I Started My New/Old Job Yesterday

[honeywolf7]

I wasn't happy working at the church (as I'm sure most of you knew) so I decided to look for another job. I got offered a job making $3 less/hr than what I made at the church and turned that down. I called a place that I used to work where they do data entry and enter information on people who are newly hired in the state of Virginia so that deadbeat dads (and moms) can be tracked down. I didn't know if they'd have a job available, but it turned out that I called at the perfect time. They even gave me a 50 cent/hour raise over what I was making the last time I was there. I still make 50 cents less/hour than I did at the church but the work is a LOT easier there, the people are nicer, I'm more appreciated, and I feel like I'm making a difference since maybe some of the people I enter information on will end up being forced to pay child support...oh and I don't have to work until 1:30 so since I only have class three mornings a week, I get Tuesday and Thursday mornings for myself.

 

[jx3smom]

Good luck on your new/old job.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

I hope you take advantage of that spare time on Tuesdays and Thurdays to try and spend it with your kids. Any free time that I have away from my two jobs is spent with my little one, and I make sure that she doesn't go to daycare. Even though I'm tired, I get up and spend it with my daughter. Time is precious when they're little!!

 

[honeywolf7]

My daughter goes to school (she's in first grade.) I will send my son to daycare some days and keep him with me others (there are sometimes things I need to take care of on mornings that are much easier without a four year old.)

 

[Dopey Sharon]

Originally posted by honeywolf7
I will send my son to daycare some days and keep him with me others (there are sometimes things I need to take care of on mornings that are much easier without a four year old.)

Like watching movies?

 

[Stepharoonie!]

If you started this job yesterday, and it being Thursday today (no work until 1:30), why aren't you at work now? If you're on the computer at your new job right now, I wouldn't do that.

 

[lisajl]

Congrats and good luck...

 

[C.Ann]

Nice to see the "let's beat up honeywolf" crowd is still alive and kicking.. Don't you feel better now that you've insulted and criticized her once again? Did you get that nice, warm, fuzzy feeling?

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Hope it works out well for you, honeywolf.. I may not always agree with some of the things that go on in your life, but I'm not you - and at least you're trying..

 

[honeywolf7]

Thanks to everyone who wished me good luck...The job is going well.
Thanks for defending me, C. Ann but I've got all of that crowd on Ignore so I can't read what they say anyway so if it makes them happier to say insulting things, more power to them.

 

[Tiggeroo]

I hope you take advantage of that spare time on Tuesdays and Thurdays to try and spend it with your kids.

Kids are in school during this time.
HW - Wouldn't it be easier to get a job during school hours so you can be done work the same time as the kids. It would be a long time in daycare for your little guy if he has to stay there til your done work at night. I'm figuring if you don't start til 1:30 to get even 7 hours in you won't be done work til 8:30, another half hour to get to the day care and another half hour to get home. That would be really tough on a toddler. Your school daughter, since she doesn't have mornings off, would never see you.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

that must be a really huge Ignore List.

 

[Minniespal]

Hope everything goes really well for you in your new job.

 

[C.Ann]

Originally posted by Toby'sFriend
that must be a really huge Ignore List.

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And how pathetic is that??

I guess there are always going to be those with very low self-esteem that will consistently engage in this kind of behavior directed at ONE particular person.. Must be they can't find the back button..

We don't always to have agree with everyone - I don't always agree with everyone myself - but there's a particular group here that just lies in wait for honeywolf7 to post something - ANYTHING - so they can make themselves feel better by jumping all over her and humiliating her.. I wonder how they would feel if the tables were turned? They'd probably be the first to go crying to the mods..

Oh well.. Hang in there honeywolf7.. There ARE "some" people here who can manage to say something nice - or at the very least, find the back button!

 

[Toby'sFriend]

And how pathetic is that??

pathetic?

yes.

But I think we probably have differing opinions of exactly what here is pathetic.


ah well. Congrats on the newest career HW and I hope you feel better soon C.Ann.

 

[peachgirl]

And how pathetic is that??

No more pathetic than the insults you're tossing out.

I assume when someone posts every detail of their personal lives on a public bb, they're looking for feedback and comments. If all they want are positive comments, they should say so, or perhaps they shouldn't post such details.



Tiggeroo wasn't insulting or rude and Honeywolf would do well to listen to her advice. Sticking a toddler in daycare when you work, when you go to school and just plain when you have better things to do isn't good for the child.

 

[honeywolf7]

Tiggeroo wasn't insulting and I know she was trying to be helpful but what she doesn't know is that I only work 1:30-5:30 M-F. I get enough with financial aid and child support that I don't have to worry about working full-time only part-time. Oh and as far as having better things to do, I was actually talking about the fact that I send him to daycare when I have a doctor's appointment, a dentist's appointment or something like that.

 

[hydster]

Nice to see the "let's beat up honeywolf" crowd is still alive and kicking.. Don't you feel better now that you've insulted and criticized her once again? Did you get that nice, warm, fuzzy feeling

Well I am not a part of that crowd since I havent been on the CB for very long but I can say that I echo the same sentiment as Peachgirl, stepharoonie and some of the others that are questioning the OP. If you post your personal life on an internet message board you open up yourself for criticism right and left as well as encouragement.

What's the old saying "if you cant take the heat get out of the kitchen" and I think the same thing applies here....if you only want people to sugar coat opinions and thoughts DONT post on a public message board or like peachgirl mentioned make sure you make it clear you only want the hugs and kisses not the questions and brutally honest answers!!

And while we're on it you did the same thing you are accusing everyone on the board of doing and that is INSULTING someone! Seems kind of like the pot calling the kettle black to me!

heidi

 

[C.Ann]

Sorry - but I don't consider it "insulting" (and I believe I didn't refer to anyone SPECIFICALLY here) when I simply state the facts of this ongoing trend..

How may other folks have posted here that they had a "sinus headache" and yet weren't put through the meat grinder for it?

How many have announced their new jobs here - and weren't met with criticism and hostility?

I did nothing more than state the truth - that there are those here who get a real thrill out of beating up on honeywolf7 - and if the offenders can't deal with hearing the truth, then they too need to understand that when you post things on a message board you are going to get all kinds of responses - those you like, and those you don't like.. Or - is that only a one-way street?

 

[Dopey Sharon]

Especially when you're posting about every waking moment of you life with some true and not so true statements...then get caught in quite a few lies...some people put two and two together...point out these infractions...then they are attacked for it. Sure, it would be easy to hit the back button right now, but this is my opinion, sorry it's not all warm and fuzzy.

 

[C.Ann]

Oh - forgot to mention.. Tiggeroo - I wasn't referring to anything you said.. Seemed like a sincere suggestion - and one that wasn't presented with the "rolly-eyes"...