If only - Page 5

JayMcGee · 10-29-2006, 08:06 PM

mmm.... okay, maybe so.... On the personal level, I wish you well.

footfootfoot · 10-29-2006, 08:19 PM

If I was a different sort of chap, I'd be tempted to order one of those dolls, not only while at work, but with my company credit card.

But I'm not that kind of guy.

zippyt · 10-29-2006, 10:00 PM

9Th , go for it , be driven , have lofty goals , be pissed off when folks don't see things they way you do ,,,,, Yo GO Boyyyye !!!! ( and I Do NOT meen that in a patronizeing way ) .

But as an engneering type of dude you have to wounder just HOW life like they REALY ARE ???

morethanpretty · 10-30-2006, 10:13 AM

I think that if your realdoll doesn't have enough work to do and is therefore "goofing" off, it is your fault.

lumberjim · 10-30-2006, 11:19 AM

sorry, no time to read this thread.....too busy working!

footfootfoot · 10-30-2006, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

sorry, no time to read this thread.....too busy working!

O Yeah.

Undertoad · 10-30-2006, 12:03 PM

Realdoll management: when even a warm body doesn't matter.

n.b. some managers talk about head count as "warm bodies", especially in situations where politics requires large numbers of consultants on site even if they won't be particularly productive. "Let's put 10 more warm bodies in Houston, that project is billed at $3M this month and they expect it to be fully staffed."

Undertoad · 10-30-2006, 12:08 PM

g, it sounds like you are an excellent manager to create the right environment where real work is respected and put in when the rubber meets the road. It's the personal signals that you send that create it, huh.

glatt · 10-30-2006, 12:20 PM

Thanks. To be fair, though, I'm in middle management. My bosses kind of set the tone around here, giving me a lot of flexibility in how I do my job. tw is probably right about that 85% figure. We are lucky to have good leadership at my firm. We win awards and stuff for being a good place to work, and we also win awards for doing good work. It's nice here.

BigV · 10-30-2006, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Now I admit to being a problem child. Under manager "A" I was the smartest, most productive employee who worked extremely hard to improve the organization. Under manager "B" I spread wide dissatisfaction and eventually left. Manager "A" was considerate, respectful, gave me space, and recognized the work I did... and so I quickly became the top person. Manager "B" used the carrot-and-stick approach, except without the carrot, and within months I pretty much gave up on doing a lot of good work.

My God. You worked for that fucker too? :instinctively reaches for pistole:

Crap. There goes a year of therapy down the drain...

footfootfoot · 10-30-2006, 09:33 PM

hmmm apropos of nothing, I swear.
a certain dwellar, who shall be nameless, dies and goes to saint peter who looks at the big book (the akashic record, if you must know) and asks the dwellar's name.

"hmmm." comes the reply.

"spelling?" St. Pete queries.

"hmmm."

"Age?" taxes The saint.

"hmmm."

"WHAT?" demands the dwellar.

"Well, you say you are 60, but according to your billing records, you are 108."

morethanpretty · 10-31-2006, 08:07 PM

i used to be a student aid. I ran outta things to do (I couldn't clean his office or else he would lose all of his stuff), I would either play on the net, sleep, bitch at my training student aid (she is Stupid!--capital "S" because she is the embodiment of the word), or (rarely) work on homework. I had this teach for 3 outta my 7 classes. The principal claim I lived in that office. Although I goofed off alot my teach loved/loves me and tell me how much he misses my work now that I grad. I did more than just my job (keep records of our fundraiser) I re-organized it, re-made it, and popularized it. Sadly it will probably be gone next year b/c he cannot find another student to keep it up and he doesn't have time to. In addition to my work with the fundraiser I kept tournament records, helped organize them and his class lessons/grades/attendance and all of his $ records. And lots of "little" jobs.
In my current job I goof off alot but at the same time I am normally working. I like to reorganize our stuff, and the management will always ask me to do the extra b/c they know I'll do it well. I normally work 6-8hrs at a time and I might take one "break". I hate taking breaks tho unless I'm hungry and when my coworkers aren't working I'm severly pissed b/c the burden then falls on me.

morethanpretty · 10-31-2006, 08:08 PM

Just felt I needed to brag about myself...I'm done for now.

Shawnee123 · 11-01-2006, 12:14 PM

Iggy,

I am a financial aid administrator, and I know exactly what you are saying. I say time and time again that there is an entire poplulation of students who don't get any federal or state grants, yet their family really doesn't make enough money to comfortably send their kids, or themselves, to school. We as administrators see this all the time, and there is nothing we can do about the regulations, though we help all we can.

