Why my last two employers can't keep good employees

They are full of Performace Inhibitors (mostly the head managers at the property I worked at in Palo Alto, CA):

1.) Culture is non-commercial, non-competitive, and non-profit oriented
2.) The urge to achieve outstanding results is not great and people seldom persist in the face of difficulties.
3.)there is little opportunity for taking on leadership responsibilities or directing other people.
4.) Self-Confidence is equated with arrogance and denigrated, and people are discouraged from taking control of their own workload.
5.) There are few opportunities for analyzing and solving problems.
6.) Conventional attitudes prevail, traditional approaches are preferred and people are discouraged from generating new ideas.
7.) The focus is short rather than longer term, tactical rather than strategic.
8.) Influence is by means of command and control rather than by persuasion and negotiation.

If only I could tell you which companies these are, I would because I would never want to wish this on anyone. It really is hell on Earth.

Hollywood celebs rack up DUI'S!!!

Is it just me, or do celebrities feel that in order to get more attention, they have to be stopped and jailed for DUI? Recently there was Kiefer Sutherland, then Vivica Fox, of course Lindsey Lohan, Britney Spears, and the notorious Nicole Ritchie. Does that mean if I get paid millions on top of millions and drive a nice car, I can go out and drive drunk or high? Today's society is just not fair!

Rain = puddles as Car = wet pants

We got hit with two storms back to back over this past weekend in Portland, OR and surrounding areas. When Monday morning came along, I walked to my bus stop as usual. The rain and wind was still kickin' good. When I reached the corner that I normally cross to get to my bus stop, it was flooded - the rain reached my ankles. When I looked at the other corners to see if I could cross elsewhere to avoid treading through waters, it was no use. The worse part was in fact at my actual bus stop. The water reached 2 inches above my ankles because the storm drain was backed up. On top of that, every car that drove by saw the water and still drove through it like maniacs, causing my pants to become soaked up to my knees. I yelled and cussed out at several drivers because there was nothing else better for me to do. Why drive through thick, raging puddles knowing someone is standing right there and there's nowhere else for them to go? Think you're cute? Fuckers...

Deadbeat employer feels need to protect themselves from what they lost

So one of my best friends quit her job today. It's something that's been on her mind for quite a while for similar reasons why I left the same company. The most pathetic thing they could do (and they did do this) was escort her off property. It's like implying that she's a threat to the place. For God's sakes, the woman is leaving because your company is pathetic. There's nothing more precious to this company except their money. They care more about what they consider to be a threat to their name than someone who was worked to the bone, gave a crap about their job and did their damndest to make it into a better place. This large, worldwide property company has got to be the worst company I ever worked for. You bring up a situation that pertains to slander and heresay, they immediately dismiss it. But once you get an audit and you fuck up on it, EVERYONE'S heads roll. It doesn't matter if just one person is at fault.

My friend gets escorted off the property (she didn't break any laws, didn't steal or anything); within 10 minutes of submitting her resignation, her phone was disconnected. Talk about not wasting time!!! Don't these people have anything else better to do?!?

Sick in the head? Perhaps...

So I'm going around thinking that something's seriously wrong with, esp. after describing my symptoms to a doctor over the phone. Although it was only a "half diagnosis" because I hadn't had any official tests run on me, the doc's words were still scary nonetheless. It's practically a lost cause because I can't even talk about it with my loved ones. You see, I'm a hypochondriac. Hypochondriacs always think the worse and have the tendency to think they're dying of something as serious as Cancer, etc. Therapy for such a condition involves being able to talk about what's on their mind and being able to literally "feel the release" by doing so. I've also been meditating/ praying. But the part that fucks with my head the most is the fact that I still can't talk about it with the people I love the most because my cries of worry are ignored. I most likely brought this on myself because I'm a crybaby when it comes to not feeling well. Could it be that their reactions are adding to the negative way my health feels because I'm not getting the help I need? Perhaps... or perhaps this really is all in my head... quite literally. One thinks that I'm crying for attention. I get attention 24/7 so I don't feel the need for it. I really think I someone to screw my head on right and tell me, "It's okay. Just let it out. Tell me why you feel this way. Why do you think you're sick? What makes you say that? What do you think you need to do to take care of this?" No. That's not what happens. That's the problem. Nothing happens. I just continue to live in fear. I could easily pick up my Happy Meal ass and run to a doctor's office and ask for a head-to-toe physical to make sure I'm just peachy-keen... but even that takes money, another thing I don't have. Talk about whining... Jesus. Someone, call the Whaaaambulance for me.

I have a million bucks I can deposit in my bank account!

NOT!!!!

Alexander Smith from the grand state of Georgia tried to pull a fast one at his bank by attempting to deposit a fake million-dollar bill. This made the news on CNN and Fox News, so he obviously accomplished on getting the attention he wanted but for the wrong reason. Mr. Smith needs, I think, a good history lesson. The only current forms of currency (not coins) that are in existence today in the US are what you always see: Washington ($1), Jefferson (for any of the left over Two-dollar bills), Lincoln ($5), Hamilton ($10), Jackson ($20), Grant ($50) and Franklin ($100-It's all about the Benjamins baby!). The largest currency ever printed was the $100,000 bill which was stopped in 1934 because of the state the economy was in. There were $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills made but those were ended in 1969 for similar reasons - that and because people just had no use for them. No one could ever have managed to have change for extra large bills. There has never been a million-dollar bill in print for the US, except in the game of LIFE by Milton Bradley. Nice try Mr. Smith, but, no cigar. 10 out of 10 for this fool.

Time to put an extra squeeze on OJ!

The 60 yr. old O.J. Simpson is submitting the same plea as he did when he was accused of the untimely and horrific death of Nicole Brown Simpson. "NOT GUILTY." He is claiming he is innocent of the robbery and kidnapping charges recently affixed to him. Of course he's innocent! He's O.J.! What... EVER! If he's innocent, then I'm a virgin. We need to put this guy out of circulation. He's so deluded that he's believing his own lies. I've no tolerance for compulsive liars, celebrity or not.