What Annoyed You Today? (8 Viewers)

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GrauGeist said:
Thanks guys, but I'll get the last laugh.
As everyone knows, I've been trying to rent another place with no luck but it looks like I might actually qualify for a home on some property on the edge of town that has a large shop.
The monthly payments would be a bit less than the monthly rent at some of these places and I might actually get my '62 Nova back on the road eventually. Oh, why isn't my Nova on the road now, you ask?
Well, the azzhole property management here (that took over 10 years ago) doesn't allow tenants to work on their cars...

Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted on the situation and hopefully, I'll be posting in the "What Cheered You Up Today?" thread soon.

And here's a photo of my '62 Chevy that was recently uncovered in the "packing up and moving stuff to storage" rush.

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Realy good to hear things look like they might be working out for you.
Another work around idea I had if they don't is what I did in a similar situation when I was quite young. I bought an old single wide in one of those rinkidink rv park/mobile home parks for 3000 bucks( just a little more than first, last, security etc to get into another apartment and then the space rent was like 160 dollars a month.
Ya it wasn't exactly Buckingham Palace but it let me get get ahead of the game by saving mucho $ for a couple years.
 
Don't know why the dink in rinki dink keeps comming out as that symbol. I've tried to edit it back to just the word 3 times to no avail. Anyway you get the gyst.
 
michael rauls said:
Hey not a bad idea. I'll throw in a couple bucks if that's what's needed.
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Thanks you guys for the idea of a "Save the Dave" GoFundMe thing...
But I'll slug this field problem out one way or another!
As it is, there's other people who are worse off than me who could use a hand or at the very least perhaps consider making a small donation to a local no kill pet shelter. :thumbleft:
 
GrauGeist said:
Still no word yet from the finance guys...I know they take their time, but the suspense is killin' me!

As for the legal angle, I reported the management company to the District Attorney and they said that the management company has good lawyers, because they timed it perfectly so as not to violate the emergency order that regulates rentals which was part of the State and Federal disaster declaration.
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Rental or no rental, this is your homestead. But, I hear you, this is a bad time for you residents out there. Your Governor ought to get off his big ass, what an embarrassment your whole State is becoming.
 
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Second week of 10+ hour days. Evidently the new CEOs of the company think it's perfectly acceptable to fire long time employees over trivial things but not hire new people to "replace" these valuable people. Mean while those of us that remain have to pick all the slack. Dumb asses...#-o
 
Tieleader said:
Second week of 10+ hour days. Evidently the new CEOs of the company think it's perfectly acceptable to fire long time employees over trivial things but not hire new people to "replace" these valuable people. Mean while those of us that remain have to pick all the slack. Dumb asses...#-o
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I feel your pain.
The shop I was at until my wreck, operated on the theory that if the wagon moves well enough with two horses, then why have four?
 
I hear ya' - truly I do.
While I was recuperating after the wreck, the boss' house of cards fell apart.
I my absence, the skeleton crew couldn't meet demand and he hired a few helpers who knew nothing about the trade (which didn't go well) and they eventually had to scale back the Public Safety outfitting, costing them a considerable amount of annual revenue.

One of the things I thought was funny, was he figured that my #1 could run things, so why bring me back when he could hire two lackies for less than what I cost hourly. But my #1 only had about 5 years in the business, I had nearly 20. :thumbleft:
 
Tieleader said:
Second week of 10+ hour days. Evidently the new CEOs of the company think it's perfectly acceptable to fire long time employees over trivial things but not hire new people to "replace" these valuable people. Mean while those of us that remain have to pick all the slack. Dumb asses...#-o
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Sounds like a place I used to work. I got smart and left.
 
Wow, that's exactly what's been going on at my place of employment for several years.
The local management treats us great but unfortunately all the big decisions are made at the corperate level since we got bought out by a large corporation a few years back.
We now have 2 horses doing the work of 4 as you so aptly put it. We're always short handed and they won't hire more guys or even bring in temps. Now were looking to loose 2 big accounts that were rock solid in the bank so to speak for decades and maybe a 3rd because nothing gets done on time anymore. About 40% of the total buisness for the area in all.
Local management says there hands are tied by corperate.... Wont let them bring in temps or hire more guys. Just tells them to make it work with the guys we have.
Well hey, ya know what? When we loose 40% of our buisness we'll have plenty of guys to cover everything then. Problem solved.
I guess those guys at corperate are pretty smart after all.
 
I went through that for a while where I once worked. We were scaled back to 6 people in an 80000 square foot auto parts warehouse doing triple duty starting 1 hour early, taking 1/2 hour for lunch and then working 1 to 2 hours of overtime every day plus 4 to six hours every Saturday. We found out later it was because the Operations Manager got a large bonus from working us like dogs. He was eventually fired, but then the company was being sold to even worse a$$ wipes by then.
 
Were working 11 to 12 hrs Mon to Fri and some on Sat and still can't keep up. That's how short handed we are. The money's good from all the overtime but at some point you need a rest. Thank God at least we have 3 weeks paid vacation every year.
Gives you a chance to wind down once in a while.
 
michael rauls said:
Were working 11 to 12 hrs Mon to Fri and some on Sat and still can't keep up. That's how short handed we are. The money's good from all the overtime but at some point you need a rest. Thank God at least we have 3 weeks paid vacation every year.
Gives you a chance to wind down once in a while.
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That's how it was with us and so I can truly sympathize with you. I can only hope that someone in management wakes up and get you some help before you become over stressed.
 
Working 45-50+ hours a week forever. The pay used to be adequate, but somehow expenses keep rising. The company is too small to get affordable group health insurance, so we have to buy our own, or get our spouse to get a job with insurance. (Hasn't worked for me.) I can't afford to take vacation, because I need the overtime just to break even.
I'm trying to hang on until I can claim my reserve pension, but by the time I get there, some savvy congressman will figure out how much the government can save by screwing the veterans (again!)
Not meant to trigger a political debate. Just a fear of trusting someone else with my future.

Guess who just did his mid-year domestic budget review?:(
 
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Greg Boeser said:
Working 45-50+ hours a week forever. The pay used to be adequate, but somehow expenses keep rising. The company is too small to get affordable group health insurance, so we have to buy our own, or get our spouse to get a job with insurance. (Hasn't worked for me.) I can't afford to take vacation, because I need the overtime just to break even.
I'm trying to hang on until I can claim my reserve pension, but by the time I get there, some savvy congressman will figure out how much the government can save by screwing the veterans (again!)
Not meant to trigger a political debate. Just a fear of trusting someone else with my future.
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I know what you mean about the politicians. As I near retirement age they keep rolling the age you can collect ful SS further and further out. Was 60, then 62( I think) , then 65, and now 67.
Doesn't matter. As soon as I hit 62( 8 short years) I'm outa there. Partial SS is ok with me. Have a pension also and I've been investing for decades. Not always the best investments initially but ive gotten alot better at it through the years so that should kick out a couple bucks every month too.
I won't have alot of money but should have enough to do ok.
And that's alright. It's my time that I value.
Been working 60/70 hour weeks for 30+ years and im ready for a rest.
 
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