...and, not only that, informative from time to time to time. Given that it consists (most likely) of people from diverse backgrounds, fascinating personal life stories, and opinions that sometimes won't quit even when they should...I enjoy posting things that bother me into here. Even if I get the odd snide remark about how this is a "review" board. I agree completely but this is the lounge. Reviews have their own place to be placed, and there seems little shortage of people available to remind the wayward poster. Having said that, I like that the corrections are issued to those who post in the wrong place. Nine out of ten times they simply didn't know better and they admit as much. Without the correction, they would continue to do so...and that's not helpful.
Having said all of that in the preamble, I wish to take advantage of the communal intellect of the freethinking lounge. I have never been a union man. I have been conditioned, trained, exposed, lived, callitwhatyouwill, to fear unions. They cut into profits. They demand things. They get in the way of unfettered commerce. Unions bad....free enterprise good.
I work for a union. I love the things that have been negotiated on my behalf. As I went through the training, I remember thinking to myself...wow...I have no questions here...any question I might have, has been addressed...and addressed fairly...by the collective agreement.
I am called in for a "disciplinary" hearing/meeting tomorrow. WHAT??? Well, the original date was for the 16th but the management rep called me tonight to say....I see you are working on the 16th....how does tomorrow sound? I'm like...."cool, I was just about to call you to see if we could reschedule". In the letter it says, union representation is both available and advised....from the management point of view. I tell him..."No need"....he says...."you will need to sign a waiver"....I reply...."I have signed worse".
After determining that I won't be fired out the door but rather face a few days suspension (I would SO love to have a few days off at this point) I will walk in there tomorrow and tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I will indicate that, given the same situation tomorrow, I would do exactly the same thing I did yesterday. I can't imagine a better way to live.
My best friend (I have only one of those) tells me I am arrogant on occasion and I suppose I am. I have a set of principles that sits best when I have told the truth. I sleep better, I eat better, I interact better. And so, I won't deny the value of truth.
And here's the truth....I suck. I juggle shit and try to pick the best option and often pick the worst. But, it's life and I do love that little thing called life.
Most respectfully,
eddie.
Having said all of that in the preamble, I wish to take advantage of the communal intellect of the freethinking lounge. I have never been a union man. I have been conditioned, trained, exposed, lived, callitwhatyouwill, to fear unions. They cut into profits. They demand things. They get in the way of unfettered commerce. Unions bad....free enterprise good.
I work for a union. I love the things that have been negotiated on my behalf. As I went through the training, I remember thinking to myself...wow...I have no questions here...any question I might have, has been addressed...and addressed fairly...by the collective agreement.
I am called in for a "disciplinary" hearing/meeting tomorrow. WHAT??? Well, the original date was for the 16th but the management rep called me tonight to say....I see you are working on the 16th....how does tomorrow sound? I'm like...."cool, I was just about to call you to see if we could reschedule". In the letter it says, union representation is both available and advised....from the management point of view. I tell him..."No need"....he says...."you will need to sign a waiver"....I reply...."I have signed worse".
After determining that I won't be fired out the door but rather face a few days suspension (I would SO love to have a few days off at this point) I will walk in there tomorrow and tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I will indicate that, given the same situation tomorrow, I would do exactly the same thing I did yesterday. I can't imagine a better way to live.
My best friend (I have only one of those) tells me I am arrogant on occasion and I suppose I am. I have a set of principles that sits best when I have told the truth. I sleep better, I eat better, I interact better. And so, I won't deny the value of truth.
And here's the truth....I suck. I juggle shit and try to pick the best option and often pick the worst. But, it's life and I do love that little thing called life.
Most respectfully,
eddie.