Jessica Negron

Happy Birthday ONELEGGEDMAN!!!!!

2009-06-08T18:48:36Z

Hey Barry I just want to wish a very happy birthday. I miss you and hope you are doing well. You are such a good person and deserve a great day.

Happy Birthday Barry.

Fleas and Flea Markets

2009-06-04T16:15:40Z

In the south flea markets are huge and fleas are a big problem. I start with this because both things I am dealing with right now. FLEAS: As most of you know I have 3 cats. Jolinar, Jada, and Peach. Somewhere during the course of the last 6 months they have contracted fleas. BAD! Elliot is ready to kill the cats. see fleas on the cats aren't so bad because we can get rid of them easily but the fleas have spread through out the house. Once that happens it is hard to get rid of them. We are close but not yet. FLEA MARKETS: One of my friends was going to have a table a the county flea market (which is a huge deal down here). She said I an come with her this past Sunday and split the cost to get a part of the table. I said Hell Yeah!!!. I can get rid of some old crap and maybe sell my jewelry. Well first off I had ever been there before so I didn't know what to expect. So I packed up the truck and went with them. I was wearing a tank top and jeans. Big mistake. It was an outdoor thing. I was out there for 5 hours selling my old crap yet not my jewelry. I made $140.00 in 5 hours. I got severely burnt. Since Sunday I have been in really bad pain. Elliot and I are going to be running our own table this time this coming Saturday. We got smart though and bought 2 chairs and a gazebo to sit under. This weekend I will be selling a different type of jewelry I have gotten into lately. It's leather/suede chokers. I will also be doing Hair wraps w/ charms like you see at the ren fair. The people who go to the flea market out there are mostly biker people and teens. I think this will be good. Plus we will be selling some more old crap we don't need or want anymore. I think it should be really fun. They we will come home from the flea market to the fleas and get rid of them once and for all.

Yet Another One

2009-05-27T15:59:47Z

As if things haven't gone bad enough for me lately, Yesterday happens. My day started off rough with a few annoying things at work. Shortly after my CSR arrived I sent her to the bank to pick up funds on a past due customer. She did and came back with 2 checks. 1 for $150.00 and the other for $1500.00. The total was supposed to be $300.00. On top of that... The checks were not signed. So I had to go back to the bank. When I got back to my store I was sitting in the parking lot attempting to call Elliot when my stupid touch screen phone stopped working for the second time in 2 months of the 6 months I have had it. I was pissed. Stupid touch screen. So I immediately take my break go to sprint. There is no fixing this issue. They would have to replace my phone again. I said screw this. #1 I can not be with out a phone for 2 days as it is a work tool. #2 I refuse to get that same POS again. So I fight for what I want. Finally they give me an upgrade credit towards a new and different phone and a $100.00 credit on my phone bill. Fantastic. So I go to Best Buy to use my credit as they have better deals. I ended up getting a really neat phone that I like for $30.00 total. Excellent. So now I am still cheaper all together as I have that $100.00 credit towards my bill. So I am already upset for the day and have been in tears most of it already due to all the stress. I pull out of the parking lot and the Strip Mall I was at get into the Left straight lane. I am wearing Crocs and it had been raining all day. Not a good combo. Well I coming up to a red light when my foot slipped off the gas, bumped the accelerator and BAM!!!!! I slammed into a mini van. My car had no damage her back end was seriously screwed up and I am about to have a melt down. All of this is just the end of a really bad 2 weeks. My washing machine broke. We have yet to be able to get it fixed. We have not had the means to go to a laundry mat. I have been hand washing the clothes. On top of all of that, we have rented a couple items from AARON'S. We had a bill due on the 15th. I always pay over the phone as I have no time to go to the store. The guy ran my card. During which time the machine disconnected. It declined my card for the payment but still charged my account 5 times. 3 times it went through the other 2 rejected due to insufficient funds. He gave me the cash to put in my account as we weren't sure if the transactions will post with out a destination. Now seeing as how they declined there won't be a destination but to be safe he gave me the cash to deposit till we see what's what. Well after just about 2 weeks the payments dropped off due to no destination so I have to go to AARRON'S with all the cash plus my payment to get it all straightened out. Boy we have had a lot of rain lately in Alabama but nothing like my life this week.

