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  1. I realize that you probably have enough to do in your life, but library boards are often elected and competition is usually light. You could run for the library board. Democracy in action and all that. Any other rational folk in your burg?

    you are right the $ is in security not as much as the jobs themselves...good idea about the library board! Our town and the library go hand in hand (town hall was closed today as well - and the dump) so maybe more involvement in town gvt in general would be the ticket-thanks for the tip.

    It is a fairly wealthy new england town that I live in (I myself dont make much money at all) the correlation between that and the fact they have so many days off-I think I am missing something in what you are saying...?

    Thanks!

  2. Just a gripe-I drove all the way to the library today to find it closed (I am in the US)-it is a so called town 'vacation' day I come to find out-other surrounding towns were open for business and we received the us mail-I dont know how these people get away with giving themselves vacation days-

    Government jobs used to be among the lowest paying-now they are the most sought after well paid and most secure..it seems the same everywhere with gvt jobs-heck I had to work Christmas day!

    just venting I am pissed right now

    :dough:

  3. people often ask themselves: "Did I do something wrong?" before they blame themselves. I was responding to the aside in your post. People have different characteristic reactions. Some look to blame others even when they ought to be looking inwards. Others look inwards when they ought to be looking elsewhere.

    thanks for clarifying your point - it makes total sense.

    I really need to think alot on this thread

    but I am glad I started it. ty again

    Pam

  4. In other words- don't think "I'm not being pleasant to the lout who wears too much cheap cologne, endlessly repeats jokes from The Office, stands to close to me and gets away with doing as little work as possible" Think- "I'm maintaining cordial relations with the person who is writing my next review, the review upon which my next raise will be based".

    OK you are saying be cordial not the person's bff-makes sense-thanks

  5. Finally, please dont take my post as an accusation. I just wanted to present the other side, from a business owner's prospective.

    I dont take it that way at all-I appreciate all the posts here, they helped me clarify a few things. Now time to take a look at the ways I can maybe change (but I am perfect so I dont know what I can do...lol NOT)

  6. I can see now (thanks all) there IS a difference between kissing up and being pleasant to work with-I never thought of that before and appreciate the idea.

    I do customer service over the phone right now.

    Sometimes yes I do blame others before looking at myself first-that is human nature no?

    Re: Ayn Rand-none of her noble characters ever seemed particularly personable-some were actually quite antisocial with people they didnt value...another thread maybe...

    thanks!

  7. I know this may sound simplistic but why do people who "kiss butt" rise so far when a good amount of the time they are obviously incompetent and don't add value to the company?

    There have been so many times in my work life where the favor goes to the person who strokes egos more than the person who efficiently produces (I am thinking the favor is given by one who is of the same mold though)

    Do you believe sooner or later it evens out and competence prevails?

    I have never seen that happen unfortunately.

    Sometimes I don't see the point in doing your best in any situation but I still do my best....to a point.

    I am not sure...

    Thanks

  8. Hi,

    My current job is doing telephone customer service for a mail order company. I do not feel I am servicing the customers well at all because I am not provided the information they need when they call-why hasnt my order shipped? when will it be shipped ? etc

    My supervisors tell me to tell the caller I cant provide them with that information they need to wait for an email saying their order has been shipped-if they ask for a supervisor I have to tell them none is available. The only options I can give them is wait or cancel.

    Needless to say it leaves me aggravated and the caller angrier than when they started.

    I need the job and am looking for another but for now there seems to be nothing so I am stuck here-how can I rectify this in my mind within the ideas of Objectivism? I am just not seeing how...

    Thanks for reading if you did.

  9. I use Win7 64 bit and verified that problem just now by starting Internet Explorer. It does not effect me because I don't use Internet Explorer. I use Google Chrome.

    I use Win7 64bit too and have the issue in both IE and Firefox-I don't really want anything related to google downloaded on my pc but if it starts to annoy me alot I will try it.

    Thanks!

  10. Has anyone had display issues when upgrading to windows7?

    some web pages come up for me with large margins on the left and right and narrow content in the middle, this is one of those webpages unfortunately.

    I have Googled the issue and others have the same problem but I cannot find a solution for it.

    Has anyone here encountered the same issue and perhaps has a remedy?

    Thanks!

  11. more "stimulus" ?

    WASHINGTON - Buried deep inside the massive spending orgy that Democrats jammed through the House this week lie five words that could drastically undo two decades of welfare reforms.

    The very heart of the widely applauded Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is a cap on the amount of federal cash that can be sent to states each year for welfare payments.

    But, thanks to the simple phrase slipped into the legislation, the new "stimulus" bill abolishes the limits on the amount of federal money for the so-called Emergency Fund, which ships welfare cash to states.

    "Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated such sums as are necessary for payment to the Emergency Fund," Democrats wrote in Section 2101 on Page 354 of the $819 billion bill. In other words, the only limit on welfare payments would be the Treasury itself.

    "This re-establishes the welfare state and creates dependency all over the place," said one startled budget analyst after reading the line.

    link

  12. Hey, if she can use Microsoft Office, answer phones, and listen to complicated orders and execute them timely then any pornstar check can work as a secretary or receptionist.

    Hey, jobs arent that plentiful these days for pornstar or non pornstar "checks". This isn't the 80s.

  13. From AP

    LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the nation's greatest moral shortcoming is its failure to "devote ourselves to causes greater than our self-interests."

    Barack Obama, said America's greatest moral failure is its insufficient help to the disadvantaged, especially victims of racism, sexism and poverty.

    They both sound equally evil to me.

  14. Schools dislike geniuses just as much religions dislike saints, or something on those lines. My sense is that teachers and religious when confronted with the purity of heart and thought feel completely "inadequate"; and that's at the root of their disdain.
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