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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 12:56:45 GMT -5
I need help in finding what to do for my wife’s birthday in September. Any suggestions? what does she like?
a nice casserole or Lasagna is always a nice way to celebrate (or order in from your favorite local restaurant).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 12:57:02 GMT -5
I need help in finding what to do for my wife’s birthday in September. Any suggestions? Can you cook? HAAA!
Jinx
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 16, 2020 13:28:42 GMT -5
She doesn’t want my bad cooking.
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Post by brutalis on Jul 16, 2020 14:13:43 GMT -5
I need help in finding what to do for my wife’s birthday in September. Any suggestions? Any close nice getaways from town just the 2 of you go to type places? A bed and breakfast 2-3 day so see different walls than homes. Cabin rental in hills (if any near you?). For a few days where be out of city enjoy some nature out walking away from people enjoy being outside safely.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 16, 2020 17:29:50 GMT -5
I need help in finding what to do for my wife’s birthday in September. Any suggestions? Organise a Thor comic read-a-thon.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 16, 2020 17:55:52 GMT -5
I need help in finding what to do for my wife’s birthday in September. Any suggestions? Organise a Thor comic read-a-thon. And invite a green rabbit to read with you.
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Post by impulse on Jul 16, 2020 21:16:22 GMT -5
You could get drunk and go to sleep early?
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 16, 2020 22:38:12 GMT -5
If I understand brutalis post correctly, the company can document that your work performance is poor and terminate you. Sounds like a setup, they give you the work for 2 people and when you fail, they claim you weren't trying hard. Terrible. I've seen it done. In a company I worked for, the CEO wanted to fire a certain scientist who frequently disagreed with him. The law forbids firing a person without cause, so cause had to be found... and the CEO had a performance review process started, while at the same time setting certain unattainable objectives for the scientist. After a few months, the case was to be evaluated by a small committee supervised by the HR department. Since I was the scientist's supervisor, I was obviously involved in the process. I judged that the person was doing a fine job, especially considering the impossible goals that had been set. (It was really a great employee... just not one to say "there are five fingers" when there are four). Not only was I overruled, but I was removed from the evaluation process altogether... because I was "too personally involved with the members of my team". The Yes-men and sycophants who then passed judgement fired the scientist, "with cause" (because the impossible goals had not been met). The game had been rigged right from the start. Close to what happened to me, but they did mine retroactively. I was a computer operations supervisor and we had to shut down the computer system for an upgrade. Being a good employee trying to improve myself, I had spent downtime browsing the manuals and found an HP (computer & software manufacturer) provided "logoff" command that logged all the remaining users still on the system off at once, gracefully, instead of just shutting down and killing their sessions. So I used it and it crashed the system. Took hours and much work to recover from. A couple days later I was fired saying that it was a culmination of a series of mistakes. As another example, they said that I had failed to send backup tapes to the building next door as off site storage. Never mind that I was the one who initiated the off site storage program (they'd never done it before) and I hadn't sent the tapes over because I was waiting for proper storage cases for transport because they were still on order. I also later found out that the "logoff" command had a "known issue" that HP had talked about in the training that I was passed over for because I was a supervisor. They sent another guy in a "train the trainer" situation where he'd come back and teach us what he'd learned. Which he didn't do. Yet it was my fault that the faulty command, that I was never told about, crashed the system. But Wisconsin was a right to work state even then, so I was out. Then they tried to claim I had performed so poorly that weren't going to pay unemployment. Fought that and won. I'm sure it was also just a coincidence that there were two of us in the supervisor role, me and the other one whose lips were vapor-locked on the new manager's butt. The December before my firing, there was a training that the vendor wanted to get done before the end of the year. No urgency, just more convenient for them. The manager and sycophant-supervisor said sure, we can make all the computer operators cancel their vacation/holiday plans, which I argued against. I won, but they never forgave me for not falling into line. And I lost in the long run.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 17, 2020 4:51:17 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that, DE Sinclair. It's clear that you were targeted and retroactively made into a villain so that they could maintain a veneer of propriety. I'm glad you won the fight for unemployment payments, but it's scant consolation when one is treated so shabbily. The one silver lining is that you know you acted properly, while they acted like contemptible swine. Since it's probably not the first time ( or the last) that they acted in such a fashion, they will have to look at themselves in the mirror each morning, knowing deep down that they are contemptible. And that kind of behaviour often comes back to haunt people... (The CEO I mentioned in the above story eventually got his just deserts, although in an unrelated matter... his devious behaviour being the same in all fields, he was eventually found to have misled the company's board and was fired. I was very, very glad).