jessica9801 @ 2009-05-11T10:43:00

2009-05-11T15:57:34Z

Yesterday we had a mild storm come through. It was really windy and raining pretty hard but that was about it. Trust me we have had far worse. Anyways it was about 3pm when I started making dinner. Elliot was at work. He called me right after I started and told me that there was a nasty storm coming our way. Now I had noticed that it was getting a little darker outside but thought nothing of it. So when he told me I looked at the weather channel. We were under a severe thunderstorm warning. I said ok. Pulled out the weather radio and went on with my business. About 10 minutes later the power flickers a few times, completely shuts off, and comes right back on. I said ok. Then the power completely shut off. I then opened some windows to get the breeze going since it wasn't raining to hard and my air condition was without power. I figured give it a few minutes and then the power should be back on. Boy was I wrong. I called the power company about an hour into the outage to see what was up. They said they were assessing the problem and that the power should be on by about 6:15pm. Damn it! It's Alabama in summer. So yesterday it was about 80 something degrees before it started storming. It only got hotter after it was over and the sun came back out. So my brother and I were super hot. At about 6:30 we still had no power and seeing as how I have now been without power for about 3 hours now( haven't eaten yet either), I decide to call back and check on the status. Now they are not even initially recognizing my outage and tell me it will be about 7:30pm now. UGH!!!!! Ok so we kill time again by staring at the walls still roasting. 8:15 rolls around and still no power. I then decided to go check the stuff that was in the over. When I bent down I popped a muscle in my lower back that hurts so bad I wanted to drop down and cry. Yeah this was a bad day. Anyways I then call the power company again. They are now telling me 9:30pm. Now I am annoyed. So I decide to drive over to Burger King to get my Nintendo DS out of Elliot's car so I have something to do. When I get home it is about 9:30. Still no power. So I call my friends who left their car at our house the night before to see when they were coming to get it. No answer. At about 11:00pm they finally call back. They are on their way. YAY!!!! Human contact. After they call then Elliot's mom calls to check on us and see if our power came back on yet. I told her what was going on and how the only food we have till we get paid is all microwaveable or needs to be cooked. She said she was coming by to bring us lanterns, so we can blow out the heat creating candles, a radio, and some snacks and sandwiches. Thank God. She gets there about 12:00 am ( now it's been 9 hours with no power. This normally wouldn't be so bad if we had money or AIR CONDITIONING). At this point I have called them again. Now they finally say....."We have located your problem and have assigned a technician to repair the damages. Your power should be restored by 1:15am." Ok well Elliot Finally comes home. Makes himself a sandwich and sits down. We are all just chit chatting till about 2am (still no power) when Elliot starts messing with me. I said to stop and he said well then change the channel and BAM!!!! the power came back on. It was freaky. Well it was a short live boost of excitement and then it goes off again. I decide to start going to bed. About 30 minutes after. Just when I got to my bedroom it came back on for good. Thank God!!!!!! So I was without power for a total of 12 hours. Some trees had fallen and knocked out 16 power lines and 4000 people were with out power last night. What a night.

Writer's Block: Home Cooking

2009-05-09T15:43:10Z

When was the last time you cooked for yourself? What did you make?

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Well I cook just about everyday. Last night I cooked Hand Breaded Pork Chops (My Way), Mashed Potatoes, Peas and Bisquits.

To deusinnomen

2009-05-05T20:38:16Z

Hey Chris I am so sorry about being late with your birthday wishes. I wasn't by a working computer lately. But here it goes.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEUSINNOMEN!!!!!!

You are alot of funny and really cool to hang out with. We miss you and Aimee. I hope your birthday was filled with fun and good times.

Happy birthday again.

