>    We have two huge hospitals here, one public (Cabell-Huntington) the
 > other non-profit (St Mary's).
 >    I'm not sure about CHH but no one is ever turned away from St Mary's.
 >    If one can't pay that is debt is generally just erased after a period of
 > time,I assume.  (And you know what happens when you ass-u-me).

I've heard this from others all over your land.  My understanding is that
nobody is tuyrmed awauy from necessary medical assistance, &8, in fact, there
are often options in bigger cities for pro bono doctors' days at a local
hospital (I think LA requires xx pro bono hours by doctors to maintain their
state license.)

I've seen huge amounts just dropped by hospitals in every state.

Just contact them before it g oes to collections & make an offer of any
amounmt or any firm plan to repay a percentage month by month.  Never negotiate
on the expectation you'll ever pay even as much as 50% of the original bills.

"I have a shot at a one time gift from my uncle, but only to pay 15% of the
bill.  Cash tomorrow, if you agree to write off the remaining 85% as a cost of
doing business."

Tell me anyone's going to turn down a bird in the hand, in faint hope of
catching the 2 they know are in the bush!

 >    I'm contracted with security at the university.
 >    The university is going more and more toward contract workers (security,
 > temps, etc).
 >    With a state employee that isn't working out, it can take up to a year
 > or more to fire them.  Documentation, hearings, etc all that require time
 > and money.  Meanwhile the slacker is still "working" and getting paid.  Even
 > if they do nothing but show  up an
 >    With a contract worker that isn't working out they are simply replaced.

As it should be, eh? Every job is a contract (you do X & I pay you Y)

If I'm working but not getting paid, I stop working. . .

& I expect the reverse, if I stop working, don't pay me!

I expect to work at 105-110% of the value of what I'm being paid.  I am always
a value-added party of any company.

If I am unable to do my job, for, e.g. phtsical or medical issues, I'll be the
first to know, & I'll be telling my boss asap & suggesting a lesser level of
expectations, if possible/reasonable, or to resign quietly.

Currently I'm doing admin/executive work, so a lot of what Io do is file based.
If & when Iu'm to move on from this company, I'll zip up the whole tree of
files I've ever used for this company, & prepare some manuals on how to replace
me & do the main tasks I'm succeeding best at.  I expect I'll split my two
weeks notice between closing up loose ends & deals, and preparing training
materials for my position's successor(s)

I've seen employees be fired for cause & I've seen employees quit with a
meltdown.  I'm definitely sure I don't care to be either.

I can confidently give any fgormer employer as an employment reference, knowing
that if the new one is basing the decision to hire me based on past
reviews/recommendations, I'm in.

Such an amazingly simple, yet, multiplicably beneficial to all, way to live!

But I may be the last of a dying breed.

I'm GenX, but my personality was shaped by Boomers & the Greatest Generation
(in person &/or by reading their books)

The ones whom my peers gave birth to? YEEEP!!! Run far & wide from these
sociopathic ignorami!

& men need to up their game & quit ruining things for everybody.

I call them out on their BS.

I hang out with decent folk, so I've not had to uphold my promise to throat-
punch any arsehole who brags about hitting his wife, kids, or pets. . .

I help advise young women to have the right attitude towards these (don't be
impressed by his boorishness)

Most love my idea of how to respond to an unsolicited 'Richard' pic:

Text back that she's going to report him for sending child pornography to her
phone. (& be utterly convinced & insistent it was a child's member he
photographed & sent)

We could keep this sort in line easaily in the '70s, by pointing out how gay a
thing it is to do such (obviously they inow girls don't go for that; & would
show their male friends what a jerk sent them--eventually one would be
interested & approach him)

I say dump them for even one infraction of basic boy-girl manners.

Doormats don't get "happily ever after"; it's not even on the table as a
possibility.

Every woman I've dated now knows how a woman should be treated & I hope their
future relationships are at least as good as ours was. (I have no ill towards
any of my exes)

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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