Just When You Think You've Heard Everything

LarryC

According to the court case of Boone vs. Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Christine Boone was fired from the Pennsylvania Blindness and Visual Services because she was blind.

Paul in Cannon Beach

Worse, she never saw it coming.

lhill

There were warning signs, but she turned a blind eye?

Linda

Parabeagle

I heard it was really an attendance problem - she just couldn't see coming into work.

lhill

No ambition -- no vision.
Linda

Irie

She was blindsided, wasn't she?

lhill

I believe she was completely in the dark.
Linda

TJH

LOL, you guys are bad!!

lhill

TJH, you are absolutely right. It's a sickness with punny people. We need a 12 step program to get us over it.

ray a

Actually, some would say we're just silly.

lhill

Can't aruge with that, ray a. I think it is somewhat a stress release, rather like the characters on M*A*S*H who had to use humor to keep from losing their minds. (Not to say they actually succeeded!)

Linda

ray a

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 04-25-06 AT 11:27AM (CST)[/font][br][br]Linda, I may or may not have admitted to being silly. Now you imply we've lost our minds. Oh well, that may be true also.

But you are right. It is a good way to relieve tension. Yesterday, one of our HS kids was removed from the workplace and arrested for stealing $16k worth of parts from us. This after several weeks of investigation. His mother works here and was in my office bawling her eyes out after it happened. Ain't an Advil big enough to cover that headache.

lhill

Do I detect paranoia?
Linda

ray a

Nope, not at all.

Parabeagle

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

lhill

BTW, Ray, I didn't see the rest of your post when I snipped the paranoia post. It's true that some of the things we encounter tend to drive us up the wall. I've threatened to get a Prozac the size of a pancake and wear it around my neck so I can nibble on it all day. And yes, Beagle, it does seem like HR people have a bulls-eye painted on our backs at times.

Linda

ray a

Linda, I posted my edit the same time you took your shot. And in Beagle's case, people are out to get him, justifiably so.

HRCalico

>I've threatened to get a Prozac the size of a pancake and wear it around my neck so I can nibble on it all day.

Two words: valium drip. We joke that it is included as part of our EAP. :>)

HRinNH

I try to always be positive and smile. It helps to reduce stress and keeps people wondering what I'm up to.