http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081229/hl_hsn/manyteensdontkeepvirginitypledg es

I have always thought that teaching only abstinence was stupid and now I have proof.  Abstinence didn't work in 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, or the 90's and will not work now. We're wired to have sex, hitting puberty is simply the beginning of human sexuality, a fact that can't be denied.  A vast majority of our youth are going to be sexually active, telling them to just say no just doesn't cut it.

We have to give kids information to protect them from STD's, pregnancy, and from thier own misconceptions.  I am not saying that we shouldn't tell kids to wait for sex, but to just give them that facts to protect themselves if they DO choose to get laid.

The churches need to raid the collection plates and buy themselves a clue, substaining from sex just isn't realistic. The Pope and the Catholic Church need to pull thier collective heads out of the sand, people are dying because of your outdated teachings. People in Africa are dying by the MILLIONS because of AIDS, and the Pope is still telling them to not use condoms. I wonder how many deaths he is responsible for, it boggles the mind.

THE LONG, UPHILL BATTLE: The "mindless" attempts by government and
  society to eliminate all dangers in life are threatening personal
  freedom, says Tom Mullarkey, chief of the U.K.'s Royal Society for the
  Prevention of Accidents. "The application of common sense and balance
  is much more reasonable than the seeking of mindless increments towards
  'absolute safety'," he said, which is "a destination which is neither
  feasible nor, in all probability, desirable, since it would come at
  such cost to our freedoms." While some areas obviously need regulation,
  he says, such as nuclear power and aviation, individuals should merely
  be given information on safety and be allowed to make their own
  decisions on whether risks are worth taking, so long as they don't put
  others in danger. (London Telegraph) …The mindless elimination of all
  dangers: malarkey. The new patron saint of common sense: Mullarkey.

Why are so many people suckered into this madness? I hate that these stores put out these "great" offers for 4AM, not only that but only have a VERY limited amount of the "great deal". You'll get 200 people lining up the night before in hopes snagging one of 50 Playstations, Stupid.

Is it me or is it getting outrageous that Nintendo Wii and Elmo dolls are short every year? They have the whole year to produce the stupid things yet have a small supply for Christmas? Bull! Its just a marketing tool to make the product seem more hip or cool and inflate prices to maximize profit.

The worst part of this day for me is the people shopping, people in the stores are usually rude, cranky, and pushy. I have seen people in shouting matches and fist fights over the most trival things. People will push, pull, and shove to get what they want.  Parking is a nightmare! The cashiers and other staff in the store are so over worked and look like deer caught in headlights.

No thanks I'll go to the office to work or just stay home.

don't even know where to start!  I'm at work and we have a buzzer for people to ring so we know to get up and help them but like this one lady, some people sit there and say "hello, excuse me".  but whatever, so I get up and ask here what she needed.  now BEFORE I go on, I need to give you background info of my job.  I work at bunny bread and there is a thrift store next door to us that sells bread items/desserts and it is also where people who have set up donations of bread to be picked up need to go to pick up their requested donations.  this lady then begins to go off the handle about "WHY CAN'T I GET SOME HOT DOG BUNS?!"  I asked were there any in the store and she said yes BUT she wants to know WHY all these white people are walking out with trays and trays of buns and why can't she?  now of course at this point you know she's black and older, about late 50's, early 60's.  but that has NOTHING to do with it!  those people had set up donations beforehand!  she asked how she could do that.  I said you need to fax a letter on the company or business letterhead requesting this.  and she said well I don't think people in the african american community know this.  I want a letter stating the procedures on this.  **OMG**  I'm ready to choke her now.  I told her that all she needed to do was call and ASK!!  so I gave her the phone and fax # for future ref.  and she proceeds to say how she needs to buy buns for 42 schools?!!  IS SHE CRAZY!?  the day BEFORE Halloween and she wants to find enough buns for these people?  who the EFF does that???  the whole southeast La. won't have enough buns for this lady!  why did she WAIT til last minute??  lots of churches and schools are doing things for Halloween so we had to order extra to compensate for that BUT even we have a limit.  we don't want to have too much and risk it going bad. I mean yeah we're a bread factory BUT we don't have an OVERLOAD of buns on hand!  certainly NOT for 40something schools!!! unless it was planned already for them!!

