February Banter 2026

[AlexD1990]

imagine getting that mad about frozen water that falls from the sky that you have 0 control over

[poolz1]

16 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

So something happened this week that I need to put in writing I am so mad. 

So the oldest Ms. J is in her last semester. And is looking everyday and applying for jobs in this shitty market. Fast forward this week, Monday to be exact. She finally gets an interview for an internship. But on the same day she got contacted for another job that would be exactly what she would like to have. Local DC communications company, would be remote and good benefits and pay. With all the jobs she has replied to lately she did not remember applying to this one. An interview is set up over Microsoft Teams. It is one of those interviews where you are sent questions and then you have to record yourself with a 1 minute answer. Weird but I have seen interviews like these used to narrow down candidates. She is told that she would hear something back the following day. She gets contacted again through Microsoft Teams and asked if she is available to talk over the phone at a certain time on Tuesday. Let me just say here that Mr. J was already kind of surprised that someone who would be fresh out of school would even be considered for this job but we are all kind of caught up in the excitement. Anyways she lets us know she is offered the job and with an after graduation start date. Perfect right?? Well that is where the red flags started to pop up. She had class into the night and then one of her club meetings after so we had not had the time to talk with her. She asked should she cancel the interview for the internship and Mr. J said until you have a signed contract no. So we asked her about the contract. 2 pages, only 2 pages and what was on those 2 pages made the Spidy sense of Mr. J go off. He started digging. Mind you Ms. J had already checked into the name of the person who originally sent the first contact. He was an employee. But the person who called her was someone calling from an AZ phone number and had a thick accent. And his email to send the “contract” to ended not with a .com. In said “contract” it listed the job posting again and all the benefits, which mind you was what was exactly on the companies website. The second page was asking for proof of rent, ID, SS, passport and bank info for “direct deposit” At the bottom was a line for the start date and it was left blank even though she had given a start date. She was to fill out the paperwork and send it back by the end of business on Wednesday. We told her to send us what she had gotten and started to try to connect the dots. Told her to hold off sending anything until we dug a bit more. As a victim of ID theft back in the day I started to get that sick feeling in my gut. She was contacted one more time Tuesday evening saying that she can send the info that night. She did not even have anything printed out and replied she would the next day. Between that and the digging that Mr. J was doing we told her to not send anything at all. That is was looking more and more like a phishing scheme that we had never seen before. What set off his concern was the salary that was being given to someone with her qualifications. Mr. J immediately found an email to the company that was being spoofed asking if in fact she had been given a job offer. We have yet to hear back from them but were 100% sure that she should not send off any sensitive information.

You guys… this world sucks! This kid has been busting her ass to not only finish college but has been stressing over not being a burden on us. Which she will never be and was told as such. She is working 2 jobs and making contacts. And wants a job she wants to be self sufficient. I feel absolutely gutted for her. She still has her interview for the internship but after what just happened she went back in to check if she even applied for this. And cross reference the contact with the actual company. This one checks out and will actually be a face to face interview. She will now be keeping a spread sheet of what she applies for on top of the email trail. We are glad that she still feels close enough to us to keep us in the loop. Because had she not this could have ended very badly. Sorry for this being so long but I needed to put my thoughts out in words with people not connected directly. 

Everyone enjoy this sunny day. 

Thank you for posting this.  I am sorry your daughter went through this BS.  I have a daughter who is in her second year at UMD, working her butt off.  I will be relaying this information to her and my wife.  Never knew of or even imagined this method of scamming! 

[yoda]

8 minutes ago, JakkelWx said:

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

 

Well shoot

[AlexD1990]

I mean seriously, i know we all love snow and all, but if you're getting THAT upset when it doesn't happen? and you cant find a way to move on from it with, like other hobbies or your real life? Get help. Meds are wonderful things, just sayin...

[AlexD1990]

People already look at the DE posters in a funny way because of greyhat, et al, and now this joker.

 

I'm willing to take one for the team, as it were and have a rainstorm for DE while the rest of you get fuckin buried just to watch the epic crashout that would ensue...

 

 

i will regret saying that...

[stormtracker]

13 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

@stormtracker Wait are w-2s, 1099s, etc going to be required to confirm yearly income to make post in threads now? 

Writing up the regs now

[TSSN+]

2 minutes ago, AlexD1990 said:

I mean seriously, i know we all love snow and all, but if you're getting THAT upset when it doesn't happen? and you cant find a way to move on from it with, like other hobbies or your real life? Get help. Meds are wonderful things, just sayin...

Even meds don’t work for some people 

[AlexD1990]

Just now, TSSN+ said:

Even meds don’t work for some people 

there's always electro shock therapy...

