(originally published March 17th, 2005) I was talking to a supervisor today who told me that she almost walked out of her place of employment yesterday because she was really frustrated and upset. She said that the manager kept giving her more and more things to do during the day, and was snapping at her […]
Archive for April, 2006
(originally published March 8th, 2005) I was talking to another solo proprietor this evening. She’s been in business for herself for close to two years, and she’s struggling. She’s making some money, but not nearly enough for the amount of work she’s putting into it. Mentally, she’s frazzled, and putting in upwards of 15 hours […]
(originally published March 7th, 2005) As this particular NPR story illustrates, today is the 40th anniversary of the civil rights march on Selma, which dsiintegrates into one of the worst events in modern American history, known all these years later as “Bloody Sunday.†What’s ironic is that the main purpose of the march was for […]
(originally posted March 5th, 2005) My wife’s father passed away today; his name was Clyde. Because of her family dynamics, I can’t say that I knew Clyde all that well. Matter of fact, in 10 years I never addressed him by name in any way; I wasn’t sure what to call him, so we just […]
(originally posted February 27th, 2005) It seems that everyone has some kind of story about banks and their negative practices. It seems that most of them aren’t really sure which face it is they want to put forward. I can tell you that I personally have never been mistreated in any bank that I’ve gone […]