CEAC-2020-11-November

Boiler Room Annex
The Job Interview
Source: interestingengineering.com
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources
manager asked the young engineer fresh out of university,
“And what starting salary were you looking for?”
The engineer said, “In the neighborhood of $100,000 a year,
depending on the benefits package.”
The HR Manager said, “Well, what would you say to a package
of $200,000 a year, five weeks of vacation, 14 paid holidays,
full medical and dental, company-matching retirement
fund to 50 percent of salary, and a company car leased every
two years — say, a red Mercedes?”
The engineer sat up straight and said, “Wow! Are you joking?”
And the HR manager said, “Of course ... but you started it.”
Calibrating Your Speech Just Right
Source: facebook.com
I recently called an old engineering buddy of mine and asked
what he was working on these days.
Solution:
F R I S H E A F G A V E L I C E
R A N G C O N G A A G O R A S C A R
Y M C A O L D E R D O W R Y H O R N
S H R O U D S M U G S E C O N D
B L T S N E A K R O D
S C A L D B A N O T H E R O D D L Y
L U B E M U L E S S A T A N Y A L E
A R E C A R I B O U T I N R A M
C I A R P M N U T E L L E D E M E
K A M P A L A G E N R E S S U S A N
A P E D A H Y E S F A N
S L I T S L I N T E L C U I S I N E
P O O H R I F T M O D E S T N I L
E O N E L F U N E A R T H L E D
A S I A F A E N A S A L T Y P A C E
R E C U R C R U M B F A S F R Y E R
D Y E S N A R E A D O
O R I E N T S A S H K N A V E S
T W I T D U M P S S U I N G E Y E D
E N D S O B E S E A G R E E N E C K
E S E W A N T S Y O K E L S T M
OCTOBER SOLUTION
He replied that he was working on “Aqua-thermal treatment
of ceramics, aluminum and steel under a constrained environment.”
I was impressed until, upon further inquiry, I learned that he
was washing dishes with hot water under his wife’s supervision.
Not the Usual Light Bulb Joke
Source: info.craftechind.com
Customer: Do you have any two-watt, 4-volt bulbs?
Sales Rep: For what?
Sales Rep: Two what?
Customer: Yes.
Sales Rep: No.
Safety Factor
Source: www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringStudents
Before studying engineering, if someone asked me what 1+1
is, I would have said “2.”
Now, I’d say, “I’m pretty sure it’s 2, but we’d better make it 3
just to be safe.”
Customer: No, two.
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