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Victor Von Mediaboy
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Babbler # 554
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posted 01 June 2001 10:07 AM
It's SO frustrating.This morning, I had a really good breakfast. I had my vitamins. I walked to the bus stop. The weather was wonderful. I was feelin' good. I get a copy of the Ottawa XPress to read on the bus. I get off the bus a couple of stops early so I can walk the last little distance. Weather's good. Squirrels are playing. Birds are chirping. Feelin' fine. Feelin' productive. Ready to work. I walk in the door of the building. Still feelin' good. I get my coffee from the cafeteria. Still feelin' good. I walk into my dark, airless cave of an office. I sit at the desk. The productivity drains from my body. I wanna go home. How much does a full-spectrum flourescent light tube cost? Maybe I'd feel better with some fake sunlight in here. How much does a tank of pure oxygen cost? I bet if I pumped some of that stuff in here I'd have more energy. Sigh. [ June 01, 2001: Message edited by: mediaboy ]
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Athena Dreaming
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Babbler # 435
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posted 01 June 2001 10:57 AM
There are just huge numbers of people surfing at work because they're bored and unmotivated. In fact, many of the people I interact most with on-line have no computer at home. Guess where I talk to them?  Big deal. Companies keep screwing over the white-collar folk with "unofficial overtime" and work to take home and all the rest of it. Spending a few minutes here and there chatting on Babble won't kill them. Look at it this way: Would they care if you were talking about the same stuff physically, "over the water cooler" as they say? Probably not. Bosses just tend not to trust the internet (and my own personal theory is that this is because all they use it for themselves is porn. They can't see it as a community device). [edited for even more typos than usual.] [ June 01, 2001: Message edited by: Athena Dreaming ]
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skdadl
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Babbler # 478
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posted 02 June 2001 09:13 AM
Pimji, I empathize. I also do piecework (the euphemisms are freelance, self-employed, etc, but ...). I've been able to figure out a way to live at a more humane pace most of the time, but that has meant choosing a drastically lowered income, and often not getting the choicest bits of work. I know that lots of pieceworkers don't even have that choice, though, especially not when they're first starting out. I did want to tell you that it was a great day in our lives when we suddenly found a dentist -- !! -- who's an exception to the rule you describe above. She's made the same trade-off I have (well, she probably still works harder than I) -- she's also a great broad, tells us risque jokes while we're strapped in the chair, has really become a friend. I am one of the few people you'll ever meet who actually looks forward to going to see her dentist!
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Michelle
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posted 04 June 2001 10:46 AM
I didn't know that dentists had to charge a certain fee. Too bad it isn't more like mechanics - they have a set amount of billable hours for each job which are standard, which stops them from ripping off the client. But they can charge whatever they want per hour, so you can choose to get a 2 hour job done at a place that charges $90 per hour, or another place that charges $50 per hour.It would be nice if dentists could do something similar. But if dentists start opening "bargain basement" establishments you know who's going to suffer - hygienists, of course. Personally, I think certain dental procedures should be covered by OHIP. If your teeth are bad, your health is bad. Yearly visits and cleanings, fillings, root canals, and other things that are not cosmetic should be covered. I haven't been to a dentist in 6 or 7 years - I can't afford to pay $100 for a teeth cleaning. I go when I have a toothache (and it has to be a pretty bad one before I'll go).
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