EdgeofGloria

Life has taught me that you shouldn't say "never", because "never" is a long time. And there's no gray area. But after nearly 52 years living in the same town, in the same house (no, I never moved out, not even for college) I finally moved out. I always said I'd never move away for a job, because what if I hate the job? Well, I moved for a job. And I don't necessarily hate it--I've had worse jobs. I view it as a stepping stone to get where I want to be. It's been a tough year, but moving away, far away, like to Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, has been good for me. Sure, there's been negative things. I always look for the negative, I am an eternal critic, always have been and I think always will be. Always--that's another word people need to be careful with. Things just weren't going well for me in Fort Wayne. I felt that things wouldn't improve, so I figured I'd leave before things got worse. I was really down that I...

Here's another interview with Brandon!!! Can you talk about what happened at work when you lost your job? Some funny store brand water, right?  BV:  Safeway has its own labels (Select and Our Brand) on merchandise. Register coolers are stocked heavily with Our Brand bottled waters. My first day at work the front end Supervisor told me to grab a bottled water at no charge. There is an unwritten rule that no employee pays for Safeway water. During the summer, we filled ice chests with waters and left them at Customer Service. When I ran the Front End, I would hand out Our Brand waters to employees stuck on register. I moved to a different store, and management assured me that no employee need pay for water. Before every shift, I would grab one to keep nearby. By now I was a manager, and we all helped ourselves to Safeway Our Brand bottled waters. I transferred to a bigger store in June, and continued taking water without concern. An employee calle...

So yeah, I'm still around. I haven't updated in almost a year because I've made HUGE changes in my life, and I've got another blog that focuses on those changes. It's too much to go into here. So I won't. If you really, really, want to know, leave a comment. I get so few hits on this blog, that no one cares, and that's fine. I haven't had anyone comment on this blog in a long time anyway, and no one has said anything in the 354 days I've been gone. Maybe when I get some money I can promote the new blog, but I've been sort of laying low for a number of reasons. So maybe I'll post more here, now that things have settled down a bit. But don't hold your breath ...