Imponderables: Oh Baby... by nvghostrider

Just got done with my first training day at the new temp job. Didn't do much, but that's okay by me b/c I'm still getting paid for it!

edit: It helps that the people there are really nice. Everyone seems happy to be working there. Good times.

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by averyfinecompanion:
Just got done with my first training day at the new temp job. Didn't do much, but that's okay by me b/c I'm still getting paid for it!

I kinda liked temp jobs when I knew they weren't going anywhere. They meant so much less pressure. If they were just for the summer or something then all I had to do was not royally mess up and they'd be happy. Ah simpler times.

And if anyone is hating there job right now just listen to this tech support call and be happy you're not this guy:

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Friday, June 11, 2010 9:40 AM

HUGS Avery glad people are nice where you're working

Ok I am always glad I am not tech support.. that is one sucktacular job

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, June 11, 2010 10:49 AM

It is always a good idea to be very nice to tech support. Make their day as pleasant as possible.

On that note my mouse died. Some sort of short inside. It would work great and then zip. Give it a shake and it would work again. Got a new one after having everything tn the computer checked out because old mouse decided to work while the tech was testing it. Finally realised it was the mouse going in and out.

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Sunday, June 13, 2010 9:01 PM

That is a very Tom and Jerry sort of issue there Traveler...

... at least to me it is.

Very late night.

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-Loretta Lynn
Smarts are the brains that make America think.
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Monday, June 14, 2010 8:23 AM

which was sadly followed by a very early morning. Johnny has decided sleep just isn't for him...

oh small ponder. At what point in the sleep depreivation continuum would you consider staying home for a sick day?

I only do it if I am so tired I can't function and am concerned I will fall asleep at the wheel while commuting

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, June 14, 2010 9:34 AM

Pssh day off for sleep deprivation? Never. If it's bad enough you'll get sick or have to be hospitalized or something. Then you can have a sick day. (note: don't take Zeek's advice and end up hospitalized)

It's a good thing I'm not anybody's boss. I'd be such an unforgiving person

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Monday, June 14, 2010 1:54 PM

It felt like a Tom and Jerry thing. I hate it when something works and then stops and then works again. Of course a mouse is so cheap that it costs less to buy a new one then fix the old one. They are glued together anyway and are not meant to be taken apart. But that mouse had flashing strobe lights inside a clear body. It was cool.

MsA:
Get some sleep.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:34 AM

I wish good old Looney Tunes were still on TV. Need some old timey laughs right now.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn
Smarts are the brains that make America think.
-Will Sasso as Steven Segal, MadTV

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:46 AM

Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:12 AM

RUGBUG

Traveler: my mouse will do that sometimes. It usually means there is gunk on the ball or the little rollers inside. I open it up, clean the ball, clean the rollers and then I'm good for awhile. I suppose this only applies if you're still using an old skool ball mouse instead of an optical one.

Ponder: Well, I don't usually call in for sleep deprivation. I will call in if I'm feeling super exhausted/maybe sick-ish. But even then, I will come in late rather than take a whole day. Thing with me is, if I sleep, I can ward off most colds/maladies, so it's beneficial. I am usually only that kind of tired when I'm fighting something...so. I'll make it be 10/11a.m. and then work the 6 hours I'm allowed to without taking a break.

If I know that I'm going to be super tired for some reason, I will schedule time off. For instance, after a horse show day or when I went to those mid-week concerts. I schedule coming in at 10 or 11 rather than call in.

Unexpected tired (anything less than 5 hours) rarely results in calling in, but it does result in grumpy me. :D

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:36 AM

LOL Zeek- ok I'll give you my schedule as a trade.
See I don't mind sleep deprivation ( I get about 4 hours a night normally) but this week I got about 2 hours each night from Thursday thruough Tuesday( sadly not 2 hours in a row just 2 total.. in 20-30 minute increments) so by that point I think I was so moon brained it actually qualified as some kind of sickness

OK so how would you guys respond to this. I wrote a behavior plan for a student that included a " think paper" for when he misbehaved enough to get sent to the office. Think paper basically asks the kid to analyze what he was doing before he got in trouble, why that caused a problem, and what he will do differently next time. According to the child advocate this is child abuse and is demeaning and "judgemental and condemning him for perfectly natural behavior" ( the perfectly natural behaviro being throwing several objects at a teacher and attempting to beat another student with a baseball bat)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:43 AM

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Originally posted by MsA:
LOL Zeek- ok I'll give you my schedule as a trade.
See I don't mind sleep deprivation ( I get about 4 hours a night normally) but this week I got about 2 hours each night from Thursday thruough Tuesday( sadly not 2 hours in a row just 2 total.. in 20-30 minute increments) so by that point I think I was so moon brained it actually qualified as some kind of sickness

I suggest you sleep more.

