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Posted by Transmute Jun on 26-09-2007 at 14:10:
ITA about the title SJ... keep it and then use it to get a better job in a few months... 
Hope you can deal with it until then!
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Posted by SJ_SwanJun on 26-09-2007 at 14:49:
Thanks for the clarification, Cricket. My understanding always was that to get an engineering whatever, you needed to have at least a passing grade in English ...
Perhaps she just forgot it all with the other stuff she needed to learn?
Anyhoo, she's still a trouble-making (I could tell you a story about her latest fuck up which is actually going to cost the company several thousand coins in the next buying season) Beyuch who ... ugh ... I can't stand her.
So to the title.
Well ... no sooner have I smiled over it ...
So, as per company policy, I changed the E-Card on my emails ... About thirty seconds later the ... :grr: from HR (the one who is not exactly a bubbly HR person) comes to my desk to give me a "friendly" warning that my title is not EA, but Admin Asst. I purse my lips and tell her that the President of the company, the one to whom I am assistant, was the one who told me I am EA. She goes on to snarl and say "that's not what my paperwork says" ...
Fair call.
I say "but" again, and that the President had me type up my job model and it did state EA. I double checked that title with him and he said that I am, indeed, EA.
HR lady corrects me again and says that we only have one EA on staff and I am not it.
Mhhmmm Okay, so she's arguing with the President.
So I fire off a polite email to el-Presidente asking for clarification. He sends me an email back saying that he has to check the paperwork, there's a mistake somewhere.
So ... for now, I am demoted back to Admin asst until I get absolute confirmation.
Sighhhhhhh....
So much for the nice resume addition, eh?
Oh well ....
Hey. Anyone in the GTA want to go shopping at Timberland? They're at 30% off right now, and I get a further 40% off ...
SJ
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 26-09-2007 at 15:01:
Ugh.... sounds like another reason to NEED the resume addition! Sorry, SJ! 
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Posted by kimiko on 27-09-2007 at 12:05:
Well, Me thinks the shit has hit the fan...anyways the rumour mill is hard at work. See if you folks can make anything out of this:
Fact #1:
The MOM (Merchandise Operations Manager) has left to work at another store nearby. We'll call her "Nancy".
Fact #2:
I like this lady and my supervisor absolutely dispizes her. He's always at odds with whatever she wants done and in the past has told us that when he is not in and the Assisstant Supervisor is in charge we: "Are not to listen to either one of them and not to do whatever they have told us to do." Yeah right like I'm supposed to ignore 2 bosses when you're not here!
Fact #3:
In the past, if management got transfered to said store it was considered a promotion.
Fact #4:
This is a sudden turnover, not even 2 weeks after our accident.
Fact #5:
The store manager over there is the Bee-atch that I had the previous misfortune to work under and which "Nancy" did not exactly see eye to eye with before.
Fact #6:
My supervisor (who was in a pissy mood) announces at the begining of the shift that: "Nancy has left to go to said store. End of story. Get to work." No explanations. No "hooray she's gone!". Nothing.
Something is up...I just don't know what...
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Posted by SJ_SwanJun on 27-09-2007 at 12:45:
Hmmmm
Kimi. Something sounds up. Let me check with certain contacts (if you like) .... I have an insider in the Bay Corp office that used to work here.
I can try to finagle some info if you like.
But, hey ... Move in to the TO and come work here at GFI. Looks like there are some moves'a'comin and there might be some place to put you in this: The Ivory Tower ...
Now if only they'd remove me from this blasted desk ...
Work hard, they say. Work hard and efficient. Work to the best of your ability and let them see how valuable you are so you can get a promoton.
Bull-fucking-shit!
You prove yourself too damn good and get stuck ....
I mean, fuck. I'm a fully acredited Sports Trainer who used to work pro and semi-pro sports back home. I am a Science geek with an IQ of 143 (according to the Mensa IQ test) ... and I am stuck at a reception desk ...
