Kennan needs to get Linda's car on the road. He gave her this car for Christmas like 4 years ago but it's still not registered or insured. Although the judge told him he had to help Linda with transportation, he doesn't figure this applies to that car.
Well, she's not going to drive my car anymore. The last straw was that she took my car and went places other than where she told me. All I knew was that she wanted to get shoes. She ended up going to a whole lot of other places, too, and I am mad. She is not on my insurance policy and she doesn't have insurance of her own. So if something happened while she was driving, yeah, my company would cover it but then likely they'd drop me. Then there's the matter of wear and tear on the car. I don't need the mileage being run up like that.
So let Kennan help her figure out how she's going to get to work...although TB and I did provide her with a bunch of bus schedules.
I'm watching Little T for her at no cost. She's got a roof over her head, food, comforts like cable and phone and computer ... she doesn't have to take my car as well anymore. Grrr.
Tell us about your very first job.
At what rate do you think the minimum wage should be set?
I interviewed for my first job several months before I graduated high school. The position was for a big name insurance company in downtown Baltimore. They had their own jingle and their very own building. I took quite a few tests before I got to speak to a breathing person. They were impressed enough to tell me to call as soon as I graduated and I'd start working for minimum wage. Back then, it was a whopping $2.15 an hour. When I called, the supervisor told me I'd be working in the Claims Department. It was pretty mindless work. I would just retype claim renewals over and over and over. I began to bring a radio with me to work so I could listen to the Watergate hearings. The supervisor saw the earplug one day and went ballistic. "But this is history," I explained stubbornly and they transferred me to the filing department. I liked it there okay but then I got sick -- hadn't fully recovered from back surgery I'd had in May -- and I quit before the end of the summer.
I think the minimum wage should be $10 an hour. Already I hear the screams and howls of protest from employers but I really don't care. It won't go that high ... yet.
::A Somewhat Aimless Hodgepodge::
Onesome: A Somewhat-- We're in somewhat of a lull between holidays. Are you decorating for St. Patrick's Day or going right for the Easter season. ...or are you just hanging on for margaritas by the pool?
Oh, I'm definitely in a St. Patrick's Day mode although all of that is on my computer and not up around the house. I don't decorate the house for holidays except for Christmas and maybe a little bit at Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Twosome: Aimless-- Aimlessly waiting for Spring? What are you just waiting to do once the weather clears up?
I'm not quite aimlessly waiting. I'm blogging and I'm actually trying to do some organized writing now that I have this mini break from babyitting. Once the weather clears up, I hope to get outside and walk with the baby. I sure could use the exercise! I'm also hoping to take him to the park more often.
Threesome: Hodgepodge-- Where's the hodge podge collection at your place? You know, that drawer or shelf or cabinet where 'all the other stuff' ends up when there's no place assigned to it. Yeah, that one
Ah, yes, that would be my bedroom ... on my desk (which I need to straighten up because I can't see over anything) and also on the floor nearby. The stack on the floor has magazines, bills, flyers, articles, and all the other blah-de-blah I'm too lazy to put away.
Posted by Cassie at March 10, 2005 11:02 AM