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I did a google search. Here'e the link and the text. [url]http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.htm[/url] Claim: '420' entered drug parlance as a term signifying the time to light up a joint. Status: True. Origins: Odd terms sneak…
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Wow. I'm impressed. I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that wouldn't have picked up on the "420" thing.
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I printed the article to read later, but after reading just one of the first paragraphs, "It's no wonder that we hate HR. In a 2005 survey by consultancy Hay Group, just 40% of employees commended their companies for retaining high-quality workers. …
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If you get frustrated by the things you can't do, you will always be frustrated. Sometimes you just need to take baby steps to try to be a positive influence in your company and hope that sooner or later they will come around. Celebrate your victori…
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I agree with this one. This is what usually happens at our house. He opens the drawer with the kitchen utensils, looks in (without touching anything) and says, "Where is the vegetable peeler?" I go to the same drawer he just opened, stick my hand in…
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Thank you everyone for your insight and opinions. I'm sure a lot of how any one person would have handled the situation depends on your company culture, company size and previous experience with employees. It's always easy to look back and say, "I w…
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If you drive through Ozark Country in Missouri and Arkansas you can get fudge all the time and everywhere. They have billboards advertising it for miles away.
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And how does everyone feel about people who say all year they don't believe in God, even say "To your health" instead of "Bless you" when you sneeze, but they put up a tree and give gifts to celebrate Christmas? Can you celebrate the secular part of…
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See, I always thought titles and departments should be capitalized too, but when I read Workforce's monthly publication, I notice that they do NOT capitalize. A direct quote from a February 2004 article, ""Although it's possible to earn a profit wit…
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All you have to do is interrupt and ask, "Now WHERE are you calling from? WHO are you? WHAT is this?" The operator gets discouraged and hanges up. We also get people who want to know the cartridge number of the toner we use in the copier. Once they …
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The coverage on Michael Jackson doesn't bother me one bit, especially since I don't watch TV. I quit in March of 2001 and don't miss it one bit. I get the news I need from NPR, newspapers, internet and friends and family. . If you try it, you'll fin…
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I didn't fight my way up the food chain to be a vegetarian.
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The immigrants that I get are not the educated ones. They are either Hispanics with educations stopping in grade school or refugees from countries with natural disasters or political problems. They didn't come here because they wanted to learn the l…
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That's a similar argument I gave when we switched from a time card to a time clock that scans their hands. They have to enter an ID number and then their hand and everyone is complaining that it is too hard. I tell the supervisors, "They understand …
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I agree that when someone plays the "I don't understand" card and you know very well that they do, it is frustrating. They are abusing the system that is trying to help them. But, on the other hand, maybe if Americans had better skills and work ethi…
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I have tried to give them away, but everyone I know has the same overflowing supply of coffe mugs. Everyone has given good answers, but I was looking for a little more creative ones...like breaking the mugs and using the pieces for mosaic tile table…
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I've used that lunchroom trick before. In fact, I intend on bringing clothes that don't sell in my yard sale this weekend to leave in the lunchroom.
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In interviews when I tell someone that their social security card is "invalid" (fake), they tell me that they lost their original and "Yes, it is a good number", so they just have this illegal replica until they get their card. "I'll bring it in to …
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In order to protect the innocent and not bring up names, I used the term "current" to differentiate from the former boyfriend who likes Beavis and Butthead and Southpark. Don't get me wrong, I like them too, but I'd like to make it through the groce…
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The first movie my current boyfriend and I watched together was "Like Water for Chocolate." My last boyfriend liked, "Me, Myself and Irene" and "Bruce Bigalo, Male Gigalo." I liked, "Life is Beautiful" and "The Red Violin". We broke up (for various…
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I don't mind long distance services calling me anymore. They can never offer me anything better than what I have and they hang up. They call and say,"We can offer you $.07 a minute on long distance." And I answer, "Really? I pay 2.9 cents a minute o…
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I always try to remind myself that they are just regular people doing a job. "Telemarketers" are not a certain type of people with a certain set of beliefs and habits. They are doing that particular job because it is easy, it pays well and the hours…
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Just wanted to update everyone on the concert. It was last Friday. It wasn't as loud or as raw as I would have liked, but hey, it's Neil and you can't beat that. He sang all the right songs and my friend and I were singing and dancing along. The fun…
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Don - It seems you have a long addiction to chatting with people you don't know...first on a CB radio and now on HR Forum. Good way to get into some interesting conversations. Is there an award for people that have over 1000 posts? There should be. …
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Mine was enabled, but there was nothing in it. I fixed that.
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I just read your profile about wanting to move to Mexico and teach English. I did that for 2 1/2 years and if you need any tips send me a message.
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The INS audited us in January. As I was preparing our paperwork, our lawyer went over it to catch any errors before we turned it in. We corrected the things we could. For example, if I had originally reviewed the I-9 and I made an error, I corrected…
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Some of you mentioned that you have salary exempt employees that do or would take advantage of the system if they got paid for personal days off. It reminds me of other postings on this site regarding hourly employees with poor attendance or not clo…
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When you say they "totally ignore exempt sick days" do you mean that they let salary exempt employees call in sick and they get paid for it, or if a salary exempt employee calls in sick, they do not get paid for it? Do you differentiate between call…
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Any update on this situation? I'm interested to hear the outcome.