Unhappy But Productive
There is not much joy and happiness at inventories since the rollout of the productivity pay in our district. It seems that most of my fellow employees are pissed off or scared or both. Most have taken “Count or Die” to heart. Many are actively looking for new employment. A few have just [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Everyone except me and . . .
Posted in & Everything, RGIS, Work, tagged RGIS on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gone, Daddy, Gone
Posted in RGIS, Work, tagged RGIS on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seems that not everyone in our district is pleased with getting their pay cut. A couple of 20 year veterans have quit. I also suspect that I’m running an inventory because the teamleader scheduled for it quit. He told me a couple of months that the next they cut his pay, he’s gone. Perhaps [...]
Count or Die!!!!
Posted in & Everything, RGIS, Work, tagged RGIS on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
And then they changed what it was
Well, the shit has hit the fan at RGIS. Starting April 25, the new “productivity pay scale” comes into effect. Lots of long term employees (including me) are going to get significant pay cuts. I feel like Grandpa Simpson “I used to be hip and with [...]
Industry Giants
Posted in Knoxville, music, tagged Knoxville, music, Superdrag on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The ironically titled “Industry Giants” by Superdrag came in the mail last Monday.
It just might be the best Superdrag ever. This is the first cd by the original line-up in this century. It is confirmation of how important Brandon Fisher’s guitar playing was to the Superdrag Sound.
I was already a fan [...]
Almost 40 years after Stonewall . . .
Posted in & Everything, Human Rights, life, politics, tagged gay marriage, New York State, Stonewall on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I heard on the news that Gov. Paterson wants to legalize gay marriage
Almost 40 years after Stonewall, I still amazed that New York State hasn’t legalized gay marriage.
Hopefully, Paterson will make it happen.
Aspartame
Posted in Knoxville, music, tagged Knoxville, music, Superdrag on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Superdrag
is a band that the lovely lettuce and I know personally from our time in Knoxville. We are both big fans. They are a great live band that doesn’t always make good videos.
some of the clouds are not clouds. some of those jets pose death threats. it’s coming [...]
