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Gumby
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08-14-2004

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 5:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gumby a private message Print Post    
Sia, if you will PM me your address, I'll send that out right away. I'm so thankful that you'll be able to get some good out of it. We tried donating it to some local Nursing facilities and other places, but no takers.

I love that picture of you and your daughter. I think you're beautiful.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 6:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Sia check out the granny carts that are around. You can buy cheap ones from places like Target, but I found a $20 on Allegro medical's web site that has lasted three years. I bought it after my first shoulder surgery, since I couldn't carry anything at all and it's been a life saver. I still use it even though it's not necessary any more. I'll walk up the farmer's market and load up on stuff cuz it all fits in the cart and I can wheel it all home easily. And while I hate the "granny cart" idea, I laugh cuz I always make sure I'm dressed and looking nice so I'm not mistaken for a homeless person or a crazy old lady! :-)

Oh and I always took it with me to the grocery store, too. When I was still recovering from surgery, I would just put items I was buying in the cart. When I got to checkout, a clerk would help unload things onto the belt, and then bag the items for me.

If you can walk OK but just can't carry things, a granny cart may be a better solution for you.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 4:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Costa. I will look at granny carts. I hadn't heard that term, but I will give it a try. Walking is so difficult. And I have no illusions that I can sit on the cart when I'm tired: my behind is too wide for waiting room chairs that have arms. That's one of my pet peeves!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OK, so they've gone up a bit since I bought mine. Here's the link to the one I bought. I looked around because I'm so tall, I didn't want one that would require me to hunch over. And I have to tell you, the $20 I spent on mine is the best $20 I've ever spent. This model is really well made, I use it several times a week and have really loaded it up (one time I had farmer's market, grocery store, Trader Joe's, Target, Costco, and PetSmart all piled in).

I think they are called shopping carts, but whenever I said "granny cart" people knew what I meant. LOL!

But seriously, if you are able to walk around and you just want to be able to transport stuff from point A to point B, one of these might be your best bet. When I bought it it was because of my surgery, but I quickly realized that I could use it all of the time. Instead of using a full size shopping cart (provided by the condo to get groceries from the parking garage upstairs) and then having to return it immediately to the garage, I could use my OWN granny cart. It folds easily and fits in the back seat of my car, and I could easily maneuver it in and out, and around, with one arm.

ETA: Oh yeah, you have to partially assemble it (putting on the wheels). I couldn't do it with one arm so had to get help. But it didn't take that long once I found someone who was home!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL! I was curious so I just went and looked for my review. I gave the Winnie Wagon five stars!

The best shopping cart I've seen! Verified Purchaser

Pros:
Easy Storage. Lightweight. Sturdy. Safe.
Cons:
Bulky.
Best Uses:
Following Surgery.
Describe Yourself:
Athletic.

I live in an area where I walk to stores and the farmer's market. After shoulder surgery, I could no longer walk about to do my shopping because I could no longer carry anything but a single bag home. This cart has allowed me to continue with my normal routine. I love it so much, I'll continue to use it once I no longer need it! Since I got this cart, I've noticed many (mostly elderly) people using various other brands. This one is the largest without being a monster and is the sturdiest. And for the price, it's a real deal!!

by Walking Shopper from San Diego, CA

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 9:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Thinking of the recent vacuum cleaner discussion:

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/05/27/hoover-windtunnel-vacuum-recall-fire-hazard/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl6|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walletpop.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F05%2F27%2Fhoover-windtunnel-vacuum-recall-fire-hazard%2F

Holly
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07-22-2001

Friday, June 04, 2010 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Re: Vacuums

Craig Ferguson, who just tweeted this, apparently loves his Dyson ball vacuum, lol!

CraigyFerg: Emptied Dyson Ball vacuum for the first time. Found Jimmy Hoffa.

Taysmomcj
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03-24-2008

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taysmomcj a private message Print Post    
Hey everyone. I have a decision to make and I need some help. This weekend is our area's Relay for Life. It is the second year that I will be walking. It is also the weekend that we are moving.

My question is, I was supposed to participate in the Survivor's Dinner and Lap, but because I'm sure I will have a lot of packing to finish I was thinking about just going early to make my laps. I'm going on 11 years cancer free, and a big part of me wants to take that lap with all of the other survivors, but another part of me doesn't want to take the time away from all of the packing I have to do.

I feel like either decision I make, I'm going to regret not doing the other one.

Any advice is appreciated!


Karen
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09-06-2004

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Do your lap with the other survivors and enjoy the relay weekend. The boxes will still be there to be packed when you get home. Sure you'll be tired, but it'll be worth it. You'll regret not walking more than you'll regret staying up a few extra hours to pack.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Ask yourself this - Which do you think you will regret more in a year's time? If it were me, I think I would regret not doing the Survivor's Lap more.

That reminds me, I still need to donate to you. Do you have the link somewhere? Congrats on 11 years cancer-free. That is phenomenal!

Taysmomcj
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03-24-2008

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taysmomcj a private message Print Post    
Hermione, it's in my folder and in the Relay for Life folder in the Community Corner...

Thanks!

ETA- there is also a link on my Facebook profile page.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Taysmom, do it for the other survivors, as well. Power in numbers.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
CJ, go do the lap. Enjoy yourself with the other survivors. It's a once in a lifetime thing, to be with others, and 11 years is a milestone. Go, have fun. And THEN crank the crap outta the packing! :-)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 1:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I would do the lap. I did my first one this year and I know you know from experience what it is like.

