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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 3:36 pm
I still smile over that. Actually, she didn't really apologize. (No need for that as far as I was concerned.) I knew it was extremely difficult for her to admit she was wrong and had the receipts. Above I said, "I laugh about it now." I did then too (not in front of her). She was generally considered difficult to work for, but I liked her. Just remembering . . . we had worked together. She left the firm for a year or two. When she came back, she was assigned a different secretary. That lasted a little while, then she requested me again. We got back together. Made both of us happy.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 4:49 pm
I've complained about my boss in this forum sooooo many times (takes advantage of me, doesn't care that I'm working 50/60 hr wks when I'm only required to work 40, belittles not only me, but my co-workers as well, promises me in stressful times when I'm pulling down these massive hrs, "don't worry about that, Deb..I'll take care of you". Well, it looked to me that he "swept him promise of taking care of me under the rug". Things started getting more in line around the office & I started getting a control on the hrs it took to run my dept. Still.........nothing from him as far as umh..maybe a merit raise! I finally e-mailed boss's boss from my home e-mail & asked for a meeting w/him if it could be confidential. I got my meeting with in a wk. Boss's boss had no idea what was/had been going on around here. To make a long story short....Boss's boss came down to my loc. today. He requested a meeting with just me. He offered me a 6% merit increase, along with a $3,000+ one time exception pay + another 2% raise in Jan. 2011. He also told me that going forward, I would work only 40 hrs/wk & anything over that would be paid at time & 1/2. I said, "He!! yes, I'll take this deal". I could have taken them down........that's not what I wanted. I just wanted appreciated & compensated for what I do & have been doing for the last 14 yrs. I won! 
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 5:17 pm
Yay, Texasdeb! Way to go!
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 5:30 pm
Yay Deb! It is about time.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 6:30 pm
Excellent TexasDeb!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 7:48 pm
Woo hoo Deb, congratulations!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 8:08 pm
Congrats TexasDeb! You earned it!!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 8:20 pm
Good for you Deb. What a shame that he had no idea, and if you had not contacted him, nothing would have changed!!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 8:43 pm
Julieboo............You are correct. It was a gamble on my part. What you all don't realize, I could have lost! I knew I was right! I stood up for what is right..........and..........I WON!
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 11:39 pm
Wow. Stunned into silence.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 3:39 am
Oh, excellent! How great for you, and I'm proud of you standing up for yourself.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:09 am
WTG!!! that is awesome!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:28 am
congrats to you Texasdeb!
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Maplsyrp
Member
02-10-2009
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:33 am
Yay Texasdeb!
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 11:21 am
Wonderful news!! Congrats Texasdeb!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 5:14 pm
I just love hearing stories like that!!! congrats!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 7:43 pm
So, I spent a year chairing one of our re-accreditation committees at the College. We submitted out committee report last month. Today we got back the "core committees" changes to our report in their final report. I'm just wondering in what universe does "The College minimally supports the General Education program through adequate staffing, allocation of resources, and inclusion in planning efforts" in our committee report with four pages of supporting data analysis become "It appears that the College has a strong commitment to a program of General Education" with no supporting data in the final report. Really wish I had some of what they were smoking when they wrote that. Good news is, I'll never have to chair one of these committees again. 'Cause it will be a cold day in hell before a take a year and a half of my life to work on a report, only to have someone else CHANGE THE COMMITTEE'S CONCLUSIONS.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:55 pm
Whoa, Texasdeb! Good for you!!! Yep, that did take some big brass balls. Glad you won the gamble. I just hope the weasel doesn't find out and take it out on you somehow. Prisoner, sounds like it was either over their heads or they are trying to do an end run on somebody, but I think your lesson is well learned. Don't worry, be happy.

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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 3:24 pm
thanks everyone.......you all have been a life string though all of the past stuff. Without all of your kind words over the last 2 1/2 yrs (since I got this boss), I would have prob. lost it & blew up on him which would have resulted in being fired or just gave up & quit a job I truely love. Juju, rest assured that I brought this up in my meeting w/boss's boss. He told me that in the event that I ever feel this may be happening, he is only a phone call or e-mail away. I feel good!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - 10:51 am
Last night when I took dinner to my aunt, she told me she had an appt today with the medi-care people and I needed to be at her house at 10. I walked out telling her I'd be there and scratching my head. Because of some of the services she recieves (like home health care,) she has a social worker who does come to the house once a year to discuss rather she needs more care or less, how she's doing, etc. They also want some paperwork (like bank statements) and want me there. But, they also send a letter and call me to set up that appointment, not her, and that's usually around November, last year was December cuz she was in the hospital in Nov. So I walked out scratching my head because that certainly didn't sound like the yearly appointment with the social worker, but who else would set up an appt having anything to do with her medi-care? I watched them (a man and woman) walk up and knew immediately this wasn't her social worker amd most likely were salespeople. They confirmed it when they came in and got all friendly and chatty. We have a way to deal with crap like that...aunt doesn't conduct any business without sis or I present and "I've got another appt in 10 minutes so you better get to it." So, lady asks aunt if she has medi-care, aunt says medi-medi (medi-care/medi-cal,) just like I told this man on the phone yesterday. Lady wants to know if she owns the house and has life/house insurance, yep. Then aunt gets mad, lol, I told this man I have medi-medi, he said he was from medi-care that's the only reason I agreed to this appt, now find out you're just trying to sell insurance?????? Thanks for coming, now leave. I cracked up. I'm sick of people like this, going after the elderly with nasty tactics. If she says the guy told her he was from medi-care, I believe her. Sad thing is, it happens so frequently. While we were waiting for these people to show up, she got a phone call I answered, auto call saying there was a problem with her credit card, no worries though it's just that they can give her a lower interest rate. Er, she hasn't had a credit card in probably 20 years! Or letters that look like they're from social security or medi-care and end up being crap. Does kinda ruin my gripe though that I'll be laughing the rest of the day over her telling those people, "Thanks for coming, now leave."
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - 4:51 pm
LOL! Good for your Aunt.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 10:27 am
dang scam artists........good for your Aunt in realizing that's what these folks were. It's great that you & your sis try to shield your Aunt from these types. Unfortunately, these kind of folks exist and they do pray on the elderly.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 10:42 am
Next time ask for their business card before she shoos them off, then after she shoos them off tell them you are goign to report them to BBB for scam tactics on ederly and even worse you will post their names on the internet for all to see!
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 9:07 am
My gripe is that the homeowner's insurance I've had for the past 7 years, since I bought this place, is "non-renewing" us because of too many claims. Let's see, one claim was opened when we asked if something was covered, and we didn't want to open a claim, one was for a burglary, and the last two were a)wind damage to the garage roof and b)hail storm damage to the roof and 2 sides of our home. I didn't think they could cancel for "acts of God", but I guess I was wrong. Soooo, now I get to hunt for another carrier, I've been unemployed due to disability since '07 so my credit score isn't what it used to be, and I'm considered high risk. So far, we found a carrier that wants $50 more/year for half the coverage we had. aaarrrggghhh!!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 9:44 am
Question, does being unemployed affect your credit score??
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