Breaking News Story !!!!

We present this live, breaking news story live from Wasaga Beach.  We are on the scene now where an alleged vehicular homicide has just occurred in the early evening hours.  This incident involves a transit bus and what has been described to us as an operations manager who did not posses any people skills.  It has been stated that this problem may well have lead to this occurrence today.  It appears to be a case of disgruntled staff here.  We are unable to confirm the name of the deceased, but we were able to interview several former employees of this bus line.  The gentleman is described by his former employees as being rather rough around the edges, an idiot and several other descriptive definitions which we are unable to air on our family program.  It has been reported that he has the demeanour of a rabid farm animal.  Some are calling this act a blessing while others are simply in shock.  Police have had to escort several staff members off the scene because they kept poking and prodding the deceased.  One husband of a current staff member was restrained from kicking the man.  They describe the driver behind the wheel as a calm and quiet lady.  It is difficult to see from our perspective here behind the police tape, but it would appear to us that she is rather jovial.  Our camera crew was shooed away by the OPP on site, but we were able to capture this single image.  We will bring you more as it becomes available.

My friend Jean sent me an email to find when I got home and she had me howling with this story. I laughed so hard I had tears running down my face. Of course, it didn't matter it was 11 pm, I just HAD to call her and thank her. What a great way to end my work week. I guess you can figure out what her nickname for that boss of mine is LOL And if you aren't sure, OPP stands for Ontario Provincial Police. 

I'm having a bad day, so think I'll keep my trap shut ... errrr my fingers still.

I'm having a bad day, so think I'll keep my trap shut ... errrr my fingers still.

INSTALLATION OF THE HEART DRIVE

CUSTOMER: I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready to install now. What do I do first?

COMPUTER STORE REP: The first step is to,open your HEART. Are you able to locate it?

CUSTOMER: Yes, I have, but there are several programmes running right now. Is it OK to install when these are still running?

CS REP: What are the programmes running right now?

CUSTOMER: Let me see.... I have PASTHURT.HTZ, and LOWESTEEM.SYS, GRUDGE.BIN, and RESENTMENT.BAK all running right now.

CS REP: No problem. The LOVE programme on your new HEART DRIVE will automatically erase PASTHURT.HTZ from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent MEMORY, but it will no longer disrupt other programmes. LOVE will eventually overwrite LOWESTEEM.SYS with a module of its own called HIGHESTEEM.SYS. However, you may have to comepletely turn off GRUDGE.BIN and RESENTMENT.BAK. Those programmes prevent LOVE from being properly installed. Can you see a way to turn those off?

CUSTOMER: No, I can't. Can you tell me how?

CS REP: OK, my pleasure. Go to the START menu and invoke FORGIVENESS.EXE. Do this as many time as is necessary until GRUDGE.BIN and RESENTMENT.BAK have been completely erased.

CUSTOMER: Okay, I've done that. LOVE has started installing itself automatically. Is that normal?

CS REP: Yes it is. You should receive a message that says it will continually install itself for the life of your HEART. Do you see that message?

CUSTOMER: Yes, I do. Is it completely installed now?

CS REP: Yes, but remember that you only have the base programme. You need to begin connecting to other HEART DRIVES in order to get the upgrades.

CUSTOMER: Oh, no!! I have an ERROR message already. What should I do?

CS REP: What does the message say?

CUSTOMER: It says, "ERROR 412 -PROGRAMME NOT RUNNING ON INTERNAL COMPONENTS" What does that mean?

CS REP: Don't worry. That's a common problem. It means that your LOVE programme is set up to run on external HEART DRIVES but has not been run on your own HEART DRIVE yet. It is one of those complicated programming things, but in non-technical terms it means that you have to "LOVE" your own machine before it can really "LOVE" others.

CUSTOMER: So what should I do?

CS REP: Can you find the directory called "SELF-ACCEPTANCE.VIZ" ?

CUSTOMER: Yes, I have it.

