What is wrong with middle aged people?

[MossRoad]

I actually miss my set and regret getting rid of it.
In today's climate of PC even well known old facts that no longer line up with the gate keepers are getting scrubbed.

Yeah, like those maps that always showed the U.S. as being larger than the soviet union or the continent of Africa....

 

[bunyip]

I had a nice encyclopedia set that I got rid of 46 years ago since my wife knows everything.
I worked for Paktron in early 70s, I was a mechanic working on the pneumatic machines that made capacitors. The noise level was beyond deafening and I quit after a week. Not just the noise but after figuring out how those complex machines worked it was repetitious.
It would be like repairing one specific model lawnmower, every day all day. Same thing, no challenge.

We had a business about 20 years ago making lures, I could assemble about 100 a day and thought I was pretty good but it was really boring, as it grew I took on two girls who assembled them while watching soap operas and easily managed 700-800 a day and never complained abour boredom.
Some can, some can't, even now I spend Friday mornings preparing invoices and I find that mind numbing.

 

[Dftodd]

You know, this thread brought back some memories. I'm an identical twin. Parents divorced and my brother lived with my mom in Florida. I lived with dad in Vermont.

My brother took a job with a local sub shop in high school. Thought when he was hired he would be making sandwiches or at least working inside. Nope..... on his first day after orientation he showed up and the manager handed him a pickle costume :laughing:. It happened to 95 degrees outside and no shade. He lasted about an hour and then went inside, peeled off the pickle costume and told the manager to stuff it.

 

[Jstpssng]

I guess that I don't understand the reason for the first post, at all. The guy worked one day and didn't return. If it was a professional level job, where management and the employee had talked several times it would be one thing. Apparently that wasn't the case; instead he was offered the job and realized that it wouldn't work. While he could have handled it better what exactly was lost? He's gone, and rather than investing time in him they are now able to look for someone who is a better fit.

 

[goeduck]

We have my wifes World Book Encyclopedia set from when she was a kid. I grew up with the same set, but ours had the snot used out of it. Many school reports were sourced there, some word for word on a Sunday night if due Monday

 

[ultrarunner]

Believe it or not. Many can't pass a drug test, after that criminal back ground check, after that, driving record. Have to interview a lot of people to get one candidate that can pass all three

My friends all start with driving record... if it is not clear end of story and little invested.

 

[ultrarunner]

While I never would quit after a day on a job, much less quit by by text message with no notice.

Having said that and as has been mentioned, employers regularly give no notice other than come into the office and bring all your company owned equipment with you when they lay someone off. I have seen this happen to 30 year employees.

I once witnessed a manager leave lay off notices on peoples chairs when they went to lunch.

It is a different world these days.

I've wondered about that when ownership was changing and my job was slated not to transfer... I have personal tools, racks, carts, computer, diagnostic, genie lift, pallet jack, etc... that are bought an paid for by me and receipts for everything bought while employed as I deducted them from my taxes as unreimbursed employee expenses...

Twice I had asked managers to sign and both times was told it was just an oversight and so far this has been the case.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yeah, like those maps that always showed the U.S. as being larger than the soviet union or the continent of Africa....

Or the maps that always shows texas bigger than alaska.

 

[ultrarunner]

Sometimes it only takes a day...

One of the cashiers at the local Hardware store working her way through college had been robbed too many times and wanted to get into a safe profession without handling money... she chose medical and started learning the vocabulary...

We had a opening in Central Supply and I told her to apply... she did and they told her to report... after she was told to report... a person with several years experience interviewed and they chose her too...

So the person I know only worked one week which was the time for the other person to start... no one knew we had a connection.

My friend also applied at Kaiser... Kaiser is known for only hiring people with experience... first question asked was do you have any medical experience... she said yes... working for my place...

The interview continued and she was hired... quite a feat... that was 15 years ago and she rose up through the ranks and heads the Well Baby program... great benefits including retirement and family medical...

She still thanks me for getting her in but it was only for one week...

Never know how things will work out.

By the way... the super star with experience started calling in sick right after she married... one of the Doctors hired her away from us... no problem... she was on the job a few weeks and told him she was 4 months pregnant... he was not happy because she had complications and was off medically for a long time and when it was time to come back quit for cause and drew unemployment...

 

[Sigarms]

I guess that I don't understand the reason for the first post, at all. The guy worked one day and didn't return. If it was a professional level job, where management and the employee had talked several times it would be one thing. Apparently that wasn't the case; instead he was offered the job and realized that it wouldn't work. While he could have handled it better what exactly was lost? He's gone, and rather than investing time in him they are now able to look for someone who is a better fit.

The future employee and "management" did talk more than one once, he came refered from his employeer (who we knew within our same industry from out of state) and the guy was relocating to NC (and has since moved to NC before being on the job "one day").

My confusion is that if you are a "professional" and you're in a job you don't like or can't stay with, you give a two week notice with the expectation that you will be let go that day and plan accordingly. You don't text the next morning informing your employeer that you won't be coming back (more than childish IMO). This is assuming you are an adult, you've been in the workforce for sometime, and you understand that a job is important.

If ANYTHING, you give detailed feedback as to why you only worked one day. I understand exit interviews can be a farce, but sometimes they do help.

I completely understand that as an employee you can be dicked over no matter how long you worked at a job, but other than family and friends, as an adult, I do see a job being ranked very high as a degree of importance in ones life if you need money to live. That said, if you don't need the money and you thought the boss had bad BO and you don't want to come back, say the boss had bad BO and you aren't coming back.

 

[Sigarms]

My friends all start with driving record... if it is not clear end of story and little invested.

