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by WalterBright 2385 days ago
In my senior year at Caltech, I flew out with some others to interview at HP. HP made a group presentation to us. I fell asleep halfway through the presentation and woke up halfway to the floor, and hit the floor with quite a crash. I inspired quite a bit of laughter with that.

I didn't get the job offer :-)
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Roark66 2385 days ago
This is why you always bring a coffee to presentations/meetings. Even if caffeine is not strong enough to stop you from falling asleep the activity of picking up a cup and taking a sip every few minutes will do.
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WalterBright 2385 days ago
I didn't get hooked on coffee until I started at Boeing. There's nothing like Boeing MIL-STD coffee. It was years before I realized that my Sunday morning headaches were caffeine withdrawal (I'm really not very smart).

I still like my coffee black and tasting like industrial waste.

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duderific 2384 days ago
Ha, that's funny. I drink an extra cup of coffee when I get to the office, to add to the one I have with breakfast at home.

I would get the worst headache on the weekends until I realized my body was expecting that second cup.

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