My Vacation

2009-04-20T20:30:34Z

So I finally got my weeks vacation which turned out to be 9 days. We had family from Chicago come down here for a few days. It was Elliot's cousin Brian and his 4 year old daughter Hailey. They arrived really late Sunday night and he came straight to our house(note he was to shack up with Elliot's mom but who can resist us...LOL). We stayed up till about 4 am. They crashed by us for the night. When we woke up I made breakfast. We relaxed blah - blahed and then decided to go to Hollywood Connection which is our version of Enchanted Castle. They had rides for Hailey, skating, a great little restaurant, and a big arcade for the guys. After that we called it a night. The next day(Tuesday) we went to the Montgomery Zoo. It was a really nice place. It was somewhat barrier free. They had some animals put together in the same exhibit. It was very nice and peaceful. After that seeing as how we were all overly tired we went back to my mother in laws house for homemade burrito and guacamole night. Yes, yes margaritas too....lol. after calling it a night we went home. The following day we went to Chewacala State Park to hike to the waterfall. It was beautiful. We had so much fun. When we left there we went to Alexander City to see Elliot's aunt Rhonda. She lives in a huge house off the lake. She has her own dock. She calls it Watson Manor (Watson being her last name). We had KFC and just hung out. It was great. The next day we just hung out at home and had a BBQ/fire. It was a nice way to relax and enjoy our last night together. The following morning (Friday) they left. Elliot went to work, and I started watching the Tudors on Showtime. I love that show and watched the second and most of the third season on demand. Now I am back at work. OH JOY!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

2009-04-11T15:28:34Z

I didn't know what would be the best way to get this across and I am doing it now because I am going on vacation for a week(staying here but will have family in town) and will not really be on for the week so................

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM & KAREN!!!!!!!

Pam: I think you are a wonderful person and good with advice. You are a very smart and successful person. Elliot and I have always enjoyed hanging out with you.

Karen: You are a great friend who we really like spending time with. You are a fun person. You were there for us during the course of our move. We really appreciate you.

We really like you both and wish nothing but a very happy day that is filled with laughter and good time. We wish you both the best.

Good Friday

2009-04-10T17:21:19Z

I just had the craziest thing happen at work today. I had 2 customers in here, 1 with me and 1 with my CSR. My customer and I were having a discussion about an attitude I received when I went to get a hair cut at her new job from one of here co-workers. Then my CSR's customer wanted to increase her loan to a really high amount. I stepped in and explained why she could not. The customer gave me a massive attitude and dismissed me. My customer said to me " Boy you get everything". My CSR's customer heard the remark and the 2 started verbally arguing. My customer was defending me and my CSR's customer was getting very defensive. One thing led to another and the 2 women started fighting physically. My customer did not touch her at first. My CSR's customer started the physical fight by throwing my customer across the room into a wall. We pushed the "OH shit button" and I tried to calm things down. They had each others hair. I got them to let go. The fight was over. My customer had some bad scratches. My CSR's customer was then denied her loan and asked to leave. It's one thing to verbally fight but not physical. My customer didn't swear at her once or call her a name but the other one was cussing and name calling the whole time. My CSR's customer fled the scene just before the cops showed up. Leaving behind 4 fake nails that had come off in the fight and a huge chunk/strand of her weave. Bad thing though is it was a braid so when it got pulled out the whole thing was pulled straight from her scalp. OUCH!!!! But anyways my customer happened to mention after wards that her and her mom were on their way to get baptized for good Friday. Kind of Ironic isn't it?

Writer's Block: Prison Time

2009-03-30T15:01:27Z

If you were sent to prison for an undefined amount of time, what would you miss most?

