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Across the Fence: got a job! -update!/bummer:0(  |
Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
    
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 4:48:32 PM
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today there was a darling bouquet..full of red rose cookies..very pretty. Then tomorrow a patriotic themed one goes out to a State rep. in the capital. I was sent home with one of every kind of cookie that we sell so that I can taste them and be able to let the customers know what they are like..oi..and here I was hoping to not have to actually eat the cookies to work there..ha..but my boss wants me to be familiar with the product..so..that means I have to taste them so I can talk them up. next day I go in to work is Thursday and I have to sign a confidentiality paper...so..sorry gals..but I won't be able to tell any secrets.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ visit me at: http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/ and at www.stliving.net you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
    
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
    
17401 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17401 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 10:15:55 PM
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Tina, I love "Cookies by Design", they have come in handy several times for me....I love the variety of cookie baskets and the ease of ordering. Have fun in your new job....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom. mjf#72 Sisters on the Fly#472 www.katmom4.blogspot.com www.katmom44.blinkz.com
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 3:42:34 PM
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Yay Tina! Congratulations on your new job! What a yummy, creative endeavor! Sounds fab! |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
    
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 4:27:17 PM
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I do hope that it works out and she is able to give me 20 hrs a week..this week was frustrating though..I know that sounds funny..but I had to psych myself up to even go around to various places to apply for work this past week..and when I talked to my new boss she assured me that she'd be able to give me 20 hrs a week. But..when I went in yesterday prepared to work a 4 hr. shift and expecting to be told my scedule for the week..hoping for more 4 hr days to fill up the week..I didn't get that..I only got to put in 2 1/2 hrs yesterday. So..I am a bit bummed today as I was really hoping to get in there and be put to work for my 20 hrs a week as mentioned. Ahh well... hubby said to give her a couple of weeks to start giving me the 20 hr weeks like she had verbally promised..and if she doesn't then talk to her about it..and if she can't afford me..then look elsewhere. So..I'll follow hubbies advice..and cross my fingers that I learn fast and she's pleased and will want to give me the hours she had promised. What was troubling was that in the 2 1/2 hrs we only saw 3 customers with sales at less than $30 for all 3 customers total.:0( So..the shop definitely needs to do some serious marketing/advertising to survive. And she's trying to have 3 employees not counting herself.So we shall see.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ visit me at: http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/ and at www.stliving.net you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
    
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 07:10:11 AM
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Tina you got me to singing that old song. I so remember it. I hope that you are able to find a job soon that you enjoy. Hang in there!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~ Be sure to visit my blog & Crafty Clipart for some of my photographs: http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/ http://www.craftyclipart.com |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 07:13:22 AM
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Ugh. I'm sorry Tina...you'll find a "spot" just right for you--third time's a charm!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
    
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 07:14:48 AM
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Many businesses have seasonal highs and lows. Maybe she knows she has a busy time coming up, and it just hasn't quite hit yet. Or you may need more training before you can help with what she needs done. I think your husband is right that you should give it a few weeks before you bail. |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 08:40:32 AM
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Tina, I am so sorry, I know how stressful that can all be....I love that even when you are feeling love, you sing "keep to the sunny side" that says a lot about your character... things have a way of "straightening out".
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
    
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 09:59:31 AM
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hi Amie..I wasn't given a chance to give it a few weeks before I bailed..ha. I was only given 2 1/2 hrs on what was supposed to have been a 20 hr. week. See above. it didn't work out she couldn't afford to hire me to even begin to train me. I had to bail before 2 weeks.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ visit me at: http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/ and at www.stliving.net you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 10:29:32 AM
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OK Tina this will make you feel better.. 8 months ago i left my "career" -call it mid life crisis..... after about 6 months, I heard of another job, that was 30 hours... at a farm office.. sounds perfect right? So I applied.. had a "nothin' to loose" conversation with the Farm Manager about what I could handle and couldnt... and got the job anyway :)..... day 1 - went to work - the manager met me at the door - and said... "Oh is this the day you come on board? I am not ready for you, can you come back tomorrow?".....)red flag # 1).... day 2-5 I sat in the waiting room as there was no office.. week 2 - another manager told me that "he thought" my office would be down stairs - So I spent the next week cleaning out an old storage room ( literally- dust 4" thick, old files, broken farm equipment - made a makeshift desk) got it looking pretty good... with a promise of the GM that he and I would meet 1st thing MOnday morning of week 3 - I was feeling.. well hopeful............Monday morning - No GM.. at noon - I was told by a passer-byer that he wasnt even in town... later that day his secretary said.. hey, "he wants to meet tomorro".. OK I said... Tue, wed, thu, no GM.... Thur afternoon I packed my stuff up and handed in my letter of resignation.........he noticed I was gone a week later :) ahahahah..... Lordy! sometimes things present themself just to show us what we DONT want... ahahhaha
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
    
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 11:58:22 AM
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Oh, I see it now. Thought your post at the top of page 3 was the update. Sorry it didn't work out! |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
    
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 3:27:11 PM
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Tina- I'm sorry that this job did not work out for you. Something else will come along that will be just right for you. I am going to send you the plan for the chicken house. Well, as soon as I figut=re out what the plan was. I'm rather a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of builder. lol
Karin
Farmgirl Sister # 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com www.madrekarin.etsy.com |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
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