[stormtracker]

18 minutes ago, H2O said:

Look at this fucker saying this while insulting mets and salary shaming

Man went on a rant about belittling after he belittled the core people that make this board tick.  Basically called them junk scientists living in their basements. 

What a time to be alive.

[H2O]

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

Writing up the regs now

mods checking everyones creds to post in the LR thread

[stormtracker]

24 minutes ago, RevWarReenactor said:

I stand by what I said- I think people here absolutely look down on those whom they consider to have less meteorology knowledge than them. They belittle and bully. All I was doing was bringing some of you back down to earth. I do this as a boss in my job too. It’s crucial to keep people even keeled. 
 

as far as me being unstable I dunno last few posts tend to indicate you all are probably more unstable except psu.  I was just saying a simple fact. 

@CAPE, you're about to get a sternly worded PM

[yoda]

Just now, stormtracker said:

@CAPE, you're about to get a sternly worded PM

I hope you get one inch of rain 

[H2O]

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

Man went on a rant about belittling after he belittled the core people that make this board tick.  Basically called them junk scientists living in their basements. 

What a time to be alive.

Come back down to earth, Randy.  The man stands by his post like a boss

[TSSN+]

Just now, yoda said:

I hope you get one inch of rain 

Hell, make it freezing rain. 

[stormtracker]

Just now, H2O said:

Come back down to earth, Randy.  The man stands by his post like a boss

He said what he said.

[stormtracker]

Just now, TSSN+ said:

Hell, make it freezing rain. 

He's making an old board reference to a met who did exactly that.  Dude got mad because people were calling him out on his forecast and stormed off after telling people "I hope you get an inch of ice!!"

[IUsedToHateCold]

Rain is traumatic right now guys. The pack is so beautiful. Let's just not even talk about it. 

[TSSN+]

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

He's making an old board reference to a met who did exactly that.  Dude got mad because people were calling him out on his forecast and stormed off after telling people "I hope you get an inch of ice!!"

This place is amazing. Never fails to disappoint. 

[LeesburgWx]

My God, we need a blizzard stat. This is worse than cliff diving 

[TSSN+]

1 minute ago, LeesburgWx said:

My God, we need a blizzard stat. This is worse than cliff diving 

Move south if you want a blizzard. 

[AlexD1990]

@stormtracker can you change his screename to Temu George Washington? what kind of donation to the server is needed? We can start a GoFundMe....

[bncho]

Why was his entire argument so stupid? He basically said that when it's too warm it's too warm and when it's too cold it's too cold.

[mappy]

5 minutes ago, bncho said:

Why was his entire argument so stupid? He basically said that when it's too warm it's too warm and when it's too cold it's too cold.

Welcome to the world that is mdecoy (his first wx forum name) 

[yoda]

17 minutes ago, IUsedToHateCold said:

Rain is traumatic right now guys. The pack is so beautiful. Let's just not even talk about it. 

I hope your WC is below zero Saturday morning

[AlexD1990]

12 minutes ago, mappy said:

Welcome to the world that is mdecoy (his first wx forum name) 

OMG, THATS WHO HE IS? 

 

ugh, that explains SO much...

[ravensrule]

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

Lolllll, as if 150K a year is a lot of money. I guess in Delaware it’s an Elon Musk type of salary. This guy is 5 beers short of a 6 pack. 

[AlexD1990]

1 minute ago, ravensrule said:

Lolllll, as if 150K a year is a lot of money. I guess in Delaware it’s an Elon Musk type of salary. This guy is 5 beers short of a 6 pack. 

depends which part of DE. I would kill to make that much, lol

[ravensrule]

1 hour ago, wxdude64 said:

WOW. I'm with @psuhoffman on this one, someone needs to go with @dailylurker on a LES Tug Hill event and get a healthy snow fix, stat. 

I mean would you really risk your life sharing a room with him. I would bring at least a $150,000 arsenal. 

[Kay]

This thread has been quite a read this morning. Even manages to surpass the worst thread ever, the horrific abomination of the lighthearted weak ass wave thread. Yes, I'm still defending it!

I've had this person on ignore for many years.

 

[Mrs.J]

43 minutes ago, poolz1 said:

Thank you for posting this.  I am sorry your daughter went through this BS.  I have a daughter who is in her second year at UMD, working her butt off.  I will be relaying this information to her and my wife.  Never knew of or even imagined this method of scamming! 

That is the reason I posted it. It can happen to anyone. And being a victim myself knows too well the years it takes to get things right. Me knowing that even just you letting your daughter and wife know it makes my post worthwhile. As my daughter is a film and media studies major she has a YouTube channel. She has been doing a weekly vlog and intends to spotlight this. She was a lucky one I am sure there are others out there who have not been.