# What does "Left my Goat at Home" mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631 "2010-06-02T12:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/21 "2010-06-02T16:02:24Z")
This could be a person who is making more money collecting unemployment than he might receive by actually getting a job. I believe the rules for collecting unemployment require one to submit a resume. I do not believe there is a requirement for the resume to actually be something that might get one hired. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/22 "2010-06-02T16:27:27Z")
If it wasn’t for my horse, I would have never spent that year in college. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/23 "2010-06-02T16:37:40Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Maybe the person is slow to anger? If his goat is at home, it’s harder for a co-worker to get it. Yeah, my assumption too, except that the rest of his resume appears to be about collections so I assumed he was saying no customer would get his goat. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/24 "2010-06-02T16:41:34Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](#): > > Can’t shed much light on this either, except “Alpha/Numeric KPH 7815, Numeric 8120” must refer to keystrokes per hour on a/n and numeric keypads. If that’s referring to typing speed, it’s pretty pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/25 "2010-06-02T16:41:38Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > Yeah, my assumption too, except that the rest of his resume appears to be about collections so I assumed he was saying no customer would get his goat. That’s the first one that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/26 "2010-06-02T16:44:34Z")
Say, when someone submits a resume, isn’t it assumed that it will be kept between the potential employer and the potential employee? I’d hate to see excertps of my resume posted on the internet. Maybe even more so if I’ve crafted something a little out of the ordinary. I feel that this is a significant breach of trust. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/27 "2010-06-02T16:47:06Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > He’s just hoping you don’t notice this part: I’ve read that it’s fairly common for people in India to put ‘did not graduate’ on their resumes, because simply having gone to university is still a plus. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/28 "2010-06-02T16:48:31Z")
> [@BobArrgh](#): > > This could be a person who is making more money collecting unemployment than he might receive by actually getting a job. I believe the rules for collecting unemployment require one to submit a resume. I do not believe there is a requirement for the resume to actually be something that might get one hired. This would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/29 "2010-06-02T16:49:17Z")
Either they’re insane or it’s a joke. Don’t hire this person! ---
**Author:** ![aaelghat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/30 "2010-06-02T16:55:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Say, when someone submits a resume, isn’t it assumed that it will be kept between the potential employer and the potential employee? I’d hate to see excertps of my resume posted on the internet. Maybe even more so if I’ve crafted something a little out of the ordinary. I feel that this is a significant breach of trust. I did ponder a bit before posting the excerpts. There was clearly identifiable information I left out (the persons name, names of previous employers, dates) but I was trying to give a sense of what the resume was like, and why I was puzzled. My intent was to exclude any personally identifiable information… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/31 "2010-06-02T17:07:19Z")
If you get him in for an interview, ask him to bring the goat ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/32 "2010-06-02T17:28:59Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:24, topic:541631”] If that’s referring to typing speed, it’s pretty pathetic. [/QUOTE] I concur. That is a helluva interesting resume, though. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/33 "2010-06-02T17:29:02Z")
Maybe he doesn’t pull a goatse while at work anymore, because he found out it makes people uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/34 "2010-06-02T17:34:32Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I’ve read that it’s fairly common for people in India to put ‘did not graduate’ on their resumes, because simply having gone to university is still a plus. [/QUOTE] They’d do well to brush up on American traditions then. On this side of the world, “did not graduate” = “I flunked out and I’m a capital-L Loser.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/35 "2010-06-02T17:35:01Z")
WAG: It’s an allusion to an anecdote (or possibly urban legend) about an employee who was such a hick he brought his goat to work with him. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/36 "2010-06-02T19:17:52Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Maybe he doesn’t pull a goatse while at work anymore, because he found out it makes people uncomfortable. When you said goatse did you mean what I think you mean? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/37 "2010-06-02T19:52:37Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > pull … goatse Please don’t use those two words that closely together. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/38 "2010-06-02T20:01:38Z")
careful here, we did an interview with a resume like this just because we were curious to meet the wackadoo and she ended up complaining to HR (which is actually who encouraged the interview in the first place) that she hadn’t been seriously considered as a candidate. But really, when 10 years of your life are represented on your resume as having been spent “trying to save the world” I’m gonna have some questions about the specifics of that position. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/39 "2010-06-02T20:06:56Z")
He has a GTO parked in the garage at home? ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631/40 "2010-06-02T20:34:03Z")
“Customers pick up on that & decide to work with me.” “A profound compliment & taken as such every time.” “Imagined, sold, authored & implemented innovative return policy.” Regardless of any other characteristics, I would not interview a candidate who misused the ampersand in this way. If you believe that saving two keystrokes is more important than looking professional on your résumé, you’re not the person for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-left-my-goat-at-home-mean/541631.md?page=3)