Oh, lisah, I'm sorry.
(which probably really didn't help you just not cry at work.)
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jul 08, 2014 10:08:32 am PDT #1560 of 30000
javachik - Jul 08, 2014 10:10:24 am PDT #1561 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh man, Lisa. I am sorry.
-t - Jul 08, 2014 10:11:41 am PDT #1562 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry to hear that, lisah.
SuziQ - Jul 08, 2014 10:21:31 am PDT #1563 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I know I've mentioned that CJ does ride alongs with the fire department, typically with the med team. He came home late Saturday after a shift and didn't want to talk about his last call.
Today he finally shared - it was a response to a 4 year old who had drowned in a local lake. Seven EMTs worked on the kid in the back of the ambulance while CJ helped the driver navigate to the hospital. He had been in the lake for 30 minutes before he was found and was declared dead at the hospital.
My heart breaks for the family. And for my kid, having to witness that. But knowing he wants to go into emergency services, this is just the first. It sucks but knowing how passionate he is about wanting to help people and do what he can to prevent such tragic endings helps.
meara - Jul 08, 2014 10:32:42 am PDT #1564 of 30000
Oh man, poor kid and poor CJ and poor EMTs. That's gotta be hard.
Sara, people are losing accrued vacation time?? That is so not on. Damn. No chance you can get some similar but differently-contracted position?
I am hungry and want to go eat but am waiting on people to make updates or meet with me. But I'm worried maybe they went to lunch and didn't tell me. Ugh.
SuziQ - Jul 08, 2014 10:38:55 am PDT #1565 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Meara - one benefit of summer vacation and me working from home - I can get CJ to bring me lunch. I still end up eating/working but at least I'm not hungry.
lisah - Jul 08, 2014 10:41:08 am PDT #1566 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, that's rough, Suzi.
That's a vendor that I'm firing later this year (we are not renewing a contract for software. And yes, they know
They are also the company that was fired from the project I'm on last year. I thought their business model was taking government money and either notdoing the work or doing terrible work and asking for additional money to fix their screwups. I didn't realize it was private industry they were doing this to as well.
lisah - Jul 08, 2014 10:43:00 am PDT #1567 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
And what they are doing to their employees is just appalling, sara.
Maria - Jul 08, 2014 10:50:16 am PDT #1568 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Lisa, my deepest condolences to you and Bob.
Sara, I will be happy to smite the lot of them tomorrow. That's bullshit, plain and simple. I'm sorry you're getting screwed.
sarameg - Jul 08, 2014 11:03:23 am PDT #1569 of 30000
Legacy accruals we won't lose until we used them up, ( of course that burns first) but after that, the accrual zeros at the beginning of every year. And they're trying to impose mandatory vacation days- specific ones regardless of site schedules. Compared with our sites 5 wks/ yr, some insane cap of 3 or 4 months..
There is talk of insurrection to get a buyout.