Rant: Work internet sucks!! We have to reset constantly, and we can't seem to hold our connection. Satellite internet blows chunks, but there is nothing we can do about it unless we want to spend a few million. And we're not big enough of a company to do that!

Rave: Hockey meet and greet tonight, I get to meet ALL the players and it's free. Also, I bought my ticket for the opening game on Friday night! I'd hit on a player but they don't have enough teeth!

Rant: My roommate with his "you should" nonsense. Just because I live with him does not mean he is welcome to tell me how I should live or what I should do in terms of ANYTHING that does not effect him or our living conditions. He did it when I bought my car "you should get this, you should get this" he did it when I talked about getting a laptop "you should get this, you should look into this". And now he's done it with my winter tires "Well you should have done this or this or this instead". SHUT IT and stay the HELL out of my business!

Rave: Winter is TOTALLY here. It's been snowing all day, and they're saying 9" by tonight. AND my studs (that my roommate said were a waste of money) have already come in handy TWO DAYS in a row!! My Equinox is a freakin' tank!! I ♥ it so much!

I'll try to stop by again tomorrow, but if it's cloudy in Canada we probably won't have internet again at the office… Wait did I say Canada? I think I meant Tahiti… no no wait I mean France… oh no I mean… who the hell knows!

This site has gone to ****. See the ones of you that matter on myspace. To the rest of you - get a myspace!! 

And to the FEW that ruined this site - way to be trolls. Way to find a good website and destroy it with what YOU think the site content should be. Ya'll are a bunch of cheese-dicks!

well, maybe not a 'good' laugh, I was ROFLMFAO, but AFTER this person left. Here's what happened -

A woman and her FIVE little kids come up to the cashiers stand. Now it was apparent that the term, 'Ghetto' was coined for them as soon as she opened her mouth and asked, 'I have this coupon for Kids eat free and I would like to use it.' 'No problem, ma'am, how old are you kids and will anyone else be joining you?'

'No, I am not going to eat, I just want the meals for my children.'

'Oh, I see. But ma'am, as you can see on your coupons, it clearly states the kids eat free WITH the purchase of one adult meal, so you are going to have to buy dinner to get the free meal.'

'Well, I told you, I am NOT going to eat, just h'ere to feed the kids is all. Can I speak to a manager?'

This is where I stepped in (I am still in training, but I am at the end and am 'running' the floor at this time.) 'Ma'am, can I help?'

'Yes, I TOLD your cashier that I am NOT going to eat and therefore should NOT have to PAY for my kids FREE meals. YOUR coupon doesn't say I have to buy ANYTHING first!.' (BTW, she is getting louder and louder.) I responded by showing her the coupon she had on the counter, WITH my pen to UNDERLINE what I was about to say, 'Ma'am, it plainly states right here that 'Kids eat free WITH purchase of an ADULT MEAL' (I was smiling since perhaps she misread the coupons language. It happens, I guess.)

Now she is REALLY getting louder, but 'luckily' the GM walks up and asks what he could do to help.

O-M-G!!! She REALLY let into him! I had her 'calming down' a little, but when HE walked up, a WHITE man (oh, did I forget to mention she is Black?), ALL she yelled was that IF she were White, she wouldn't be going through all the questions, but would be sitting with her kids whilst they ATE!

Now my GM is usually a calm man, so he stated, 'No, it isn't you color, your money is just as good as ANYONE'S money. But, we do not just GIVE food away, the coupon states VERY plainly what has to happen to get your kids that free meal, and that is you MUST pay for YOUR meal.'

'But I have already TOLD you, I am NOT going to EAT, YOU ARE JUST BEING STUPID AND RACIST!'

