When life isn't fair... - Page 3

lifesaver · #1 11-12-2002, 07:58 PM

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Originally posted by Shawndalynn
I thought I found the man of my dreams we have been talking since june but it has been on and off because when things start to get serious he freaks out and doesn't talk to me for a couple days or a week.. And then last Tuesday he told me he was falling for me and I still haven't heard from him- it has been a week!!! That really sucks...

Dont you know that we are told to do that to ya'll?

When were all in 5th grade and they pull all the little girls aside outta gym to tell ya'll that someday you will start bleeding in a wierd place, we're left in the gym with the coaches who tell us that as soon as we tell a girl that we really like her we cant talk to her for a week. They told us we'd be in trouble if we broke the rule. lol.

lifesaver · #2 11-12-2002, 08:02 PM

We just had a website stolen from us.

We did it for a client, and were awating payment. Hadnt heard from them, looked up on line and found it. They had copied it off our site (temp location for approval) and pasted it into another site. I am pretty pissed. It was a $3,000 job.

aprilxo · #3 11-12-2002, 08:22 PM

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Originally posted by lifesaver
We just had a website stolen from us.

We did it for a client, and were awating payment. Hadnt heard from them, looked up on line and found it. They had copied it off our site (temp location for approval) and pasted it into another site. I am pretty pissed. It was a $3,000 job.

Is there anything you can do about that?

juniorgrrl · #4 11-13-2002, 01:39 AM

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Originally posted by M&M

It's not fair that my best friend is six months' pregnant and may lose her job because her boss is a jerk and doesn't want to give her maternity leave.

That is illegal for him to do. Its probably a violation of Equal Opportunity laws, a wrongful termination case...much more trouble than he ever bargained for! She should bring it to the attention of his supervisor IMMEDIATELY. And talk to a lawyer about this.

M&M · #5 11-13-2002, 02:25 PM

Juniorgrrl, my friend IS a lawyer!!! She works for a law firm, and her boss is the head of the firm. He has agreed to give her maternity leave (just heard this today from her on IM), but he's being a real jerk about it and questioning her ability to work until the baby is born and put in the "appropriate number of hours," whatever that means.

As this guy is a lawyer as well, he's being very carefully to hint at things without actually doing anything blatantly illegal. She is interviewing for new jobs, and she has some wonderful prospects from other firms and organizations who offer better benefits.

Being a PR person myself, I suggested that if she were to lose her job, she could quite easily get a quick settlement out of him -- he's married to a pretty high profile elected official who probably would not want her name connected with a pregnancy discimination lawsuit.

Never underestimate the power of the press!

lifesaver · #6 11-14-2002, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by aprilxo
Is there anything you can do about that?

Yeah, were suing them, but they declare bankruptcy, and then create another company doign the same thing. UGH..

aephi alum · #7 11-14-2002, 02:59 PM

Here's something that's not fair!

I've been interviewing with a company, and they're checking my references. I've provided them with 3 stellar references from my last company, and I can provide many more if they want. But they are insistent on getting someone from my previous employer. Trouble is, my boss from there has gotten married (and changed her name), quit, and moved away, so I can't find her! Pretty much everyone I knew from there has quit, and I don't have new contact info for them. So I won't get this job just because I couldn't find someone I knew THREE YEARS AGO.