Thank God for a "improper vehicle equipment" plea by a $300 lawyer in NC :laughing:

My VERY first day of work for one job got caught going 58 in a 55, in a company vehicle. Called my boss later that day and he started laughing and guessed exactly where I got the ticket (area I hadn't been to in a while leaving one of their offices) and he told me not to worry about it as long as I was handling it.

 

[atsah]

Thank God for a "improper vehicle equipment" plea by a $300 lawyer in NC :laughing:

My VERY first day of work for one job got caught going 58 in a 55, in a company vehicle. Called my boss later that day and he started laughing and guessed exactly where I got the ticket (area I hadn't been to in a while leaving one of their offices) and he told me not to worry about it as long as I was handling it.

58 in a 55? You don't get stopped here unless you are going at least 10 over.. There are so few LEO's here that you never see one on radar unless you are on the turnpike..

 

[Sigarms]

58 in a 55? You don't get stopped here unless you are going at least 10 over.. There are so few LEO's here that you never see one on radar unless you are on the turnpike..

That's one reason why my supervisor at the time knew exactly what road I got pulled over on when I told him they got me for 3 miles over. He got a ticket on the same road as well.

State trooper of all people (I felt like asking him if he was bored with nothing to do). Nortorious to locals that the staties cruise that section of road going in the opposite direction of you and will nail you for less than 5 MPH over the posted limit (genearlly not like that anywhere else in NC from my own experiences). Rural area to boot with long stretch of roadway without any lights or intersections. People from outside the area think its a 60 zone and for whatever reason, they enforce it pretty hard. Hey, if you're even more than one mile over over the speed limit, you're breaking the law. Protect and serve you know!

 

[Dftodd]

58 in a 55? You don't get stopped here unless you are going at least 10 over.. There are so few LEO's here that you never see one on radar unless you are on the turnpike..

This is a town just north of us with a 1 mile stretch of road on the main highway. For years if you were going more then 2 over the speed limit, they would pull you over and give you a ticket. And forget about fighting it. Local judge to hear your plea held court a couple evening's a week in a room attached to there little station.

Prosecutor bans Damascus from issuing traffic tickets, citing 'speeding trap' | thv11.com

 

[k0ua]

This is a town just north of us with a 1 mile stretch of road on the main highway. For years if you were going more then 2 over the speed limit, they would pull you over and give you a ticket. And forget about fighting it. Local judge to hear your plea held court a couple evening's a week in a room attached to there little station.

Prosecutor bans Damascus from issuing traffic tickets, citing 'speeding trap' | thv11.com

It was about time. I was warned by other employees about the Damascus speed trap soon after I was employed. . I had to drive thru there many many times, and observed their speed trap in action. I never got a ticket, but only because I was aware. I spent a lot of time in your little town of Vilonia too! Mostly at the school, putting in their fiber network.

 

[atsah]

Sounds familiar, I grew up in a little corrupt town in MA, they did the same there. Town police... We have no town police here, Sheriff's and troopers only, if I see one every two months it would be a lot..

They don't really bother you unless you are driving to endanger. They are all pretty friendly nice people for the most part. It's not uncommon for one to stop in if they see me outside to talk about my tractor or an implement I have mounted to the tractor or look at a new firearm I bought etc. Coffee and whatever baked goods the Mrs's made is the norm..

There are many here that are not fans of LEO's and wont have anything to do with them, I on the other hand like them to know that not everyone is against them and treat them like I would want to be treated..

 

[Dftodd]

It was about time. I was warned by other employees about the Damascus speed trap soon after I was employed. . I had to drive thru there many many times, and observed their speed trap in action. I never got a ticket, but only because I was aware. I spent a lot of time in your little town of Vilonia too! Mostly at the school, putting in their fiber network.

There were two towns in the area you had to watch out for. Damascus was the first, Guy which is pretty much due east from Damascus is just as bad. To get to Guy, you make a right onto 25 just out of Greenbrier.

Guy toned it down some after Damascus got shut down. They also fired one of there relief officers. That man was a lawsuit waiting to happen. He had gotten fired from Heber Springs police department for being over zealous with his stops. So he volunteered for the Guy PD to get his rocks off. If you were driving a commercial vehicle through the area in the evening, you could pretty much guarantee you were gonna get pulled over for nonsense.

 

[k0ua]

Sounds familiar, I grew up in a little corrupt town in MA, they did the same there. Town police... We have no town police here, Sheriff's and troopers only, if I see one every two months it would be a lot..

They don't really bother you unless you are driving to endanger. They are all pretty friendly nice people for the most part. It's not uncommon for one to stop in if they see me outside to talk about my tractor or an implement I have mounted to the tractor or look at a new firearm I bought etc. Coffee and whatever baked goods the Mrs's made is the norm..

There are many here that are not fans of LEO's and wont have anything to do with them, I on the other hand like them to know that not everyone is against them and treat them like I would want to be treated..

Absolutely. Not that there aren't a few bad cops in the world, but the vast majority are very good folks.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Absolutely. Not that there aren't a few bad cops in the world, but the vast majority are very good folks.

Friend of mine, an ex police dispatcher, called these guys "Wyatt Earps". Seemed they run the gauntlett...some are actually looking for a gunfight. Thank goodness they screen these guys out, or at least try to.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Here's an interesting thought that follows this thread I'd like input on which is the opposite. Having a job and getting laid off or fired which was for the better.
In my case as a teenager I worked at a service station. I've always thought the best job I ever had. Never a dull moment, and everything from fuel oil delivery, wrecker service, of course car repair, car sales, every day new experiences working with great people. I advanced to $1.50/ hour, left in 1970. Great because what if I had continued?
Next was 6 years after college as an electronic technician, laid off but starting my own business. Best thing that happened.