Anyone else stressed out by Thanksgiving?

• Anyone else stressed out by Thanksgiving? - RadGuy
  • Yes because i will be spending money i don't have and won't earn anything with work decreasing - txmwmt
  • Yes, but no. I used to stress over it when we had to eat two meals - holidays bite
    • Good 4U! Fellow people-pleaser here LOL.nm - RadGuy
  • Nope! I only stress over things worth stressing over, which doesn't include turkey & taters! - Babs
  • Nope. I try to take life easy. No point in stressing. - NM
  • Nah - cheer up. It is only one day - enjoy it and laugh. sm - 1 of 6
  • not me, my family gets along - great
  • Yes, I wish it were January 1st. I feel obligated - sm
  • Yes, holidays are notoriously stress-inducing - see message
    • U mean there are OTHER dysfunctional families out there? - RadGuy
      • I think the majority of families in America are dysfunctional nowadays! - 1 0f 6
      • no you are absolutely not alone!!! nm - mqrmt
      • On my Mom's side - mq_mt
        • OMG! 2 funny! - RadGuy
          • I'm just afraid - mq_mt
  • yep - mqrmt
  • YES - mq_mt
    • Nope - hs

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I'm stressing and fretting over a whole bunch of little things.  I'm so tired and feel like I just need to hibernate for a month.

But as I "watch" the news as I work and see the devastation and how thousands of lives have just been turned upside-down, my little stressors and problems seem so insignificant.

Last year I was affected by 2 of the 4 hurricanes that hit Florida, going without power for about 2 days in each of them.  It was pretty miserable.  At least I had a house.  These poor people who evacuated don't even know if they have a place to call home anymore, nor do they even know when they might find out. 

...just feeling guilty about my insignificant pity party and figured writing about it would help.  Thanks for listening. 

Can anyone recommend a company who has true IC status?  I work for a small company as an IC, and although I work a regular schedule 95% of the time, there are times when I cannot and yet I'm still expected to produce the same amount of work each day.  This is really stressing me out.  I have to work around my son's school schedule and my husband's work schedule and if that changes I have to make it up by working into the night when I'd just assume to forfeit the money.  Does true IC status even exist?  I got into this business thinking I would have a little more flexibility in a job.  I've been an IC now for three years and so far it all seems the same.  Thanks for any suggestions (and for letting me vent).

I was an IC for a small service in California (bought by the Q).  Here's how I did it.  We provided a calendar for the month on the days we were available and how many lines/minutes we would take.  We didn't have to do it at a certain time, but understood by our signed contracts and our account specifics what kind of turn-around-time the account needed, 6 hour, 12 hour, 24 hour, etc. based on work type.  We were then asked to never take more than 10 minutes at a time (at that time it was re-record or by C-phone - in 2000), but once we reached our agreed on minutes/lines, we could stop or keep going if we wished.  The reason for not taking more than 10 minutes at a time was if an emergency happened and you couldn't work then there wasn't more than a couple of jobs to get help with.  If we knew before our agreed-upon hours/days that we weren't going to be able to work it was our responsibility to let the service know.  If we were available on other days to make up lines or in a pinch, we also had that option, too. 

If an account was swamped, the service would send out an e-mail and ask if anyone was interested in helping out.  They ALWAYS thanked us and treated us like we were more than just someone at a computer.  In fact when I obtained my CMT, the owner of the service is the first person I called other than my mama!  If I started running out of work on my main account, then they would always find another for me to work on.  I never had less than 98% QA, and in fact most of the time had 100%!  I'm not perfect, I'm a perfectionist! hee hee. 

Anyway, I feel if you agree by contract to take work on, then it is your responsibility to do that work.  If you are unable to do the work, then don't take it! If you do not fulfill your obligations, then ultimately it is patient who does not receive their necessary care.

I hear ya!  Believe me it seems to be the going deal.  Notice how not many hire Monday through Friday any longer.  Always includes a weekend day now too.  Everything we wanted to be able to work at home is being taken away.  Bout ready to look elsewhere.  Pay sucks and is only getting worse. 

You asked for opinions, so I'll give you mine. I know you have decided you won't go, but here is my take on that issue. You may not like your stepmother or her children. But your father is still your father. My Dad died just over 2 years ago. What I wouldn't give to have him back just for a Thanksgiving Day. You can get over your personal issues with your step family for the weekend and go and be with your father if you choose. Or you can let these "issues" get to you and choose not to go. Your father won't be here forever. None of us will. Love him while you can. Love yourself enough to be big enough to go and see him. You will never regret that. You WILL regret one day that you didn't go, and you won't be able to change it. You DID ask for opinions. That's all. Please reconsider. You don't have to stoop to your stepmother's level. Be the bigger person. LOVE YOUR DAD WHILE HE IS STILL HERE!!!! Be THANKFUL for him.Off my soapbox. Peace.

Thank you very much. I actually found a pretty good sample. I also found some sites in archives.

Thanks (once again) to all you kind MTs.

Just thought I'd share this site in case some of you haven't seen it.. Turn your speakers up and enjoy! I thought it was cute!

http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&sou

Have you ever had a credit card and all the phone numbers they give you do not allow you to talk to a live person, but get an automated system, that is not capable of doing what you need?   Have you ever had a late charge because it took the bank 3 days to post an on-line payment?   I'm going to have to write a letter I guess and when the next statement comes I'm paying it off and cancelling, though I'm not sure how I'll do that - have to write another letter.  

Can you use a debit card on-line just like you can a credit card.  I know most places only accept 3 major credit cards and didn't know if I entered a Visa debit # if that would be the same.  I prefer Paypal cause I keep a little stash for on-line purchase, though most places don't take Paypal at least not yet.  I just know I've got to get rid of the credit cards - much too stressful.

Probably depends on the teachers and the corporate culture at your school.

a good time to show the house.  All during the holidays, with families visiting and such, is a very good time for homes to sell.

It is absolutely HER job to show your house.  She should also only be bringing pre-qualified buyers.  She should also abide by your request regarding when the house may be shown.  After 3 is certainly not unreasonable, assuming you aren't including weekends in that.  Many buyers are out and looking earlier on weekends. 

In any case, I would call her broker and change agents NOW, if I were you.  Why waste another few weeks, or even days, when it is only delaying the sale of your home.

Just my opinion. 

Not much to many maybe, but my husband still surprises me sometimes.

He works 3rd shift as a dock supervisor at a local shipping company that's only about a mile from our house. He doesn't like to think of himself as "supervisor" because he's always been a team player.

Because they load trucks to ship out the next morning, he had the night before Thanksgiving off, but had to go in at 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving night. "Lunch Break" is right around midnight and he found out that one of the younger single guys hadn't had Thanksgiving dinner because he had to stick around to go to work instead of going to visit family.

So I hear a bit of commotion in my kitchen around 1:00 a.m. and find that  my husband had brought the guy to the house and had warmed up Thanksgiving Dinner for their lunch break.

Now isn't that just too sweet?

Of course they left me the dishes, but oh well.

Thank you to MT Stars for not only being willing to let us express our opinions, but also for not censoring them.  This bulletin board has more frank and direct information regarding working conditions and companies as an MT that without MT Stars, there would be a lot of wool pulled over MTs eyes.  This board is 100 times more valuable than paid boards, because paid boards are so worried about stepping on any toes.

  and I am sure gonna try to not overeat!! 

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