Now my GM answers back, 'First of all, while you are entitled to think what you want, IF you are going to act this way, perhaps it would be 'easier' if you did not dine with us today.' As he said this, she gathered her children and STORMED off, still yelling, 'I CAN pay, but I ain't paying to eat in THIS dirty, over priced worthless place, EVER!'

I truly feel bad for her children, they will probably grow up thinking and ACTING just like mommy!

But DESPITE the poor example she was giving her kids, I had a good laugh at the situation, in fact, I had a good laugh with the GM, the cashier, the OTHER manager (another Black man, who only came in at the very end), the other manager in training, and the closest station attendant (like a waitress/busser) that also witnessed this whole thing happening! I just LOVE managing restaurants, I ALWAYS meet the most interesting people!!!

Boy oh boy, people are the FUNNIEST of all animals, aren't they?

CHILL THE F- OUT, eh?

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080807/fun eral_protest_080807/20080807?hub=TopStories

I can't believe they want to protest this funeral!! My local radio guys were talking about it, and they said that the kids friends and family have stated that IF these people show up at the funeral they will handle things themeselves. I kinda hope these people DO make it there, because I would like to see them get f'ed up! I also give Canada MAD respect for refusing to let them into the country!! If only America would grow some balls and shut them up at military funerals!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_c ar_fence

I say great for the farmer. It's not like he put the farm there AFTER they bought the houses. I hate people like this. There are a bunch of abondonded cars on my property line I will donate to him!!

I wonder if the tree huggers will object. I saw screw them too!

Other than the post I just placed about the war deaths above, I will leave TGIX out of pointed posts. rkinne is correct, we are NOT in pre-school.

Well, this is just one of those weeks I am guessing. After my ****ty day Tuesday, I woke up Wednesday and my neck ended up super screwed up in the first hour of my day. I went all day in severe pain until I could finally go see my chiropractor. Still in pain, but have a much larger range of motion, and it's even better today. Sorry if this rant is long, but I have to get it all out, and it's better to tell the whole story then just part.

Anyways, yesterday at work the Receptionist called off. Typically when our receptionist doesn't come in the dispatcher and GM answer phones. Well the dispatcher decided not to come in as well. Being I had nothing to do I went down an answered called to save the GM a MAJOR headache (he now has to take ALL dispatch calls). Not to "toot my own horn" but I'm an AWESOME receptionist, and I don't mind doing it OCCASIONALLY as it's a nice change of pace. If it paid what I get now I'd do it too, but I have school loans and a car loan to pay off. Everyone has always said it too, every person at every job tells me it. I don't think it's hard to be good at it either. You treat people how you would want to be treated. A friendly voice that wants to help! Well this is not how any of the receptionists have been, and the dispatcher is HORRIBLE at being nice.

Including today I have been receptionist for a total of three days (two in a row right now, one from a while ago). Being in that position I see how bad our dispatcher is doing. I've heard from everyone, but now *I* am taking the flack from customers for what she isn't doing. This includes emergencies. When someone calls up saying "The fire department is getting sick of showing up for false alarms because my sprinkler pressure is messed up" - that's an emergency. When someone says "Something in my mechanical room has discharged" - that's an emergency. Situation #1 has been happening for two days, and #2 happened two weeks ago. So luckily these people got to talk to me, who WANTS to help them, and WANTS the company to do well (job security anyone?). We have a department that has not been scheduled to do any work this month. This is the same lady that bitches when she has a phone call, yet because of her position she gets 90% of the calls.

Today was "talk about the situation with the dispatcher" day. Her reason for being out the last two days?? "I'm tired"…. Yet she has a perscription for Xanax already… So the GM, owners daughter, and myself had a 45 minute chat about the situation. When the owners daughter got married, I sat around with department managers and was blown away by the amount of stuff she ****s up. When they try to tell her, she blows up at them. When the GM tells her, she blames the techs and cries. After us all standing around discussing it the owners daughter said that her father needs to know about it. Which he already does, but doesn't want to say anything. 

