Total "Class" acts.

Just in case my opinion matters ;)

That there are people of that caliber in the world. I can only imagine what the world would be like if more of us had that kind of moral character.

Thanks for sharing that story.

But, but... I hate driving! :D

Lol, and I hear that about office managers... Have one that bugs me every time she approves a purchase to "make sure" the purchase was approved. (Good lord, I swear she thinks I'm out to steal the company credit card, but throws nary a complaint when I use my own cc and get reimbursed... *exasperated* Office Managers!!)

And that .10c too much was too funny. But why did YOU have to pay 4.5k to have an audit done? Gov't wants it, THEY should pay for it! (I know, wishful thinking. But especially if it was THEIR mistake and YOU were right. And overpaying to boot!! Lol.)

and offended, quite frankly. I'm almost half your "magic" number (though most people peg me for 16) and have always given 2 weeks notice (minimum) at [b]any[/b] job I've ever quit, from cashier to receptionist to data entry. Always. Only once has an employer told me to walk early, but it was his decision.

(I've not had to quit my real IT job yet, but you can bet they'll get how many weeks again minimum?)

Also, in my "social circle", we are almost all under 30, yet none of us have thought any differently. I've seen people 50+ quit with 2 days notice. Stereotypes will always get you into trouble.

I wish people would stop classifying all "kids" or "oldies" as a certain way. Sure, you might be right 25 squeaky-wheel % of the time, but the other 75% of us (older or younger) that quietly do as we're supposed to get hurt by it.

If management had been known to fire people without any sort of severence (if that is legal?) without giving a d@mn, and telling them to leave that day, EOF, for no reason (IE, not anything the employee themselves did) - I might be persuaded to break this rule when my time came. But I have a feeling that many here would agree with this thinking.

If you want your employees to give you 2 weeks, you'd best give them at least the same.

~tearsong

Edit: typo

I think you're pretty special! :) I really enjoy reading your posts. Keep sharing!

edited to add: I was able to change my name from vanessa@ to vanessaj, but I'm the same person that has been around for the last few years...me ;) Now if it would just let me change my avatar...... :(

If the company can terminate your employment with no notice, for say simply commercial reasons, then whatever you were doing and you yourself have no commercial value to them.
Now, there might be circumstances where this could become true, or plans to make it true, but if it was true when you started why the hell did they waste money employing you in the first place ?

I know that my soon to be dead son dropped me in it at the last Christmas Party that I threw and told them all about the VW Beetle that's currently collecting dust in the garage so I've been getting less than gentle hints to put it back on the road. It eats V8's for breakfast and only gets better after that. Well it did with the last engine that it had in it I don't know what this one will do but it's slightly modified but only a little. :D

The 4.5 K involved taking nearly a week off work as well as my Orifice Manager and Accountant to the Tax Office to attend the audit but it gets better apparently it costs the Tax Office close to 20 K to hold an Audit and 4.8K to cut a refund check. Talk about Bureaucracy gone mad Shss! :)

My nephew is a Chief Investigator in the Tax Office in Cantberra and he never fills in a Tax return. He's been taken to court several times now and keeps insisting that he choses to give his money to the badly run Department as it needs it far more than he does. The last time was the finial straw for the Tax Office because he apparently doesn't show up and totally ignores the rulings. So they sent out a couple of Cops to escort him to the court and make sure he stayed put and then he hit the court with the actual numbers which the magistrate didn't believe and the head of the Tax Office didn't want to admit where right so he's now got a Court Ruling that because he is on Pay As you go Tax he doesn't have to put in a return ever again. Actually I think it all relates to filling in forms all day every day at work so he refuses to fill in any forms when he's not required to by work. :^0

Currently the Tax Office claims that you can expect an Audit every 3 - 4 years I certainly hope not as it's way too expensive to me to waste all this time and effort for nothing but it makes the Tax Investigator and My Accountant look happy. :(

Col

Hamlet, but I get your point.

Don't know whether he coined it or not, suspect it's been around along time

Fairly sure Star Trek wasn't running then, and I can't remember an episode where they went far enough back in time to bump in to him.

Actually that would be a damn good plot line wouldn't it. Bill meets Warf. Course Picard might have a problem, a Klingon would have fitted in better than a frenchman around that time.

LOL

You are (last I checked, though this is changing it seems) allowed to have them as they are forms of "free speech" - as long as you're not turning down a potential hire, firing a person without severence, or otherwise being prejudiced or discriminatory toward and adversly affecting the person, simply because of their age. That, actually, isn't legal. :p

Of course, I too, have 2 cartillage rings in my right ear and 1 eyebrow ring, I just don't wear them any time other than the weekend. lol.

