Friday the 13th

HS

Well, it's a friday the 13th and thankfully, nothing bad has happened. I am waiting for the onslaught since it also just happens to be payday. Anything out of the ordinary, good or bad, ever happen to anyone on a Friday the 13th? The only thing I can ever remember is back in highschool, the button popping off of the pants I was wearing (for no apparent reason). Nothing that a paperclip and an oversized shirt didn't fix.

ray a

For two ee's on 2nd shift it will be their unlucky day today. They will be terminated this afternoon. Can't wait for this day to be over.

HS

Aww Ray do you need another xhugs?
:-? this is twice in one week. People may start to talk...

ray a

People will talk about somebody anyway. Just so Don doesn't email my wife. I gladly accept your xhugs 's

Parabeagle

Get a room, you two! x;-)

HS

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-13-04 AT 02:22PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Jealous Beag? Don't worry, I have enough xhugs to go around for those who need them.

EDIT: Just realized this is the 13th post on Friday the 13th. Thankfully it has been an uneventful one so far. Only another hour and a half to go!

mcmel

Oh man HS, I guess SOMEBODY had to be the 13th responder to the post. I hope that's not a sign. :-S

Parabeagle

No, not jealous, HS. A little concerned about your taste in men (a trombone player of all things) but hey.... x;-)

HS

I don't know about this Ray. Is it Beag's turn to be the evil twin? What's wrong with trombone players?

mdm

The only bad thing that has happened to me on Friday the 13th is being dumped. I was in my early twenties when it happened. Other than that it's just an ordinary day.

LarryC

I've always wondered why the number 13 is so bad to begin with. Different mythologies and religions seem to hold the number 13 in high disregard. The ancient Turks seemed to have the best solution in dealing with the number 13. They eliminated it from their vocabulary.

rad

I'm Sicilian and 13 is a lucky number for us, it wards off La Malocchia (evil eye). If you read The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown you'll have a full history behind Friday the 13th and so much more...

LarryC

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-13-04 AT 11:52AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I'm right in the middle of The DeVinci Code now. They're all fleeing France on a jet headed for England with the monk tied up in the back. Good book!! Along with the religious inferences, I especially like the references to Disney.

rad

Its such a good book, I found myself reading something and then going on-line to get more info. I read it over a weekend and knew if I didn't finish it on that Sunday night I was not going to work the next day. Luckily I finished it, my boss would have been perplexed to know I could not come to work because I was reading a book.

LarryC

I now have a new excuse to use for such occasions: "My Priory of Scion meeting ran late."

Parabeagle

Can't think of anything necessarily bad ever happening to me on Friday 13th before. Annoying, perhaps, but not bad - train late, running out of milk/gas/patience, that sort of thing.

Now if you'll all excuse me I have to go oil up my chainsaw and find my hockey mask. x;-)

mcmel

Speaking of (un)lucky numbers . . .

On 7/7/77, my family had a huge barn fire and my family of 7 nearly lost everything. My parents had just started using that barn for storing vehicles for people. Those people were not pleased. So much for the lucky 7.

As far as today, Friday the 13th . . . my 10:00 interview showed up but he was about 25 minutes early. I told him to have a seat, that because he was early I would be with him as soon as possible. Somebody within ear shot looked at the clock and pointed out that it had stopped. Nice first impression I made on that guy.

Parabeagle

Of course, if you're Jim Lovell of Apollo fame, you know all about why you do NOT launch a space capsule at 1:00 p.m. (1300 hours) and call the ship Apollo 13.

Cinderella

on 7/7/77 I was 5 days old x:D

mcmel

Well thanks for pointing that out. I was 10. :-(

HS

Yes, seriously, thanks for pointing that out. I was 8 1/2 years old.

ray a

Are you kids bragging?

sonny

Well I can't leave this at 13 posts...
Today, I am in the office alone x:D

One of our employees screws up 2 other employess time sheets so one get shorted 20 hours and one is overpaid by 20 hours. Never apologizes, never acts like its her faultxx(

One of our passive agressive supervisors does the exact opposite of what he had agreed to do yesterday and caused a new employee to quit before he even started. xx( xx(

Etc, Etc. so much for my quiet day.

On a more serious note..certainly doesn't belong here in har har
On Friday the 13th, 6 years ago, one of our employees/clients snapped and killed his girlfriend (also worked for us) an innnocent bystander whose car he stole and then comitted cop suicide (I think that's what they call it when someone forces the cops to have no choice but to shoot). It was, without a doubt, the worst day of my career. It ultimately divided our management team in two and was a deciding factor in my choice to leave human services after 22 years. Talk about hindsight, questioning and woulda coulda shoulda! Despite my own advice to the contrary, there are several of us who will go to our graves wondering if there was anything we could have done differently to change the course of events that day. I thought alot before even deciding to post this, but it does have an HR implication. One of the triggers was Joe thought he was at risk of losing his job (he wasn't) One of the (several) lessons I learned from the event was NEVER underestimate the importance of work/job to some people.
Now aren't you sorry you asked?
A good weekend to you all!

marc

Don't bag too hard on the 13th, I was born on one of them. Others would disagree, but I think it was a good day!x:D