CS REP: Excellent, you are getting good at this.

CUSTOMER: Thank you.

CS REP: You're welcome. Click on the following files and then copy them to the "MYHEART" directory: FORGIVENESS,DOC, SELFESTEEM.TXT, REALIZEWORTH.TXT, and GOODNESS.DOC. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and will begin patching any faulty programmes. Also you will need to delete SELFCRITIC.EXE from all directories, and then empty your RECYCLE.BIN afterwards to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

CUSTOMER: OK, I got all that. Hey!! My HEARTDRIVE is filling up with really neat files. SMILE.MPG is playing on my monitor right now and it shows that WARMTH.EXE, PEACE.EXE and CONTENTMENT.EXE are copying themselves all over my HEART.

CS REP: Then LOVE is installed and is running correctly. You should be able to handle it from here on. One more thing before I go....

CUSTOMER: Yes?

CS REP: I want to be sure that you understand that LOVE is FREEWARE. Be sure to give it, in its various modules, to everybody you meet. They will in turn share it with other people and you may even receive some really neat, unexpected modules and files in return.

CUSTOMER: OK. I will share it freely. Thank you so much for your help. Bye.

CS REP: Bye.

by Lynne Hussar

Here I am ...

This is the first week of being forced onto afternoons. And being that I told them I could not work Monday nights for the summer, I'm not working today. And of course, today is no different than when I did the school bus until the last day of the year as I'm out of the routine and feeling antsy. I should be doing something. Anything.

So I did a whole pile of housework yesterday, leaving washing the floors for today. So far though, they're feeling neglected. I'll get at them in a bit.

This afternoon nonsense was originally going to start last week, but I had sent that email out saying I couldn't do Monday nights or July 1st, leaving me with the three days only. It would have been only two days except I had to reschedule Billy's dental appointment. The third time I've had to reschedule it too ! Now that it's set for later in July, I'm wondering what surprises are in store so that I have to reschedule it a fourth time ! Awww won't happen. I'll just take the day off if it comes to that.

So now I'm off Mondays and Fridays for the summer. John sent an email to the Prez and office manager that it would be for a three month trial (into September) when I told him he didn't give me three months on the morning shift so he's not getting three months of this crap. Not sure if he realized where I was going when I said that. He'll find out in about a month and a half.

I had talked to Billy a few times about this afternoon stuff and I told him I had no choice. I just hope it's not too hard on him. This week will be the first week and definitely a trial run for the rest of the summer.

But here are my plans ... IF there is nothing written in concrete that there will be two morning positions opening up in the very VERY near future, I will just tell these yo-yo's that I CANNOT continue to do afternoons for the rest of my life waiting for an empty promise to happen and I'll go back to the school bus through the week. Tony (the school bus boss) has been very kind and patient. Not only did he understand why I was jumping ship to go full time elsewhere, he has even guaranteed me a full time run with the school bus in September if I go back. He didn't take me off the books, so to speak, so I still have my eight years in, and will go into my ninth year with this company. I'll just do the other thing on weekends like I did before.

The other thought I had too ... IF somewhere down the road, the Stayner run actually gets a definite nod and the transit company wins that bid AND they put one of the buses in Stayner AND I take the full time position for it, I want it in writing that, seniority or not, nobody is running me over without a care about Billy without my consent to do so. I'm not going through this nonsense again now that I don't trust it wouldn't happen again.

The one driver and the office manager are still saying 'no, don't do it Patti' when it comes to me going back to the school bus, but seriously? I'd be gone in a heart beat. The transit boss said to me one day last week that all the other drivers are upset at what 'she' did to you. I just told him, while that's nice to hear, it don't mean shit in the long run as nothing is going to be done about it. He then says 'I wanted to keep you on the morning shift'. So why didn't you? You could have, you know. No, Patti. She's got seniority over you. Yeah, and if the bosses had any balls, they would have seen the unfairness of it and told her that she made her choice in April and she's stuck with it.

