bendywendy

James T. Kirk for me - fire the photon torpedos first, ask questions later.

Well, if you wanted horn-tooting I could definately keep going on all the wonderfull qualities that make me me. But then I suppose I'd have to follow it up with equally long list of why I could probably annoy the piss out of you.

too vague. give me a hypothetical situation.

I find this thread incredibly boring

is the job worth $20 an hour or does he want $20 an hour because he's such a loyal employee? you can't pay someone three times the going rate just because you like them unless you are profiting enough to do so and in that case you are ripping off me - the consumer.

ooh, I like that one actually - but places of business don't usually have lids.

You need one more option - I leave the seat as I found it. If I'm visiting a house or place where it is mostly men and they leave the seat up - I put it back up. And if women didn't hover we wouldn't have wet seats all the time.

Depends on the situation. I've worked at companies that employed union workers. Unions were formed for very valid reasons but I've seen greedy, selfish bad things come of them too. I got in trouble twice with the union because all the union workers would take their break at the same time. A customer showed up for a rush pick up order - vital to that customer's business - sorry, we are on break for another half hour you are just going to have to wait. Not one person would take the five minutes to walk over and pick up the box for the customer. So I did. Not supposed to do that - I'm going against union rules. Tough shit about the customer, we are union and if we don't want to get off our butts until our break is over, we don't have to and even though my picking up the box didn't take any money or work away from anyone - it's in the rules that picking the order from the warehouse is a union job. Fortunately, they all liked me so they let it slide both times and the next time it happened one of them actually did it for me. They also don't believe in the best man for the job - it's who was there the longest (who has learned exactly how lazy they can be and can't be fired unless they really screw up bad because they've been there for a few year and are union). Terrible working conditions, really low wages, stuff like that - go ahead strike and I'll support you but for lame stuff and just plain greed - not a chance. Wow, sorry, didn't realize my one little stint working side by side with the union organization left me that irritated. I liked the workers, I just didn't like the politics.

Excellent advice! I did the same thing - you just keep giving up the little things because it make the other person so much happier (or easier to deal with) and then one day you realize that you are miserable, you aren't yourself, you're doing everything for someone else. It's funny how it just creeps up on you. And what is everyone's deal with the toilet seat issue? Who cares whether it is up or down? It takes one damn second to fix it. What difference does it make if someone rolls the toothpaste or squeezes it? I can be pretty anal about things if I put my mind to it but come on... you've got to be just jonesing for a fight if you harp on someone about those things.

Nice theory but a lot of the instructors doing this are long time instructors. The one this brick wall was made out of is anyways and there are others as well.

so sad, well i guess Mr aff has never seen a rookie land out or do anything stupid Unless he just got his AFF cert yesterday - he's seen AFF students do stupid things. Even the best AFF students do stupid things. The students don't realize it until years later that what they did was stupid, of course.

well let's make a simple calculation: ? you also have to put in the amount of time spent in front of a computer, pw-ing - no sex alas - my guess: dz.commers don't have sex, they just dream of having some who says we aren't having sex while pw-ing?? Can't you guys multi-task?

Damn, how'd you guess that? I was a little slow on the uptake, I thought she went out, got drunk and found a brick wall to pick on.

hey, do I have to wait until the bytch boogie to jump with you?

perhaps you should stop beating your head against brick walls.

Drive by? How can you just drive by - that would be soooo wrong and yes it is the next weekend after the bytch boogie. I'll save you a spot (if you want).

I'm right there with you - but hey, didn't I see you jumping yesterday and didn't your boss MAKE you go jump???

Ok, I keep hearing rumors of lots of people who are talking about just driving down to the Keys and registering when you get there. PLEASE, you need to get your registrations in before hand. There is a limited number. I can do my best to hold a spot for you if I know you are coming but I don't want to see people driving hours and hours to get there and being turned away. We didn't turn people away last year - this year we will when we hit our limit - so please, call us if you are coming. 1-800-399-JUMP.

Everyone is slow at first. Don't give up and don't let everyone else pack for you. The more you do it the faster you'll get. I remember struggling, now mine is in the bag before most people have theirs laid out. Practice, practice, practice. Learn from everyone you can - everyone has different tricks and techniques. Take what works for you and develop your own style (as long as it works, of course!)

The key wording there would be a known hazard. If you know the person is endangering themselves you need to let the people who can keep them from getting on the plane know about it. As I said earlier in this thread - I've put someone on a plane that was airlifted out after they were told they couldn't jump it at their dz - unfortunately, no one let us know that. Lots of people were quick to point the fact out afterwards. Courtesy call the other dz's in your area. I've done it when we've turned away people jumping unsafe gear.

That wasn't one DZ - there were multiple DZ's - two of which I personally worked at. If you ask they will help you. I don't know about your situation but I find that it is all about how you present things. Don't go in yelling and demanding. Have your case ready and ask for what you need.

I really am getting better and better at this PW thing. I should have started this ages ago.

I'd say the rhinestones as long as it isn't a banana hammock. NO hammocks for the boys. And how was your lovely jump today by the way? Are you almost ready for your boogie?

DAMN, I'd probably come up to about his... hmmm... nevermind

OK, I didn't say any such think about finding a guy interested in me beyond sex BUT besides the skydiving, the looks, the sex and the pheremones - it's my personality, my sense of humor, it's the total package - the way I go through life.