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  Need to vent about supervisor

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
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  my supervisor is starting to drive me nuts!.

  we have a cmr system to track all of the different programing tasks that need to be accomplished.

  as we work on each cmr item we are supposed to put notes and messages to people in the thread so everyone knows what has happened with each cmr.

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  littlerockguy

  It isn't easy trying to please everybody. Somewhere somebody is going to be pissed at your for some decision you made. And it really puts you in an awkward situation if you were promoted to your position and your former coworkers become your employees. In a clinic where I work I deal with them, my boss and the clinic director and all of the doctors (which we all know are the gods who have to be kept happy).

  I have seen what you are talking about though but usually managers and supervisors who after a long period of time who don't do anything but just look busy will usually somewhere down the road get weeded out; usually but not always.
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  Need to vent about supervisor

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my supervisor is starting to drive me nuts!.

  we have a cmr system to track all of the different programing tasks that need to be accomplished.

  as we work on each cmr item we are supposed to put notes and messages to people in the thread so everyone knows what has happened with each cmr.

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  littlerockguy

  coolhandluke:

  That is a different story when you are "working supervisor" or "team leader"; then you have to do work supervising and do what your staff does. Usually in my department I am the first one there and the last one to leave and there are so many things I do and are responsible for that my coworkers do not even think about. I still have to do about as much production, also get interrupted by people in other departments, other offices, etc. all the time; approve vacations and time off, schedule interviews, hire people, disipline employees, set an example, etc. If I ever have to be home sick or for whatever reason it is not surprising to get a phone call at home. I do accumulate paid time off but being in a managers type position you can't just schedule any time off if it is a bad time to take off. What really irritates me is that my staff thinks for what all I do I get paid soooo much more which can't be further from the truth. Since some of my staff have been here longer than me they are paid MORE than I am paid though they dont know it and me being in the position Im in I can't tell them that!!
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  Who Was The Number One Musical Group or Singer Of All Time?

  by minimus in

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  some say it's the beatles.

  they certainly did leave their mark on the world.

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  littlerockguy

  I think as far as women go, Carole King has contributed more to the history of rock music than most people realize. She has been writing and recording music since 1959 even though she is mostly known for her album Tapestry and the songs she wrote and recorded on that album. She along with her husband Gerry Goffin through the 60s wrote tons of the most popular songs during that decade and a lot of her music old and new continues to be recorded even though she doesn't do much recording herself anymore.
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  Chaperones

  by Gretchen956 in

  1. watchtower
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  richie's thread got me wondering what ever happened to the practice of chaperoning???

  i mean really, was this just a regional thing where i grew up?

  we had to have a chaperone always with the opposite gender even if we were old!

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  littlerockguy

  Where I lived you didn't have to be married to be a chaparone, just a JW in good standing. I was used as one but you didn't have to date anybody to need one; you could never be alone with anybody of the opposite sex without somebody thinking something about it so if that was the case you always had to have a third person present.
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  Who Was The Number One Musical Group or Singer Of All Time?

  by minimus in

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  some say it's the beatles.

  they certainly did leave their mark on the world.

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  littlerockguy

  I think Elton John deserves an honorable mention.
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  What Are Things That TRULY Irritate You???

  by minimus in

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  i can't stand unappreciative people.

  when you do something thoughtful for a person and they either seldom acknowledge it or half heartedly say, "thanks".

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  littlerockguy

  I hate a shopping cart with a bad wheel. I also hate going to wal-mart or any other place to get one item and after going all through the trouble parking, walking across a huge parking lot, getting inside only to find out they are out of the item you specifically went there for; not to mention just about all of the checkouts are closed on a Saturday morning (of all times!!) and long lines at the Self-Scan checkouts!!!
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  Cost of my surgery

  by littlerockguy in

  1. watchtower
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  a couple of weeks ago i had a sebaceous cyst removed from my back; it was infected and almost the size of a baseball and went down to muscle.

  it got infected.

  it wasnt that big for a long time and i had to have it removed.

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  littlerockguy

  Nathan,

  You are right. I shouldn't bitch about it. I just hate thinking that I have to pay close to $700 out of pocket (300 deductable, close to 400 what the insurance don't pay, plus $35 for surgeon's office visit and since I work in a clinic for doctors I see some of them and they dont charge me) when I have insurance. I just think that even though that is high I do think about all of those people out there who don't have health insurance what is going to happen to them. It doesn't take anything and then BOOM! you have this huge bill and now that the new bankrupsy law about to take effect people are going to lose everything they have since they will not be able to wipe their hospital bills away.
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  Cost of my surgery

  by littlerockguy in

  1. watchtower
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  a couple of weeks ago i had a sebaceous cyst removed from my back; it was infected and almost the size of a baseball and went down to muscle.

  it got infected.

  it wasnt that big for a long time and i had to have it removed.

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  littlerockguy

  A couple of weeks ago I had a sebaceous cyst removed from my back; it was infected and almost the size of a baseball and went down to muscle. It got infected. It wasnt that big for a long time and I had to have it removed. I just received my bill today. I have excellent insurance but I am still going to request an itemized bill instead of just a generalized one since I think the price is ridiculously astronomical:

  pharmacy 671.00

  Med/surg supplies 277.72

  Med/sur supp/sterile supply 7.72

  Lab 295.00

  OR services 2795.00

  Anesthesia 220.50

  Total 4266.95

  I cannot for the life of me know what I had that they would charge 671 for "pharmacy". I have a $300 annual deductable I already paid and my insurance pays 90% but still 10% of 3,966.95 is till quite a bit as is the total just to have a cyst removed.
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  I'm drinking beer and it's only 2pm....

  by JH in

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  the rat is getting drunk, so early in the day..... cheers

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  littlerockguy

  Oh what the hell, it's 5:00 somewhere!
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  Mmmmmm bread machines

  by Lady Lee in

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  i have a bread machine and have been experimenting with it this week.

  my first breads were really dense and heavy.

  they were ok but definitely not great.. so i went to the books and they said the liquids need to be lukewarm not cold from the fridge.. so after yet another white bread heavy i just tried a raisin bread recipe.. ok i'm addicted.

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  littlerockguy

  I love good bread myself, however since I am single I hardly ever buy it since I cannot go through a whole loaf without most of it going bad. The same with milk. I dont eat bread much since I try to watch my carb intake which is such a pain since that includes other things I love such as rice, pasta, etc. My mother use to get some bread from a woman she worked with and it was the best bread I ever ate! If she has the recipe, I will pass it along to ya :)