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difficult child says "No" to anymore schooling
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 268870" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue"><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> Oh that's funny. I never go digging up smileys, but I was just about peeing my pants when I read this, Suz!! Is there a pattern? Does a bear _____ in the woods? Hahahaha, oh yeah there's a pattern allright. It goes like this:</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">difficult child hunts for MONTHS for a job, difficult child gets job, difficult child likes job, boss reprimands difficult child for something minor that difficult child blows out of proportion, difficult child becomes disenchanted with job, difficult child starts getting lazy about job and begins making excuses why it hoovers so much, difficult child loses job. difficult child scratches her head in wonder...."Hmmm, why did that just happen?" difficult child says to herself. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/23_34_2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":holymoly:" title="Holy Moly :holymoly:" data-shortname=":holymoly:" /></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Yes, there is most definitely a pattern. You know what? It doesn't matter what H or I say or suggest to difficult child. Maybe I'm just being picky but it would seem that BATHING so you smell nice might be a good place to start when applying for jobs and interviewing. Or at the very least, spritzing some perfume and BRUSHING your hair and teeth = emphasis on both of those. She pulls her hair up in a sort of haphazard knot and usually forgets to brush her coffee soaked, tobacco smelling teeth. It's really quite gross. And clothing. She has this thing in her head with this one outfit. It has become her "job hunting outfit". It's a pair of wrinkly kacki's that she's pulled out of her bottom drawer, matched with a tan 3/4 length sleeve sweater with a tan cami underneath. She wears her sister's "all white" sneakers with this outfit. I have tried and tried to explain to her that even if she's going for a job at the dump, it is really protocol to dress professionally. Then I get her response that she doesn't have anything like that. BS. While on the job, difficult child feels she should be able to take multiple bathroom breaks to use her cell phone and/or text her friends. She feels she should also be allowed to go outside for a cigarette every once in a while. At her last job, her boss must have told her that she realizes difficult child is only going to the bathroom to use her cell so from then on she had to let a manager know when she was going to the bathroom. difficult child flipped out and wondered, "What if I had a bathroom problem?" I asked difficult child if she did have a bathroom problem. She said no. Oooooookay, so then boss's suspicions sound founded. difficult child got really mad and they exchanged words and she got fired. difficult child claimed it was an agreement between them that she leave the job....ahem, yeah, as in "your fired, please leave now" so difficult child agreed to leave. We've told her "You can't use your cell at work - leave it in the car. You must dress nice and be clean and presentable." It isn't clicking with her. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">Suz, can ya tell ya hit a nerve? Hahahaha<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/highvoltage.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":highvoltage:" title="shocked :highvoltage:" data-shortname=":highvoltage:" /></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I'm not going to get myself all worked up, and besides, I know I'm just being picky....hahahaha. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 268870, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]:rofl: Oh that's funny. I never go digging up smileys, but I was just about peeing my pants when I read this, Suz!! Is there a pattern? Does a bear _____ in the woods? Hahahaha, oh yeah there's a pattern allright. It goes like this:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]difficult child hunts for MONTHS for a job, difficult child gets job, difficult child likes job, boss reprimands difficult child for something minor that difficult child blows out of proportion, difficult child becomes disenchanted with job, difficult child starts getting lazy about job and begins making excuses why it hoovers so much, difficult child loses job. difficult child scratches her head in wonder...."Hmmm, why did that just happen?" difficult child says to herself. :holymoly:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Yes, there is most definitely a pattern. You know what? It doesn't matter what H or I say or suggest to difficult child. Maybe I'm just being picky but it would seem that BATHING so you smell nice might be a good place to start when applying for jobs and interviewing. Or at the very least, spritzing some perfume and BRUSHING your hair and teeth = emphasis on both of those. She pulls her hair up in a sort of haphazard knot and usually forgets to brush her coffee soaked, tobacco smelling teeth. It's really quite gross. And clothing. She has this thing in her head with this one outfit. It has become her "job hunting outfit". It's a pair of wrinkly kacki's that she's pulled out of her bottom drawer, matched with a tan 3/4 length sleeve sweater with a tan cami underneath. She wears her sister's "all white" sneakers with this outfit. I have tried and tried to explain to her that even if she's going for a job at the dump, it is really protocol to dress professionally. Then I get her response that she doesn't have anything like that. BS. While on the job, difficult child feels she should be able to take multiple bathroom breaks to use her cell phone and/or text her friends. She feels she should also be allowed to go outside for a cigarette every once in a while. At her last job, her boss must have told her that she realizes difficult child is only going to the bathroom to use her cell so from then on she had to let a manager know when she was going to the bathroom. difficult child flipped out and wondered, "What if I had a bathroom problem?" I asked difficult child if she did have a bathroom problem. She said no. Oooooookay, so then boss's suspicions sound founded. difficult child got really mad and they exchanged words and she got fired. difficult child claimed it was an agreement between them that she leave the job....ahem, yeah, as in "your fired, please leave now" so difficult child agreed to leave. We've told her "You can't use your cell at work - leave it in the car. You must dress nice and be clean and presentable." It isn't clicking with her. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]Suz, can ya tell ya hit a nerve? Hahahaha:highvoltage:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I'm not going to get myself all worked up, and besides, I know I'm just being picky....hahahaha. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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