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Not your typical job issues - may be going on a trip to somewhere dangerous

View Poll Results: What should I do?

dont be a p*ssy just go and wear a bullet-proof vest

39 78.00%

insist on not going and potentially lose job

9 18.00%

not show up for work anymore

2 4.00%

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03-02-2011 , 05:48 PM

#26

Johnny Bangalore

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Originally Posted by jjshabado

Personally, I can't see the risk being worth the hassle of finding another job.
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Job interview much more inconvenient than dying, iho

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03-02-2011 , 05:49 PM

#27

Dids

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hanster,

The police shot a Indian (feather) guy just for having a knife in the very city where I live!!!* I haven't left the house since because clearly we've lost all sense of control.

This is a silly, paranoid overreaction on your part. Grow up.

*- it's a weird story where the cop apparently legit felt threatened by the guy and shot him, so even though everybody agrees that he made a terrible judgement call, they can't prosecute him because cops are allowed to have bad judgement with lethal force.

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03-02-2011 , 05:50 PM

#28

lonely_but_rich

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Originally Posted by hanster

lonely_but_rich, hmmm yeah i guess so...ive done a lottttt of things at my job already but this is another level. i mean, saying i quit because i am scared of getting chased down by the juarez cartel has to be somewhat understandable, right?

I wouldn't go there.

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Edit: To be clearer, I'm saying go to Mexico. Don't piss people off. You're not a cop. You're not a DEA agent. You'll be fine.

People are prisoners in their homes and schools were shut down.

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03-02-2011 , 05:51 PM

#29

El Diablo

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Dibs,

Comparing Seattle cop shooting to Mexico cartel violence is ******edly absurd even for you.

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03-02-2011 , 05:53 PM

#30

mosdef

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Wouldn't the prospective seller of the business have an interest in providing security to visiting prospective buyers?

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03-02-2011 , 05:54 PM

#31

Dids

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FFS I'm obviously not trying to say that the situations are at all analogous- but his paranoia over visiting a border town has as much basis in fact as my hypothetical cop fear.

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03-02-2011 , 05:57 PM

#32

hanster

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Originally Posted by Zeth

Your options are pretty much go or find another job. How big a deal is it for you to find another job? Bearing in mind that when you apply for jobs in the same field, interviewers are going to be curious as to your reason for leaving your previous gig.

Me, I would go. What the hell, it'll be an experience, you're like at least 60% to survive and then you get to impress chicks with embellished stories about your experience there because they've never been there, they don't know the difference

60% survival, IMO, is a taaaaaaad low

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03-02-2011 , 05:57 PM

#33

Dudd

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Doesn't look like much where you are

Last edited by Dudd; 03-02-2011 at 05:57 PM. Reason: don't take any 8 hour side trips to Juarez tho

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03-02-2011 , 06:02 PM

#34

jjshabado

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Originally Posted by Johnny Bangalore

Job interview much more inconvenient than dying, iho

Really? Is this the only inconvenience of switching jobs? Hmm...

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03-02-2011 , 06:03 PM

#35

jjshabado

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I still want to know how long you're going to be there. If its like weeks or months - yeah I get the worry. If its a few days... whatever.

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03-02-2011 , 06:05 PM

#36

LFS

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Hanster, for some reason I've assumed you're Asian, is this correct? If so, I don't know why, but I think it makes you safer.

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03-02-2011 , 06:05 PM

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Clare Quilty

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OP, do you really feel your existence is that important in the grand scheme of things? Or even in the not-so-grand scheme? I'm sure you're a nice guy and would leave people behind who would miss you if you were murdered, but they're farts in the cosmic wind, too. Let's try to have a little perspective here.

