i just got offered a job

working for the Bureau of Land Management in colorado..
on this black-footed ferret reintroduction project.
also doing stuff with prairie dogs and badgers.. and sage grouse.

i don't know whether or not to take it :/
it sounds awesome, but i really want this other job working with black bears around here where i live... so i dont know whether to hold out for that or not! and he wants me to tell him my answer by monday! ohh man...

 

Shit id love to work with animals.

I wouldnt advise working with bears though, you dont want to get eaten.

 

when will you know about the bears job?
maybe take this one and then leave for the bears one later?

 

i won't know about the bear thing until like, the 19th i think..

i should try to talk them (Hoopa Tribal Forestry-bear thing) into hiring me early

Vance, yeah i love working with animals. its hard.. at least the schooling.. but super fun.
don't worry i wont get eaten, we use lots of drugs to knock them out before doing any sampling :tongue:

 

Oh man, I'm so jealous! Both those jobs sound awesome!

I would definitely use your leverage on the Hoopa people. Just tell them straight up that you've got another offer, you'd prefer their position but you don't want to end up unemployed. It's the truth and it makes perfect sense; they'll have to understand.

I think the bear job sounds slightly cooler too - and you wouldn't have to move.

You don't actually have to drug bears! You just go up to them and walk extra cute and say things like "Who's my little bearmuffin? Who's the cutest widdwe bear in the whole woods! You are!" That totally works.

 

why not talk to the bear people and tell them you really want that job but you got offered this one and see if maybe they'll give you an early answer?

edit: oh wait, Molly beat me, and her post was much more elegant than mine. as usual.

 

by the way, ferrets are awesome. I can see how you'd rather work with the bears, but who could be unhappy with ferrets?

 

Works on me.

 

Good advice, in fact that's actually what i ended up doing
My buddy is going to talk to the bear guy today and lemme know whats up..

Hahahh walking up to a bear..yikes!
i think they probably like the drugs... its a fuckin Ketamine / Diazepam mix!

 

Good idea you can use your new job offer as leverage against your first offer, but it can sometimes be a dangerous game :H


Hotwater

 

Ha! In your face, Jimmy! *high fives all around*

I should probably mention that I have no experience with jobs or bears, so I'm making this all up. I mean, obviously the advice about bears is just common sense - everyone knows that dangerous carnivores respond well to baby talk.

Let us know how it goes, Pink! I really like animals an awful lot, so I'm pretty excited about this.

 

awesome! i will definitely let you guys know.

your posts make me actually "LOL". i like you

 

Aw, you're funny too! I like you even with your scary missing knuckles!

 

you're sooo going to get eaten.

then again, maybe they'll just adopt you.

 

im a Sar-bear!

 

who would win in a fight, a sarbear or an ape?

 

a sarbear on some mescaline would tear that fucker up

 

i'm starting to see why you want to hang around the bears, you fiend.

 

omg sarah that is so awesome you rule

im jealous!

 

yallz better watch out when sar-bear gets her claws out!! cuz she rules