Hi Johnny C

My method would probably be described as sad I now have a tropical fish tank on the end of my desk, at the moment there are a couple of Angel Fish in there. Since deploying this I now have a 4 Foot 250Litre tank in the living room and I'm managing to keep some real nice Blue Cobalt Discus which are truely peaceful and stately. I think the fluorescent lighting and general ambience helps your welbeing on the dark nights we have here in the UK as a plus.

My problem is down to the fact that I have too many bosses. They all think I'm working full time for them. I'll be on the 6:55am from Gatwick to Glasgow tomorrow run 3 training sessions flying back Friday and when I get back some unaware individual will probably sack me because I didn't return their call within 5 minutes.

My faith supports me greatly I make those podcasts for me really. If they are downloaded by someone else and they get as much from them as I do that's a bonus If I find myself wedged in like a sardine on a London Tube train in the morning with no "personal space" one of my worst nightmares I can be listening to something inspiring from Sunday Morning and I'm back in Church again which for me is your Ice berg.




Dave

Ah yes. Nice little pickle we're all pretty much in these days. Time was we were emploees, nowadays we're nothing but a commodity easily "interchangable" with any other yahoo in Timbuktoo who just happens to have the same "job title". We're just another expense to be managed. Whether it's driven by fear or greed on the employer's part doesn't really matter. What it really is is a plain lack of respect and decency. "We have to be competitive" they say so they cut back on staff but not on the work. They outsource to folks that are more than willing to take their money but just just enough to not lose the contract. Guess who has to catch all the ******* that falls thru the cracks, gets done wrong or not done at all! Oh and if any of us don't happen to like any of this, well we're clearly not "team players". Odds are too that you've gotten yourself marked for the next round of [insert management euphamism here]. This is all something that has become so prevelent in business these days that it's all but impossible to avoid. Switching jobs is not very likely to help.

So how do you cope. It seems like the folks that typically cope the best are the ones that "return the favor" - those that don't give a rat's patookus about how they do their job, do their 9-5 time and split. The ones that suffer the most are those that are "old fashioned" - they take pride in their work; see the quality of the work they do as a reflection on who they are as a person; they are professionals; when others need help, they truly try to really help; odds are they are working themselves into an early grave. Coping with this insanity is fraught with failure but the ways are as varied as people are. The trick is finding what works for you. Trouble is, that will change over time so you have to keep finding new ways.

What keeps me going in the worst of times is the desire to live long enough to be around when they get their due. That will be a sweet experience. Somehow I wouldn't be at all surprised to find lawyers involved when it does happen. That will be an occasion that I will heartily applaud them for once too!

(Yea, I'm probably a tad on the cranky side today - it's not that bad a day ----- yet).

Ah so that's the cure

I look forward to it

Dave

JC here's where I find some peace and serenity - a moment to think at the end of the day



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Shame I can't get a web cam on this one

Dave

David, LOL! That's a keeper.

Thanks!