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03-02-2011 , 06:18 PM

#38

hanster

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Originally Posted by LFS

Hanster, for some reason I've assumed you're Asian, is this correct? If so, I don't know why, but I think it makes you safer.

i am asian. i thought if anything this would make me even less safe. although i look do look very young, and if necessary, can dress like a slob

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Originally Posted by jjshabado

I still want to know how long you're going to be there. If its like weeks or months - yeah I get the worry. If its a few days... whatever.

if i do go there is no way i stay even past two days. if anything, id take the red eye out and fly back the evening of.

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this is hilarious. definitely warrants you being picked in the first few rounds of the OOT poster draft

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03-02-2011 , 06:20 PM

#39

El Diablo

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LFS,

I also assumed hanster was asian.

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03-02-2011 , 06:22 PM

#40

cres

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OP, maybe you should move back to the safety of your mama's basement. ffs, grow a pr and do your job. Leave all your expensive wardrobe & accessories at home, do your thing without attracting attention, & then leave when you're done.

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03-02-2011 , 06:23 PM

#41

The DaveR

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H, In all seriousness, it seems likely to me that either this is your boss brain-farting or they're already planning it. Easy way to find out is to talk to them about the upcoming trip and say something along the lines of, "Hey, I read that the area is kind of dangerous. Am I going to get a driver or something?"

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03-02-2011 , 06:26 PM

#42

LFS

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Originally Posted by hanster

i am asian. i thought if anything this would make me even less safe. although i look do look very young, and if necessary, can dress like a slob

This seems like more of the "killing gang rivals" kind of Mexican town as opposed to the "kidnapping wealthy foreigners" kind, so I think it makes you safer. Also, there's your inherent knowledge of the martial arts.

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Originally Posted by El Diablo

LFS,

I also assumed hanster was asian.

Thoughts on this fact's relationship to his safety (his ethnicity, not our shared assumption)?

Also, were you trying to say it was super-obvious he's Asian?

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03-02-2011 , 06:29 PM

#43

Nicotine Dreams

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Unconfirmed reports state that up to 100 gunmen belonging to the Nueva Federacion have arrived in Acuña and are in the process of eliminating the Zetas from the city.

operation blend in.

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03-02-2011 , 06:30 PM

#44

chipchip

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Originally Posted by cres

agree with this, but no reason to not try at least get some more benefits out of this. Unless ofcourse you have no leverage and they can easily pick someone else.

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03-02-2011 , 06:42 PM

#45

Duerig

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Originally Posted by hanster

if i do go there is no way i stay even past two days. if anything, id take the red eye out and fly back the evening of.

Whoa I thought this was for like a 6 month assignment. I wouldn't even worry about this, until I arrived there and then I would be slightly freaked out for a few days but not admit it.

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03-02-2011 , 06:47 PM

#46

Jshuttlesworth

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Based on thread title, I esxpected to find that OP is a huge Pussy. Confirmed.

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03-02-2011 , 06:54 PM

#47

hanster

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Originally Posted by The DaveR

yup. Thanks Daver!

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03-02-2011 , 07:17 PM

#48

Nicotine Dreams

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Let's hedge our bets and go halfsies on a life insurance policy. That way, it's always going to be a win-win situation.

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03-02-2011 , 07:32 PM

#49

mad_mardigan

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OP I would get more info....that borderland beat article's almost a yr old. Maybe it's calmed down enough where you can have your cake and eat it to.....that is, fly down there, do your thing quickly, and fly back w/o anything to fear.

Contact the us state dept.
contact the company's legal dept., ask if there's anything they suggest
Contact the US consulate closest to where you're staying
maybe someone in the Mexican gov't can help

It's worth finding out more info, seeing as how your kinda stuck btwn a rock and a hard place here.

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03-02-2011 , 07:58 PM

#50

M2d

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you're bottom of the totem pole. no one's gonna bother hijacking/kidnapping you. on the downside, you're bottom of the totem pole. no one's gonna bother paying a ransom if you get kidnapped.

just go, eat a taco, drink a cerveza, bang a hot local girl and get outta dodge.

also, pick up a new mask and cape for El D as a thank you for his excellent advice. don't forget to put it on your expense report.

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