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This question has come at a very crazy time. On Saturday my brother and I went to Domino's to go pick up his final paycheck. He was supposed to get paid Friday but the checks didn't make it in time so we went Saturday. When we got there I waiting out in front in my truck and he went in. He was in there for just a couple minutes. Then he cams out. He old co-worker Liam walked him out and was chit chatting with him about the true reason behind his termination. He then proceeded to tell my brother that he was not allowed at Domino's any more and that he would have to pick up his final check from the DM on monday at the corporate office which is about 45 minutes away. Now no other employee has had to to this but he said ok. Then Liam said to hang on he'll be right back out to continue talking. During which time the police showed up. They were talking to him and reexplained not to come back. They ran his license and found a warrant for his arrest for criminal tresspassing. The cop said it was going to be about a hundred bucks to get him out but he can be released tonight. So I called all around and got the $100.00. I went to go get him and they said it was $500.00 to get him out not $100.00 because the warrant was actually for a failure to appear on a criminal tresspassing charge. This charge was back in the summer of last year he went to the mom and pop shop he bought his car from and demanded they give him his money back because with in a week of having his used car it broke down. He threatened to blow the place up or something like that when they refused so he got arrested. When his original court date came up he was there but Arwin Motors was not. So the case was dropped. All my brother had to do was sign the waiver stating he would not pursue and thing further with them and it would have been over. He refused so they set a court date for Febuary and he didn't she up. So he now sits in jail until Wednesday because I don't have the bail money. I feel awful but he put this on himself. On top of all of this I found out that when he was in Domino's he threatened to "get the people who got him fired" then pointed at the new manager and said " especially you" that is why they called the cops. So had he have shut his mouth in there he wouldn't have ever been arrested Saturday or if he would have left well enough alone in that other case. My brother has gotten so depressed lately though that we all think he will either disappear when he gets out, or kill himself. It's sad to say that but that is the road he is heading I believe. When he got arrested I told him to call me and let me know what's what. He said " don't even worry about me. I am used to this. You work hard only to get fucked in then end. I'm just going to stay in jail. Don't worry about me just go on with your life." That was the most horrible, worst, most painful thing to hear as he gets hand cuffed. He has yet to call me or any of his friends. I truely am fearful of what he is thinking about right now. So to answe the question, If I went to jail I would miss my family but being the person outside of jail with a loved one inside I miss him.

Writer's Block: Ripped from the Headlines

2009-03-28T14:52:10Z

What news story have you heard or read lately that made you really angry? What about one that made you really happy?

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The story that made me angry this year so far is a 22 year old girl named Asia Scott was shot and killed in front of her home at Websters Crossing in Auburn AL. I knew her. She was a sweet girl with alot going for her. She was at home and some guy dropped off her friend. Her and her friend started to argue. They guy that was with them decided to stop the argueing with a shot gun. He shot Asia once and killed her he shot the other girl 5 times and she was sent to the hospital. She made a fully recovery. The man was picked up and sent to jail. The thing that really gets me is that it took police and emergency services 45 minutes to arrive. Asia died on the way to the hospital. There should have been no reason why it took 45 minutes to get there. The thing that makes me happy is that the state of Alabama is having the world's second largest aquarium built and they are trying to do it here in Auburn next to the university. That would be so awesome if they did that. The closest attraction like that is about 2 hours away. This would boost tourism and revenue for the city and state. I hope Auburn agrees to have this 100 acre, 6 million gallon aquarium built here.

Breathing Under Water With Through A Straw

2009-03-25T17:26:15Z

Well since my last entry Elliot got a ticket for following to closely to another vehicle. We had some car trouble, thought it was the battery that needed to be replaced so we bought a new one. Only to find out that the battery we originally had was fairly new and we needed an alternator not the battery. Then we finally started decorating the back yard getting it set up for Elliot's cousin Brian's visit. That left us really strapped with the car repair. Then my brother comes back. He said that him and his friend went on a massive road trip to about 22 states including Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Iowa, Etc in 6 days. Must be nice to have the freedom to do that. Well we weren't planning on him returning to live with us since he took all of his stuff when he left. So we were able to make arrangements to have his cousin stay with us rather than Elliot's mom. Now that my brother is back that puts us in a tight spot financially and space wise. See like I said before he doesn't has a job right now nor has he even gotten dressed to go look for one so that is an extra mouth to feed. Things have just gotten rough. It's like the minute we get everything under control and are on our feet. The sky opens up and it pours on us. As for our tax returns which would help out, Alabama is very short handed this year in the department that does the returns. They did not hire their seasonal help due to cut backs so even the people who filed at the beginning of the year still haven't gotten theirs back yet. On top of that.... Elliot made twice as much as I did last year but they took out a little less than they did for me. So that hurt us as well. Now as far as my job goes. Things are looking better. They finally let me hire someone. She is working out ok. Now the last 3 CSR's I have had all had it down pat within a week where I could feel comfortable having them handle the store on their own for at least a full day. Now with this girl she knows what to do ok but not quite ready yet. She will get there but it is taking longer to get her up to date. So that is a little stressful. Collections are doing horrible right now I am returning more checks than cash I am collecting. Bankruptcies are piling in. This all in all are getting rough. Then my brother was talking about Chicago and the things that have changed since we left and seeing all the events and things coming up @ chicago-sf.org have just made me really depressed know there is so much going on and we are missing all the fun. Right now our lives consist of work, home, sleep, repeat. An exciting day for us is buying flowers for our porch. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish we had more to do down here. But hopefully our heads get above water and we can start doing more.

