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Post by luckylady2 on Apr 1, 2014 14:33:37 GMT -5
You know, we all said - oh we'll recognize an April Fool joke if it hits the board, and yet, here we are, two pages later.... Good job, gunner!
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Post by 71stretch on Apr 1, 2014 14:33:55 GMT -5
Thanks for playing everyone! Hope you LOLed. You very BAAAD, gunner. It just goes to show we are WAY too invested in this process to see the potential for mischief. I never saw the OMG... in the first place.
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Post by gunner on Apr 1, 2014 14:38:52 GMT -5
People have mentioned the clues, but nobody yet commented on this, which I thought was particularly Kafkaesque:
"you will be notified by a separate message of your appeal rights, if any."
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Post by owl on Apr 1, 2014 14:42:30 GMT -5
The "if any" after "appeal rights" was another clue - you always get appeal rights!
Still, the spot-on tone, the attention to detail, the formatting - so impressive. Really it just reinforces my belief that almost nobody - and especially not gunner - was DQ'd on the WD for writing quality. Either there was some part of it that (in OPM's view) had a right/wrong answer or there really was a technical snafu.
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Post by 71stretch on Apr 1, 2014 14:44:08 GMT -5
Actually, with so many DQed on the WD, I'm rather sorry they aren't looking into whether there was a systemic problem.
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Post by owl on Apr 1, 2014 14:44:28 GMT -5
People have mentioned the clues, but nobody yet commented on this, which I thought was particularly Kafkaesque: "you will be notified by a separate message of your appeal rights, if any." Dammit! Couldn't type fast enough!
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Post by luckylady2 on Apr 1, 2014 14:46:45 GMT -5
I still want the t-shirt!
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Post by funkyodar on Apr 1, 2014 14:55:35 GMT -5
The "if any" after "appeal rights" was another clue - you always get appeal rights! Still, the spot-on tone, the attention to detail, the formatting - so impressive. Really it just reinforces my belief that almost nobody - and especially not gunner - was DQ'd on the WD for writing quality. Either there was some part of it that (in OPM's view) had a right/wrong answer or there really was a technical snafu. Excellent execution. Yesterday I thought about someone would probably run a prank post, but I figured it would be about the cert being all San Fran, DC and Miami. Way to come out of nowhere, gunner. If your appeal fails, you should certainly look into a career with opm. You would be running the place in a month. I guess now I have to start reading everything you jagghoffs write instead of just skimming and running off at the keyboard
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Post by moopigsdad on Apr 1, 2014 14:59:49 GMT -5
Jagghoffs is the appropriate word funky. LOL! He got me originally, too. By the way gunner, well played and don't expect any WD appeal help in the future.
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Post by wingnut on Apr 1, 2014 15:07:04 GMT -5
Gunner, that was brilliant. I agree. You should get a job with the OPM writing explanation emails.
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Post by gary on Apr 1, 2014 15:12:06 GMT -5
Gunner, that was brilliant. I agree. You should get a job with the OPM writing explanation emails. An excellent way to make the punishment fit the crime.
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Post by sandiferhands (old) on Apr 1, 2014 15:25:58 GMT -5
Nice work, Gunner.
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Post by moopigsdad on Apr 1, 2014 15:30:01 GMT -5
Nice work, Gunner. Wow, sandiferhands how did yhou get funky's photo so fast with the hook, line and funker in it?
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Post by privateatty on Apr 1, 2014 15:56:28 GMT -5
Well done, gunner. Yet another reason that we want you and pubdef and all those who did not get a NOR to stay with us!
I think though, that the sentiment regarding the harsh grading of the WD needs a bit more airing. As I had posted in the past, the WD had traditionally been graded by a retired ALJ. The relative weight and score of same was a secret. So I am at a loss to conclude with others that this round of grading was particularly "harsh".
I do think you could have one grader look at your WD and conclude 9/10 and another 6/10. Much like the SI, IMHO. In other words, I don't think its like a bar exam where the edict is handed down that they writer has to hit points A-L. Here, its more like "I think you have the style, format, AND hit what I think are the salient points." Again, I have no direct knowledge of any of this, but I have yet to see or hear anything that would contradict this analysis...just my opinion.
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