Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Here's what I really don't understand. One of the applications was for a general clerk's job. I don't qualify according to the letter.
My summer job when I was 16 was as a secretary/receptionist for a state coalition. I was assistant manger of a record store when I graduated high school, worked as a bank teller, and as a secretary/shipping clerk for a small business. I was a finance clerk in a casino for 4 years, then worked as a supervisor for another 5 years. I did auditing of financial paperwork. I did scheduling and reports. I had to follow state regulations (which is what I was auditing for) and security protocol regarding customer accounts. Then I worked for 3+ more years as an office manager in charge of accounts payable & receivable, plus inventory. I type over 40 wpm. I know MS Office.
But I don't qualify for a general clerk's job.
This is more like a rant.
If it makes you feel better, they found arthritis in my husband's rib cage when he was 30.
B
BErt
I mentioned elsewhere that I'm almost positive I also have arthritis in my hip. I'll be 34 next week.
I've got arthritis in my arthritis and I'm only 9!
I have arthritis and its especially bad in my SI. It sucks 
The irony of it being AS Awareness month and me being off work for my first extended sick leave isn't lost on me.
The irony of it being AS Awareness month and me being off work for my first extended sick leave isn't lost on me.
We're in the same boat, sistah.I have arthritis and its especially bad in my SI. It sucks
The irony of it being AS Awareness month and me being off work for my first extended sick leave isn't lost on me.
Of course, your hobo SO doesn't have fusion and compression rods in his back, so you don't get that merit badge to go along with it.
I go in for an SI injection on the 12th. The question is, how am I gonna manage to make it to then, especially since they're already gunning to order me* when I get back to work Friday night.
* - "Ordering" is when they inform you, either a week in advance or two hours in advance, that they have no other eligible staff to fill opening on a shift, and because your name is on the magic rotation list (which is no longer by seniority), YOU are the one who gets to stay for an additional eight hours of fun - and most likely not in a living unit where you know the kids or that you particularly care to work - or, even worse, you are working with someone who has NFC as to what to do. It is also the NUMBER ONE REASON why I hate hate HATE my job.
I was gonna ask if her man's being a dick.
But I'm pretty sure we're both wrong and should've kept our mouths shut
I'm not sure I understand? You may not get your time off for the injection?? That's awful.
No, my hobo is in great shape thank goodness. I'm a hot mess for both of us!
(Just waiting for Gas to post that one GIF...)[DOUBLEPOST=1461126785,1461126553][/DOUBLEPOST]
My hip issues are similar. I scheduled the SI injection for a mid-week day off - but it's not for three weeks.
GasBandit
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It's your own fault for subscribing to those newsletters.
Oh you KNOW I've got a gif for that! Let me just...
OOF
... get back to you.
(Hint: "NOT PREGNANT")
Up all night puking
GasBandit
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Trust me, Florida's shine wears off pretty damn quick.
Sure, but Buffalo never had no shine to start.
When I was younger I would agree, but Buffalo is bouncing back pretty well, and is becoming kind of nice.
As someone whose budget is currently so thin that a difference of $0.40/gal at the pump is enough to noticeably destroy 2 weeks' worth of budget planning, I respectfully disagree.
--Patrick
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You may get your wish. While prices may have bounced back a little, a lot of forecasters are calling this price the new norm for a while. Maybe even 10-20 years.
When I moved and transferred my job to one with a 70mi commute, pump prices were averaging $3.50/gal, and they stayed there for > 1yr. Even at 27MPG I was paying about $13/day just to drive back and forth to work. Now I pay just a little less than half that/day. I don't miss it one bit.
--Patrick
I didn't once. I had a broken foot and the Orlando airport was so massive that there was no way I could limp across in time but I had plenty of time after the flight so I waited and limped off. I didn't want to take a wheelchair if someone needed it more.
That's 12.5% turnover, over the period of a decade. Until recently retirement for civil service nationwide has been about 3.5%, but that dropped significantly during the recession, and has increased quite a bit since the recovery. Also we're getting ever closer to the baby boomer retirement age. It turns out that only 14% of the total government civil service was eligible to retire in late 2012, but over 31% will be eligible come late 2017. We have an aging civil service.
Once you remove retirement at the 3.5% level, though, turnover is only 9%, which isn't very high.
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/660449.pdf
Per the charts on this site: https://www.nobscot.com/survey/us_voluntary_turnover_0804.cfm
Government and Federal jobs are usually lower than most other industries, at 6.9% and 5.5% respectively, so a turnover of 9% is about 2% higher than "normal".
So it may be up (depending on how you deal with the "1 in 8 over a decade" vs "6.9% turnover rate monthly", but if so, it's not a huge increase in turnover.
I know this is the whine thread, but unless the source of your quote has given you comparative data showing the actual increase, versus a single number that sounds large, it might be best to apply some salt.
It's my first night on new pain meds. I'm trying a patch that releases the medicine continuously. It takes a few days to get up to speed in my system so tonight's a rough one. It is making me freezing cold which I can deal with but I'm pretty sure I'm seeing things now....and it's always bugs. I'd like to see cool things.