Another Installment of WWYD?

I might have to make this a regular installment.  What’s really funny is that yesterday’s dilemma and my decision was indeed what Yolanda would do.  I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…
So, in any niche industry, the community can start to grow very tight and everyone knows everyone.  I’ve certainly found it to be true in both the world of recruiting and the industry my company is in.  It is not unusual for a hiring manager to do a little informal research in the field or with someone in the company who might have worked with this person.  And from talking to others outside my biz, it happens elsewhere too.
However, I’m finding employees are becoming more and more reluctant to give an honest answer or comment at all for fear of litigation.  Totally understandable.  In fact, when I was in such a situation, I blanketed my (valid) complaints about the candidate in question by saying he/she did have very good technical skills.  I did not want to be the reason he/she didn’t get hired, but I also did not want to work with this person.
ETA:  Aforementioned candidate did get hired and ultimately let go, interestingly enough.
So if you were approached about a former contact or colleague that was applying for a job with your company, would you be honest or plead the fifth? And why?

Life

I had started a philosophical blog entry last night, but since my morning is starting off rather crappily, I’m not in the mood to finish it.  So I’m throwing you an old meme instead. 
But before I do that, I need to explain Heather’s comment below. You see, a strange hippy-ish kind of girl tried to bust into her apartment last night thinking it was our neighbor’s.  The same neighbor that had the mysterious perishable package delivered.  She said she, “Needed to get clothes for ___!”  Uh, okay.  What??  Where is our neighbor, why does he need clothes, and why is he having refrigerated goods delivered to his house?

Below is a list of events that one may or may not accomplish in his or her life. Those that are in bold have been crossed off my list.

• Bought everyone in the pub/bar a drink
• Climbed a mountain
• Held a tarantula
• Taken a candlelit bath with someone
• Been in love
• Broken someone’s heart
• Had my heart broken
• Done a striptease
• Bungee jumped
• Watched a lightning storm at sea
• Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise
• Seen the Northern Lights
• Gone to a huge sports game
• Grown and eaten my own vegetables
• Slept under the stars
• Changed a baby’s diaper
• Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
• Watched a meteor shower
• Gotten drunk on champagne
• Given money to charity
• Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
• Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
• Had a food fight
• Bet on a winning horse
• Taken a sick day when I wasn’t ill
• Had a snowball fight
• Photocopied my butt or any other intimate body part
• Held a lamb
• Gone skinny dipping
• Taken an ice cold shower
• Seen a total eclipse
• Ridden a roller coaster
• Hit a home run
• Been arrested
• Visited all 50 states
• Taken care of someone who was shit faced
• Stolen a street/highway sign
• Backpacked in Europe
• Taken a road-trip
• Taken a midnight walk on the beach
• Gone sky diving
• Milked a cow
• Alphabetized my records/CDs
• Sung karaoke
• Lounged around in bed all day
• Gone scuba diving
• Danced in the rain
• Gone to a drive-in theater
• Started a business
• Gotten married
• Been in a movie
• Crashed a party
• Gotten divorced
• Had sex at the office
• Made cookies from scratch
• Gotten a tattoo
• Been on television
• Had sex a public place
• Got so drunk I don’t remember anything
• Recorded music
• Had a one-night stand
• Bought a house
• Shaved or waxed off my pubic hair
• Been on a cruise ship
• Spoken more than one language fluently
• Bounced a check
• Called or written my Congressperson
• Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
• Sung loudly by myself in the car
• Written articles for a large publication
• Piloted an airplane
• Helped an animal give birth
• Been fired or laid off from a job (laid off, just for point of clarification)
• Won money on a TV game show
• Broken a bone
• Ridden a motorcycle
• Had a body part below the neck pierced
• Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
• Ridden a horse
• Had major surgery
• Had sex on a moving train
• Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
• Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
• Visited all 7 continents
• Eaten sushi
• Had my picture in the newspaper
• Parasailed
• Changed my name (I was in kindergarten, though)
• Dyed my hair
• Been a DJ

I still have a lot of life to live apparently…and this gives me some ideas for my 43 Things…