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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 10:55 PM
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Ever feel like you're on the edge?
But, you're not even sure

of

what?

Just a random rambling...

after a long, hard, idiotic

day

at

work.

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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 10:57 PM
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1. I live there lately
:D

:hug:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 10:59 PM
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3. I'd hate to live there....or...
..here...all the time. It's not a good place really. :hug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 10:57 PM
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2. My dear KC2!
Oh yes


:hug:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:00 PM
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4. It's nice to know I'm not the only one!
:hug:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:01 PM
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5. Yes.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:05 PM
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9. Hug...
:hug:

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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:11 PM
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13. Close call
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:02 PM
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6. whoa yeah...every day at work
since the credit crisis. Literally are on the edge bizwise. Probably 1/10 the firms left standing , some of them some really big shops.

I know lots of guys that went from 60k a month to 0.
Imagine how tha puts a dent in your lifestyle.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:08 PM
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10. This economy is getting very scary
It's all around us, yet so many people are still in denial. I just don't get it.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:03 PM
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7. I've never even met him...
...oh. :blush: :hide:

I do know what you mean, though. :hug: Hope things get better for you soon! :hi:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:10 PM
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11. Well, thanks...
I'm really fine... really. It's just a little unsettling, that's all... as if.. well... as if the other shoe has yet to drop (is that the expression?). :hug: :hi:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:05 PM
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8. Every.
Fucking.

Day.



How someone can be so close to jumping off and still earn a DUZY is astounding.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:12 PM
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14. I've never earned a DUZY
I'm either too stupid or not snarky enough. I can't decide which. That probably means it's the former and not the latter. :-(
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:14 PM
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17. No brains required on my part.
In fact, the stupider the better. *snort* (Speaking for myself, of course--as someone who continues to wear my shirts inside out in public)
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:19 PM
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21. Hey
That's the style...

so who would notice (the shirts inside out, that is)?! :hi:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:20 PM
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22. They notice when they're backwards.
Yep, that too. I'm starting to scare myself.
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:11 PM
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12. Every. Freaking. Day.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:13 PM
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15. Wow
I'm really surprised how many people

seem to

know...

:hug:
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:13 PM
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16. Yes. I have been on the edge all week.
Working 60 hours a week for four weeks in a row does that to me. But it's ok. I'm non-exempt and don't like getting paid overtime for all the extra hours I am ordered to work anyway. :sarcasm:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:15 PM
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19. 60 hours?
They would have to haul me out of the office on a stretcher. ugh. Take care of yourself!!
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:26 PM
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23. I'm trying
Last month another department was merged into the one I was already managing. So we have almost doubled in size, radically changed our work flow, and are temporarily running short staffed. Management has to be present whenever staff is on site. And since my new supervisors were not officially changed to non-exempt status until today I was stuck being there for endless hours. It should start getting much better after next week.

The past 30 days have been a tad stressful.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:28 PM
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24. I'm glad you'll get some help!
Geez... sounds like they've taken advantage of you. :hug:
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:46 PM
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25. Nope. This is the opportunity I have been waiting a long time for
Setting the tone and leading by example is important for my new staff to experience. I love my job and have the increased responsibility I have been preparing for over the course of the past few years. There's a lot of details to tend to and events have not unfurled in the order they were planned (which causes a new set of problems to solve). But I'm up to it and know we have turned the corner.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:48 PM
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26. Glad you enjoy it.
You do sound like you have it together! :hi:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:15 PM
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18. Do I ever feel like I'm on the edge? ~~ I live on the edge!
Seriously and it can be a fun place to be once you learn how to deal.

:hug:

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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:18 PM
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20. Yeah... I can see that...at times
Edited on Sat Nov-17-07 12:08 AM by KC2
There are many ways to deal... I know that. Thanks. :hug:
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