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Showing posts with label employment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label employment. Show all posts
Monday, October 21, 2013

Unemployment (it's not just for beer and cigarettes)

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Let me introduce myself...  I am the newest member of the entitled.  I am the newest member of the unemployed collecting money from the gov...
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Thursday, September 5, 2013

There is no sense in nonsense

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Ok, I'm ready to write about the ...rest of the story of my "retirement." I thought it may take me a few days to find the h...
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Monday, August 26, 2013

Don't let the door...

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I'm ready to tell the story of how I discovered I no longer had a job. I am much more into to the idea of not having a job to go to e...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

I've got nothing to do today but smile

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I am now retired. I feel good and bad at the same time about this turn of events.  No one is more surprised by these conflicted feelings ...
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Friday, August 9, 2013

Whose voice are you listening to?

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I've never felt "at home" here in SoMD.  I remember the day my husband brought me here.  He told me the place we were going...
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

These feelings would go so well with pie

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Tomorrow is the date I put on my letter of resignation. My ( new ) boss asked me if I would stay on for at least three more weeks or at l...
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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Why I'm still working

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I had put a countdown clock app on my iPhone.  The title of my countdown clock was "I Quit."  I was totally and completely ready ...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Earning my pay next week

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It's going to be a busy week.  My work is wildly busy lately.  My old boss is now the acting president of the college I work at.  Oh ye...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

I'm baaaaack!

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Hi.  Long time, no see.  I've missed everyone. Where to begin?... I guess I can start with why I haven't been writing.  The sho...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Hazardous workplace

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This info came to me just 24 hours too late.  I guess my workplace is hazardous.  It wasn't necessary to bold the STOP EATING or Drinki...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Retirement (they say you just know when it's time to go)

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Should you stay or should you go? Do you leave them wanting more? Or wait ‘til they want you to go? Pull your finger out of a bucket...
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Friday, February 8, 2013

ABC's of oxymorons

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English, it’s so complicated. act naturally boxing ring certain risk definite maybe educational TV freezer burn graduate ...
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

The unteachables

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There are just some people out there in the world that are downright unteachable.  Lately I've run into a few people that are absolutel...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Should you click Forward or Reply?

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In this world of email and social networking a click of a mouse can make all the difference. A funny thing happened to me at the office l...
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Friday, January 11, 2013

Whining is not a good way to begin an email

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“I really hate asking anyone for help on anything around here, especially now that Luke's gone.  He was one person I could always...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

2013..., business as usual

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I'm back at work and getting back in the swing of things.  I've got to tell you, I'm struggling.  There is always a bit of a le...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

What has happened to personal responsibility?

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"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

The housekeeper in my building

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This is the day the housekeeper at the building you work in asks for a piece of paper and a pencil and you give it to her without even rais...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

Setting a goal

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Boss:  Happygirl you need to set a goal for yourself this year. Me:  Ok, I will. Boss:  So, what is your goal? Me:  I’d like to...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

This is how my tenant rolls

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  First of the month, nothing.  Days pass.  Nothing.  The 15 th , bell rings, it’s her.  She’s got on her best smile and rattiest shirt....
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