You should be able to get federal stafford loans easily, as long as everything else is OK, meaning you have taken all the FAFSA steps and have a valid ISIR (what the schools are sent from the results of FAFSA processing; valid meaning all verification, or other docs, have been received and processed.) Stafford loans are figured on cost of attendance (a school's formula, based on federal guidelines, for determing what it should cost that student to attend school, taking into account tuition, fees, books, costs for transportation, living expenses, child care costs, dependency status, year of school...etc and so on.) Then, aid already received is subtracted from the equation. However, dependent students are limited by annual amounts.

I was just in a meeting last Monday at the State House talking about a NEW grant we have to administer, in very short time...that once again is for students who have a zero EFC (expected family contribution.) It is a convoluted story, but I did point out to the board of regents lady that we are ignoring a very large population of students and next time they want to look good they might consider helping out those who don't get help. I didn't say it nearly that harshly, but I got applause from all the other FA administrators in the room.

I always suggest students write to their congressman. It might sound silly, but the best way to effect change is for them to understand that a large part of their consituency is unhappy and wants change.

In the meantime, keep your eyes out for scholarship opportunities. We have many institutional scholarships (I am scholarship chair) to give out every year and we find so many who don't apply because they think they have no chance.

Watch for third party scholarship opportunities in your community from civic groups. Apply for everything. Spend time on your app...sell yourself!

Also, there are national scholarships available that target a million different categories; there may be a scholarship for blond haired, green eyed people with 6 toes. You can enter yourself in a database at www.finaid.org ...find scholarship searches. They take your information and inform you of scholarships that you might be eligible for that you otherwise would never had known existed.

Most of all, hang in there. Be very careful of scams. DO NOT give money to organizations who say they will find you more aid. Any self respecting FA administrator at any respectable institution will provide you with all information for free.

I wish you the best of luck. Keep applying for scholarships!

Iggy · 11-01-2006, 12:36 PM

I have tried fastweb.com It looks for all scholarship applications I qualify for based on the information I gave. I have applied for most of them, but no luck. My EIC is around $8500 this year. That is why I can't get grants. The last time I recieved information on the stafford loan (it was last year or the year before, I can't remember) it said that if I went full time to the local college then they would give me $1000. The problem with this is that full time tuition (12 credit hours) at that school is around $3000, and I can't pay the difference. They wouldn't give me money for going part time, at least that is how I understood it.

But I will write to my local congressman. I don't know why I didn't think of that, it makes perfect sense. If I don't get any aid from it, at least I will have voiced my opinion. Maybe one day that will make a difference.

10-29-2006, 08:06 PM	#1
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	mmm.... okay, maybe so.... On the personal level, I wish you well. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

10-29-2006, 08:19 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	If I was a different sort of chap, I'd be tempted to order one of those dolls, not only while at work, but with my company credit card. But I'm not that kind of guy. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-29-2006, 10:00 PM	#3
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	9Th , go for it , be driven , have lofty goals , be pissed off when folks don't see things they way you do ,,,,, Yo GO Boyyyye !!!! ( and I Do NOT meen that in a patronizeing way ) . But as an engneering type of dude you have to wounder just HOW life like they REALY ARE ??? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-30-2006, 10:13 AM	#4
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	I think that if your realdoll doesn't have enough work to do and is therefore "goofing" off, it is your fault. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

10-30-2006, 11:19 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	sorry, no time to read this thread.....too busy working! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-30-2006, 12:03 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Realdoll management: when even a warm body doesn't matter. n.b. some managers talk about head count as "warm bodies", especially in situations where politics requires large numbers of consultants on site even if they won't be particularly productive. "Let's put 10 more warm bodies in Houston, that project is billed at $3M this month and they expect it to be fully staffed."

10-30-2006, 12:08 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	g, it sounds like you are an excellent manager to create the right environment where real work is respected and put in when the rubber meets the road. It's the personal signals that you send that create it, huh.

10-30-2006, 12:20 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Thanks. To be fair, though, I'm in middle management. My bosses kind of set the tone around here, giving me a lot of flexibility in how I do my job. tw is probably right about that 85% figure. We are lucky to have good leadership at my firm. We win awards and stuff for being a good place to work, and we also win awards for doing good work. It's nice here.

