The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:01 pm My friend called and said he's losing part of his foot.

My father's best friend Phil was mowing the lawn and one of his kids (who is now about 50, this was a long time ago) ran In front of the mower, and Phil reflexively yanked it back and cut off all his toes.

It took him a while to learn how to balance again, but after a year or so you would never know he's toeless.

I hope your friend makes a similarly good recovery.

Civility and consideration are dead. Very seriously.

Quin wrote:

S~V~S wrote:Also at least you found out in the interview process. My brothers friend applied for, and interviewed for, what sounded like a dream job, and he did not find out until AFTER he was hired that it was not at all what he expected. But rather than taking and quitting a job in rapid succession blotting his resume, he is going to stick it out for a few years. He hates it, but he is sort of stuck for now.

That sucks. Do you mind if I ask what the job is? I'm in contact with someone who's looking for someone to do their business's social media marketing which is more or less exactly what I want, so maybe I have some better luck this time.

It was a marketing analyst job. He *thought* he would be doing account and sales trend analysis, but it turns out he is basically doing key accounts customer service. He did not want to have to directly deal with customers and accounts, but that is an intrinsic part of his job. He makes more than he did at his last job but he basically does the same thing, and he was looking for growth more than money.

Also at least you found out in the interview process. My brothers friend applied for, and interviewed for, what sounded like a dream job, and he did not find out until AFTER he was hired that it was not at all what he expected. But rather than taking and quitting a job in rapid succession blotting his resume, he is going to stick it out for a few years. He hates it, but he is sort of stuck for now.

Oh that's great!

No surgery is always good, but pain still sucks. Feel better

Aw, prayers & good vibes, Epi~ feel better

It sounds like the Universe had a reason for stopping you, it tried SO HARD.

Systematically? Like Intentionally?

Bea <3

Driving to and from my parents house yesterday (my brother Jesse got out of hospital on Christmas Eve, and was well enough to want to see people, so we had a last minute "potluck what was in our freezers" kinda meal, but we had it together~ our big "family Christmas" won't be till January. My other brother & I were gonna have "whatever" for Christmas) about half the restaurants were open.

When I was a kid in NY, I recall NOTHING restaurant wise being open for Thanksgiving, but lots of people got take out, and some ate in restaurants (my husbands family had dinner out on Christmas, it was part of his Moms Christmas gift) on Christmas. Not just the Jewish folks. So maybe it is a cultural thing based on location?

But yeah, our society has become about money (and people would not eat take out pizza if the pizza place was not open, and it is open to make money), that's the long and short of it. I am pretty nauseated by stores opening on Thanksgiving still. That is a *national* holiday, not a religious one like Christmas. We've lost our way, and this is just one more symptom, like homeless veterans and starving children.

Somehow, I didin't visualize someone named "Axxon" as having problems, lol~ maybe it's the 2 x's. Hope she comes around

I am out of tonic water

Thats sad.

We should threaten Sock until he fixes that :nod: