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I have known a few people who have "gifted" a child to someone by signing over guardianship. One was a friend of my son's...when the boys were about 15, the parents kicked the son out of their house for some small infraction. He spent the night with us for a few days before I realized the...

Good plan! I'd hate to have to miss that much of a game just waiting in line for the restroom! :)

I don't follow baseball at all, Betty, but I did read in the news about the horrible conditions for the fans (re: the restrooms) at Wrigley Field in Chicago. So for their team to get beaten 3 - 0 just added insult to injury! :)

Thanks everybody. We went for a drive for over an hour last night and spent the whole time reminiscing and sharing funny/sweet doggy stories. It seems like everyplace we drove by has a Zoey memory attached to it...the lake, the beach, our favorite spot to park and watch the ocean, the areas...

We're very sad here...we lost our dog to complications of her diabetes yesterday. They just couldn't get it under control and she went into metabolic acidosis and after two days in the hospital with the vet trying everything in her power to pull her out of it, she reached the point where there...

We have employees who would stand up and cheer if our dress code went that casual...I swear, some of them would wear pajamas to work if they could get away with it! :)

Seems like everyone has at least one of those people you just can't get to look completely professional no matter what. We have a few who technically dress within the dress code (which is fairly relaxed here) but always manage to look rumpled and messy. There's a couple of people I know who...

I remember one employee who was the office know-it-all. We didn't find out to what extent until she left the job and other departments started calling up asking who had replaced her. When I explained to them that the position hadn't been filled yet, I'd ask them to tell me what they needed and...

I love the mythical "they". I was a department of one before I hired my assistant five years ago, so I was the only one dealing with any of the payroll, benefits, and other HR stuff. I guess the "they" thing came in handy from time to time when I had to do something that the employees weren't...

I love it! I need to get one of those. Or maybe I'll just embroider it on a sampler to hang on my office wall. :)

Agreed, read all questions carefully and answer them completely truthfully. Our job applications ask "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" so we expect you to include anything no matter how long ago. We also specify that, while having a felony conviction may not automatically disqualify...

Or a Ford "Exploder" (saw that one recently on a loan application).

In our case, there was no defect with the toilet, the person somehow twisted their back as they went to stand up. I could see how you could hurt yourself getting up from a lower toilet, I have arthritis in my knees and when it's flaring up I sometimes have trouble standing up if a toilet is too...

Oh good, I'm glad to hear I'm not alone either! We've had some weird claims over the years but that was the first time in 25 years of dealing with workers' comp that I'd heard that particular one.

Betty, those FMLA excuses are hilarious. #3 is particularly funny to me because we ended up with a worker's comp claim one time when somebody said they injured themselves sitting on the toilet at work!

On Friday I texted my sister who lives in Amarillo and she said that they had just gotten 4 or 5 inches of new snow there and that a couple of weeks ago it got up to 78 on Sunday and was back down in the 20's the following Wednesday. Craziness. (Just for the record, it's still running 45 - 50...

In my experience, most of the "martyrs" I've met just wanted attention. It can also be a way of letting everybody know how busy they are so when errors are made they have the handy excuse of being overwhelmed by too much work. I agree with ferretrick, don't engage, because whatever you say will...

Then you'll really think this is wrong: here in my part of Alaska, it has been close to 50 degrees every day for the last week and the forecast is sunshine and more low 50's temps for the weekend. I'm not rubbing it in or anything, I have nothing but sympathy for those of you who are...

I've always thought they seemed like very good dogs. We have already decided that if we get another dog it will be a smaller dog than Zoey, who is 100+ pounds, but I don't care for really small breeds of dogs, so I always thought a beagle would be the perfect size, and they seem very sweet and...

I agree. When I shop at a store with outdoor displays, I always plan my shopping trip so I pick up the outdoors items and then take them inside to finish my shopping. I think even if I remembered that there was something outside I wanted and I already had a cart full of stuff, I'd pay for the...