It is quite freakish , almost every time I have checked my e-mail in the last month or so I have had exactly 18 e-mails. I mean not every single time but I would say 87% of the time roughly. That is so strange. Why always 18, so odd? I thought maybe it maxes at 18 but no cuz i have more sometimes. So odd. I am gonna check now...,.holy heck I serioulsy have 18 e-mails. It is so werid. I generally chekc it like once maybe twice a day and , 9out of 10 times i will have 18 e-mails! Super werid!
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02/09/2008 00:02 #43254
18 E-mails02/07/2008 22:32 #43238
La Creme De La CremeSo you know I think i forgot this in my last post but you know what the clincher is: I have never called in except once in eight years and the time I am really sick is like 3 weeks after they effectively ended sick days, and is also the one week of the year when I have no vacation days to take because of this weird thing where RiteAid anniversary dates and eckerd ones were different so we were given like a percentage of our vacation days to use before our new anniversary date and then get the rest. Yup mine is next week so I had to use them all by last week to get them in in time , pay check wise! But the rest doesn't kick in til next week so I have vacatio ntime to use! Awesome!
And P.S. does anyone know what it could mean that my belly button is super red circle around the whole tihng and is super red. I noticed yesrtday and while it isn't as red it still is and I can find nothing online about what it could be unless it is
A. I am pregnant
B. I am allergic to the hysterectomy glue they used
C. I am morbidly obese and my belly button has been hidden for years and is decaying
D. Someone complication with the umbilical cord (which Iwould have imagined would have manifested itself before now)
It's weird cuz it isn't itchy, or cut, or bloody or anything like all the other online examples. Just red. Ugh it makes me feel freakishly nervous!
And P.S. does anyone know what it could mean that my belly button is super red circle around the whole tihng and is super red. I noticed yesrtday and while it isn't as red it still is and I can find nothing online about what it could be unless it is
A. I am pregnant
B. I am allergic to the hysterectomy glue they used
C. I am morbidly obese and my belly button has been hidden for years and is decaying
D. Someone complication with the umbilical cord (which Iwould have imagined would have manifested itself before now)
It's weird cuz it isn't itchy, or cut, or bloody or anything like all the other online examples. Just red. Ugh it makes me feel freakishly nervous!
hodown - 02/08/08 10:18
I vote for decaying belly button.
PS please let me know what happens when your belly button rots away. Im so curious.
I vote for decaying belly button.
PS please let me know what happens when your belly button rots away. Im so curious.
fellyconnelly - 02/08/08 06:44
i'm thinkin it might have been that hysterectomy glue.
i'm thinkin it might have been that hysterectomy glue.
jbeatty - 02/07/08 23:46
I'm going with pregnant.
I'm going with pregnant.
02/06/2008 19:56 #43218
So Sick I even Called InMonday night i was having lots of stomach issues and barely slept so tuesday at work I felt like crap. I was supposed to leave at 5 but it was crazy busy so I went and had some dry heaves and a little vomit around 5:30 and then stayed til 7. I came home and felt so sick. All night i was up with dry heaves but no real vomit. You kno whow just throwing up makes you feel better , I just wanted to so bad knowing I would feel better. I laid half the night on my bathroom floor. Eventually at like 7ish it all came rushing up. I felt better but still really queasy and shaky. So sick still that I called into work. MIND YOU TIHS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT YEARS THAT I HAVE EVER CALLED IN SICK. The first time was for mothers day one time. I felt so bad for calling in cuz i think today was prolly gonna be a bad day cuz it was our first day wihtout the trainers for the new system but seriuosly I have still been having lots of stomahc isuues and haven't really eaten since yesterday at 11. By tomrow hopeuflly I will be ok to go bakc to work> I feel so bad. I know I hsouldn't and I am sure veryone at work understands I am really sick or i wouldn't do it but I still feel bad. Ugh, I hate being sick.
The worst part is I missed all of mardi gras which I love though I did have a little mardi gras in dry heaving on the sie of the road on my walk home from work. That's how the night would have ended anyway right? Ugh!i hate being sick though it is a good diet, I havne't hardly eaten a thing in like 36 hours so that's pretyt awesome!