Grump.
SJ
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Why do men snore when lying on their backs?
Because their balls fall over their butt holes and they vapour lock.
Posted by kimiko on 27-09-2007 at 13:18:
Thanks Swannie, but I just finished moving out of my apartment and back into a house and man I hate the whole moving thang!
While doing I found so many things that I still had boxed up from the last move! I don't think I could afford anything your way though. I was just barely squeeking by in the apartment. We're now in with the hubby's parents. They just bought a house here, small but alot more room for the furchildren and a lot less rent. I don't have to watch every penny now and can actually start saving and investing, while helping them prepare for retirement too.
I'd appriciate any info though, the rumour mill just lives for that!
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Posted by SJ_SwanJun on 27-09-2007 at 13:30:
Let me see what I can find out.
I don't need any more info than you've provided ... you'd be surprised at how well we know each and every store.
We have over 200 stores across Canada, and we know the most intimate details of all of them ... including all moves and shifts and mischief.
I'll see if I can get hold of my girl at your H.O.
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Living with the inlaws .... GOOD LUCK with that. Flash and I live with ours (for cultural reasons) and I sometimes go through hell. We're interracial (he's Vietnamese, I'm a white Aussie) and ... damn ... EVERYTHING I do is questioned and analyzed and compared to "Good Vietnamese" girls.
sighhh....
I love them ... but ... would probably love them more if I could actually get away and be able to live my life the way I want to ...
SJ
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Why do men snore when lying on their backs?
Because their balls fall over their butt holes and they vapour lock.
Posted by Transmute Jun on 27-09-2007 at 13:43:
Oh, you girls are brave! If I had to live with my ILs I think I'd kill myself. Seriously...
Actually, if we lived anywhere close to my ILs I don't think DH and I would be married. it's that bad. They're all the way across the continent from me, and it's still not far enough away...
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Posted by kimiko on 27-09-2007 at 14:09:
I'm lucky I love my IL's. We used to live with them, years ago and have never had a problem. Watching them is almost like watching ourselves...our personalities are very similar. I can see where hubby gets it from. When I first met them I was trying to be on my best behaviour, but I ended up getting totally tanked.
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Posted by SJ_SwanJun on 27-09-2007 at 14:47:
Ahh my problem is that I'm a chick.
I'm also Australian.
Therefore I smoke, I drink, I'm obnioxious, and I have fun.
I am not a conformist, I am not a slave, I am not a quiet, shy, and obedient little thang who won't care if my husband gets himself a mistress, or get up at 5am every morning and make sure he has fresh tea and a massive home cooked breakfast of noodles, shrimp, soup, and whatever else they want ...
I get along great with the inlaw-men (except dad) because I do like to have a beer and a good chat about anything. I don't get along so well with the women for the same reason.
I am also not a size zero, which is a problem, too. Weight (unless you're a wee child) is a big no no. Now that is not to say I'm a big girl, because I'm not. I am 5'11" and weight in at 155 pounds ...
I also haven't learned the language (well ... heh ... I certainly know more than I let on), which is a bad thing.
My argument is that we live in Canada, and they have for over 20 years so the onus is on them, really, to speak the native language. I did try, but at my age (33) it's difficult ... Vietnamese is a tough bloody language ...
Now don't get me wrong. I love these people with everything inside me, I really do. They are wonderful, wonderful people ... I just find myself getting offended by the constant comparisons to the "good girls" in Vietnam.
I am not now, have never been, and never will be the "perfect" little wife. Flash gets it and apparently seems to have no issue with it, why can't they?
SJ
Sorry about the rant - I got hit with something last night regarding this, and I am still seething over it...
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Why do men snore when lying on their backs?
Because their balls fall over their butt holes and they vapour lock.