Edit: Because I have to edit ALL my posts....

LOL

You could OWE 4.5k in back taxes I guess...

And why in the world are THEY happy with a $20k debt to cut a check for .10c! (I'm [i]just[/i] evil enough to have them do it to spite them... Lol.)

Geeze, remind me not to start my own business. Lol.

~tearsong

I received a Tax Refund of 5 Cents so I framed the check and let it hang on the wall for about 2 years. After that time I was rung by the Tax Department and asked to cash it as it was costing them several K per month to balance their books all because I hadn't cashed this 5 cent refund.

In Government work you don't have to be [b]Totally Insane but it Sure as Hell Helps.[/b] :D

Col

The only part that is not the "norm" about my attitude is I have always said "well Bill is an idiot kid" and "John is a decent adult". I've never said "kids are all stupid", and "adults are all intelligent with good work ethics".

Granted, I was raised that this race is going to rape you, and that race are all wife beaters. Does that mean I hold that as true? No, of course not. I may say "Bill" beats his wife, but not "all blacks beat their wives".

I don't know if that makes any sense, perhaps I'm just psycho, but I don't see things in generalities and stereotypes. Each individual is who they are, not their race, age-group, gender, etc.

Else I'd just be a lazy little white girl, wearing the stereotypical low-cut tops and mini-skirts that barely cover, snapping gum with mouth open and expecting guys to fawn at my feet, while mommy and daddy pay for everything. :) Surely I'd not be into Tech! And I'd NEVER have done blue-collar (electrical) work! Nor would I have a care in the world for my employer, or co-workers, and/or the results of my job.

Perhaps, in that regard, my circle is a bit eccentric. We aren't all punk kids, though most of us are in IT, but we aren't so pessimistic that we view the entire world through the same pair of blue-tinted glasses. (Different views for different people.) And as I said, [i]most[/i] of the group is below 30, but there are a couple people that could be my [i]PARENT'S[/i] age!

Just because 1 or 500 kids have messed you up, doesn't mean that the other inifinte number of the rest of us are going to do so too...

Edited: because I am too used to using <'s with HTML for italicizing something. :(

It looks like you were at least treated nicely by your co-workers. I resigned from a job in a middle of a large project. I was the PM. I was under the impression when you turn in notice they walk you out the door that day, so I had prepared myself in advance for two weeks prior to giving notice. The day I gave notice everyone was in shock and tried to talk me out of it. I was very flustered by the emotions I felt that day and asked if I could have the remaining two weeks as time off. I had my exit interview over the phone and mailed my stuff to my old boss. I was never contacted again to get together for a farewell lunch by anyone. I guess it's a good thing I left, no one cared or even noticed I was gone.

The key word here is "Professionals." As I learnde the hard way, the two previous companies I left were not owned or run by professionals.

A guy I worked for had a novel way of getting his point across. If he didn't want to give the guy a recommendation about a former employee without risking his neck, he would say
"The only thing I can tell you is: Nobody would be better for the job" with emphasis on "Nobody"

A real "LIVE" Heart ATTACK!!!
They will alway say "he gave his/her all...."

I work in local govt at the helpdesk. I started here as a lowly maintenance man for the jails. After about 5 years I started having problems with my health, finally diagnosed with a debilitating bone disease. After my 6 operation and getting both knees replaced at the same time, I felt it was only fair to resign since I was hired to do maintenance and I couldn't do it any more. This is a mid sized city government mind you. They would not accept my resignation, they reinstated a night position on the helpdesk that had been closed for 2 years, had an elevator installed so that I could get to the office without as much pain and even had the bathroom redone with grab bars.

That, my friends is class.

That, my friends is class.

or maybe that should be Tigger's line... But I always smiled when she said that in the movie when Wayne would complain about the long walk.

he's seems to be more at the technical end of TR his profile is here so you can drop him a PM from here http://tinyurl.com/ehz6s

Changing your account will allow you to copy your information over but not the actual Site Rating as the new account will effectively be just that a New Account and you can not use the same E-Mail address for 2 accounts at TR so that should be kept in mind as well.

Col

I did just that. I know he will help me out soon. :)

for the encouragement to contact Doug. He helped me figure it out...he said that there had to be something in the BIO section to allow you to update the profile page at all. He is sending the bug info to get that fixed and now I have the ability to change my avatar!!! Hurrayyyy! :D What a relief! Talk about frustrating...

I owe it all to your encouragement - I had given up, really. Thanks a million (don't ask a million WHAT).