You know how my HR person at work just said,"I can't help you," and wouldn't even listen to my problem at all?  She has an assistant, an ex-lobsterman-and-Coast-Guard guy, who sat down and listened to me, yesterday, and went through my papers, and in a matter of minutes located something that seemed like it might possibly be the problem and proposed a solution to it.  cut for length )


Oh how I sigh and lament that the proprieties of today's age to not allow me to call my caseworker onto the Field of Honor for having treated me with such indignity and disrespect! 

Why, yes, at least being made to feel as though I were being listened to made me feel a LOT better.
derien: Bertie needs tea, badly. (bertie tea 2)
( Jul. 6th, 2006 10:05 am)
Dad called looking for info on Eightball's plans for the next few days, and all I was able to tell him was "He's going to be in Maine some time Saturday."  Lotsa help.  Well, it was a little to him because he wasn't sure if he should leave the house today, thinking Eightball might show up.  But.  Then I went and sent around Eightball's information (that consists of "going to be in Maine Saturday through Monday") to the rest of the family, because I realized he's made NO firm plans, just like everyone else in my immediate family, and probably for the same reason - he's too shy to call or write and say "Can I visit you?" until it's the absolute last minute and he has to.  At least shyness is what I attribute it to. 

So then I went and subscribed five family members to my Yahoo group for family so as to give people a place to post plans and news.  I mean... that was what I made it for, so that I wouldn't have to be the communicator of the family, because I suck at that.  And yet I'm the person who it ends up falling to because everyone else sucks even worse - or at least that's how it feels to me. :) 

I hope I haven't been rude to them by subscribing them to a group they might not want to be in.  Although I should probably make another group for my Dad's side of the family. 

Damn it, the sun is coming out.  I was hoping it would stay cool and overcast for my walk to work.  Okay, off I go.
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