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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Jan. 2008 ~ Mar. 2008: Free Expressions: The return of The Return of the Gripe Thread: Archive through March 08, 2008 users admin

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Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
you should also have the letters from the other employees to hand over.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Monday, March 03, 2008 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
I think I've finally put my finger on it: New Boss came from being a production mgr @ our Co. for nearly 10 yrs. He's used to managing 150+ which included a few supervisors & even more lead people. I'm sure that his main people took care of most stuff & he only had to over see & put out fires that were too complicated for his supervisors. Our location does not do production. We have 20 people here & everyone including the mgr has to contribute or it puts alot of slack on the folks that do. We actually only have 3 employees that you could consider production/warehouse type of entry level people. We have only 2 middle mgmt people, the service mgr & myself. The svc mgr is as put off as I am right now because the "old" boss pitched in & did his part.

I have decided (actually started today) that I am going to give new boss consideration & forget last Friday. I am going to be a right hand like never before. If he asks me a question about something, I'm going to not just answer him but I'm going to "show" him how I got the answer (maybe he will find it for himself next time since he will know how). I've just got too much invested & I'm 50 so finding another place to work that I love as much as this is really not an option. If this doesn't work, I'll think of something else because I'm not going to give up on this new boss.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, March 03, 2008 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I like your attitude.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Monday, March 03, 2008 - 7:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
thanks Mamie! I have always given myself a good talking to when something is causing me stress. You TVCH friends make those self lectures alot easier. I keep having to remember that I actually like "new boss" as a person & I have to remind myself that this change is equally difficult for him if not more so.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, March 03, 2008 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
The more time you spend with him the more time you'll adjust to each other's styles. If you can get to a point where you can ask for his help to do the things the old boss used to do, then he might realise the structure at your office is different. It'll just take time I guess, and like Mamie says, you have a great attitude about it.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Monday, March 03, 2008 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
Thanks Kitt. If I "put my best foot forward" he can't help but luv me - right. It's got to be tough on him staying in a Motel through the wk & then driving the 250 miles to his wife & 2 grade school aged children for the weekend. He told me right b/4 I left today that he wanted to talk to me tomorrow about vac. schedules because he finally sold his house & was getting ready to close on the new home for his family here. He is going to ask me to change my 3 month scheduled vac. I'm sure. I have already determined that I am not comfortable in my area being out at that time (spring break - 2 wks from now) so I'm going to "let" him have my vac. wk & buy me some at-a-girl time. He won't even know that I was already planning to postpone - he'll be left thinking I sacrafised for him. Good idea - huh!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, March 03, 2008 - 8:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I agree that this is a better approach for you.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, March 03, 2008 - 11:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Yes, I agree! This is a healthier approach (to keep your own sanity). Is this a step 'downward' for the new boss? Like, going from "150+ which included a few supervisors & even more lead people" down to "20 people here & everyone including the mgr has to contribute or it puts alot of slack on the folks that do"? Plus, requiring him to relocate?

Sure, some companies are unlikely to reduce his salary, but there's still the sense of needing to hang on with perhaps a boding sense of feeling demoted on his part. Once you start showing HIM the ropes and making him part of the team (instead being the outcast sprung onto a tight team looking to slice&dice him), it may help him step up to the plate better. He may also find his own job less boring, if he's allowed to get his fingers dirty.

Wishing you a successful transition!!!

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Texasdeb, I adore your attitude about your situation with the new boss. I have to give you a big pat on the back for taking the high road but you know that it is the smartest road.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Wow you are a shining example of a proper work attitude. I am VERY impressed. And I love how you are going to 'sacrifice' your vacation schedule on his behalf. LOL. Clever you!

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
many, many thanks to all of you.

General Mgr is actually a highter position than production manager. The production mgrs in my co. are actually at a similar position as the svc mgrs & the administrators(me)in the job pyramid. I'm sure they're paid well though. The next position higher is Gen. Mgr of a location that actually has production & that's what old boss was promoted to. I'm sure that is new boss' goal down the road.

Surprising, Boss doesn't want my vac. wk but wants to work side by side w/me the prev. wk so he can at least cover some things so it's not so hard when I come back. He will be off moving the following wk. He also called me his "key" employee & told me that when things calm down a little he intends to allow me "free" days off here & there for all of my dedication & that's something that's to be kept just between me & him.