Just before lunch the GM took the owner into the conference room and had a "closed doors" meeting. I am hoping it has something to do with this dispatcher, being as the conversation about the receptionist being replaced was over before the owner even got there. There was also a 35 second discussion of "Should I go through a temp service or place an ad for a new receptionist" which makes me think they weren't talking about that.

I did lunch today with a few coworkers who explained the situation more. This has apparently been going on for years, it just gets a bit worse as time goes on. They say nothing will happen about it, and that nothing will get done. They say that being the dispatchers son married the owners daughter the owner will not get rid of the dispatcher. I think that's bull, and I don't see why that would be grounds to NOT fire someone. If you're not doing your job you shouldn't have that job. I even told the GM to give me a promotion for a day to do the deed. Although I'm a great receptionist, I don't take **** from people.

This afternoon was quiet, but every time there was a problem with someone, it had to do with the dispatcher. I even had a lady call up about some past due invoices she got a letter about. She hadn't paid them so we were about to send her to collections. She tells me flat out "I have sent your company 5 letters saying NOT to do work at any of these locations. I will pay this bill but I am sick of you doing work where we are not authorizing it, and us being stuck with the bill". I realized this was a good opportunity. I told her flat out "Yeah, that's pretty messed up, and there is nobody to blame but the person sending them there. Here's what to do: with your payment include ANOTHER copy of the letter telling us not to work there. Next, I'm going to give you the owners name, and I would like you to send him a copy of this letter, and perhaps explain the situation. I think he should know what's happening". And I gave her the owners name. I also let the GM know, who said if he knew that's what was going on he would have asked her to send HIM one as well! Hard to argue with complaints in writting, crying bitch dispatcher or not!

After work I do the chiropractor, and decided to get Subway for dinner, something easy and I can relax when I get home. I go in and there's nobody in there. Just a lady with three children. Shouldn't be too long, right???  RIGHT???             RIGHT???   Holy ****ing half hour. I almost knocked this bitch out, but I didn't want to scar the kids. Now that I look back I think I should have knocked her out. Maybe the kids would have learned to either know what they want or let someone who knows go AHEAD of them. GGGGGGRRRRRR   If I knew that what I know now, things would have gone differently at Subway today.

Now I'm home, and my friend has sent me a package. His tracking number says it was delivered at 9 am, but I don't have it. I'm supposed to go meet a friend tomorrow night, but she's got a slight cold that I do NOT want to get. Man, what a ****ing week. TG tomorrow IF!!!!

Oh - on a side note I haven't been on during the day because the receptionists computer SUCKS donkey dick. And the GM and I are ready to place some bets that the receptionist AND the dispatcher BOTH call off again. My intentions of work tomorrow are to be receptionist again.

Picture yourself walking down a nice quiet path in the woods, you can hear birds chirping, but they are in the distance. Picture hearing a bubbling brook up ahead, you are calm, you are calm, you walk on. . . .

Now just picture yourself next to this brook, or maybe a stream, you are calm as you listen to the water running by, you are calm, you are calm.

Now picture yourself holding that <enter name here>'s head under the water, you are calm, he WILL stop struggling soon, you are calm, you are calm. Now there is nothing but silence, you can’t even hear the birds, only sound now is the stream as it carries your disruptions away, because you STAYED CALM, YOU STAYED CALM. (C:}

Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is an unpleasant experience for many nonsmokers, and for decades was considered a nuisance. But the idea that it might actually cause disease in nonsmokers has been around only since the 1970s.

Recent surveys show more than 80 percent of Americans now believe secondhand smoke is harmful to nonsmokers.

I will take 'responsiblity' for smoking caused illnesses (not that I have nor will ever have any) in MY body, but there is NO WAY it is causing any more disease than Channel #5 in someone NOT smoking!!!

