BEVOLASVEGAS
Posted : 6/4/2010 9:56:11 PM
Deb, even though it's been a lousy week, I'm glad that you're safe. Blowouts scare the crap out of me.
Stephanie, I think that Apollo deserves a shot at being a dock dog. He will get used to the distractions, & will learn to ignore them.
Karen, good luck with the foster certification!
Come on Charles, we need a fart!! Jackie, if it doesn't happen soon, I'll send Bevo over to remind him how to do it.
The staff meeting went well. I opted to make an example out of my new guy, instead of firing him, for now. I used a sharpie to cover the names of the guilty, & went into a speech, for the benefit of our new employees, about how I did not deal with high school bs. I used the email as an example of what I was talking about. Then I pointed out that my two departments are the top two depts in the company, & that I had proved that I can manage from anywhere that I choose. I maintained eye contact with the guy while I was pointing this out. He looked like he wanted to crawl under the table. After the meeting, he waited around until everyone else had filtered out, & then came over to apologize to me. I thanked him for being big enough to accept responsibility for his actions, & then, with a wink, told him that I was leaving for the day so that I could go get my dog. He just smiled & told me that he was glad that the dog was ok.
We are having a bbq at my house tomorrow afternoon to welcome all of our new employees. I hired 9 new people, & only one is from here, so I wanted to do something to get everyone together, outside of the office, to get to know each other. I really wonder if he will show up.