Daniel, are you getting health insurance through your job?
If there is ANY possibility they're looking to terminate your diabetic ass for being oh so expensive you might mention that, you know, casually.
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Cheese Man ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 28: For the Safety of Puppies...and Christmas!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Trudy Booth - Dec 23, 2005 10:19:46 am PST #1425 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
DavidS - Dec 23, 2005 10:33:18 am PST #1426 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The strange thing is, that it would have been an off-limits subject for me under any other circumstances, so how I got sucked into it, I'll never understand.
Man, that almost sounds like you were set up. Why would she keep coming back to it instead of dropping it? Sorry. I'm cynical about this stuff.
Deena - Dec 23, 2005 10:39:20 am PST #1427 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Yeah, that stinks a lot. I'm sorry Daniel.
Spidra Webster - Dec 23, 2005 10:49:27 am PST #1428 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Also boggling. I wish you good luck getting your job back, Daniel. Just amazing.
Juliana, you have my good wishes as always.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2005 10:50:46 am PST #1429 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why would she keep coming back to it instead of dropping it?
Becuase minorities can be paranoid like that.
Doesn't make Daniel any more employed (man, that sucks, and I feel for you, DCJ), but I wouldn't try casting that big a conspiracy net without evidence.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 23, 2005 10:51:35 am PST #1430 of 10001
What is even happening?
Daniel, maybe you can get the employee who actually said the phrase to back you up that you weren't harassing, but that in fact, the woman who filed the complaint had been asking you what the derogatory name for the nuts was?
Cass - Dec 23, 2005 10:53:45 am PST #1431 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Daniel, I am so sorry and just as boggled as everyone else.
He's been nice, too, it's just that I don't need to vent when he's nice.Yeah, I get that. I'm glad you can vent here when you need to and also that it's not all hellish and terrible.
Beverly - Dec 23, 2005 10:54:38 am PST #1432 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Daniel, this does merit some investigation. Which, you know, is hard to think of, more less do, when you're reeling from being fired. But I would ask some questions, certainly.
I'm so sorry.
juliana, what's been said about knowing *you* and wishing *you* well. But I do believe that there must be many things worth loving about him, or you never would have.
DCJensen - Dec 23, 2005 11:22:23 am PST #1433 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I've been thinking about possibilities.
It's possible I remarked that something they said "reminded me of that old nickname" for the brazil nut. If I said "you" instead of "you've" and she didn't hear the "ded," or I misspoke, it makes a bit more sense in regard to our misunderstanding. "you've reminded me of" and "You remind me of" sound a lot alike.
So I can see a possible inception of the misunderstanding. Not realizing it was not heard/said right, it made it hard for me to understand her insistance.
OTOH? It does not excuse the claim that I used the word, nor the lack of trying to clear it up.
That's the clearest interpretation of the events I can come up with.
I'm starting to get in a funk.
Nicole - Dec 23, 2005 11:36:09 am PST #1434 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Short break between lunching with old co-workers and Aunt T and then I'm heading out for a little ice skating.
Daniel, I'm so sorry. It's terribly unfortunate that they didn't feel like hearing your side of the story would be the next course of action. The whole situation sounds very confusing.
Beverly, dearest, so sorry to hear about StE's lay off. He's had such a rough time of it lately and the yo-yo needs to stop, especially if this is/was the same company that lured him away from his previous company.
Hoping that all those forced to work today were/are let out early and are able to spend time doing something they truly enjoy.