Comments on: Sunday morning at home http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/30/sunday-morning-at-home/ A blog about family, technology, and libraries Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <![CDATA[Debbie]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/30/sunday-morning-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:26:58 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=693#comment-2169 Hey Steve! Color me shocked over all of the footbball you've been watching. This is a day I thought would never come about. ;>) I'm glad you're getting some time to enjoy the games, especially Keegan's games. Really hope Michele is doing better and the frailness she felt was only a temporary thing. I'm so sorry to have missed both Michele's and Brinley's birthdays. They were in my thoughts but I was just caught up in something else. Love each of you much more than I can ever express! Take care! Love, Debbie Hey Steve!

Color me shocked over all of the footbball you’ve been watching. This is a day I thought would never come about. ;>)

I’m glad you’re getting some time to enjoy the games, especially Keegan’s games.

Really hope Michele is doing better and the frailness she felt was only a temporary thing. I’m so sorry to have missed both Michele’s and Brinley’s birthdays. They were in my thoughts but I was just caught up in something else.

Love each of you much more than I can ever express! Take care!

Love,
Debbie

]]> By: <![CDATA[Your Unemployed Friend]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/09/30/sunday-morning-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:34:41 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=693#comment-2168 Steve, I really appreciate your thoughts here. They really capture what I have been thinking recently, too. You were right - I wasn't given any warnings about my behavior, though my boss did mention that I had been exhibiting poor performance for a while now. However, I know they had no idea about my blog until about a week ago, when I noticed a definite change in their attitude toward me. It reminded me a lot of the reactions to Christ on Palm Sunday and then just a few days later on Good Friday. <i>It really galls me that so many corporations think they can truly control every aspect of what their employees do during a work day...</i> Me too. I've recently been struggling a lot with people who make decisions due to their desire to control. My former company had a high turnover, and I don't know why they couldn't see that their desire to control was affecting their employees negatively. By the way, I know I was totally in the wrong for my internet usage - it was too much, and I definitely wasted a lot of company time. I just wish it hadn't been so sudden, since I had been such a valued and openly praised employee for so many years. Steve, I really appreciate your thoughts here. They really capture what I have been thinking recently, too. You were right – I wasn’t given any warnings about my behavior, though my boss did mention that I had been exhibiting poor performance for a while now. However, I know they had no idea about my blog until about a week ago, when I noticed a definite change in their attitude toward me. It reminded me a lot of the reactions to Christ on Palm Sunday and then just a few days later on Good Friday.

It really galls me that so many corporations think they can truly control every aspect of what their employees do during a work day…

Me too. I’ve recently been struggling a lot with people who make decisions due to their desire to control. My former company had a high turnover, and I don’t know why they couldn’t see that their desire to control was affecting their employees negatively.

By the way, I know I was totally in the wrong for my internet usage – it was too much, and I definitely wasted a lot of company time. I just wish it hadn’t been so sudden, since I had been such a valued and openly praised employee for so many years.

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