99 Address Anaheim, CA 92801 To whom it may concern: The purpose of this letter is to introduce myself to you as a prospective employee. Ahem: “Whom it may concern, kaylasdad99, kaylasdad, Whom.” Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s get to the meat of the matter. I am currently seeking employment as a pharmacy technician. I have recently (June 12, 2003) successfully completed training with the North Orange County Regional Occupational Program (and because that is such a tedious handful to type, I will henceforth refer to it as NOCROP, should I refer to it again) in its Pharmacy Technician class. While in this class I earned certificates of competency in “Transcribing Physicians’ Orders,” “Prescription Filling,” and “Inpatient Cassette Filling” (incidentally, the reason I put them into quotation marks like that is because that’s how they are presented on the Record of Competency certificates I received for them; I don’t really know why the folks at NOCROP felt the need to do that, it’s not like we were just pretending to transcribe orders, fill prescriptions, and fill inpatient cassettes, while we were really just baking cookies; okay, the “pills” in the bottles were pinto beans, but the point is we were doing all the things we would have done in they had been real pills and capsules, checking name, strength, manufacturer as necessary, lot number and expiration date, typing the labels with the proper information and terminology – anyway, I just thought I’d clear that up). I have completed all of the requirements for registration with the State Board of Pharmacy, and my registration is pending at the time of this writing. I understand that you may feel that this circumstance makes it impossible at this time for you to consider me for any current openings as a Pharmacy Technician; however, I am quite willing to work under the title of Pharmacy Clerk until my registration process has been completed. I’m very good at all of the things I studied in my Pharmacy Technician training, and in addition to the classroom work, I also spent five weekends in a quasi-internship position at (a pharmacy) in A CITY, under A\_MAN (his address and telephone number will be made available upon request). I consider myself quite suited to this type of work, and would like nothing better than to make my living at it. I do hope that I have piqued your interest, and that you will offer me a job. I promise to work very hard for you and to make you and your company a lot of money. You can reach me at (714) A\_TELEPHONE\_NUMBER, or e-mail me at AN\_EMAIL\_ADDRESS. I look forward to your offer of employment. Very Truly Yours, [/spoiler] I will retrieve this as soon as I possibly can, and I thank you for your understanding. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/2 "2003-06-25T21:59:36Z")
OTOH, you can go to Yahoo!, get a Yahoo! ID, and they’ll give you about 30MB of space free in your Yahoo! Briefcase to store things: plus, it will be private. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/3 "2003-06-25T22:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > I am in the enviable position of having a document on a computer from which I can neither e-mail, print, nor save. Shouldn’t that be, “I am in the **unenviable** position of…” ? I mean, no offense meant… BUT we don’t exactly envy your position, **kaylasdad99**. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/4 "2003-06-25T23:05:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*Shouldn’t that be, “I am in the **unenviable** position of…” ? > > I mean, no offense meant… BUT we don’t exactly envy your position, **kaylasdad99**. > > F\_X \*\* Touche. Serves me right for not proofiing the extraneous stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/5 "2003-06-25T23:12:39Z")
Anyway, I’ve successfully printed it out, and would be glad of any routine housekeeping that would remove it. Thank you for your forebearance. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/6 "2003-06-26T03:43:15Z")
You’re using a computer from where you couldn’t even save that document onto a floppy disk? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/7 "2003-06-26T12:05:38Z")
Why are they still called “floppy” disks, when they no longer flop? ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/8 "2003-06-26T12:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Why are they still called “floppy” disks, when they no longer flop? \*\* Because calling them _stiffies_ would cause a few raised eyebrows and suppressed sniggers - at least here in the UK. In South Africa, they are called “stiffies”, from the days when you had one of each kind of drive in your PC, and it is one of the classic _faux-pas_ a South African new to London can make in the workplace… Grim :o ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-post-for-kaylasdad99/184376/9 "2003-06-26T12:27:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Why are they still called “floppy” disks, when they no longer flop? \*\* Here’s a serious answer to a silly question: It’s because the actual data-recording medium inside that stiff 3.5" casing _is_ floppy. It’s nothing but a disk of oxide-coated mylar glued to a metal hub. But I’m betting you really knew that.