Jesus Christ! What a shrill and unpleasant woman. I've seen her show twice, she shouts down anyone who would dare to disagree with her. How do they find anyone who would willingly appear on her show?  I'm still waiting for someone to yank off that wig (looks like one).  God bless the man that got her pregnant, I wouldn't do her with a borrowed dick.

I posted a little while ago about the guy that isn't licensed to be doing design but is… Well the Fire Marshall finally called the guy (my superior) who's name and license IS on them. I work with this superior all the time on projects, and went down to talk to him about it just as he got off the phone with the Fire Marshall. I explained everything that was going on with Mr. "I can do it even though you told me not to". He called the guy, and this guy had the nerve to complain about me! He said "Oh she keeps pulling this 'it's not my job' crap".. so my superior told him "It's not her job - it's the technicians job. She does drafting, she doesn't know about products". It's always good to know the guys above me are on my side and know what my job IS. I have NO problems with helping people out, but when they expect me to do something I know nothing about with no help, SCREW THEM.

So yesterday this guy was in the office for a few hours fixing a stair. Now the stair was only wobbly, not broken. He spent over 2 hours fixing this stair but not ONCE asked about these drawings. So luckily my superior was back in the office today and he sat down with me and we went through them (thanks to me going to him). Guess how long it took the two of us….. HALF AN HOUR. That guy avoided me for two weeks and he SHOULD have just sat down and looked over HIS mistakes and it would have been done and resubmitted a week ago. Instead, because he's not in today, my superior and I are going to have to go LOOK at the site and get a few answers. It's ok though, he and I were planning to have lunch together anyways… Just something more to spread out the day!

I am glad my superior got to see what this guy was doing.  The guy wasn't supposed to bid the job in the first place, and I remember my superior saying "Watch, it'll all end up in my lap" and it did. This guy is a good worker in the field, but he needs to NOT bid jobs when he's told not to. I am glad I'm working with my superior, he's nicer because he knows WHAT I know how to do, and what he needs to do. Hence the reason he's a designer!!

I took a call from this woman who obviously asphysiated on her hair dye.  She was thinking she reached Child Protecttive services to complain that her Ex was 5 MINUTES late dropping off his kid home and she wanted to file a report against him. I tried to explain to her she had the wrong number but she just wouldn't get it!  We went back and forth for 2 minutes and she still insisted that she had the right number.  I finally got the phone book and gave her the correct number (something we're not supposed to do by the way).

Cripes, I answered the phone announcing the name of the company she called that should have been her first clue she was calling the wrong place.  She didn't care she just wanted to be a witch.

I was also disgusted that she's moaning over 5 minutes!  Jesus maybe the kid needed to stop to go to the restroom, they got stuck at a train crossing, or were slowed down by traffic. I got the impression that this woman is not a very rational person, she thinks she is always right and never listens to anyone. I'll bet this guy wishes he had used a condom now. 

Feel free to use when you see one around….

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_re_e u/austria_captive_daughter;_ylt=AiVgdnhnaJdMUn9uL2Cu952s0NUE

Can someone PLEASE tell me, how did this guy have three of the kids living with him and his wife NOT know what was going on? I mean seriously, you have your three grandchildren in your care, but you don't ask them where they came from, or where they last saw their mother at? It says they were found outside the home with a note from the mother. Did this guys wife NOT ONCE ask the children about their mother? What the hell kind of mother doesn't even ASK about her child that is missing?

I mean ok - your daughter leaves. You get a note from her saying not to look for her. One day a kid shows up with a note. You just let this kid into your home no questions asked?? You don't ever, not even once, ask the child "how was your mom when you saw her"? You don't even want to know if your daughter is happy??? Am I the only one not getting this? This mother is either lying, or a pathetic excuse for a mother.