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 19, 2020 8:16:18 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that, DE Sinclair . It's clear that you were targeted and retroactively made into a villain so that they could maintain a veneer of propriety. I'm glad you won the fight for unemployment payments, but it's scant consolation when one is treated so shabbily. The one silver lining is that you know you acted properly, while they acted like contemptible swine. Since it's probably not the first time ( or the last) that they acted in such a fashion, they will have to look at themselves in the mirror each morning, knowing deep down that they are contemptible. And that kind of behaviour often comes back to haunt people... (The CEO I mentioned in the above story eventually got his just deserts, although in an unrelated matter... his devious behaviour being the same in all fields, he was eventually found to have misled the company's board and was fired. I was very, very glad). I don't believe that scum look in the mirror and struggle. Ever. But I believe that everything you do, good or bad, comes back to you in a similar form. I've seen it and it's happened to me as well. Sorry, that you were abused, DE Sinclair.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 19, 2020 11:28:14 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that, DE Sinclair . It's clear that you were targeted and retroactively made into a villain so that they could maintain a veneer of propriety. I'm glad you won the fight for unemployment payments, but it's scant consolation when one is treated so shabbily. The one silver lining is that you know you acted properly, while they acted like contemptible swine. Since it's probably not the first time ( or the last) that they acted in such a fashion, they will have to look at themselves in the mirror each morning, knowing deep down that they are contemptible. And that kind of behaviour often comes back to haunt people... (The CEO I mentioned in the above story eventually got his just deserts, although in an unrelated matter... his devious behaviour being the same in all fields, he was eventually found to have misled the company's board and was fired. I was very, very glad). I don't believe that scum look in the mirror and struggle. Ever. But I believe that everything you do, good or bad, comes back to you in a similar form. I've seen it and it's happened to me as well. Sorry, that you were abused, DE Sinclair . Thanks RR & ICC. It was a long time ago and I've gone on to much better jobs, including my present one. Working at a company that builds and controls the electric transmission lines makes us pretty much the definition of "essential" so my job has seen no disruption from the coronavirus other than most of the office working from home. Makes the office pretty quiet and almost peaceful. I do wish I was a good enough man and Christian to say I've forgiven them, but I still have no good will towards the woman responsible. I'm afraid I wouldn't even walk across the street to pee on her if she were on fire. But I'm sure she never lost a moment of sleep over me, so hopefully she got what karma she deserved.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 19, 2020 11:32:04 GMT -5
Not to name names, but apparently a company I may or may not have been treated shabbily by, is still a steaming, immoral pile of crap according to Google:
Is Funjet Vacations legit?
Do not use Funjet Vacations and do not let your travel agent book through them. ... Make sure your travel agent is not using this company to book anything. The Covid-19 virus forced us to cancel our large group travel and the company would not give us a full refund even though there was no way of flying to our destination.May 28, 2020
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Post by brutalis on Jul 20, 2020 9:31:42 GMT -5
Tis' official. I am among the unemployed masses as of today. Emailed my resignation to my Director this morning. Now instead of hunting back issue comic books I turn to the elusive job hunting. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for a quick turn around.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 9:36:22 GMT -5
Ah, that’s not good. But good luck with the job search!
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Post by impulse on Jul 20, 2020 9:57:38 GMT -5
Without going into detail, I am finding the news and current events in the US increasingly stressful. I don't remember things being this tense all over before in my lifetime so far. I'm really worried about what the next few months are going to be like. Crazy times out there. Stay safe everyone.
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