They claimed she wasn't catching on to the new software they implemented fast enough. Which was not remotely true since the other employees were going to sis to help them figure it out. She had to read the manual because they held the training upstairs and she can't climb stairs.

That sounds like ADA territory.

That also sounds like blatant age-ism. Grrrrr.

That also sounds like blatant age-ism.

Age-ism is pretty blatant all around.

I just got hired for a part time faculty position at a nearby community college and apparently at 42 I meet some sort of federal or state guideline that helps prove that they will hire old people. I had three or four forms to fill out that were very specific about noting that I was over 40.

That sounds like ADA territory.

Yes it does. Rotten for her, Laura, glad you can be there for her.

ND that is very interesting. Being on the hiring committee this year meant learning a little bit about the kookiness that is hiring for diversity (which is the word they use around our campus for under represented groups). Diversity is like fight club: the first rule of diversity status is that you cannot mention it AT ALL during the hiring process.

Yeah, this didn't have anything to do with getting the job, but after the fact there were a few forms where it was one of the bits of data being gathered. It seemed pretty clear that in some way being over 40 was now a big deal.

People are calling from all over the country demanding police take further action on that cat attack situation because obviously they know more about cat abuse/child abuse from the 3 paragraph articles they have read on the interwebs than the responding police officers sussed out while there on the scene.

WTH? I, to have many questions with the story as presented, but I posted them on my Facebook page and moved on. It wouldn't occur to me to call emergency services halfway across the country and get all up in it.

It never occurs to me that I might be a saner person than others.

From "the things I learned from the Buffistas" file:

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my first year handling 911 and non emergency calls I was constantly wondering how some people are able to figure out how to put on their shoes and walk out the front door, much less dial a phone. Now I just hope for them to drink enough that they forget how to do those things.

Feeling a bit overly jaded and crankified tonight. Seeing a new physical therapist tomorrow and fingers crossed that has some more insight than....all the other physical therapists and specialists i've seen in the last 7 months.

I just got hired for a part time faculty position at a nearby community college and apparently at 42 I meet some sort of federal or state guideline that helps prove that they will hire old people.

This is interesting because, in the sciences at least, it is hard to get an entry level job before you are in your mid-thirties. It takes grad school and two or three post-docs just to build a strong enough record to get an interview. We interview people for beginning Assistant Professor jobs who already have 30 publications. A generation ago you needed two or three. It's like you need to put in long-term indentured servitude just to get a job these days.