I just read about an interesting case in one of the Toronto papers.
A man who had applied to previous security jobs tried to join the
Toronto Police Service but failed his background check. No one will
tell him why. He's seeking to get the information, even though he's
moved on to another field, so that future applicants that fail
background checks can better understand why.
I can certainly understand why he wants to know and appreciate that he
is apparently spending money to find out for the sake of others. I also understand why the people doing background checks may not want to
reveal their methods and techniques; preserving some secrecy could be
useful since, if everything was completely transparent, it would be
easier for people to get around the safeguards.
But I'm also skeptical that this guy is entirely altruistic. Not many
people will spend money on lawyers just to get something for someone
else. I suspect he still has ambitions of joining the police himself
or, perhaps, something more sinister. Still, these things don't operate according to MY gut hunches. It will be interesting to see how the
Powers That Be rule in this case.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just read about an interesting case in one of the Toronto papers.
A man who had applied to previous security jobs tried to join the
Toronto Police Service but failed his background check. No one will
tell him why. He's seeking to get the information, even though he's
moved on to another field, so that future applicants that fail
background checks can better understand why.
I can certainly understand why he wants to know and appreciate that
he is apparently spending money to find out for the sake of others.
I also understand why the people doing background checks may not
want to reveal their methods and techniques; preserving some
secrecy could be useful since, if everything was completely
transparent, it would be easier for people to get around the
safeguards.
But I'm also skeptical that this guy is entirely altruistic. Not
many people will spend money on lawyers just to get something for
someone else. I suspect he still has ambitions of joining the
police himself or, perhaps, something more sinister. Still, these
things don't operate according to MY gut hunches. It will be
interesting to see how the Powers That Be rule in this case.
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad
(who had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my
name as being over 100 years old and living at his address And his
name as being my age at my address, but not living.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just read about an interesting case in one of the Toronto papers.
A man who had applied to previous security jobs tried to join the
Toronto Police Service but failed his background check. No one will
tell him why. He's seeking to get the information, even though he's
moved on to another field, so that future applicants that fail
background checks can better understand why.
I can certainly understand why he wants to know and appreciate that he
is apparently spending money to find out for the sake of others. I also
understand why the people doing background checks may not want to
reveal their methods and techniques; preserving some secrecy could be
useful since, if everything was completely transparent, it would be
easier for people to get around the safeguards.
But I'm also skeptical that this guy is entirely altruistic. Not many
people will spend money on lawyers just to get something for someone
else. I suspect he still has ambitions of joining the police himself
or, perhaps, something more sinister. Still, these things don't operate
according to MY gut hunches. It will be interesting to see how the
Powers That Be rule in this case.
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my age at my address, but not living.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just read about an interesting case in one of the Toronto papers.
A man who had applied to previous security jobs tried to join the
Toronto Police Service but failed his background check. No one will
tell him why. He's seeking to get the information, even though he's
moved on to another field, so that future applicants that fail
background checks can better understand why.
I can certainly understand why he wants to know and appreciate that he
is apparently spending money to find out for the sake of others. I also
understand why the people doing background checks may not want to
reveal their methods and techniques; preserving some secrecy could be
useful since, if everything was completely transparent, it would be
easier for people to get around the safeguards.
But I'm also skeptical that this guy is entirely altruistic. Not many
people will spend money on lawyers just to get something for someone
else. I suspect he still has ambitions of joining the police himself
or, perhaps, something more sinister. Still, these things don't operate
according to MY gut hunches. It will be interesting to see how the
Powers That Be rule in this case.
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my age at my address, but not living.
On 3/4/2024 8:28 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who >> had the same first name but a different middle name).See, that last is why you're not getting all your mail.
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as
being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my >> age at my address, but not living.
On 2024-03-04 16:44:00 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 3/4/2024 8:28 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dadSee, that last is why you're not getting all your mail.
(who
had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my
name as
being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as
being my
age at my address, but not living.
How are you holding up, even begun to dig yourself out yet?
On 3/4/2024 3:53 PM, super70s wrote:
On 2024-03-04 16:44:00 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 3/4/2024 8:28 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who >>>> had the same first name but a different middle name).See, that last is why you're not getting all your mail.
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as
being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my
age at my address, but not living.
How are you holding up, even begun to dig yourself out yet?
Most of the snow went to S Ca and NV. We've had steady snow up here,
but no more than 3-4" at a time, and that's overnight. Daytime the
temps warm up a little.
But I'm also skeptical that this guy is entirely altruistic. Not many
people will spend money on lawyers just to get something for someone
else. I suspect he still has ambitions of joining the police himself
or, perhaps, something more sinister. Still, these things don't operate >according to MY gut hunches. It will be interesting to see how the
Powers That Be rule in this case.
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who >had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as >being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my >age at my address, but not living.
You're absolutely right: you can't take the results of a name search at
face value. One of my friends was a fairly senior IT person at the
Ontario Ministry of Health before her retirement. I remember her
telling me about all the logic they had to have in their programs just
to distinguish people from one another, such as a father and son living
at the same address. Even then, I got the distinct impression that they >weren't really sure they were really distinguishing people correctly.
They finally made major changes to the system 20 or 30 years ago,
presumably to address those problems. But who knows if that solved all
the problems? It might only have solved some of them and introduced
whole new problems since that is what computer systems typically do. And >that's only the OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Program) and doesn't
take into account all the other systems that track you.=20
OK good I thought I saw on a weather map today a big snowstorm was
happening up north Washington and Oregon way.
