What are you doing right now?

[RootDKJ]

Nice..the boss let us vote on company time as long as it was for Obama..lol..did you ever hear from the guy who was a no-show yesterday?

I almost forgot to post this....we had a of friend my missing employee call his girlfriend. She said that he's working on a special project on the overnight shift (not un-common for my department) and hasn't heard from him....the plot thickens

I spoke to my boss about this today and if he doesn't show up tomorrow, he wants me to have HR send him the job abandonment form letter and to be ready to let him go

He'll be the 1st person I'll have to fire. I wanted to fire another guy two years ago, but was over ruled by HR. So I put him on a Tues - Sat 4-12 shift for the rest of his career.

 

[drjeff]

I almost forgot to post this....we had a of friend my missing employee call his girlfriend. She said that he's working on a special project on the overnight shift (not un-common for my department) and hasn't heard from him....the plot thickens

I spoke to my boss about this today and if he doesn't show up tomorrow, he wants me to have HR send him the job abandonment form letter and to be ready to let him go

He'll be the 1st person I'll have to fire. I wanted to fire another guy two years ago, but was over ruled by HR. So I put him on a Tues - Sat 4-12 shift for the rest of his career.

The couple of times I've had to do the "your services are no longer needed here" speech to an employee have truely been days where I hate being the boss The worst day was one about 2 years ago when I got to make that speech TWICE in an hour Needed a few beers that night.

Right now I'm watching McCain's speech

 

[RootDKJ]

The couple of times I've had to do the "your services are no longer needed here" speech to an employee have truely been days where I hate being the boss The worst day was one about 2 years ago when I got to make that speech TWICE in an hour Needed a few beers that night.

Right now I'm watching McCain's speech

ouch...

 

[drjeff]

ouch...

Yup, that definately wasn't a good day.

Right now I just finished seeing the McCain talk that I've been a fan of for the last decade or so. Then again any person who had all of their front teeth ripped out in a P.O.W. camp while serving our country scores BIG points in my book :flag: :flag: :flag:

 

[dmc]

Going to sleep for an hour...

 

[Glenn]

The couple of times I've had to do the "your services are no longer needed here" speech to an employee have truely been days where I hate being the boss The worst day was one about 2 years ago when I got to make that speech TWICE in an hour Needed a few beers that night.

Right now I'm watching McCain's speech

My boss always told me: "If you ever enjoy this part of HR, something is wrong."

I've been part of quite a few. Even the ones that are so blatantly obvious are difficult. We're all people after all. It's rough.

 

[WJenness]

Buzzzzzed again... This time from beer... And some Hungarian liquor that tastes like Jeagermiester...

Zwack?

That stuff is crazy.

-w

 

[Warp Daddy]

Just got up-- we stayed up late last night to watch transformational HISTORY being made . I

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just got up-- we stayed up late last night to watch transformational HISTORY being made . I

It was decided pretty early...

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Both speaches, winner and runner-up, were worth seeing and hearing.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Both speaches, winner and runner-up, were worth seeing and hearing.

Absolutely true doc !

A very difficult road lies ahead, the problems are daunting, the stakes are very high, the complexities are akin to unraveling the GORDIAN KNOT , yet there seems to be a new spirit of re-newed optimism .

McCain was gracious and i believe returning to his true self in that speech and Obama was inspirational

We can all be proud to be Americans this morning -- our potential is ONLY limited by our creativity or lack thereof

 

[severine]

Just drank my 2nd cup of (very strong) coffee (did I mention that I rarely drink coffee? WOWSERS! ) and I"m trying to read some more of Alain-Fournier's The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes). Nice bit of escapism.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Lotsa warm and fuzzy feelings, for sure. I'm getting stoked for free healthcare, free skiing and cars that run on urine. . Oh, and world peace. All kidding aside, regardless of political leanings, it was a great moment in US presidential politics.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Me and dad are gonna run a few errands, drop off the quiver for a tune up and get the Dukes mounted on the Coombas. Drinkin some coffee and checking markets and news.

 

[mlctvt]

Just finished reading an email from my wife showing all of the southern(red) states we can't retire to. Vermont is looking better all the time.:-D
Just finished answering all the text and voice mail congratulations/celebrations I received on this historic day.

 

[wa-loaf]

McCain was gracious and i believe returning to his true self in that speech and Obama was inspirational

If he had talked like that through the election he would have done a lot better. His advisors did him no favors.

 

[Warp Daddy]

If he had talked like that through the election he would have done a lot better. His advisors did him no favors.

Yep the Republican "playbook" turns into a comic book horror story and "Bam" invoked technology in unique ways to coalese and energize various new constuiencies---

 

[tree_skier]

Just finished reading an email from my wife showing all of the southern(red) states we can't retire to. Vermont is looking better all the time.:-D
Just finished answering all the text and voice mail congratulations/celebrations I received on this historic day.

Bring plenty of money as we have had Obama's political policies in the Peoples Republic of Vermont for a while and taxes are plentiful and high. The latest proposal is the plastic bag tax. it went like this for a trip to the grocery store

1 loaf bread
3 types fresh veggies in bags
2 types deli meat
1 fresh fish double bagged
2 paks cheese in ziploc bags
1 pk 100 sandwich bags
1 pk choc chips
2 plastic bags at check out

=$5.65 bag tax

 

[Glenn]

Bring plenty of money as we have had Obama's political policies in the Peoples Republic of Vermont for a while and taxes are plentiful and high. The latest proposal is the plastic bag tax. it went like this for a trip to the grocery store

1 loaf bread
3 types fresh veggies in bags
2 types deli meat
1 fresh fish double bagged
2 paks cheese in ziploc bags
1 pk 100 sandwich bags
1 pk choc chips
2 plastic bags at check out

=$5.65 bag tax

You've got to be shite-ing me. :smash:

My wife and I want to eventually get a place up there. But the tax stucture is beyond odd....and downright baffling. Maybe we'll by a farm....and just not do any farming. I've heard they'll pay you for that these days.

 

[severine]

Bring plenty of money as we have had Obama's political policies in the Peoples Republic of Vermont for a while and taxes are plentiful and high. The latest proposal is the plastic bag tax. it went like this for a trip to the grocery store

1 loaf bread
3 types fresh veggies in bags
2 types deli meat
1 fresh fish double bagged
2 paks cheese in ziploc bags
1 pk 100 sandwich bags
1 pk choc chips
2 plastic bags at check out

=$5.65 bag tax

Are you saying you're taxed on the bags that the foods are prepackaged in?

I know parts of California did the bag tax sometime back. Around here, just about all the grocery stores now give you a $0.05 credit per bag if you bring your own reusable bags to pack your groceries in. Not a bad thing, really. I was doing it for a while but then started stocking up on plastic bags again for...containment of poopy diapers. uke: But when I cloth diapered (which can be its own uke, I was pretty consistent about using reusable bags in stores.

Right now... trying to calm the kids down so I can get some homework done. When they're wild, I just sit and surf instead of focusing. I know, really bad.