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Winter Job - the girls are NOT amused
As most of you probably remember, I'm in SW Oklahoma, retired Army,
and do yards most of the year. However, here in SW Ok, there is next to no work of that type from Nov to March, so this year (and last) I've needed to take on a job for the winter to make ends meet. I started a winter job this past weekend, and like it says in the heading the girls are NOT happy with the change in routine. I'm a pizza delivery driver, working from 5PM to closing. The girls are not used to me being out at night, and aren't impressed with the argument that I need to be out until after midnight every night in order for them to keep eating and have fresh litter in the boxes. This is my first time working as a delivery driver, and so far I find it's not too bad. The people and actual work isn't bad, but the pay and hours stink. I imagine the pay/hours issue is why they have such a high turnover. Another drawback is that we drive our own vehicles (and pay for the gas), which means lots of stop and go driving in my '87 pick up (close to 200,000 miles). When I went in to get an application I was hired on the spot and they asked if I wanted to start that night. An added complication is that I am also out most days finishing up the yards for the year (although yardwork has slowed down, it will continue until our weather cools off and we have our first freeze). So, not only am the walking food dispenser, beautician, and toy-tosser. LB hates not being brushed daily this time of year, and Sammy misses having someone toss her toys for her. Hopefully things will soon slow down and they'll adjust. I still have a couple daytime jobs where I put in applications and haven't heard anything from - so maybe I'll be able to stop the delivery job once all the yards have been complete for the year. Not only are the cats not happy with me being gone at night, it's cutting into my rpca time ;-) -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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"Steve Touchstone" wrote in message
... As most of you probably remember, I'm in SW Oklahoma, retired Army, and do yards most of the year. However, here in SW Ok, there is next to no work of that type from Nov to March, so this year (and last) I've needed to take on a job for the winter to make ends meet. I started a winter job this past weekend, and like it says in the heading the girls are NOT happy with the change in routine. I'm a pizza delivery driver, working from 5PM to closing. I hope you can find something that will be more convenient for you and your girls. In the meantime, you never know what might happen in your current job. A couple of years ago, my nephew had a part-time job delivering pizza. One of the orders he delivered was to Robin Williams. He said Williams answered the door himself, and gave him a 10-minute monologue and a $20 tip. Joy |
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"Steve Touchstone" wrote in message
... As most of you probably remember, I'm in SW Oklahoma, retired Army, and do yards most of the year. However, here in SW Ok, there is next to no work of that type from Nov to March, so this year (and last) I've needed to take on a job for the winter to make ends meet. I started a winter job this past weekend, and like it says in the heading the girls are NOT happy with the change in routine. I'm a pizza delivery driver, working from 5PM to closing. I hope you can find something that will be more convenient for you and your girls. In the meantime, you never know what might happen in your current job. A couple of years ago, my nephew had a part-time job delivering pizza. One of the orders he delivered was to Robin Williams. He said Williams answered the door himself, and gave him a 10-minute monologue and a $20 tip. Joy |
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Steve Touchstone wrote:
Hopefully things will soon slow down and they'll adjust. I still have a couple daytime jobs where I put in applications and haven't heard anything from - so maybe I'll be able to stop the delivery job once all the yards have been complete for the year. Not only are the cats not happy with me being gone at night, it's cutting into my rpca time ;-) Purrs that you get a job with better hours. And time for rpca. We need you here! -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Steve Touchstone wrote:
Hopefully things will soon slow down and they'll adjust. I still have a couple daytime jobs where I put in applications and haven't heard anything from - so maybe I'll be able to stop the delivery job once all the yards have been complete for the year. Not only are the cats not happy with me being gone at night, it's cutting into my rpca time ;-) Purrs that you get a job with better hours. And time for rpca. We need you here! -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Hopefully things will soon slow down and they'll adjust. I still have
a couple daytime jobs where I put in applications and haven't heard anything from - so maybe I'll be able to stop the delivery job once all the yards have been complete for the year. Not only are the cats not happy with me being gone at night, it's cutting into my rpca time ;-) -- Steve Touchstone Good luck! Hope you find something more suitable to the girls--I have found that mine are so used to me being home 24/7 now, if I'm gone for the day, they are very clingy. Cats *do* notice when their routine is disturbed, and they like their hoomins to be around, even though they ignore me most of the time anyway. Sherry |
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Hopefully things will soon slow down and they'll adjust. I still have
a couple daytime jobs where I put in applications and haven't heard anything from - so maybe I'll be able to stop the delivery job once all the yards have been complete for the year. Not only are the cats not happy with me being gone at night, it's cutting into my rpca time ;-) -- Steve Touchstone Good luck! Hope you find something more suitable to the girls--I have found that mine are so used to me being home 24/7 now, if I'm gone for the day, they are very clingy. Cats *do* notice when their routine is disturbed, and they like their hoomins to be around, even though they ignore me most of the time anyway. Sherry |
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Yoj wrote:
"Steve Touchstone" wrote in message ... As most of you probably remember, I'm in SW Oklahoma, retired Army, and do yards most of the year. However, here in SW Ok, there is next to no work of that type from Nov to March, so this year (and last) I've needed to take on a job for the winter to make ends meet. I started a winter job this past weekend, and like it says in the heading the girls are NOT happy with the change in routine. I'm a pizza delivery driver, working from 5PM to closing. I hope you can find something that will be more convenient for you and your girls. In the meantime, you never know what might happen in your current job. A couple of years ago, my nephew had a part-time job delivering pizza. One of the orders he delivered was to Robin Williams. He said Williams answered the door himself, and gave him a 10-minute monologue and a $20 tip. Joy Robin Williams is one of my favorite actors. I don't care what he's in, he does a great job. Bob |
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