On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 20:37:03 -0600, super70s
<super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
OK good I thought I saw on a weather map today a big snowstorm was
happening up north Washington and Oregon way.
It's a bit further north than that...(3-4" even though most of the day
it was above freezing in vancouver.bc.ca)
On 2024-03-05 01:32:39 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 3/4/2024 3:53 PM, super70s wrote:
On 2024-03-04 16:44:00 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 3/4/2024 8:28 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and mySee, that last is why you're not getting all your mail.
dad (who
had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that he’s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my >>>>> name as
being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as
being my
age at my address, but not living.
How are you holding up, even begun to dig yourself out yet?
Most of the snow went to S Ca and NV. We've had steady snow up here,
but no more than 3-4" at a time, and that's overnight. Daytime the
temps warm up a little.
OK good I thought I saw on a weather map today a big snowstorm was
happening up north Washington and Oregon way.
On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 09:28:18 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who >> had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that heâs been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as
being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my >> age at my address, but not living.
I'm in the same boat though Dad died in 2015 and I had my current home
long before that so haven't had that particular problem.
federal government and the medical system typically refer to me by my
first name (the name he lived by but not me) which is annoying but
apparently unavoidable. Some civil serpents apparently believe nobody
goes by other than their first name.
Since my wife's passing (2 years ago this coming Thursday)
mail and e-mails in her name and was brought to tears on an ad e-mail
2-3 weeks ago wanting me to purchase something nice from them "for my valentine". Don't I wish! ...
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 09:28:18 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who >>> had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that heâ??s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as
being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my >>> age at my address, but not living.
I'm in the same boat though Dad died in 2015 and I had my current home
long before that so haven't had that particular problem.
I was in my house about 15 years when dad died and somebody still has since >swapped our names between them.
Here’s a good one that just happened. Wells Fargo renamed two of my bank >accounts to my mother‘s name. I have no idea why. I think the easiest thing >to do will just be to withdrawal what little monies in them and let them >wither away.
Still, the
federal government and the medical system typically refer to me by my
first name (the name he lived by but not me) which is annoying but
apparently unavoidable. Some civil serpents apparently believe nobody
goes by other than their first name.
When I first tried to get Social Security online, I was flat out refused. I >had to go in. When I did the nice lady told me that the record show I was >born in CA and somebody decided that was Canada instead of California, so I >wasn’t eligible for Social Security at all.
Since my wife's passing (2 years ago this coming Thursday)
Condolences
I've had
mail and e-mails in her name and was brought to tears on an ad e-mail
2-3 weeks ago wanting me to purchase something nice from them "for my
valentine". Don't I wish! ...
:(
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 02:07:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 09:28:18 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
Any sort of online background check always confusicates me and my dad (who >>>> had the same first name but a different middle name).
Even now that heâ??s been gone almost 25 years, a search will show my name as
being over 100 years old and living at his address And his name as being my
age at my address, but not living.
I'm in the same boat though Dad died in 2015 and I had my current home
long before that so haven't had that particular problem.
I was in my house about 15 years when dad died and somebody still has since >> swapped our names between them.
Here’s a good one that just happened. Wells Fargo renamed two of my bank >> accounts to my mother‘s name. I have no idea why. I think the easiest thing
to do will just be to withdrawal what little monies in them and let them
wither away.
Then they will keep the accounts active accruing fees which they will
use against you if you try to use Wells Fargo again in the future.
Experienced that myself with an account that I had opened up when I
was in college and was supposed to have closed down but apparently
they kept it going even though it had no money in it. Then wanted me
to pay the fees years later when I went to open a new account.
Still, the
federal government and the medical system typically refer to me by my
first name (the name he lived by but not me) which is annoying but
apparently unavoidable. Some civil serpents apparently believe nobody
goes by other than their first name.
When I first tried to get Social Security online, I was flat out refused. I >> had to go in. When I did the nice lady told me that the record show I was
born in CA and somebody decided that was Canada instead of California, so I >> wasn’t eligible for Social Security at all.
LOL. That sort of stupidity seems to keep happening. You would think
it wouldn't since it's got to be common thing for them to run into
with people being born in CA/California or NM/New Mexico, yet we keep
hearing of the occasional person that can't get it right.
Since my wife's passing (2 years ago this coming Thursday)
Condolences
I've had
mail and e-mails in her name and was brought to tears on an ad e-mail
2-3 weeks ago wanting me to purchase something nice from them "for my
valentine". Don't I wish! ...
Yeah, that's got to hurt.
:(
When I first tried to get Social Security online, I was flat out refused. I >had to go in. When I did the nice lady told me that the record show I was >born in CA and somebody decided that was Canada instead of California, so I >wasn’t eligible for Social Security at all.
LOL. That sort of stupidity seems to keep happening. You would think
it wouldn't since it's got to be common thing for them to run into
with people being born in CA/California or NM/New Mexico, yet we keep
hearing of the occasional person that can't get it right.
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 02:07:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
When I first tried to get Social Security online, I was flat out refused. I >> had to go in. When I did the nice lady told me that the record show I wasOne of the things I lost along the way was my Canadian mother's Social Security Card. They met while in college in Seattle and married
born in CA and somebody decided that was Canada instead of California, so I >> wasnât eligible for Social Security at all.
between 2nd + 3rd year and had me the fall after graduation. Dad went
on to grad school in Frisco so Mom had a SS # (which at that time
"foreign students" didn't have) and I found the card when we were
moving but foolishly didn't pocket it as a keepsake. This card would
have been issued in the late 1950s.
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