Thursday, March 18, 2010

Happy B-day to me...or is it?

Yesterday was my 45th birthday! I spent the day with my daughter and got many, many birthday wishes. We spent the day shopping, eating and relaxing at the nail salon, but was it a happy birthday? As I get older, I find that I am less and less anxious or excited about that particular day. Not for gifts or recognition, but just the fact that I am another year older. I still look half-way decent facially, but my body should be slim and trim, right? My good friend Mel has a body to die for and she's only a couple of months younger than me....what's up with that? May be she's a bit more active than I am. Gotta work on that!

In addition to yesterday being my birthday, it was also St. Patrick's day so there were a lot of other festivities going on and above all the city was ablaze with excitement and parties.

Share your comments with me....i'm still waiting

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Employment Agencies

I received a call today about a position with a reputable company...the call came came from a company that wasn't the same name as the company that has the position available. Seems like these days, employment agencies don't have "traditional names" they call themselves the "blah, blah, group" or the "so-in-so support services". Misleading at first, but when you take time to consider exactly what the name of the company is saying, they aren't being deceitful at all. In fact, they are saying exactly what they are. They are a group of individuals who are, in effect, servicing a client who needs just what they have! Back in the day, Apple One, Talent Tree, Volt, United, Kelly, could have been anything! Who knew they were employment agencies? Today, a company says, "this is what we do, what we provide, whatchaneed!!!!! I like it! Hope I get the job!

Green Earth?

I've been watching CNN this morning and among the Sen. "Bunning Comments on Controversy" on Capital Hill where he refuses to support the jobs bill in that the bill would give a 30% FICA tax cut credits to employers who hire new staff (among other credits). There is also a story about some racial tension at San Diego State University where a noose was found in the student library and a organizing of a frat party in which the students are required to wear "ghetto attire"...(LOL don't go there!).....

...in the middle of all this a commercial comes on telling us that basically it's our fault that the earth is covered in plastic bottles because we haven't purchased a Brita water filtration system! My argument (though limited in knowledge about the whole issue), is this, why is it that the consumer is being targeted in this campaign to keep the earth clean? Shouldn't most of this blame be directed toward the manufacturers? We buy because they sell. I feel like Brita is making a sales pitch to make us feel responsible for destroying the earth and their solution is for us to buy their product (which is quite expensive to purchase the unit and, when used properly, replacing filters and such).

I buy water, yes, but I must say, the last bottle of water I bought had to have been at least two years ago. I'm not ashamed to admit, I've used the same water bottle that whole time! (of course I clean it frequently...LOL) . Other plastics I purchase and dispose of in the recycle bin that is provided by my apartment owner. However, I often see "dumpster divers" raiding the receptacles for profit! Is that the fault of the consumer? What if the "divers" decide they are no longer ambitious enough to follow through with their initial plan, and abandon their quest, leaving the recyclable materials on the side of the road or whatever?

IMHO, the advertisements on television, radio and magazines that target a "green planet", are simply using just another angel to sell their product. I don't think they care any more about the planet than anyone else who is trying to make a sell. Why don't they stop hounding the average consumer and target the manufacturers with commercials and rants about how they should stop using these harmful products and selling them to the consumer!

Tell me what you think

Monday, March 1, 2010

Deception

I wonder sometimes when I ask a person a question and they answer the question but leave out important details that would further clarify a more accurate "truth"! I don't know why people do things like that. Eventually, the truth is meant to come out. That's the way it has to be, it was designed that way. Deception give the "deceptor" a belief that they are in the clear, but only for the time being. It buys time to either fix the situation by being honest, or create another line of deception. Most people do not take this into consideration and therefore the truth prevails.

Deception takes a lot of work...don't we have enough work to do, practice being honest with each other and life will be complicated enough on it's own.

Be excellent to each other....our time here on earth is precious and short.