What's making you happy today? - Page 171

glatt · 10-21-2008, 11:33 AM

Sunday night, before heading to bed, I watched a little of the local news. Top story was a little boy who was possibly abducted from a local supermarket while his grandfather was distracted. By the time of the broadcast, he had been missing for the entire day, and the police were very concerned, issuing an amber alert. There was a frost warning for that night, and and in addition to the dozens of officers, the police were adding helicopters with infrared cameras to help look for the boy.

The local news stories like this never have an impact on me, but as I nestled in under our warm down comforter in bed that night, I was thinking about that boy and hoping he was OK.

Well, as it turns out, only a short while after I went to bed, a guy in DC who had just turned off his news received a visit from his friend, accompanied by a woman he didn't know. The woman had this young boy with her who matched the description of the missing boy. The boy said a couple of times that the woman was not his mother. So the guy called the cops. The woman ran away before the cops got there, but she was caught the next day.

I just read about it in the paper this morning, and it was really nice to hear that the boy is fine and is back with his family, and the crazy stranger is in jail.

For once, the sensationalistic local news actually made things better. That never happens.

DanaC · 10-21-2008, 11:59 AM

Great news Glatt.

We had a similar case recently when a local lass went missing. She was missing for about three weeks or so I think. Massive police search operation. Nobody expected her to be found, let alone found alive. It was wonderful to then hear news reports that she'd been found

Shawnee123 · 10-21-2008, 03:11 PM

Hi all!

Love it here...but I hate the beginnings of a new job. My training schedule is stretched out over 2 weeks, meeting with each person to describe their job, and I have a lot of down time in between with nothing to do. I know one day I'll be busy but right now I'm bored.

I have a cubie, but I also have a giant window and can see parts of the city from my office.

Hope all is well.

Vote Obama!

glatt · 10-21-2008, 03:25 PM

Glad you have time for the Cellar, if only for a bit.

limey · 10-21-2008, 05:14 PM

I started a new job today, too, Shawnee. Is there anything you can be doing in the down-time? Learning who's who, what's what and where's where? Doing yourself diagrams of workflow or lines of responsibility? Drawing up Christmas card lists? Getting familiar with the in-house computer files/systems? Filing your nails? Mapping any good practices from your previous job (were there any?) to current situations? I'll be thinking of you tomorrow - think of me, too, hey?

Sundae · 10-21-2008, 06:30 PM

All my best wishes to Shawnee and Limey.
Good luck - at least you know your new companies have impeccable taste in recruitment.

DanaC · 10-21-2008, 07:01 PM

*Smiles* how exciting. Best of luck to both of you in your respective New Jobs

footfootfoot · 10-21-2008, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I have a cubie, but I also have a giant window and can see parts of the city from my office.

Which parts?

Griff · 10-21-2008, 08:10 PM

happy = snow flurries

Aliantha · 10-21-2008, 09:09 PM

Only two more sleeps till Dazza gets home!

lookout123 · 10-21-2008, 09:10 PM

The tan line thread.

Shawnee123 · 10-22-2008, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Which parts?

lol...actually I looked out the other day and thought I was looking at the interstate, and I thought "man, the interstate is like a parking lot." Turns out I was looking at an actual parking lot! It is the top of the parking garage.

Other than that it's just some buildings.

Me so crazy.

Finding my way around has been insane...it's much much bigger than my old place.

Treasenuak · 10-22-2008, 10:53 AM

Happy... I get a little extra time in Tennessee, and will be getting dancing and fencing lessons for free; also, will be putting my seamstressing skills to work! Me so excited. I love sewing, and I like learning new skills. Not sure how fencing will be useful in a day-to-day work environment, but if I DO decide to get involved with the SCA ( www.sca.org ) then it will DEFINITELY be useful. WHEEEEEE!

HungLikeJesus · 10-22-2008, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Cool. What kind of driving school?

I had a friend who went to a spy driving school. He learned how to run cars off the road, do those high speed reversing direction turns, and things like that.

We spent hours on the track (well, a big parking lot at the local speedway) practicing slalom, high-speed lane changes, evasive maneuvers, braking while turning, etc.

It was a lot of fun, we burned up lots of gas and tires, and everyone was worn out by the end.

Aliantha · 10-22-2008, 05:54 PM

Dazza gets home tomorrow!

10-21-2008, 03:11 PM	#2553
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hi all! Love it here...but I hate the beginnings of a new job. My training schedule is stretched out over 2 weeks, meeting with each person to describe their job, and I have a lot of down time in between with nothing to do. I know one day I'll be busy but right now I'm bored. I have a cubie, but I also have a giant window and can see parts of the city from my office. Hope all is well. Vote Obama! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-21-2008, 05:14 PM	#2555
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I started a new job today, too, Shawnee. Is there anything you can be doing in the down-time? Learning who's who, what's what and where's where? Doing yourself diagrams of workflow or lines of responsibility? Drawing up Christmas card lists? Getting familiar with the in-house computer files/systems? Filing your nails? Mapping any good practices from your previous job (were there any?) to current situations? I'll be thinking of you tomorrow - think of me, too, hey? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-21-2008, 06:30 PM	#2556
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	All my best wishes to Shawnee and Limey. Good luck - at least you know your new companies have impeccable taste in recruitment. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-21-2008, 08:10 PM	#2559
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	happy = snow flurries __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-21-2008, 09:09 PM	#2560
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Only two more sleeps till Dazza gets home! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-21-2008, 11:33 AM	#2551
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sunday night, before heading to bed, I watched a little of the local news. Top story was a little boy who was possibly abducted from a local supermarket while his grandfather was distracted. By the time of the broadcast, he had been missing for the entire day, and the police were very concerned, issuing an amber alert. There was a frost warning for that night, and and in addition to the dozens of officers, the police were adding helicopters with infrared cameras to help look for the boy. The local news stories like this never have an impact on me, but as I nestled in under our warm down comforter in bed that night, I was thinking about that boy and hoping he was OK. Well, as it turns out, only a short while after I went to bed, a guy in DC who had just turned off his news received a visit from his friend, accompanied by a woman he didn't know. The woman had this young boy with her who matched the description of the missing boy. The boy said a couple of times that the woman was not his mother. So the guy called the cops. The woman ran away before the cops got there, but she was caught the next day. I just read about it in the paper this morning, and it was really nice to hear that the boy is fine and is back with his family, and the crazy stranger is in jail. For once, the sensationalistic local news actually made things better. That never happens.

10-21-2008, 11:59 AM	#2552
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Great news Glatt. We had a similar case recently when a local lass went missing. She was missing for about three weeks or so I think. Massive police search operation. Nobody expected her to be found, let alone found alive. It was wonderful to then hear news reports that she'd been found

10-21-2008, 03:25 PM	#2554
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Glad you have time for the Cellar, if only for a bit.

10-21-2008, 07:01 PM	#2557
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Smiles how exciting. Best of luck to both of you in your respective New Jobs

10-21-2008, 09:10 PM	#2561
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	The tan line thread. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-22-2008, 10:53 AM	#2563
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	Happy... I get a little extra time in Tennessee, and will be getting dancing and fencing lessons for free; also, will be putting my seamstressing skills to work! Me so excited. I love sewing, and I like learning new skills. Not sure how fencing will be useful in a day-to-day work environment, but if I DO decide to get involved with the SCA ( www.sca.org ) then it will DEFINITELY be useful. WHEEEEEE!

10-22-2008, 05:54 PM	#2565
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Dazza gets home tomorrow! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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