The worst part is I missed all of mardi gras which I love though I did have a little mardi gras in dry heaving on the sie of the road on my walk home from work. That's how the night would have ended anyway right? Ugh!i hate being sick though it is a good diet, I havne't hardly eaten a thing in like 36 hours so that's pretyt awesome!
tiburon1724 - 02/06/08 22:04
I'm sure it was the customer's error. Customers are idiots, especially pharmacy customers. They don't understand how to properly take their medication, don't understand why they can't get refills 2 weeks early, don't understand how their insurance works, and every time it's the pharmacy's fault, not theirs. They think a generic differs from brand, think the pharmacy is responsible for their co-pays, I could go on and on!! (ok that helped me vent a little.)
I'm sure it was the customer's error. Customers are idiots, especially pharmacy customers. They don't understand how to properly take their medication, don't understand why they can't get refills 2 weeks early, don't understand how their insurance works, and every time it's the pharmacy's fault, not theirs. They think a generic differs from brand, think the pharmacy is responsible for their co-pays, I could go on and on!! (ok that helped me vent a little.)
carolinian - 02/06/08 21:55
I went to the store the other day to get my meds. There was some guy yelling at the pharmacist about his last refill not going through and there was some question as to whether it was due to the new system. I'd hate to be the programing charged with integrating your two systems.
I went to the store the other day to get my meds. There was some guy yelling at the pharmacist about his last refill not going through and there was some question as to whether it was due to the new system. I'd hate to be the programing charged with integrating your two systems.
james - 02/06/08 21:03
feel better soon. You are going to need your strength to report unionizers.
feel better soon. You are going to need your strength to report unionizers.
fellyconnelly - 02/06/08 20:52
aww feel better and get some rest!
aww feel better and get some rest!
02/04/2008 20:06 #43181
Big Day TomorrowSo tomorrow is a huge day, the whole primary, face of our future thing...and FAT TUESDAY! Do you think that will lower voter turnout cuz everyone will be drunk and partying? I will vote in the morning. Not that i have plnas yet for tomorow night but it is mardi gras you gotta go out right? Its like super good times. Except last year my car got ticketed and I didn't know cuz one tings leads to another i was prolly a little drunk and threw the ticket under the seat where I found it like a month later after it was overdue. So hopefully none of that! Do you tyhink drinking will lead to more hilary votes or obama?
lilho - 02/04/08 22:18
i will not be going out. last year, i was arrested the night of mardi gras! member peach?
i will not be going out. last year, i was arrested the night of mardi gras! member peach?
twisted - 02/04/08 22:00
Ha!
There's already quite a turnout for "Dead Heads for Obama" :::link::: at the Warfield tonight. So he's got the stoner vote covered...
Ha!
There's already quite a turnout for "Dead Heads for Obama" :::link::: at the Warfield tonight. So he's got the stoner vote covered...
james - 02/04/08 20:07
Way ahead of you on this one Mike. I started "Alcoholics for Obama" a few months ago while on a bender.
Way ahead of you on this one Mike. I started "Alcoholics for Obama" a few months ago while on a bender.
02/01/2008 15:21 #43136
Rite Aid is Shit- Buffalo StyleStupid Rite Aid in Buffalo, NY for like the third time since they took over have had our checks come late. We didn't get them today cuz of some problem. With eckerd they used to send them earlier in the week but we couldn't get them til friday so that made sure we always had them by Friday but RiteAid in Buffalo, NY doesn't do that and now for like the third time in 6 months I have no check today. This is despite working like 10 million hours to help out cuz of this whole stupid ridiculous transition to a shitty company with shitty computers and shitty everything. Let's see lets take away your sick days, lets take away overtime, lets take away vacation time, and lets not send your checks. Oh and lets take away any sense of like we trust you by hvaing to check everythign you do every second. And then lets not send you your check even on time. But you know what , we also want you to report if any unions come around cuz they are bad people and are gonna take away all that we already get (which is nothing!). Rite Aid in Buffalo New York hates unions. Rite Aid in Buffalo New York tries to convince everyone how bad they are and make us watch tihngs and read emails about how unions just take our money and get us nothing in return. Rite Aid in Buffalo New York is the biggest union buster since Sam Walton! I am prolly gonna be fired if they even saw I mentioned unions, they seriously have tons of emails all the time about watch out for unions, report eveyrthing you see to the hotline. It is like i working for freakin WalMart. Oh Eckerd why did you have to leave!
P.S. I know I could sign up for direct deposit but I refuse cuz they want us to and so I don't out of spite which I know just hurts me but still.