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Originally posted by MsA:
OK so how would you guys respond to this. I wrote a behavior plan for a student that included a " think paper" for when he misbehaved enough to get sent to the office. Think paper basically asks the kid to analyze what he was doing before he got in trouble, why that caused a problem, and what he will do differently next time. According to the child advocate this is child abuse and is demeaning and "judgemental and condemning him for perfectly natural behavior" ( the perfectly natural behaviro being throwing several objects at a teacher and attempting to beat another student with a baseball bat)

I tell the child advocate he's wrong. Then I throw things at the advocate and attempt to beat him with a baseball bat.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:19 AM

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I tell the child advocate he's wrong. Then I throw things at the advocate and attempt to beat him with a baseball bat.

Seconded. With a video camera present of course. ANyone see the video of a Seattle cop punching a 17 year old girl? Video on the morning news broadcast was cut short, but the girls involved clearly have a few issues. Also, the officer involved had horrible control on the situation.

The only one with any good sense is the guy in the turquoise pulling pink shirt girl away.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn
Smarts are the brains that make America think.
-Will Sasso as Steven Segal, MadTV

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:07 AM

I vote we have a new rule that you can only be involved with kids if you're a certified grown up...

Yeah I adore te 3 page email I got from the advocare insisting I was being emotionally abusive to suggest the child be asked to think about their behavior because I was labling that behavior " bad" when it was just an attempt to communicate. Also before this she sent me an email filled with f-bombs about my plan. She's obviously very professional:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:49 AM

How is that guy a cop? He looks like he hasn't had a day of training. Doesn't he know how to subdue a person at all?

He might not have felt like she was a major threat or anything but what if she had gone for his gun at some point. Jeez man.

Doesn't he at least have a tazer to threaten these people with? Punching that one girl was a terrible idea. I'm actually impressed that he wasn't mobbed.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:53 AM

RUGBUG

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Originally posted by Zeek:
How is that guy a cop? He looks like he hasn't had a day of training. Doesn't he know how to subdue a person at all?

He might not have felt like she was a major threat or anything but what if she had gone for his gun at some point. Jeez man.

Doesn't he at least have a tazer to threaten these people with? Punching that one girl was a terrible idea. I'm actually impressed that he wasn't mobbed.

My thoughts exactly. He had no control over the girl and he's lucky no one else got involved. I kept thinking he must be a rent-a-cop/security guard rather than the actual police. Anyone know? He's not going to be whatever he is for long, that's for sure.

MsA...that's ridiculous. You're not saying the child is a bad child, but that their behavioural choices are bad. That advocate needs to be hit over the head with a bat. Maybe the kid can do it.

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:33 AM

I think a lot of cops need mroe training on dealing with teenagers...
Just had an incident at teh high school where a mentally handicapped kid was brandishing a butter knife ( he was upset) and instead of talking him down the school cop pulled a gun and was prepared to shoot the kid. I stepped in and told the kid I was busy and needed him to put it down and come with me so we wouldn't be late. He dropped the knife and happily went with me... I refrained from calling the officer a moron.( because I am very professional)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:39 AM

Are you sure the training would tell them to talk the kids down? My guess is the training would tell him to do just what he did. If the kid has a weapon of any kind you go nuclear.

I don't even know if I can blame them. If he failed at talking the kid out of doing something and a person got stabbed that guy would never hear the end of it. If he shot a kid with a knife he'd probably be supported much better.

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:52 PM

Send an Email to this advocate with a copy of the Email with the F-bombs in it and tell that person to write "Think Paper" about their inappropriate behaviour in using the F-bomb. Save that F-bomb Email.

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Traveler

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:05 PM

NAVYSEILS

Cant you take the emails that you've been sent and go above their head with it to a higher authority who might have more common sense?

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:12 PM

That is why I said keep that Email. MsA may want to use it later.

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:19 PM

NAVYSEILS

Yes, I see that now. I missed the part about saving the messages on the end of your post. Definitely got to keep them all safe. I like the part about giving the advocate a think paper to do though. Seems they need one.

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Friday, June 18, 2010 7:58 AM

Well I did give copies of the email to my boss, but this woman does stuff like this all the time.

So what is everyone up to this weekend? Come on people make with the excitement. How else can I live vicariously?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, June 18, 2010 9:55 AM

BRIGLAD

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Originally posted by MsA:

So what is everyone up to this weekend? Come on people make with the excitement. How else can I live vicariously?

Well, I've got to do a through detail of my car so I can take it to the Fathers Day weekend Car show. I bought two "Hawaiian" shirts (Channeling my inner Wash) since it's hot and humid and they are cooler than t-shirts.

Oh yeah... doing Burgers on the grill tonight.

That's about it till next weekend when it's the monthly New England Browncoats Shindig in Concord NH. Gives me a chance to sample a few cold ones with Steamer and Yosafbridge, Radgeund and the rest... (Sam Adams Summer Ale... Goooooood stuff)

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Friday, June 18, 2010 10:35 AM

Give Steamer Tal and the little one big hugs for me ok.

Sounds an awesome weekend

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, June 21, 2010 4:43 AM

Today's ponder

Why is money so much a part of our lives and how can we kill it?

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn
Smarts are the brains that make America think.
-Will Sasso as Steven Segal, MadTV

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Monday, June 21, 2010 5:08 AM

Cause people are greedy. Kill greed and you kill money.

