Re: Is he a practicing catholic, or a recovering catholic?
> I have a reef tank in my living room which keeps me both occupied and
> mesmerized. The pulsing corals, the pinks and greens, all are as beautiful
> as any christmas tree if not more hypnotizing.
>
> Yes, it happens that way at every office. The one's who actually 'get
> their hands dirty' and do the work are always the ones overlooked. Smooze
> up to the head cheese, delegate out all your 'work', learn to play golf
> and you're rewarded with a fancy title, no responsibility and a free car.
you're speaking my language. yes, and to dwell on the subject, i was passed over for a promotion because I cover two jobs and they keep whining about budget cutbacks officially, and unofficially, my boss is lazy. she likes the way i do what i do, therefore, she doesn't want to replace me. when i tried to switch jobs, she made it very clear that she hated my guts. that is, until that person left and i was stuck covering both my new and old responsiblities.
and so, when i did get passed over, she made it sound like "oh we're in a bind and need someone right now that knows what's going on and i'm looking for a new job and when i leave you will get to have that other one, i promise you...."
so, of course, she is still there months later. but this other person they hired over me is leaving, and of course, i walk in after my vacation and my boss starts saying, "oh your desk is so easy! there is no work involved. now, this other desk requires *thought*. I can do your desk with my eyes closed. i can do all this stuff and be done by 3 o'clock and it ws so relaxing."
and i got insulted. she is so dumb she didn't realize that i had spent time fixing as much stuff before i left as i did so she wouldn't have do to that much. but then i found out about the job listing and reinterpreted it as "please, dear god don't apply and make *me* have to work!"
and it was easy for her. because the sales people let orders pile up and then when i came back, they dumped a ton of them on my desk while they gave her only the pressing stuff, and she managed to screw some of it up! and she has been doing this for years and years and i've only been doing this specific job since May. I found keying errors. and this is the woman that supposedly works with the "hard" job, which is a job similar to mine. and she can't even do little things of my work.
> I'm the end of the line...only "boy" child and won't be
> reproducing unless science comes up with a way for a man to conceive. My
> two sisters, well, the one will, sad to say, end up the 'old maid' living
> at mom&dad's until she's 80 (her 1st love broke her heart unrepairable)
> and my other sister's never going to find anything other than a jerk who
> won't commit (but that's how she wants it). Doesn't look like there will
> be any children from this side of the family. Then there's my cousin who's
> married...but he's a closet case gay man (proof exists=I ran into him in a
> gay bar) so if any kids come from that home it will be via Immaculate
> Conception.
heh. well, my sister plans on having kids. unless there is a problem, i believe it will happen eventually. as for me....i'm too much of a freak to be married or be a parent to anyone. i sort of identify with the old maid of your family. and i honestly don't want to raise a kid by myself. it looks very hard and my income is enough for one person. I don't want to be one of these people who has to get 2 jobs and let the kid raise themselves. i have a friend who works with special ed students, and most of them come from that sort of background. many have emotional and behavioral problems and their school abilities are grade levels behind everyone else's. some young ones she worked with had impaired speech because nobody was even around to talk to them that much.
