Re: Re: trying again   
     By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Sat Apr 25 2015 17:03:50   
      
    NB> At least the basket the eggs landed in seems to be the more dependable   
    NB> one.  One does wonder how well the airport location will do, with that   
    NB> sort of sloppy management...   
      
     I'm wondering that more than a bit myself.  I mean I've seen some pretty   
   crappy locations with less overhead flounder and fail because of management   
   that was a few levels better than what was going on at this place...  I was   
   really starting to wonder (along with the corporate people in the training   
   team-- there was serious open dissent there about him) how he even got hired in   
   the first place.  I mean scheduling seems like one of the most basal and   
   necessary skills for that work...  Anyway I'm interested in knowing what   
   happens to it, but then again, without a job at that airport I'll probably   
   never really know unless somebody tells me that it closes.  My guess is that   
   he'll get fired as manager before that, though.  Maybe sooner, rather than   
   later, if I ever get that email written.  Not that it'll have as much effect   
   now that I've taken weeks off from writing it to de-angst from the situation,   
   first.   
      
    NB> Just have to encourage him to do his own work...  and try not to do it   
    NB> for him.  :)   
      
     That is a tough one for me.  When I'm trying to help him with things he   
   really does all he can to milk everything out of me.  I know was that that can   
   be helped, though.  The situation makes it a little bit difficult, but it's   
   getting better now that he's in "Cranium Club" after school which gives him   
   time and trained teachers aides to help out with the homework.  :)  He's a lot   
   happier coming home with plenty of time to do his own stuff now instead of   
   having that to deal with upon release from the dungeons.  heh.   
      
    NB> Speaking of which, have you gotten any pay from that foodservice job...?    
      
     I got one paycheck, which helped for a bit.  I'm not sure, they may have a   
   little bit there more waiting for me, but if so it's miniscule enough so that   
   it won't make much of a difference in the current situation, so I'll probably   
   just wait for them to mail it out, instead of putting more miles on my dying   
   vehicle and burning up just as much in gas.   
      
    NB> Sounds like it's someone you can learn from, too...  working together on   
    NB> a project can hone everyone's brains... :)   
      
     Yeah there've been some blockers on it in the past week, but it looks like   
   things are getting up to speed again.  I'm doing what I can to keep my iron in   
   the fire on that one.   
      
    NB> When there's lots to say, there's lots to say, after all...    
      
     That reminds me of a time when...  Nah, just kidding.  ;)   
      
    NB> If one has to impart a lot of information, written communication works   
    NB> well...  But when one needs to get information, and it might require a   
    NB> series of questions/answers in order to get it, phone or face-to-face   
    NB> works best... at least for me...  :)   Especially if there's any urgency   
    NB> in getting the info..  :)   
      
     That's pretty much how it works for me, too.     
      
    NB> Well, I've been back for a week now, and still not quite caught up...   
    NB> but that's pretty much what I expected...  I just plod along, and do   
    NB> what I can, with what time I have... ;)  Might get all my Fido caught up   
    NB> today, but that remains to be seen...     
      
     Heh.  Yeah I'm very slowly catching up in areas, too.  I know I've got at   
   least one fellow waiting for me on some promises to work on fido stuff that is   
   probably stuck in his craw a bit.  Well, probably not, pretty amicable dude,   
   but I wouldn't begrudge him if it were so.  I've had so many irons in the fire   
   that it's been tough to prioritize and keep up on everything when I'm exhausted   
   from all the stuff before right now.   
      
     -D   
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