new job, time for a contest!
March 3rd, 2009 |OK, so it’s a done deal at this point. I have reentered the work force. Unemployment really blows.
Now, of course, everyone wants to know where I am working. I’m sure it’s because they want to know where the new line forms to collect all the free schwag.
Not so fast. Time for a contest!
Take your best guess, where am I working now? Those inside the industry probably have a slight (very slight) advantage knowing all the changes going on in the bike game. But it should not be at all easy to guess the company that I will be working for.
Give it a shot. You have nothing to lose. Who ever is closest will win a fabulous prize!
I’ll make it official just as soon as I write and send out the press release which can’t happen until I am set up with my new e-mail and phone information. Could be by the end of the week, maybe early next week.
Good luck!
55 Responses to “new job, time for a contest!”
Veramarc
I suppose I am ineligible for this contest?
HUFFY!
You other losers can go back about your business now.
Can I enter twice? Thanks, I will.
http://tinyurl.com/bj5jjp
You’re either running Willier USA or are going to be webmaster for bikethrow.com
I knew it! I’m totally going to win with my huge amount of insider information! This is so totally the obvious next step from Time. I’ll send you my swag wish-list soon. http://tinyurl.com/6d4jej
I’m with Jake.
I still vote that he’s turned pro and will be racing cyclocross for Rock Racing!
Manager, Hardee’s – 66th & Nicolet.
Night Shift.
…but i have the inside info, so give the “prize” to the next closest.
@donimator: shit, why don’t you just give everyone the answer.
@(dis): I would never work for Hardee’s…I’m an Arby’s man.
@jim r: What’s a Veramarc? Do you mean this place?
I KNEW it! You’re new job as Hurrier starts today.
This is one of the toughest jobs for anybody, let alone a Smithers, to carry out. Hurriers are all about six to eight years old. You’ll be equipped with a wide leather ‘gurl’ belt with a swivel chain attached. After harnessing yourself into this, you’ll attach the free end of the chain to a sled. Then, for over a mile underground, you’ll make your way through the small tight passages of the mine, so small that you can’t stand up.
Once you reach the coal face, you’ll have to fend for yourself among the adult miners as these tough men load your sled with chunks and slabs of coal. Then you’ll have to scrabble and crawl back to the surface pulling your load. This must be completed many times during a 12-hour shift. If you’re lucky, you might get an even younger child to act as your ‘thruster’ and shove the sled from behind.
Danger waits around every corner in this sorry and thankless endeavour.
Chancellor of BS
How long will you still be able to get me free fries at Culver’s?
@Brian Koeneman: I get to bring a free chunk of coal home at night!
@Frye: You have an hour to get back here and pick these things up.
Jizz mopper at the NAHBS?
@Smithers:
i know that, sadly all the Arby’s location i could think of are long closed…
i guess thats what happens when you’ve been vegetarian for the last 16 years…
@(dis): Southdale baby!
Are you going to be one of those bike messenger guys with the cool shoulder bags and facemask helmet?
I heard that you are starting as the GM for HED wheels………
It took some time, but the news finally hit Seattle today. What gives???
My guess is Hup United….you are working for Hup United. No really….email me.
All I see are oddball bottom brackets and white components (to match the bar tape).
That’s you on the back, right?
http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/wp-content/uploads /2008/04/didi_senft_11sfw.jpg
So, you’re the new forester.
+1 to Ray.
Yet, we all know that you are going to be the new Senator.
Personal manager and bodyguard for Tyler Hamilton?
Colnago
@(dis): isn’t there a giant Arby’s right in Uptown?
@Smithers: head co-creator of synergies? there’s a fat six-figure bonus tied to that one.
wal mart greeter
You’ll be working with Michael Herbert and Dominator?
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer?
The new Assistant Customer Service Manager for Warners’ Stellian?
i hear its a good time to get into the stock market.
i bet a smart guy like you is looking at being an investor.
BikesDirect.com
bike washer for http://www.crossniacs.com
@a. kruse: what the hell is NAHBS?
Newsweek?
NOT if I get there 1st.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2 008/02/23/national/a123622S23.DTL&tsp=1
Organ Donor!
or
Organ Grinder!
Both are recession-proof
@Smithers: North American Handmade Bicycle Show, duh.
@a. kruse: so not caring about it.
Trek is reviving LeMond and you’re the new brand manager?
Colnago?
Yoga observer.
Fluffer?
Sweet how much do you charge. I got a show that must go hard on.
Guru?
Ouch, Mrs Smithers that had to hurt.
Crossing guard at the local Grade School?
Best thread in a long time! See, Facebook hasn’t killed the blog…
The GM for a brand new concept of sportswear. A huge departure from the norm.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18000371@N06/33323747 10/
New liberal wimp sidekick to Sean Hannity?
Okay…my final guess is you’re going to be working for Lazer Helmets.
JIM R WINS!
Cool. What is my fabulous prize?
@jim r: come to lunch today and I’ll buy you a falafel.
You should see “He Died With a Falafel in His Hand”–good Australian movie.
Can’t make it today. Thanks for the offer, though.