Writer's Block: Fresh Flowers or Crunchy Leaves?

2009-03-20T14:37:44Z

It's the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. What season do you want it to be where you live?

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I am actually fine with spring or even autumn. Summer gets to hot and I hate being all sweaty and uncomfortable. Winter even in the south has it's cold days. Granted I prefer winter over summer because you can bundle up if your cold but can't do much when your hot. So yeah..... I'm fine with spring.

Killing Me

2009-03-18T16:38:26Z

I have a brother who is 10 months younger than me. He and I have had our ups and downs as do all others brothers and sisters. We have both had a lot of really bad things happen in our lives. I have learned how to deal with my issues somewhat ok. My brother however has not. He runs. Through out the years my brother has emotionally hurt me so many times. He has abandon me, tried to kill himself, has never protected me in anything. He actually adds to whatever is being said or done. In the last 6 years or so we have drifted so far apart I don't even know who he is. He only seems to call me or talk to me when he needs something. I really do love him. I would do anything for him. I have done everything for him. I have had him come live with me several times. Each time he gets bored and looks for greener grass so he leaves. In pretty crappy ways. When he leaves he usually again stops talking to me until he needs me again. This past time he came to live with me. I told him this would be it I can't keep having him go back and forth. He agreed and everything went ok. Granted he still frustrated me but I was happy knowing he was safe and doing ok. He recently lost his job. He lost his job Sunday night. Tuesday we went to a hockey game he didn't want to go and stayed home. When we got home Tuesday he had packed up and left with out even a note. he finally texts me at 2 am this morning and said he was just getting away for awhile. He doesn't have anywhere to stay he said and he is on the road but won't tell me who he is with or where he is going. He also won't answer my calls. I am worried about him. When he gets like this he finds himself really depressed, and gets in trouble or does something really drastically stupid. I am scared this may tear us apart for good. I think he is either going end up in jail, dead, or disappear forever. I just can't get him to understand and accept the fact that he has a family that loves him and cares about him. This is killing me.

Writer's Block: Chatty

2009-03-04T17:03:05Z

Do you prefer texting or talking on the phone?

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I love texting. I am usually very busy or ready to sleep so texting is so much easier for me. I can make it short sweet and to the point. or if I get a sweet message from Elliot I can save it and read it anytime. You can't save a phone conversation.

The New Car

2009-03-04T17:00:42Z

This past week my boss gave me the option of either buying a second car, Elliot not having a way to work or I loose my job. They will not allow me to close the store to take him to work anymore, they will not allow me to have over time and I can't work through my lunch breaks. However I have to have a vehicle here at all times. This doesn't give me many options. So we found someone selling a Jeep Grand Cherokee (95) that has a new transmission, brand new tires that haven't been driven on yet, that just needs a fuel pump and an oil change. All this for $550.00. That's it and the title is ours. You bet your ass we took that deal. We are now the proud owners of 2 vehicles. Thank God. Now my boss has nothing to complain about right now.

