-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 01-May-2015 12:09 <=-   
      
    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...   
    DAG> I'm wondering that more than a bit myself.  I mean I've seen some   
    DAG> pretty crappy locations with less overhead flounder and fail because of   
    DAG> management that was a few levels better than what was going on at this   
    DAG> place...  I was really starting to wonder (along with the corporate   
    DAG> people in the training team-- there was serious open dissent there   
    DAG> about him) how he even got hired in the first place.  I mean scheduling   
    DAG> seems like one of the most basal and necessary skills for that work...    
      
   If corporate people were also wondering, then perhaps there will be   
   others passing comments up the line.  I suspect that you weren't the   
   only one being caught in the sloppiness...  :/   
      
    DAG> Anyway I'm interested in knowing what happens to it, but then again,   
    DAG> without a job at that airport I'll probably never really know unless   
    DAG> somebody tells me that it closes.  My guess is that he'll get fired as   
    DAG> manager before that, though.  Maybe sooner, rather than later, if I   
    DAG> ever get that email written.  Not that it'll have as much effect now   
    DAG> that I've taken weeks off from writing it to de-angst from the   
    DAG> situation, first.   
      
   Probably should send that email, if you haven't already... it certainly   
   couldn't hurt, especially since you've already quit...  Maybe they'll   
   offer you a job at their other location locally...   
       
    NB>> Just have to encourage him to do his own work...  and try not to do   
    NB>> it for him.  :)   
    DAG> That is a tough one for me.  When I'm trying to help him with things   
    DAG> he really does all he can to milk everything out of me.    
      
   Just have to stand firm and keep him on track to do it himself except   
   when he really does need the extra hand up...  :)     
      
    DAG> The situation makes it a little bit   
    DAG> difficult, but it's getting better now that he's in "Cranium Club"   
    DAG> after school which gives him time and trained teachers aides to help   
    DAG> out with the homework.  :)  He's a lot happier coming home with plenty   
    DAG> of time to do his own stuff now instead of having that to deal with   
    DAG> upon release from the dungeons.  heh.    
      
   That's a good deal all around...  :)  They'll be less likely to do it   
   for him, more likely to talk him through things so he really does learn   
   from doing his homework...  and yes, having it out of the way frees him   
   to do his own thing when he gets home...  :)   
      
    NB>> Speaking of which, have you gotten any pay from that foodservice job...?   
    DAG> I got one paycheck, which helped for a bit.  I'm not sure, they may   
    DAG> have a little bit there more waiting for me, but if so it's miniscule   
    DAG> enough so that it won't make much of a difference in the current   
    DAG> situation, so I'll probably just wait for them to mail it out, instead   
    DAG> of putting more miles on my dying vehicle and burning up just as much   
    DAG> in gas.    
      
   I'd go for having it mailed out, too, considering...  I'm glad you got   
   some compensation for the time and energy expended...  :)   
      
    NB>> Sounds like it's someone you can learn from, too...  working   
    NB>> together on a project can hone everyone's brains... :)   
    DAG> Yeah there've been some blockers on it in the past week, but it   
    DAG> looks like things are getting up to speed again.  I'm doing what I can   
    DAG> to keep my iron in the fire on that one.   
      
   Especially as it's likely your meat and potatoes job...  ;)    
       
    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   
    NB>> up today, but that remains to be seen...     
    DAG> Heh.  Yeah I'm very slowly catching up in areas, too.    
      
   At least neither of us needs to feel guilty if a message doesn't get   
   answered immediately..      
      
    DAG> I know I've got at least one fellow waiting for me on some promises   
    DAG> to work on fido stuff that is probably stuck in his craw a bit.  Well,   
    DAG> probably not, pretty amicable dude, but I wouldn't begrudge him if it   
    DAG> were so.    
      
   He'll probably have figured out that one can't do everything all at   
   once... and if he's aware that you've got the kid, there's a mitigating   
   factor right there...  :)   
      
    DAG> I've had so many irons in the fire that it's been tough to prioritize   
    DAG> and keep up on everything when I'm exhausted from all the stuff before   
    DAG> right now.    
      
   Just keep plugging away... and eventually it all falls into place...  ;)   
   At least that's my philosophy...  ;)   
      
   ttyl          neb   
      
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