“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
Hannibal Lecter played by Anthony Hopkins
in The Silence of the Lambs 1991
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SO this is how we should answer the Census!
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RANT: How to answer the census!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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QUOTE: Poverty — L. Neil Smith
Saturday, February 27, 2010Poverty is a solved problem – all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom.
— L. Neil Smith
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NOTRECOMMENDED: UPS fails
Saturday, February 27, 2010Trying to track the old lady’s new drug. UPS let us down. I can understand that that the weather causes problems.
BUT, there’s always a big BUTT!
First we get a call that says: “Delivery requires signature today”.
That night: “Cant be completed”
Later: “On its way”
Later that night: “Cant be completed”
Today: “Cant be completed”
And, there is no way to get a live person on the phone!
Argh!
Even some one in a third world country wouldn’t be as frustrating.
Argh!
FedEx’s tracking was much better. And, they had live people!
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JOBSEARCH: Prepare Three Envelopes
Saturday, February 27, 2010THE WISDOM OF “THREE ENVELOPES”!
Remember the old joke?
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A newly-hired top executive for a major company is just settling into his new office when he is visited by the form chief, who had been fired. The displaced executive appears friendly, shakes his hand, and says, “Look, if things get really bad for you, I have something that may help.” And he handed the new executive three envelopes. They parted amicably, the new executive quickly dismissing departing executive’s visit as a result of the shock of his situation. The three envelopes he tossed into the bottom drawer of his desk. Six months later, things were in crisis for the new executive. He was worried, and did not know where to turn or whom to call. Then he remembered the envelopes. He opened the bottom drawer, and took out the first envelope. Inside there was one sheet of paper with a single sentence: “Blame your predecessor.” What a great idea! He followed this advice, and things went very smoothly again. About 6 months later there was another crisis. The new executive again was desperate, when he remembered the envelopes. He reached into the bottom drawer and took out the second envelope. The page inside said, “Reorganize.” So the executive completely reorganized the corporation, and things were going quite well again. About 6 months after reorganizing, things began to fall apart. After employing the best consultants and trying everything he could imagine, things were still getting worse. Then he remembered the third letter. He was sure it would save him. He tore it open, and read the message inside. It said, “Make three envelopes.”
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To my fellow abused corporate “employees”:
May I give you some advice? Painfully learned. From before the time you “get” the job, you must be aware that it will end. Maybe badly. So, my advice is to prepare, from before you start, for it to end badly.
You know of all the hurdles getting in and you need to know all the hurdles in getting your value out. Here are my thoughts:
(1) You must have at home all the things you will need for your “employment” lawyer to review when you bring your claim to him. (And, you will. When your future employer hands you that severance agreement to sign and you feel you’ve been screwed, tattoed, and not even give a t-shirt! You’ll be visiting a very expensive lawyer wnating him to punish that employer.) Carve out a dedicated space for all the material you’ll have to collect.
(2) Every communication from your employer should be captured and catalogued. An index is essential. That’s the initial offer letter, performance appraisals, copies of checks, expense reports, and the final severance offer.
(3) Like the sneaky bastards they are, there will be a lot of stuff that magically doesn’t get put on paper. That extra week of vacation, concessions, comp time, over time, consideration for being on call 24×7, yada, yada! Oral agreements are worth the paper that they are printed on. You must get in the habit of documenting everything. You don’t know what will be that one fact that could weigh in your favor.
(4) You must be the “chronicaler” of all personnel actions. Keep a “desk book” (i.e., that blank book that has one page per day) of every thing that heppens to your co-workers. Layoffs? You need to itemize every name, age, and anything else you can think of. Capture all org charts. No org charts? Make your own. Same for promotions, demotions, laterals, and transfers. You have to be your own HR department!
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SERVICE: Your ISP email address is a trap; any ATT users as well?
Saturday, February 27, 2010FROM AN EMAIL CORRESPONDENT
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AT&T has made some major changes to its internet system. They included removing the term “worldnet” from the Email address that some of you use to contact me. They will not transmit emails that contain that term after 3/15.
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https://reinkefaceslife.com/2007/07/14/productivity-changing-email-addresses/
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In my mind, it’s impossible to communicate the change to everyone who has your old email address. It may have been given to them by someone else.
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May I suggest that you might want to avoid giving out your ISP’s email address?
Your ISP’s email is a trap to lock you in to their service. It can leave you high and dry at the most inopportune times.
They can: (1) be acquired; (2) sell out; (3) change their brand; (4) go out of business; (5) do something dumb; OR (6) have a meltdown of some type.
And, you can be out of luck. No email temporarily or permanently. Then you’re forced to change.
Good luck finding everyone who HAS your email address. They may have been given it by someone you know. But you don’t know them.
You should NEVER permit them to own almost the mort important thing you “own” — your email address. It’s a key to your digital identity. if they get bought out or go out.
Argh!
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