Posted by CricketBeautiful on 27-09-2007 at 15:54:
15 years ago, the biggest reason for folks failing their P.Eng. license exam (Law and Ethics, 3 hours, taken after two to four years work experience, all this after your degree) was not being able to read and write "clearly enough to do the job". Like, duh! We're not talking PhD in English, we're talking read specs and write instructions the next guy can follow. We're talking public safety here, and codes are constantly changing. You can do the math in any language you like; steel doesn't know the difference. But someone who knows both the math and the code has to take final responsibility.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 27-09-2007 at 21:59:
Sounds kind of familiar, SJ. Not the reasons, but the mentality. There's an old saying that men will marry a woman just like their mothers... or the exact opposite. I'm the opposite, and I know my MIL resents it like crazy. She and her husband complain about everything I do and always want me to change. Goodness only knows what they'd say if they knew I spent all of my free time writing smutty fins on the computer. Probably keel over and die...
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Posted by Springie on 27-09-2007 at 22:19:
Inlaws? 
Oh, don't get me started...I'm in the doghouse right now b/c I won't drop my teaching career (of 11 years) and pack up and move to St. Louis...b/c my hubby *might* be offered a job there...and it is closer to the ILs...
*sigh*...my mother in law is used to ruling the roost...so I became a villain for MAKING her son move away from the "clan"... and she is causing a big rift between me and hubby right now... telling him I am being selfish...
I need chocolate...
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Posted by Springie on 27-09-2007 at 22:24:
Uh...sorry about the rant, guys...Springie steps off soapbox... Things in RL have been really crazy lately...but I feel better now... 
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 27-09-2007 at 22:30:
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But I guess it must be harder with a family to uproot just on a possibility of a job for him, and suddenly your career is not considered ...
I love my in-laws Springie, but for a long time they couldn't understand why we didn't want to live on a block next door to them like his brother and sister do...They would not understand that we actually liked living in Sydney. They drove me nuts with it for years!
SJ ....I didn't realize how much we Aussies like to rant at times! (we do at work...hehehe) I like a drink of red wine but I don't smoke...
Well I was told we all had to become more glamorous at work now. Not just straight business dress like we have now...So I guess it's back with the make up again, and trendy clothes. I no issues with looking good at work because I'm in the fashion industry, I just thought the using the word Glam up and half the younger girls didn't know what that meant...no you can't wear jeans to work...
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 28-09-2007 at 00:59:
Oh Springie! I had no idea they were pressuring you that hard! You just tell them to mind their own business!
Oh, and BTW, it's a GOOD thing if you're in the doghouse... who wants them to talk to you, right?
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 28-09-2007 at 08:33:
Springie it's good to see you having a rant!
Well in-laws can be funny sometimes...especially mother-laws...I know I could not live that close to mine, and she's alright, just has funny ideas at times...
I hope you can sort it out with your DH, I don't blame you for not wanting to give up your career like that...
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Posted by Springie on 28-09-2007 at 10:06:
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You've got that right, TJ! And my parents are pressuring us to stay...I think I'd like to live in Timbuktu right now...
Yeah, my life is chock full of angst and drama right now, and I hate it...funny how I love drama and angst in Gatch...but I wish it would just stay in Gatch...it's not as much fun in RL...
Hahaha...Ebony, I could have stayed on the soap box longer...it actually felt good to rant like that...
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Posted by Springie on 28-09-2007 at 10:10:
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Yeah, funny that he expects me to drop it, during the school year...just like that...and I am the breadwinner of the family...and have been for a long, long time...(yeah, scary isn't it...we're living on a teacher's salary) because his business is so up and down (mortgages)...and it has been down lately...that's why he's looking for another job...and of course, the IL's are taking advantage of this to pull at us to move...
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 28-09-2007 at 10:22:
I know your pain!
my in-laws could not understand that we would want to live in the city, when we could have lived close to them in the country. My parents live in the same town and they respected us in where we wanted to live and visit us at least...
But when it's you DH and kids it's hard, especially if he is very close to his family like mine is...I hope your DH sees the light!
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