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Undertoad 04-18-2014 09:42 AM

The details of Ron's firing came out. Not only did he ask for a raise, but he told Alan that he was going to find another job. Alan told him that was fine, and he was allowed to continue to work at the shop until he was in a new job and ready to make money.

But, for some reason, Ron could not stand this new situation, where he was going to get out but didn't know when. As Alan asked him to do things around the shop, he started being more belligerent. He started yelling at and insulting customers. Then co-workers noticed that he was slowly taking his things home with him - like his mug, his phone charger, his pictures. In the end he refused to do much at all, and Alan sent him packing.

This also reflects the amazingly high turnover at the shop. I think 6 months to a year is about the average for workers there.

Everyone is currently working 6 days a week. I wonder if Alan is trying to save money by running the shop on fewer people. He has not asked me to work the counter. It could work out well if he wanted to do that while Sammy is temporarily living at my place. (He's the co-worker whose wife destroyed his MacBook Pro.)

Steve has been around a year replacing me, and I think he is showing it. I think it has changed him for the worse, as it was changing me. He seems to be becoming more strained, more annoyed, more mean and more racist.

But he is in a precarious position where half his life support (parents) are moving away in three months. He's looking for a place to live, but he seems to be not all that good at it, and not all that motivated. He has important reasons to stay in the city, but his dreams of a perfect situation are making that difficult.

He says he wants build his own log house, heat it with a wood stove, make it sound-proof, and set up his drums so he can play all day and all night. This is because he is from Maine. We hate to explain to him that these sorts of arrangements don't exist in Metropolis. In Maine, your own log house is the road to cheap living. In Metropolis, your own log house is not designed by engineers and built to code, and so it is verboten. And landlords hate wood stoves and drums.

xoxoxoBruce 04-18-2014 10:09 AM

Oh, you're taking in strays. Good for you, man, good for you. :thumb:

Griff 04-18-2014 10:55 AM

Steve needs to check his gps.

tw 04-18-2014 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 897071)
This also reflects the amazingly high turnover at the shop. I think 6 months to a year is about the average for workers there.

That characteristic is found in most all workplaces. You can see someone change when tired of the job. Due to no change or challenge. Due to no advancement. Maybe a major change at home. Due to no longer having a child's spirit.

Some jobs are more taxing than others. For example, nurses in hospital burn units typically do not last more than a year.

Same applies to soldiers. They are only good for maybe one year of combat. Deploy them too often and permanent damage results.

Many jobs can only be done for a short time. Have respect for old timers who manage to remain divorsed from the strain. Or learn how they do it.

Undertoad 04-18-2014 10:04 PM

Yes, Sammy is here at the ravine, chez toad. I guess it's an interesting turn for the whole thread. His marriage dissolved quite suddenly, to the point where he had to leave, and I had a spare room and bed.

xoxoxoBruce 04-18-2014 11:35 PM

Just what you need, a drummer to keep you out of trouble. :drummer: They're always the level headed one. :haha:

Undertoad 04-19-2014 07:47 AM

It's Steve who's the drummer - but, Sammy seems to be good at cleaning bathrooms.

xoxoxoBruce 04-19-2014 09:45 AM

Oh, my bad. Bathroom cleaner? Marry him! :D

limey 04-19-2014 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 897170)
It's Steve who's the drummer - but, Sammy seems to be good at cleaning bathrooms.


And his wife threw him out!?!!!????!?!?!!!!??!!!!!!!!!!! ?


Sent by thought transference

Undertoad 04-19-2014 01:38 PM

She yelled at him for working at the pawn shop. She is a most unagreeable woman.

busterb 04-19-2014 07:04 PM

Hell! I have know a few of them myself. :bolt:

sexobon 04-20-2014 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 897200)
She yelled at him for working at the pawn shop. She is a most unagreeable woman.

Sounds like you found a replacement for Ron.

SteveDallas 04-22-2014 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 896941)
Sometimes I get to write a more colorful eBay listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-MacBoo.../221417606126?

That is a classic.

Griff 04-22-2014 08:34 PM

Very amusing! Hi SD!

Clodfobble 04-22-2014 08:34 PM

SteveDallas! Long time no see, man. How are you?


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