I don't know, bud. They're kind of an obscure item. They probably figure if you're rigged up to play badminton you already have them. Too bad they fall apart so easily.

Ya jus don find that many badminton enthusiasts any more! I grew up playing with the real kind (bats) in the upstairs bedrooms. Very effective.

  Did you find watermelon with seeds. Eating out doors and spitting them is on of the Joys of Summer. Seeded watermelon is another rare comodity.

interview? what happened to the job you had? what is the interview for? tell me your secret of changing jobs.  How you find it? How you decide to go for it? how you tell your current boss you're going for it &/or going period. 

I'm asking because, as you may remember, I'm still at the same job I've been at for 4 yrs.  There is NO movement.  It's too small a company.  On occassion, I post my resume just to see what's out there but I'm not really seriously devoted to the change.  I think about what I'd tell them, how they'd react, I think about my needs and how I'd react, I just can't stand the concept of waiting 3 mo for medical; another 3 mo for sick days and another 6 mo for vacation (not that I use it that often).  What if I don't like the new place?  What if its worse than the old place?

I don't mind change ... for the better.  I might think about it again when I move in December and rent is less.  Then it wont hurt my bank acct as much if I don't like the joint and go some where else or temping.  I have quit temporary jobs - that's easy, everyone understands it's temp.  I've quit two other jobs - one in a big blow out - it was bad, very bad.  And another with tons of tears because, well, I told them I was going to get my brain tumor treated.  If I leave this place - ever - it wont be pretty.  I keep thinking maybe I could talk my grandmother into letting me have some of my inherritance to go back to school full time if I get a part time job.  Then atleast I'd have a solid reason to quit without them talking me out of it.  If I found a different job, well, then what do I say to the current job that I'm leaving - they will ask why?  I can't burn the bridge so to speak (references are nice) - so I couldn't tell the real reason and "it's just time" seem a cop-out [where did this word come from anyways?]

bottom line: Good luck!

Good luck with your job interview. I loved Life of Pi as well!

*you rebel.

@sky_light_eyes - "cop-out" comes from the old-syle "cop to this", "cop to that", "it's a fair cop"; meaning that you admit that you did it, or implicate someone else did it; copping out means you don't think it's your fault or responsibility.
And IF, as I was, you are sick of your employer, you don't have to tell them a thing.  Just say "I have to embrace better opportunities" and "I have learned / grown a lot here, and I thank you for the time I worked here."
Giving actual reasons isn't the smart thing, because the real reason is money, or you hate someone in particular, or you think the organization is about to collapse.

I guess now's a good time to joke that Chick's Sporting Goods, which was a competitor, was so bad at their management that Dick's bought them out.  Still gives me a good chuckle.

@douglasg610 - thank you so much!  I really didn't know where it came from.  I still wonder why we use the "cop" part though, I suppose because we confess to them?

Thank you for the advice - I agree giving reasons are bad ... this company has a tendency though to be mmmmm more tollerant of someone with a sypathetic reason than one without a reason at all.  They tend to let you stay the two weeks time.  Otherwise no reason or a "because" reason tend to give the boot then and there and not even to the end of the day nor reference; which if you already have another opportunity that wouldn't be a big deal.

There really was a Chick's?

@prairiecowboy - I do miss watermelon with seeds.  In fact, I avoided watermelon altogether a couple of weeks ago when there was no seedy stuff available.  Can I blame Monsanto or Cargill for that one, too?  It's so sad and angrifying and bizarre that there are so many plants out there designed NOT to reproduce. 
@sky_light_eyes - Do not let yourself live in fear.  I do too much of that as it is.  I am still working at my position, but with both bosses gone over the summer, my schedule is more flexible.  I still work my hours, but there is more time for creative lunches and such.  To find another job - well, I look specifically at companies I like and do an active search weekly at the university's postings and at the public libraries' employment pages (which are empty lately because of decreased funding and downsizing).  So... what's in your area that you respect either for what they do or you like their products or they seem more interesting that what you do now?  Go to their website, check 'em out, and apply for anything in your range that looks interesting.  Who knows.

Corrections be damned!

I did giggle when I read that you bought your shuttlecocks as Dicks tweet. Cannot help it.

I hope the interview went well today.

@BoureeMusique -