You all saw the pic of me with short hair, it was longer in the front with the back spiked up for a few months. Well that got old and I have decided to let it grow out again, probably get around shoulder length. Being I had the back short enough to spike up, it's going to take a little bit to grow, and I'm doing what I can. Today I wore one of those comb kinda head bands - mainly to keep the front out of my face. My coworker says to me today "You need a new hairstyle, that one doesn't fit you".  Ummm, HELLO?? I'm growing my hair out, what it looks like now isn't a "style" - it's a process! I didn't go to the salon and ASK her to cut my hair like this, I'm trying to let it grow! And it doesn't even look bad either! Right after she said that another said "I think it looks good" and two more agreed with him. Why do people care so much about how OTHER people look? It's not like it's HER hair, or she has to look at me all day. And even so, I didn't ASK them to cut my hair like this - it's how it has to look until the back grows long enough to match the front!

I hate Mondays… my zipper broke this morning too.

I am so sick of people with allergies expecting everyone to have to adpat to thier sensitivities!  Our new neighbors have just informed us by letter that they have allergies to smoke. In this letter they DEMAND that no one burn anything at all in the neighbor hood!  Why don't these brain dead idiots check into these things before they buy a house?  First off we live in a township where burning leaves and other yard waste is perfectly legal as are small backyard firepits. We moved out to the township so we could use our firepit, who in the heck do these paragons of rudness think they are?  Mr. Neighbor, stay in your house for all I care, we're using our firepit and burning our leaves in the fall! If you don't like it then move back to the city! Boo Hoo F'ing whooo!

So I hop on this morning and see all the political crap that I luckily missed all weekend, but unfortunatly I have to deal with it on a Monday morning. It ticked me off so much I didn't come back until now, afternoon.

Pet Peeve - as defined by wikipedia: Pet peeves involve complaints about specific behaviors, rather than general dissatisfaction. These behaviors may involve disrespect, manners, personal hygiene, relationships, and family issues.

I think we need ALL of the Political, War, and Global Warming Categories removed. These topics are not PEEVES, they are personal stances on an issue. The problem that TGIX has with the war, president, yadda yadda, should be put into a BLOG, not on this website where people are here to Bitch and Moan about the LITTLE things that tick us off. You know, how when I go to the bathroom and the toilet paper isn't going over and I get pissed? That's a pet peeve.

The way TGIX feels about these topics falls under the "general dissatisfaction" portion of the definition. After going back and seeing my "troll" post, I notice a key word that TGIX uses… "Win". This site isn't about winning, it's about VENTING and getting things off your chest, LITTLE peeves off your chest. These topics should be removed, or TGIX should be banned. I for one, vote for the banning - but that's just me.

Tips for Handling Telemarketers

Three Little Words That Work !!

(1) The three little words are: "Hold On, Please…"

Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.

Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.

These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.

(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?

This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.

This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.

What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately star t hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!!

(3) Junk Mail Help:

When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.

When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.

Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 41 cents postage "IF" and when they receive them back.

It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was 39 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.

If enough people follow these tips, it will work —- I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.

Polar Bears don't need to live on sea ice to survive! I've been saying this all along, but no one wants to believe it until it starts to happen. It's sad this had to happen, but up here when an animal poses a threat to an entire population we protect humans.

WARNING - granted I am glad no humans were hurt, I should warn you about some of the pictures they have. I really wish they would have just reported the story, there was no need for them to put the pictures on there too.

http: //newsminer.com/news/2008/mar/28/polar-bear-killed-fort-yukon/

I just wanted to drop by and say HELLO to all the peevers that I miss… which is everyone except TGIX. I also figured I would give you an update on my car search.

I am going to pick up my Brand New 2008 Chevy Equinox LS tonight. It's an AWD, and I got a good deal on it. I'm glad I'm finally getting, as my dad has been a ROYAL pain during all of this. He's the type of person to buy 8 cars that equal the price of one brand new one, and they will combined last not as long as the new one. Luckily my mom has purchased a brand new car from a dealer so I kinda have her "on my side" so to speak. It's not really on my side, but when he says "I wouldn't do it" I have her saying "I have done it".