Tornadoes and Snow

2009-03-04T16:53:29Z

Hey everyone! We had some pretty rough weather this weekend. It started Friday. It was pouring most of the day Friday. Not much thunder and lightning just rain. No biggie. Then I was off Saturday. I get woken up at the butt crack of dawn along with everyone else in the house due to a series of tornado warnings. Not watches warnings. My mother in law lives about 20 minutes away from us. She call shortly after we woke up got dressed and got our shoes on saying that the sirens are going off by her. Well the way weather moves it hits her then moves in our direction. Crap!. Well the tornadoes were hitting everywhere. Every time a warning would expire another one was popping up somewhere near by. Well there was a lot of damage to a lot of places near us. Some houses were completely destroyed. Cars flipped over. Some areas were horrible. Words can not truly describe how bad some of the areas looked. Thank God we were not a part of that tragedy. The storm hit us but the tornadoes blow just above and below us. The rest of the day was just rainy. Georgia actually from what I can tell got hit worse. Now on to the next day. It was super cold when we woke up Sunday morning. We had been told there was a winter storm advisory in affect for our area so we looked outside to find nothing but white as far as the eye can see. Well that was a slight cure for homesickness....LOL. Well we just thought it was cool. We had a few inches already and still coming down. Now remember this is Alabama. It snows maybe once a decade. People were building snowmen. Perfect snowball snow. It was fantastic. Most of theses people though are not used to this much snow. We dropped my brother off at work and then went to go get a pair of shoes for Elliot and lunch. Just about everything was closed to to "bad weather". We laughed. The snow had stopped, The roads were merely wet. This was nothing. I can see them being a little cautious at first because the city doesn't have snow plows or salt trucks but seriously, "Bad weather" come on. So we found a mexican restaurant open and had dinner there. All in all this was a crazy weekend.

Writer's Block: AKA

2009-02-27T21:44:31Z

What's the story behind your username?

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My user name is my name (Jessica), the year my mother died (1998), and the year my father died (2001).

Really Crappy Week

2009-02-21T00:48:32Z

So ok I woke up Sunday with a slightly painful and very uncomfortable pain in my right ear. It was so bad I was in tears by the end of the night. Elliot's mom came over to check on me and see if she could come up with a solution to my problem. I made it through the rest of the night (with tons of Tylenol in me). I woke up the next morning. I was still in really bad pain. Now the volume I hear out of that ear at this point was like a 1. I went to work, Tylenol on hand. That was not helping very much. I was shaking and crying. This was really bad. Now seeing as how I now work by myself I didn't know what to do. I called my boss. I asked him to see if he could send someone out here to cover the store because I needed to go home. I was a mess. He did. I went home. I doped up on some more pain pills and slept all day. I then had interviews for my CSR position the next day. I went to the Urgent Care clinic in my area. My ear all day the day before was popping and leaking a yellow fluid. So when I woke up that morning to go to the doctor my ear had crusted shut. I get to the doctor. She said she could not even see my ear drum to tell if I had messed it up. She put me on an antibiotic and Tylenol 3. Yay!!! I have had so much pain I have barely eaten since Monday as it hurts to chew. The meds are helping. I feel REAL good on the pain pills. I then had a follow up on Thursday. She still can't see the drum but she gave me more Tylenol 3 and a new prescription to reduce the swelling. On top of that my left ear is now also infected. This sucks really bad. My kidney stones in January weren't this painful. To make all of this suck even more. We filled my first wave of prescriptions at CVS they charged $60.00. When I filled them on Thursday it was late in the evening so we had to go to Wal mart. They only charged $16.00. So I now know where to go to get prescriptions but it sucks because I spent way more than I had to the first time. Damn CVS. On a different note they have decided not to hire me a CSR for a long while they are just going to float the CSR from one of our closer locations. She will be part time at both locations. This sucks even worse. Neither store is happy with this decision. The poor girl has to travel almost a hour here and a hour home. 09 has been a really crappy year so far. But the saying goes you can only go up.

