{"id":450,"date":"2008-09-25T23:38:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T04:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2008-09-25T23:38:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T04:38:42","slug":"more-random-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"More Random Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are 10 more random facts about me:<\/p>\n

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  1. I started at Southwest about 2 1\/2 months before September 11. With no fulltime work experience, practically no seniority, and a job (tech writer) that many in the IT business don’t value highly, I probably would have been out the door at any other airline in the country. But Southwest chose not to lay anyone off, earning my lifelong loyalty with that one action.<\/li>\n
  2. So far I’ve visited 10 different foreign countries: Barbados, Belize, Canada, Cayman Islands, France, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherland Antilles (St. Martin\/St. Maarten), and the UK.<\/li>\n
  3. If you and I are grabbing a quick meal together, there’s a good chance I’ll suggest Chipotle. Try the chicken burrito with chili-corn salsa. Mmm…<\/li>\n
  4. I think I am addicted to sugar. I crave it. Jenny got me a 1lb bag of M&Ms earlier this week. It’s already gone.<\/li>\n
  5. I enjoy horror movies, even though I know they are terrible and I shouldn’t like them because they are so bloody and violent. Being scared is fun every now and then. Generally I have to watch them alone because they don’t work well for Date Night.<\/li>\n
  6. When I find out someone smokes, I instantly lose a significant amount of respect for them. I wish the government would impose a nationwide ban on smoking within public buildings and triple the cigarette tax. Then they could use the tax revenue to help people quit. <\/li>\n
  7. If I couldn’t be a dispatcher anymore, I would want to work in Schedule Planning, the department that hammers out Southwest’s flight schedule.<\/li>\n
  8. The way our contract is set up in terms of pay and seniority, the longer I stay in Dispatch, the less likely I am to leave. Some call this the “golden handcuffs”.<\/li>\n
  9. I constantly debate with myself whether to save, spend, or give away our disposable income. <\/li>\n
  10. My sister and I used to catch jellyfish in sand buckets and bury them on the beach. I don’t know why that seemed like a good idea, but it was fun.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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