The first time he said it, I couldn't wait to see it too. nm

• I hate the word ain't. - MT in MT
  • I just gotta say... - sm
  • even worse (or close) for me is "reckon" - mdlfcrs
  • I got a better one than ain't! sm - MSMT
    • I lived in Virginia for a while. - MT in MT
      • I tell my hubby I have to run to the store, - Ashley
        • The first time he said it, I couldn't wait to see it too. nm - MT in MT
      • were not where lol nm - MT in MT
    • Huh? Whah? - Sher
  • Try living in the southeast and listen - sm
    • What about the word aksed? AARRGGH! nm - ebonics in the USA
    • Are you sure it was not "texted" - I hate it when the kids - say that. I dont even know if it is a work-just h
      • I dont even know if it is a real word, I just hate it- - LOL -sm
      • Nope. Nexted. He was the "nexted" one in line. - nm
    • Really where you live in the SE - Sue
      • We call that ebonics here in Hotlanta. - rofl
        • My housekeeper lives off Bankhead - Sue
      • Too funny!!! - sm
        • I have lived here all my life and never - Sue
          • I hear ya ............sm - MT20+
            • I grew up in FL, and my black teachers used a lot of these phrases...sm - vb89
              • I cannot tolerate the laziness of those phrases fixin and reckon! - ow!!! Hurts the ears
                • So what neck of the woods are you from? - Sue
                • There's nothing lazy about 'fixing.' Same thing as 'preparing' or 'getting ready.& - vb89
                • ain't nothin' wrong with fixin'. - MSMT
              • Not a black or white thing - Lacy
          • He said kruk. - sm
            • come to think of it, it may have been Cruk no Kruck. See now I am - confused...
              • I give, where in rural Georgia - Sue
                • Yes you can say ebonic... about 100 SW of Columbus GA - sm
                  • meant to include ebonics is used and accepted - sm
                    • You know this thread only perpetuates - Sue
                      • Sorry you feel that way - sm
                        • I was not meaning you directly at all - Sue
    • It is horrible to see me "botch" up my own typing.. - nm
  • My mom is a retired teacher, so that was something - PAMT~MDM
    • When I was pregnant - trose
  • I ain't never heard this complaint before. - NM
    • "It ain't fittin', it just ain't fittin'!" LOL. - maxine
      • "It ain't fittin..." also from another great movie... - Hayseed
        • Are you talking about our stores - Ashley
          • Yeah, well we have Hoggly Woggly. What's your point. - La dee freaking da
            • I don’t think I pulled your chain, Missie - Ashley
              • Well aren't you a pleasant one. - La dee freaking da
                • I think by your posting and butting in when was not - Ashley
    • aint that a word? - georgia girl
    • I ain't either! LOL - tnmt
  • Remember the ol' ain't rhyme? - Hayseed
    • LOL - MT in MT
      • I despise ain't! My niece says it sometimes and - it drives me nuts! I always correct her (kam)

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I was doing some research and just thought I would share it here. 

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http://en.allexperts.com/q/Employment-Law-924/2008/3/unpaid-training.htm

Question
I'm a part time security officer.  The contract is changing hands where i work (large corporate facility)...the location stays the same but a new company takes over the new contract next week.  The incoming company has advised everyone that they must attend a mandatory unpaid training class.  Is this legal?

Answer

Expert: Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR
Date: 3/28/2008
Subject: unpaid training

It is not legal.

Here is the ruling from the Department of Labor Website at

http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs22.pdf

Lectures, Meetings and Training Programs: Attendance at lectures, meetings, training programs and similar activities need not be counted as working time only if four criteria are met, namely: it is outside normal hours, it is voluntary, not job related, and no other work is concurrently performed.

Since the meetings are not voluntary you must be paid to attend them.

FURTHER:

29 CFR 785.27 - General.
Attendance at lectures, meetings, training programs and similar activities need not be counted as working time if the following four criteria are met:
(a) Attendance is outside of the employee's regular working hours;
(b) Attendance is in fact voluntary;
(c) The course, lecture, or meeting is not directly related to the employee's job; and
(d) The employee does not perform any productive work during such attendance.

IF THE ABOVE 4 CRITERIA ARE NOT MET, THEN THE EMPLOYEE MUST BE PAID FOR THE TRAINING/MEETING TIME.

29 CFR 785.28 - Involuntary attendance.
Attendance is not voluntary, of course, if it is required by the employer. It is not voluntary in fact if the employee is given to understand or led to believe that his present working conditions or the continuance of his employment would be adversely affected by nonattendance.
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ICs and unpaid trainings:

http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59022

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FURTHER
(FROM http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/hoursworked/screen1d.asp)

Waiting for Work
Time which an employee is required to be at work or allowed to work for his or her employer is hours worked. A person hired to do nothing or to do nothing but wait for something to do or something to happen is still working. The Supreme Court has stated that employees subject to the FLSA must be paid for all the time spent in "physical or mental exertion (whether burdensome or not) controlled or required by the employer and pursued necessarily and primarily for the benefit of the employer of his business."

Place of Work
Hours worked include all the time during which an employee is required or allowed to perform work for an employer, regardless of where the work is done, whether on the employer’s premises, at a designated work place, at home or at some other location.
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I'm among the 200-odd people who visit every day but don't wanna post because, well, it just doesn't seem right.  But, seeing as I saw my name in black and white up on the screen, I just couldn't stop my fingers from typing. 

I wicked miss all the jibber jabber, work related and nonwork related.  I miss the usual faces, the usual arguments, the good times, the bad times, the times when I swore some people were on the rag...

I too got privately disciplined by the former MTStars staff for my potty mouth, got mean e-mails from people who called me a hick, and got awesome e-mails from some great people out there...and I miss it!  All of it!  The good, the bad, and the ugly. 

We had our little domain name "stolen" a few years ago when we didn't renew it in a timely manner, so I kinda know what it's like.  Except ours wasn't a business, just a place where friends and family that we left behind could see what we were up to.  The web host kept all our hard work and wouldn't relinquish it because they claimed it was technically theirs...I'm not 100% sure, as I'm not the technical person of the household, but I know that basically we had to start from scratch.  You kinda feel violated in a weird way. 

I'll keep checking for the "other" MTStars to see if it's back up and running, but for now I'll just hang out here and wait.  My personal stuff is all over cyberspace, so I'm not concerned about identity theft or anything like that.  Who in Sam Hain would want my life anyway?! 

I had a good deal too, free rent, worked at home, vacations to where ever and whenever I wanted, limos and NYC every weekend, could pack up and go back to work at my mom's for 1 or 2 months at a time for my "family" fix.  I just couldn't keep doing it.  I packed up, came home and last week my GD turned as she walked from my front door to look at me and say, "Bye, Nammy!  I Love You!"  I got a better deal after all

in all caps.....

Doxielady, you need to get a life!  Docs don't think they are kings - that would be GWB and GHB....*lol*