P.S. I know I could sign up for direct deposit but I refuse cuz they want us to and so I don't out of spite which I know just hurts me but still.
vincent - 02/02/08 11:15
Check out the pic of Britney in this article. It's the 6th one from the bottom.
:::link:::
Britney Spears Supports Rite Aid!!!!!!
Check out the pic of Britney in this article. It's the 6th one from the bottom.
:::link:::
Britney Spears Supports Rite Aid!!!!!!
paul - 02/01/08 20:23
What is better is that if you type rite aid shit into google it comes up as number one. Without even mentioning Buffalo.
What is better is that if you type rite aid shit into google it comes up as number one. Without even mentioning Buffalo.
james - 02/01/08 20:12
Toyota also provides benefits to same sex couples!
Toyota also provides benefits to same sex couples!
janelle - 02/01/08 19:41
Jason, Toyota and other Japanese car manufacturers provide benefits to their workers without being forced to do so by unions. If companies would provide good work environments, unions wouldn't be an issue.
Jason, Toyota and other Japanese car manufacturers provide benefits to their workers without being forced to do so by unions. If companies would provide good work environments, unions wouldn't be an issue.
enknot - 02/01/08 19:18
Ok, mike. So I just typed "Rite Aid Buffalo Union" into google, and your post is the number one entry... I haven't read this yet, but paul seems freaked out by it. I'll be sure to as soon as I get home though.
Ok, mike. So I just typed "Rite Aid Buffalo Union" into google, and your post is the number one entry... I haven't read this yet, but paul seems freaked out by it. I'll be sure to as soon as I get home though.
mike - 02/01/08 18:58
i am not the biggest union person as some of you know, but frankly companies need to provide some benefit and in response to jason, you know what else had a really great competitive advantage, southern plantation in the old south, noone else could grow crops as cheaply ro quickly, that doesn't make it good.
i am not the biggest union person as some of you know, but frankly companies need to provide some benefit and in response to jason, you know what else had a really great competitive advantage, southern plantation in the old south, noone else could grow crops as cheaply ro quickly, that doesn't make it good.
paul - 02/01/08 18:51
Ya unions suck, lol. Look how much I suffer doing union work.
Ya unions suck, lol. Look how much I suffer doing union work.
jason - 02/01/08 16:39
Anyone know what Toyota's competitive advantages are?
Anyone know what Toyota's competitive advantages are?
hodown - 02/01/08 16:38
Mike- that blows. I once worked for Rite Aid as well and I totally back up your assesment of how shitty they treat their employees. You need a Workers Revolution!! Or a stiff drink. Either one..
Mike- that blows. I once worked for Rite Aid as well and I totally back up your assesment of how shitty they treat their employees. You need a Workers Revolution!! Or a stiff drink. Either one..
carolinian - 02/01/08 16:26
It's companies like this that define why America is not competitive in the global marketplace. The business running smoothly should receive a higher priority than bullshit corporate politics and indoctrination videos.
It's companies like this that define why America is not competitive in the global marketplace. The business running smoothly should receive a higher priority than bullshit corporate politics and indoctrination videos.
janelle - 02/01/08 16:05
When and if you're ready to quit or be fired from Rite Aide, give all your co-workers information to whatever union is trying to unionize Rite Aid. That'll really make Rite Aid lose it when employees start reporting they're getting home visits from unions.
Oh, and if you want to be snippy with your union obsessed management, tell them that the best way to avoid unions is to have fair pay and good working conditions.
I'm not pro-union for most of human services because so much of what determines our work conditions and pay is the state, not the agencies. I would be sent to these trainings on "What happens when a union comes to your agency" trainings and they were so ridiculously over the top and untrue of how unions operate. My brother has been a union organize so I've gotten an inside on the good and bad of the union.
When and if you're ready to quit or be fired from Rite Aide, give all your co-workers information to whatever union is trying to unionize Rite Aid. That'll really make Rite Aid lose it when employees start reporting they're getting home visits from unions.
Oh, and if you want to be snippy with your union obsessed management, tell them that the best way to avoid unions is to have fair pay and good working conditions.
I'm not pro-union for most of human services because so much of what determines our work conditions and pay is the state, not the agencies. I would be sent to these trainings on "What happens when a union comes to your agency" trainings and they were so ridiculously over the top and untrue of how unions operate. My brother has been a union organize so I've gotten an inside on the good and bad of the union.
That was also your 777th journal... Weird...