It's over

2009-02-12T17:55:48Z

So I had little to no sleep last night due to what was going on with my CSR. Well I have been so nervous about how today was going to go. Well here is what happened...... I got here this morning just before she did. She sat out in the parking lot for a few minutes. At this point I was verifying funds and was waiting on my DM. I had finally gotten up the strength the tell her she was to be fired. I called my DM who was on the way to ask him since she is here should I just tell her or wait for him. He said wait for him. She then walked in. I just opened the man trap door to let her into the back room. I didn't say anything just opened the door and went back to verifying funds. A minute or so after she said "can I get an honest answer?". I said yes. She then asked "is there a point in me clocking in today?" I said all I can say is Roger(DM) is on his way up here. She said "so should I clock in or what? I would rather quit then be fired." I then said " I can't tell you you should clock in and I can't tell you not to clock in all I can say is Roger is on his way up here." She said " I wish the game should stop" I said "there are no games I can't tell you what you should do at this point. You are going to be sent home when Roger gets here so if you want to clock in that's up to you." She said "ok" and left. She quit. I feel awful but I can't control her actions. I have a job to do and my job keeps a roof over my head not my feelings. I really feel bad. So now my new task is to find a new CSR and quickly. UGH!!!!!!!

Writer's Block: Challenges I’ve Faced

2009-02-11T18:08:39Z

What challenges in life have you conquered and emerged from a better person?

The Update

2009-02-11T16:00:49Z

Ok so I have had much trouble sleeping over this whole CSR thing. I really like her and feel bad for her. I know it is the right thing her being fired. I strongly believe that she doesn't want to work here. I just feel awful. I think this has destroyed a good friendship too. We were buddies outside of work. Her son hangs out with Elliot. We had a good thing going. Hell she lives directly across the street from me. She awhile back had to sell her son's Playstation 3 to pay rent so we gave them our Game Cube. We figured we weren't going to use it so why not let him have something to do. Well when she got suspended Monday I came home and on my front porch was the system and all my games in a bag with a note on it saying take it back, it's not mine, I can't sell it. That's hurtful and not cool. Then this morning I think she is on to the fact that she will not be working here after Thursday morning because I have not had any inquiries on employment here in the last like 5 months. Today within 15 minutes I had 2. I think it is people she has calling to find out if we are hiring so she knows what's up. Again not cool. I just don't know what to do. If I didn't have gray hair before I do now. This stresses me out so much I am sick to my stomach.

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-10T18:31:00Z

I just want to scream right now but since I am at work I'll just write about it. Ok so I as I have said before work as a store manager for a payday loan company. My staff consists of a CSR and myself. My CSR has been giving me lots of problems for the last few months and I do not have the full on authority to fire her. That decision is left to my DM and owner. I really don't want her to be fired as she is a good person however I can not get her to do what I ask without a fuss. I can't teach her anything new or add responsibilities to her as she says it is not her job (which it is). I can not go a day with out some sort of bad attitude. Worst of all she has been accused of drinking on her lunch break. This is ridiculous. She also has had over a dozen overages or shortages in the last few months. So she was short $10.00 on Friday so they wrote her up (this being #3) and suspended her until Thursday. Ok however they have told me to seek out new help. I did and found a great candidate. I could have him start tomorrow. So I call my DM today to schedule the interview and he said they want me to have her come back on Thursday and if she gives me even the smallest attitude send her home again till she quits. This is a ridiculous and long drawn out process. Seeing as she has stated in the past that they will have to fire her because she refuses to quit. So instead of bringing in a new and probably better CSR they want to over pay her until she quits. That to me is giving her the upper hand and making my life even worse. This sucks.

Writer's Block: Half a Glass

2009-02-09T19:29:43Z

Do you consider yourself an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist?

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I suppose it depends. I am a realist for the most part. I do look more at the reality of the situation. I guess in some sense this causes me to be pessemistic. When reality kicks in then I start to panic sometimes thinking things will not work out. On the flip side seeing the reality makes me a optimist. When I know whats going on I start to get hope that things will work out. So I guess it all depends. I don't know if any of this makes real sense but thats how I see it.

Small Case of Home Sickness

2009-02-06T18:04:42Z

Something that Elliot and I are noticing more and more is that we have not made a huge amount of friends down here. I mean we know people. We rarely but do talk to these people. If we go out and do anything it is either alone or with like my brother or the 16 year old neighbor boy. While this issue is not horrible as we still have each other. This just makes me(I can't say for Elliot) depressed and lonely sometimes. You know, no one to call. No one to hang out with. No one. There are lots of fun things to do around here, but less fun alone :(. I just don't think people get our Chicago Style :). I really miss my friends.