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-=> 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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