10-30-2006, 09:33 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	hmmm apropos of nothing, I swear. a certain dwellar, who shall be nameless, dies and goes to saint peter who looks at the big book (the akashic record, if you must know) and asks the dwellar's name. "hmmm." comes the reply. "spelling?" St. Pete queries. "hmmm." "Age?" taxes The saint. "hmmm." "WHAT?" demands the dwellar. "Well, you say you are 60, but according to your billing records, you are 108." __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-31-2006, 08:07 PM	#12
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	i used to be a student aid. I ran outta things to do (I couldn't clean his office or else he would lose all of his stuff), I would either play on the net, sleep, bitch at my training student aid (she is Stupid!--capital "S" because she is the embodiment of the word), or (rarely) work on homework. I had this teach for 3 outta my 7 classes. The principal claim I lived in that office. Although I goofed off alot my teach loved/loves me and tell me how much he misses my work now that I grad. I did more than just my job (keep records of our fundraiser) I re-organized it, re-made it, and popularized it. Sadly it will probably be gone next year b/c he cannot find another student to keep it up and he doesn't have time to. In addition to my work with the fundraiser I kept tournament records, helped organize them and his class lessons/grades/attendance and all of his $ records. And lots of "little" jobs. In my current job I goof off alot but at the same time I am normally working. I like to reorganize our stuff, and the management will always ask me to do the extra b/c they know I'll do it well. I normally work 6-8hrs at a time and I might take one "break". I hate taking breaks tho unless I'm hungry and when my coworkers aren't working I'm severly pissed b/c the burden then falls on me. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

10-31-2006, 08:08 PM	#13
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Just felt I needed to brag about myself...I'm done for now. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

11-01-2006, 12:14 PM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Iggy, I am a financial aid administrator, and I know exactly what you are saying. I say time and time again that there is an entire poplulation of students who don't get any federal or state grants, yet their family really doesn't make enough money to comfortably send their kids, or themselves, to school. We as administrators see this all the time, and there is nothing we can do about the regulations, though we help all we can. You should be able to get federal stafford loans easily, as long as everything else is OK, meaning you have taken all the FAFSA steps and have a valid ISIR (what the schools are sent from the results of FAFSA processing; valid meaning all verification, or other docs, have been received and processed.) Stafford loans are figured on cost of attendance (a school's formula, based on federal guidelines, for determing what it should cost that student to attend school, taking into account tuition, fees, books, costs for transportation, living expenses, child care costs, dependency status, year of school...etc and so on.) Then, aid already received is subtracted from the equation. However, dependent students are limited by annual amounts. I was just in a meeting last Monday at the State House talking about a NEW grant we have to administer, in very short time...that once again is for students who have a zero EFC (expected family contribution.) It is a convoluted story, but I did point out to the board of regents lady that we are ignoring a very large population of students and next time they want to look good they might consider helping out those who don't get help. I didn't say it nearly that harshly, but I got applause from all the other FA administrators in the room. I always suggest students write to their congressman. It might sound silly, but the best way to effect change is for them to understand that a large part of their consituency is unhappy and wants change. In the meantime, keep your eyes out for scholarship opportunities. We have many institutional scholarships (I am scholarship chair) to give out every year and we find so many who don't apply because they think they have no chance. Watch for third party scholarship opportunities in your community from civic groups. Apply for everything. Spend time on your app...sell yourself! Also, there are national scholarships available that target a million different categories; there may be a scholarship for blond haired, green eyed people with 6 toes. You can enter yourself in a database at www.finaid.org ...find scholarship searches. They take your information and inform you of scholarships that you might be eligible for that you otherwise would never had known existed. Most of all, hang in there. Be very careful of scams. DO NOT give money to organizations who say they will find you more aid. Any self respecting FA administrator at any respectable institution will provide you with all information for free. I wish you the best of luck. Keep applying for scholarships! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-01-2006, 12:36 PM	#15
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	I have tried fastweb.com It looks for all scholarship applications I qualify for based on the information I gave. I have applied for most of them, but no luck. My EIC is around $8500 this year. That is why I can't get grants. The last time I recieved information on the stafford loan (it was last year or the year before, I can't remember) it said that if I went full time to the local college then they would give me $1000. The problem with this is that full time tuition (12 credit hours) at that school is around $3000, and I can't pay the difference. They wouldn't give me money for going part time, at least that is how I understood it. But I will write to my local congressman. I don't know why I didn't think of that, it makes perfect sense. If I don't get any aid from it, at least I will have voiced my opinion. Maybe one day that will make a difference.

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