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
I think it depends on when you must move. Do you have to be out of your current home this weekend? If not, do the lap. If you have a short move deadline, do the move.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
New question:

I have a woman who does data entry for me on a contract basis. She's very good at the data entry, and has done this work for a very long time.

However, she is also high maintenance, she gets into a snit over the smallest things, and makes demands of ME, her customer, as if she is the one in charge.

This week, for instance, I sent out a note to all my vendors who are paid weekly, that NEXT week's checks will be one day late. (most of them pick up their checks at the office, as they have to come in to pick up and drop off work). She misunderstood NEXT week to be this week, and fired off an Email to me saying that "this is unacceptable," she has obligations to meet, etc (she gets paid about $40/week). She also said that I was *required* to give her more notice if her check would be late (there is actually nothing in the contract about that). I wrote back that her response was uncalled for, as her check this week was already done, and I was just notifying her a week in advance that her next check would be ONE DAY late.

So she wrote back and huffingly said that in this economy, vendors would not willingly accept late payments and would drop clients for that behavior. ( LOL! What world is she living in? Really! In the world I live in, I hear vendors begging to get paid in 45 or 60 days!)

Anyway, she ended her note with saying that perhaps I should reconsider whether she was the best vendor for my company at this time.

So.. is this just a power play? On one hand, she says she can't have her $40 be one week late. On the other hand, she seems rather flip about whether she gets the work at all.

It will take quite some time to train someone else to do this work.

But I'm thinking the quality of her work is not worth the attitude.

Thoughts?

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
The answer is in your last statement..."the quality of her work is not worth the attitude"

It may take some time to train someone else, however someone else may be more grateful for the work, not be as high maintenance, not get in a snit over the smallest things, may not make any demands on you...

I really think you answered your own question Karuuna.

I would have a different opinion if she had apologized for her e-mail and said she had misunderstood...a week late or a day late, but to reply huffily. I think you should be done with her.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Fire her and hire me?

Seriously though. You're her customer. She should be grateful you have been a loyal customer for all this time. Perhaps start by weaning her off the work as you train someone else to do it in her stead. Instead of a drastic turn over to another person, just gradually start giving the work to someone else.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
No, she did not apologize. She blamed me for not including my specific vacation dates in the Email. However, I had already done that in a separate Email sent yesterday, outlining the dates I would be "out of town" and that she should turn her work into someone else (all next week, not this week.)

And the rest of her Email was just incoherent rambling about how vendors in 'this economy' wouldn't stand for being paid late (even tho she was wrong about the payment being very late at all), and how if customers changed their terms, they shouldn't be customers any more. And at the end, how she was just doing what was best for her family.

It was just odd, but sadly, not atypical for her.

I think you are right. Even tho it is hard to let someone go after ten years, sometimes enough is enough. I have enough stress trying to keep things going in these difficult times, I don't need to be therapist or babysitter.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Whoami, you need a Mac. But that could be arranged. And it's a notebook. How are you at data entry? :-) It's only a coupla hours a week at best.

I do have one other person trained, but she normally only works on weekends, as she works full time for the school district. But she could cover some for awhile.

Seriously, I don't think I could wean her off, I'd have to just let her go. Otherwise there would be increasing snittiness the whole while.

Oddly enough (ha!) her computer services business has been doing poorly, and she's taken a part time job at a pawn shop. So it's very strange that she's throwing away a customer like she is, esp when she claims to be so hard up for cash that $40 a week late is a huge burden.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 2:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Hi Karunna, I sell technology products to VARS(stores) and service providers. With the current economy, the most important product I have to offer is customer service

Her needing to work part-time in a pawn shop is very telling. Other clients have had enough of her lack of professionalism, and have terminated her. Every interaction with her should make you feel like you have just spent time with a friend that cares about you.

Hire someone else (Whoami!!!) and improve your quality of life. You should feel better after dealing with a vendor, not anxious and uncertain about where you stand.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 2:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Oh yeah, my company got into a big lawsuit over the name of an Apple operating system several years ago, and as a result, we don't sell Apple computers or notebooks. I can get them from a distributor, but my prices aren't competitive. I can help you find the best price on the market if you need me to though. Might as well take advantage of my resources if you need them!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 3:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
$40.00 a week, a couple of hours? omg, get rid of the nasty b. And for her to be telling you how to run YOUR business? Yeah, right. C-ya! Tell her she can go find 5 cent return bottles by the side of the road and return them for her new job.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 3:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Kar, what are your payment terms? Are they Net 30? Would NEXT week's day late paycheck fall into the N30 time period?

At some point, you have to balance attitude with performance. If attitude is enough to cause continual grief (or "maintenance") then it's time to cut the person loose. This worker of yours is delusional if she thinks that there isn't someone out there ready and willing to step into her shoes, and who will be a lot more accommodating about it.

Finally, I'm sorry, but a $40 paycheck being a day late is going to cause hardship? Really? REALLY? (I could understand a week late, but a DAY LATE?)

Let her go. Good riddance.

Maplsyrp
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02-10-2009

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 5:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maplsyrp a private message Print Post    
In this day and time good customer service is the most important thing. I would get rid of her and find someone else.