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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