Re: Re: Hassles At Work   
     By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Tue May 12 2015 13:51:10   
      
    NB> Another voice added to the uproar might not hurt...   
      
     Eh, it's been on the 'load-shedding' pile for long enough that it's probably   
   there until it goes dust-to-dust at this point.  I've got enough other   
   responsibilities keeping me busy so that I'm really not eager to waste my time   
   helping that place improve.  :P  Honestly the concept of working in food   
   service has soured enough for me right now that I could care less about trying   
   to get social interaction there, too.  There are other venues I can look into   
   for that.   
      
    NB> Volunteering might serve the purpose of social interaction just fine...   
    NB> possibly even better than an entry-level job... especially if the job in   
    NB> your field gives you enough hours and pay to make it possible... :)   
      
     Yeah I've done a couple of shifts at Free Geek here, which kind of ensures   
   that I'll have things in common with the people that I'm meeting.  I'm setting   
   up another one right now, since the last one didn't work out due to   
   rescheduling that had to take place.  I was looking into some rehabilitation   
   groups through the VA, too, but after an introductory session there, I think   
   I'll just leave that to the people that need it a whole lot more.   
     Regardless, with the hours going up on the contract work I should be able to   
   have the liberty to choose what I'm doing fairly easily at this point. :)   
      
    NB> I hear you.  Similar happening here, where there are so many people   
    NB> trying for even those jobs that it's by no means guaranteed that just   
    NB> because someone wants to work that they can get a job...   
      
     There's only one other area where I spent a decent amount of time that had   
   this kind of labor situation.  Well, actually it was a whole lot worse.  I was   
   there for around 6 months and never did get any employment at all.  I don't   
   know if the stats that I heard were correct but it was allegedly around 28% at   
   that recession peak (before they started fudging the numbers) then.  It was in   
   Yuma, AZ, as I've mentioned before, and people were fighting tooth & nail to   
   hold onto fast food jobs or whatever else they could get.  In a situation like   
   that I'm guessing that management gets pretty used to getting whatever they   
   want, much like here.  It's all kind of foreign to me, when I'm used to a   
   location where I can walk out and start searching and usually land something in   
   less than a month or even two weeks.  They treat their people a lot better in   
   that area, too, at least at the entry-level tier.   
      
    NB> Definitely sounds promising... :)   Hope it truly pans out well...  :)   
      
     Things are still looking promising on the contract labor front.  I'm getting   
   held up a little bit by things outside of my control, but I'm chomping at the   
   bit and the work is there to be done.  I've got high hopes.  :)  *thinks   
   helplessly of the Pink Floyd song*   
      
    DAG>> I'll find something to do for the social situations.  I did have a   
    DAG>> good date day before yesterday here.  :)    
    NB> :)   
      
     Had a second one that went well yesterday, too!  Taking everything nice &   
   slow, too.  Not going to get involved in a situation that's going to tear me up   
   again if I can help it.  :)   
     Best wishes!   
      
     -D   
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