As for financing, I have AWESOME parents that are helping me out. They had offerered to pay for the car in whole, and me pay them back, but I want to use this opportunity to help build my credit. I am getting a loan for half the cost, and then a loan from them for the other half. I haven't decided if I will go through the bank or dealer, I have to ask the dealer if there is a penalty for paying it off early, and if not then I will go through him. Believe it or not he is cheaper then my bank!!

Wish me luck everyone, and I will post pictures as soon as I can, maybe tomorrow. It's crazy, they are letting me take it home and I haven't paid them ANYTHING. I'm full of all sorts of emotions right now! This is my first BRAND new car, and the only other thing I bought "brand new" for ME was my computer. So I'm really happy.

It's amazing how far I've come since I left the house across the street from the crack heads!

Mary inspired me!

I hate getting calls from people who have no common sense! Here's an example: One of our accounts is managing maintenence for an apartment complex. We had dispatched a tech to fix the water heater, after two hours he fixed the problem. Without fail five minutes passes after the repair is finished and some idiot wants to why her water isn't hot!  I have literally had to explain how a water tank works! 

I hate when I tell a caller the boss isn't in the office and they wanna tell me "It's okay, i'm personal friend".
I don't give a crap if you're the president, HE'S NOT HERE!

We're also not allowed to give personal telephones to customers. Everyday we get someone who claims to be someones brother or sister, yeah sure if you were you'd know the number!  GET OFF THE PHONE YA BIG Dope!

We also get druggies that call our Dr's line looking to score Vicodin (usually).  One poster child for birth control tried to pull the wool over my eyes by telling me he's in pain becuase his blood sugar is like at 2. Number one unless you have a glocuse meter there is no way to measure blood sugar, so how would you know? Number two, if your blood sugar was that low you'd be in a diabetic coma. Number three low blood sugar typically doesn't cause pain.  Trust me I know.

I had a cold last week that apparently made my voice sound like womans.  The guy called me Sweetie twice, I politely told him I was a man but he still kept calling honey and babycakes. I bet his father wishes he'd used a condom!

Well, as many/some of you know from my previous postings, I work for the military recruiting.  Because I work for the military recruiting, I am also a part of the family readiness group.

Let me go into the back brief of this situation….I am a contracted employee first of all.  I do the planning and coordinating of all Family events on my personal time.  The Soldiers, spouses and children are like family to me.  I would do anything within my power to help any of them with anything.  (maybe this is where I am in a tricky situation)  I have been doing this since day one of employment, and 99.9% of all the spouses love the fact that I do this because that means they don't have to step up to the plate to do anything.

Well, last night we had our first meeting of 2008 for all the spouses.  It turned out pretty well, we had good attendance and everyone enjoyed themselves.  There was one issue that came up.  One of the spouses made a comment.  That comment was "shouldn't the family readiness group be for only true members of the family and not some civilian that works for the company as the secretary?".  That kind of hit me like a ton of bricks and I didn't know what to say or how to react.  I was busy sitting down with the children that were there and reading them stories and playing with them to keep them occupied during the meeting.

Is there a such thing as caring too much about the people that you work with and their families?  Should I just back off and let them handle the things they want to (or in some cases not want to)?

Since my new commander has arrived I have really felt more and more like I am not part of the company.  There have been comments made that have hurt that she has said like "oh, I forgot about you" or "oh, I didn't think that you were part of the company because you are of course a civilian" or "you wouldn't understand".

Well, I do understand.  I have served my country and my flag, 2 years in the Navy, and 4 years in the guard.  Not only that but I have been a spouse of someone who served in the guard, even though our marriage dissolved after he got out and upon him cheating on me.  So, I do understand the life of the military.  I work around all the recruiters, I see what they go through on a daily basis.  I see how they have to be pushed, I see the punishments that come down.  Not to mention, I have been in my job for 3 years now, and I have dealt with having a co-worker in the office that was a complete and utter lazy jack a$$!

Should I stop caring?  Have I let myself get too close to everyone? 

I don't know what to do.  Anyone out there with some suggestions?