I was reading an article on msn.careerbuilder.com about how changing jobs frequently has become “the norm.” Gone are the days when a person when to work for one company right out of school and stayed with that company for twenty five years and then retired with a good pension. I think that part of the reason for the change is that companies don’t want to give their employees good benefits with a good pension.
Many companies “lay off” their employees just a week or two before they become benefit-eligible, or before their pension becomes vested. Companies want their employees to be loyal and dedicated and give up their personal life for the company, but employees have learned that even if they do that the company will simply take and take and not give back. Employees have learned that the company is not going be loyal to them, so employees have started to move from company to company, trying constantly to “improve their lot.”
This is going to be interesting, to see how this gets resolved. I hope it does not end up in more jobs going overseas!
I’m always on the lookout for good luggage. It seems that my family members are always asking me if they can borrow a suitcase from me when they go on vacation. I have mixed feelings about that, because I’m afraid that they won’t take good care of my hartmann luggage or that they will never return my tumi luggage.
So I end up buying a few sets of inexpensive luggage to have on hand to “lend” to those habitual borrowers. And if I think that they are trustworthy enough to lend to, I’ll lend my monogrammed briggs and riley luggageso that there is no question who it belongs to when I ask for it back! Sometimes I feel like telling them to “get your own!” And sometimes, if it is a special occasion for someone close to me I’ll buy them a nice piece of luggage for them to have for their own so they’ll quit borrowing mine!
Music is in our family’s heritage. Every holiday we would gather the extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and have a big buffet meal; everyone brought something to eat as a contribution. We would visit for a while and then the instruments would come out and the party would really begin! My relatives would jam for hours on end and we had a great time. One of my uncles played the violin so beautifully it could make you cry!
Up until recently I’ve always bought all of the medicines for our pets directly from the veterinarian. It was quick, easy and convenient. And for the most part the time frame for giving the medicines was something along the lines of “give now” and really couldn’t wait a few days to administer.
Then maintenace medications were created, and the expansion of shopping online has created the opportunity to buy heartworm products online for less money than you have to pay the veterinarian. That is well worth looking into! While my wife was looking for places to do that, she ran across a website in Australia that sells medicines online, offers locals doggy daycare, and sells spoodle puppies sydney. It wasn’t clear whether they carried the puppies in the store itself, or if they specialized in helping customers find breeders. She wanted to look at pictures of the puppies, and get more information about the puppies, but the link that was supposed to carry her to the pictures said that there were not any puppies currently available!
Hospital errors are often caught because a family member or advocate says, “That doesn’t make sense to me.”
If you are facing a hospital stay and have no relative or someone else trustworthy and willing to watch out for you and can afford it, you might consider hiring a patient advocate or private duty nurse. Some hospitals employ patient advocates to help sort out miscommunications. A registry of private-duty nurses available by the day may be available at your hospital. Private patient advocacy groups exist too, but they can be pricey, and not all medical staff welcome involvement of a third party.
Hospitals are becoming more open to support people in patient rooms and are even designing new hospitals with bigger rooms to accommodate more people, some even providing something to sleep on overnight, especially in children’s rooms.