I tell you, I wonder why I don't get handed a pink slip some days. Guess it comes down to I spent too many years as someone's door mat and I am sick and tired of it and don't want to do that game anymore.

And while all this has been going on, and I have been real upset about it, the driver that instigated this mess asked another driver about why Patti seems to be so upset. The other driver told her that 'Patti is just a sensitive type person'. Well, sure. I'm sensitive to being forced out of a convenient shift for Billy to one that is not convenient. But sensitive ? hmmmm

Last Tuesday, the boss comes to me and said he got a couple of customer complaints about me. What did I do this time ? Well, there was a call saying I don't seem to be very friendly. What ?? I'm very nice and friendly when they get on the bus. I'll say 'good morning', ask them how they're doing. Talk about the weather. All nice and friendly. Even wish them a 'good day' or a 'great day' or even an 'awesome day' when they get off. All nice and friendly. Then he goes on to say that he got a complaint that I'm not very talkative. WHAT ?? Oh for Pete's sake. I'm concentrating on my job !! If the customer wants to talk, they talk and I'll contribute to the conversation. Otherwise, I'm no chatty Cathy, that's for sure. He said he just told them that I'm 'reserved'. *rolls eyes*

So I'm sensitive and reserved. And trouble with a capital T still lol

The driver that wants days got on the bus one day in mid-switch and asked if John talked to me yet. About what? Friday. What about Friday. You and I are switching shifts. We are? Yep, I can't work Friday night. Funny, I told John two weeks ago I can't work Friday night either. She was not happy. Guess she made plans and wanted the morning shift as it is a statutory holiday and a great pay day for anybody working it. Screw that. I'm not switching and losing the pay for it. Told her 'guess the boss will just have to cover your run' (lol). I sent an email to the boss, the Prez, and the office manager saying I would not switch with her as it is my last week of mornings and I want to finish it !! Guess she tried her darndest to force the switch,so I met up with a very unhappy driver at 2 on Friday.

So last Thursday, when I pull into the yard to swap with this 'senior' driver, I saw something and got mad about it. The truth of why she's throwing her seniority weight around and shoving me onto afternoons. She's got one of the public works men as a boyfriend and he works days !! Won't tell you what immediately went through my head as it wasn't very nice, but still. For a boyfriend? I had customers on the bus .. three of them .. and I had been pleasant all day to the customers and had even asked these particular ones if they minded I just went to the yard to switch with the other driver as I was running late, so no, I was not upset with them at all. BUT when I saw what I saw and got mad, I threw my stuff out the door. Hey, it's my stuff right ? Anyhoo, the boss grabs me the next morning and said three people called him to complain about me throwing my stuff off the bus!! What ? Okay, human nature is that out of three people, maybe one will call, but not all three. And now that we know that this boss lies half the time and BS's the other half, I do wonder if the driver called him and none of those customers called. I see the one on a fairly regular basis, so I will have to apologize and in such a way as to possibly find out if they did call or not.

It's all been a royal pain in the patoot and a tad stressful. Why can't they just let me do what's best for Billy AND do my job too? Why do they insist on screwing everything up ?

Oh, I told the boss that I wanted the one drivers Sunday shifts when he goes on holidays to keep me as full time status, but that's only until the next statutory holiday happens in early August. I'll get paid for it without working it. But I'm still not signing any paperwork putting me back to part time status until I know for sure what is going on. The Prez will be back in August and meeting up with a driver's spouse. I soooo want to be a fly on that wall. I hope he meets with me/us as well.

I AM WOMAN !! HEAR ME ROAR .... ERRRR GROWL !!!

rofl

So now I'm wondering ... What are the celebration dates my friends choose to partake in? Mine is July 1st. My American friends is July 4th. What is yours ?

So now I'm wondering ... What are the celebration dates my friends choose to partake in? Mine is July 1st. My American friends is July 4th. What is yours ?