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Epi-do said:
I get sent to a page about redoing the landscape along some of the local streets. Am I missing something?
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The link was a little messed up. It was supposed to be about an SUV roll over where a mother was called on scene and her 2 kids (ages 2 years and the second one 8 months) were ejected from the vehicle and transported to the hospital with moderate injuries.
 
I am NOT a happy critter tonight. How many times is too many to try to deliver a custom order before you give up and sell it to someone else?

A month ago, someone placed a custom order with me, and we agreed on a price. At the time, we worked together. The first day I was supposed to deliver it to her, she didn't show up for work. The second day, she was running late, and wasn't able to get to the bank when they were open. The third time, I wasn't working that day, but I was supposed to drop it off at the workplace, but I got a message from her that she was late due to car trouble, and wasn't able to get to the bank. The fourth day I tried to deliver it, was a day we were both going to be at work, but again, she was running late, and didn't make it to the bank, said she'd run out on her lunch break. But she didn't get a lunch break by the time it was time for me to leave, so I left her a note with my phone number, and asked her to call to set up a delivery time and place. I don't hear from her for two weeks, and I don't see her at work, so I sent her a message online asking if she was still interested in it. She said she was, and that she no longer works for my employer, so we set up a time and place to deliver it, and she's a no-show. I was waiting there for a half hour. I'm getting VERY frustrated with her.

I know that I will have no trouble selling what she ordered from me, but how long is too long before I declare her a lost cause and sell to someone else?
 
CritterNurse said:
I am NOT a happy critter tonight. How many times is too many to try to deliver a custom order before you give up and sell it to someone else?

A month ago, someone placed a custom order with me, and we agreed on a price. At the time, we worked together. The first day I was supposed to deliver it to her, she didn't show up for work. The second day, she was running late, and wasn't able to get to the bank when they were open. The third time, I wasn't working that day, but I was supposed to drop it off at the workplace, but I got a message from her that she was late due to car trouble, and wasn't able to get to the bank. The fourth day I tried to deliver it, was a day we were both going to be at work, but again, she was running late, and didn't make it to the bank, said she'd run out on her lunch break. But she didn't get a lunch break by the time it was time for me to leave, so I left her a note with my phone number, and asked her to call to set up a delivery time and place. I don't hear from her for two weeks, and I don't see her at work, so I sent her a message online asking if she was still interested in it. She said she was, and that she no longer works for my employer, so we set up a time and place to deliver it, and she's a no-show. I was waiting there for a half hour. I'm getting VERY frustrated with her.

I know that I will have no trouble selling what she ordered from me, but how long is too long before I declare her a lost cause and sell to someone else?
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Set up another date to meet up but tell her if she doesn't show up then you will sell it to someone else.
 
Just put a mini bid out... 16 hour Tues-thurs shift, 06-22, 08-00, 10-02...

That's pretty damn tempting.
 
What kind of insane scheduling is that? Does no one believe in consistency anymore? If your normal shifts are 12 hours though I'd still switch in a heartbeat. What I wouldn't give for longer shifts...
 
Robb said:
Just put a mini bid out... 16 hour Tues-thurs shift, 06-22, 08-00, 10-02...

That's pretty damn tempting.
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Snap that up! Beats 14 hour nights...
 
That'd be changing from Wednesday-Saturday 1030-2230...

Very tempting.

Chaz, the start times are staggered so you get 10 hours between shifts.

I've been hearing the 16 hour cars are getting their asses handed to them though. Just as hard as everyone else. 4 medium days or 3 long days...hmmm
 
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Robb said:
That'd be changing from Wednesday-Saturday 1030-2230...

Very tempting.

Chaz, the start times are staggered so you get 10 hours between shifts.
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I would jump on that shift
 
I thought I've seen just about any stupid blackjack moves... until I saw someone double down on a black jack... against an 8... at a 3:2 table with a $15 minimum. People, that extra $7.50 isn't worth the risk of losing the other $22.50. She litereally turned a $22.50 win into a $30 loss.

The really sad part is this wasn't at the casino that attracts the ghetto crowd either.
 
I'm about to loose my mind. I'm sick and exhausted and the thought of medic being over in 7 weeks makes me want to vomit.
 
Anjel said:
I'm about to loose my mind. I'm sick and exhausted and the thought of medic being over in 7 weeks makes me want to vomit.
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Platitudes anybody? "This too shall pass". "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger".

Anjel, it really DOES end, just like boot camp or a root canal, and in a year you'll look back and laugh. Honest. All of us have been in your exact same spot.
 
Four of my friends died, the guy who replaced me as a line medic had his leg blown off on Tuesday. IED strike on a foot patrol. Bad day. One of the fatalities was a good kid from Utah who wanted to be a fire-paramedic and was pretty damned smart.

Screw you, Taliban. Also, it's time to pull every single American and ISAF soldier, civilian and TCN out and let that third-world hellhole fall to the dogs. My friends died so Ahmed and Mohammed can continue to beat their women, train terrorists and generally reenact 1100. Let Iran take them. Let China civilize them. Heck, let the Indians and Pakistanis get real. Because right now, I don't particularly care about that eighth of the world.
 
Rocketmedic40 said:
Four of my friends died, the guy who replaced me as a line medic had his leg blown off on Tuesday. IED strike on a foot patrol. Bad day. One of the fatalities was a good kid from Utah who wanted to be a fire-paramedic and was pretty damned smart.

Screw you, Taliban. Also, it's time to pull every single American and ISAF soldier, civilian and TCN out and let that third-world hellhole fall to the dogs. My friends died so Ahmed and Mohammed can continue to beat their women, train terrorists and generally reenact 1100. Let Iran take them. Let China civilize them. Heck, let the Indians and Pakistanis get real. Because right now, I don't particularly care about that eighth of the world.
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My sincere condolences on your loss.. I hope your right-seat recovers well. You never know what the future holds with amputees, they can become professional downhill skiers, marathon runners.. It seems like some get an overdeveloped sense of stubbornness in their recovery and they decide to conquer the world and achieve greatness.. I wish him the best..
 
Its not mine, its all of ours. Every American lost something.

Hes got bilateral knee-level amputations, amputated R index finger, missing part of thumb.
 
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