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Monday, June 21, 2010 2:46 PM

hmmm ok any thoughts on how to kill greed?
( oh MSA here in case that wasn't evident)

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn
Smarts are the brains that make America think.
-Will Sasso as Steven Segal, MadTV

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Monday, June 21, 2010 5:40 PM

Besides brain washing people I don't think greed can be destroyed. It has so many flavors. Greed for money, power, fame, and pleasure are the ones that enter my mind. Most anything you want takes money to obtain. There was historical documentary on the Dutch and their tulip craze. People spent their life savings on the silly things. Finally one banker said it is just a flower and the market collapsed and destroyed many peoples fortunes. It was all greed. Look what a piece of art is worth. Van Gogh could not sell a painting. Now only those who have 100's of millions to throw away can afford them. That is insane to me. I personally think Van Gogh was a great painter, but give me a break.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:10 PM

Hey I'm still amazed at people who spend $500 on a pair of jeans

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:39 AM

Poke poke is this thing on???

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:01 AM

NAVYSEILS

yeah, it's still on. Some of us just happened to be in bed till about 10 minutes ago. Its the summer holidays though, I'm allowed.

I definitely don't understand the $500 jeans thing. I have a pair of jeans that I paid $10 for, 6 years ago. I still wear them. Best jeans ever.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:50 PM

I was watching TV with my friend last night and they were talking about something stupid like "this years hottest shoe styles" and they showed these sandals and say "you can get these for only 75 dollars!" Even as a self proclaimed girly girl, I would NOT spend 75 bucks on a pair of sandals.!

The way they said it with the "only" really bothered me.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:51 AM

Ponder: what possesses a person to pass a total stranger at work and say the following.

stranger 1: Hi
stranger 2: Hi
stranger 1: Do a little rain dance. We need it.

What? That's just a weird freaking thing to say to a random person. Not to mention the idea of any "little dance" does not sound masculine.

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Friday, June 25, 2010 4:03 AM

Decent dream last night

Work sent a bunch of us on a trip to see a fencing show (I don't even think there is such a thing). It was at a big sorta fancy hotel. The twist is it was also kind of a con. (I've never been to a con so it was what I picture a con to be like) Jewel, Morena and Sean were there. I got a brief chance to talk to Jewel and Sean and then followed the crowd to our big suite cause there was like an hour and a half til the show started. I decided it was worth it to take a nap and when I woke up Jewel was in bed next to me.

Only she was just resting there. Fully clothed and all. Even in my dream I was well aware that she's a married woman. Darn my morals

Basically she was just being flirty and friendly, but I'll call it a fun dream anyway.

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Friday, June 25, 2010 12:03 PM

ZEEK:

Put the remote to the DVD player down and back away.

I've been there and there are support groups.

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Traveler

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Friday, June 25, 2010 12:13 PM

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Originally posted by traveler:
ZEEK:

Put the remote to the DVD player down and back away.

I've been there and there are support groups.

Will this prevent Jewel from being in my dreams or prevent morals from being in my dreams?

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Friday, June 25, 2010 12:18 PM

Actually I am being jealous.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 5:59 AM

Why is everyone so quiet?

ponder: what are you doing for 4th of July?

me: bbq

discuss

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:43 AM

Nothing :o(

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:26 AM

Sorry baby time is somewhat all consuming. Avery I'm with you on how annoying it is that they act like spending hundredsvof dollars on clothing is normal.

You could have done a masculine little dance zeek.... also maybe next time it'll be all the firefly women fighting over you.

Ok we're doing the obligatory bbq and fireworks.

Ponder- in honor of the most recent browncoat wedding, would you marry someone who didn't like firefly?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:29 AM

I may walk over to the lake and watch the fireworks.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by MsA:
You could have done a masculine little dance zeek

hmmm...you mean like an endzone celebration after scoring a touchdown? I guess I could see that.

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Originally posted by MsA:
Ponder- in honor of the most recent browncoat wedding, would you marry someone who didn't like firefly?

How rich is she and is there a prenup required? If very very rich and no prenup then probably. What can I say I'm a lazy man and large sums of money can really make my dream of excessive laziness come true.

Other than that it would be pretty tough to get past. I really can't understand how a person could not like Firefly. The show should be both funny and touching to just about anybody. If it's not then I just don't see how our personalities are going to match up anyway. It's not like my sense of humor is going anywhere. So, if they can't laugh at Firefly then we're going to have a lot of times that we don't see eye to eye.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:17 PM

I would. As long as he don't trash it in front of me.

I'd think a guy was ridiculous if he wouldn't date me because I didn't like some show. I hate some of the shows my best friend absolutely loves and we have no problems.

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:36 AM

FREELANCERTEX

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Originally posted by MsA: Ponder- in honor of the most recent browncoat wedding, would you marry someone who didn't like firefly?

Sure would (considering how long the non-firefly-watching bf and I have been together ^_^). People are entitled to their likes and dislikes, and as long as they respect that of each other it's not an issue IMHO.

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:14 AM