I'm sooooo happily amazed! This does not belong in the gripe thread any more.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 6:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
great news and just shows what benefits a positive attitude brings about! thanks for the great reminder of that too.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
TD I am so happy for you, how well this all worked out! :-)

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I'm mad at the makers of those little chocolate Easter eggs. It's too hard to get the foil off. This.has.ruined.my.entire.day.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yes, Huk, but if that is the worst thing that happens today, you are going to have a GREAT day. Oopsie, this is the gripe thread, isn't it?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I only have two of these and I want more:



Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
UPS lost my daughter's package that I sent to her last week! The driver handed the box to "Met Cust Boy" according to tracking, and my daughter doesn't even have any boys. I insured the box for $300 and realized today that I cut off my own nose on the insurance, since it was worth closer to $400. They said it would take 1 to 7 days to try and locate the package. I hope someone finds it, because I don't want to have to reprint 95 photographs and make her a new album, reorder another Bible with imprinted name, look for and repurchase all the other goodies that were in the box! Even if I find everything that was in there, nothing will cost the same as before! Arrrggggghhhhh! And the whole ordeal has made me sound like a whiner.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
That's an awful thing to lose! Losing something of that value is bad enough, but with all the effort you put into it. Maybe if your daughter asks around one of her neighbour's sons will have it.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yep, one of the neighbor's kids has the box. That is just terrible, Gracie, hope they find it.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
what a beautiful gift that you obviously put not only your time but also your heart into. Does your daughter know agout the pkg? If not, you need to tell her that you sent her a pkg & it's quite valuable & give her the info you found out from UPS. She can ck around with her neighbors to see if anyone signed for it for her. That's how I would start anyway.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Aw Gracie, that's just awful! I hope they do track it down for you. I cannot believe that whoever signed for it wouldn't call UPS and report the error and ask them to come and get it. I mean it's not like it's a brand new Television. It's personal mementos, so what do they need with it... Geez.

They once lost a vacuum cleaner mom sent me from Montreal. She had ensured it so well tho, that she gave me the money they gave her, and I ended up buying a better one! I hope you also have a happy ending with your situation.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 10:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
After reporting the mishap to the UPS store, they began investigating and told me it would take 1-7 days. I gave them extra information about the family and town where the package was sent, including the fact there are two almost identical addresses - hers being road and another being street.

Daughter and her dh called the city manager due to the address having been such a problem in the last few months, and the fact that a motion has been made to the city council to change the name of one of the streets. (The other family's female hoh has my daughter's first name. Her Valentine roses were delivered to my dd's house, her husband's ambulance arrived at my dd's house, both households' mail is delivered incorrectly often, etc.)

A police officer was dispatched to check with the other household for the package. He also talked to me on the phone after he came up empty-handed. When I told him the tracking ticket said "met cust boy", he then realized who was probably behind the disappearance of the package. He rounded up the 13 year old boy, who said he thought the package was his. (Mame, there were some gifts in the box that interested the boy.) They took him to the county lock-up after a confession and voluntary search of the other house, where they found some of the items. The boy was already on probation and will be held.

I just wish the kid had not fraudulently held onto the package!

My daughter's family was happy to hear of their gifts they would have gotten, and the youngest even thanked me! A few of the items found were opened, dirtied, or parts missing. Someone had hot coffee in the Dallas Cowboys extra large insulated coffee mug! The house was such a mess, the officer could not have found everything without help. It's being held in the evidence room at the jailhouse now. The officer did find the bible and album! (Hurrah!)

Now I have to round up all my receipts in order to straighten out this mess.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 11:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Ha, I knew it was going to be the kid. It starts out sort of innocent (the guy just GAVE it to me, I thought it was mine), then snowballs and turns worse and worse for him, until finally the nightmare of the police arriving and searching his house. Hard hard lesson, but maybe it will scare him straight. You just never know.

I think I would assume the best about whoever used the coffee cup, that the kid made up some story and gave it to them.

Glad they found the really important stuff, Gracie, the Bible and pictures.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 12:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Yep, no federal offence, since the UPS driver handed the package to him, but lying to the officer won't help the kid either. What disappoints me is that the parents had to be aware of this, because the package was delivered last Friday, and they were called by UPS and my sil about it earlier this week. Guess the kid is learning from example. What a waste.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 12:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
What about a wrong delivery by UPS? Aren't they responsible also? Didn't the kid have to sign for it? I've never had a UPS delivery that didn't have to be signed for.

Oh, and too bad the value wasn't over $500 because in a lot of places the offense is worse depending on the value and $500 is a cutoff usually for a high offense.