My sons asked really good question today. Why can't the work/school week be Saturday & Sunday and the weekend be Monday - Friday? What a great idea!!! Why can't it?
We would actually look forward to Mondays. We wouldn't count the minutes to Fridays. We could probably get all the house work done if we had five days to do it instead of two. We might actually get to enjoy a day of complete relaxation on the weekend if it was five days long instead of two. Think of all that we might accomplish if we had five days to do our chores instead of just two?!?
The entire world might slow down a little and be happier, more relaxed, more easy going. This might actually promote world peace. Maybe I will win a Nobel Peace Prize for this idea.
What do you think? How does one go about changing a world concept of work week & weekend. Any and all suggestions are welcome.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Where have the Rules gone?
For the third day in a row I have been cut off while dropping my children off at school. I drop one at an elementary and one at the junior high. What I do not understand is why these parents think they do not have to wait in the drop off line like the other 6-10 parents that are waiting? Why do they get to zoom by on the left and angle park in front of this line – effectively preventing any of us from leaving till they are done?
At both schools most of the time kids get out of 3-4 cars at one time, making the lines move fairly quickly UNTIL… that one parent who obviously is so much more important than us has to cut in front and clog everything up. My favorite is the one who then sits there signing papers, kissing goodbye, talking for 5 minutes (& yes I have timed them). Why couldn’t they have just waited in line and done all this has they waited their turn.
I know – Invisibility cloak – forgot to take it off the car. I’ll have to remember to do that this weekend!!
At both schools most of the time kids get out of 3-4 cars at one time, making the lines move fairly quickly UNTIL… that one parent who obviously is so much more important than us has to cut in front and clog everything up. My favorite is the one who then sits there signing papers, kissing goodbye, talking for 5 minutes (& yes I have timed them). Why couldn’t they have just waited in line and done all this has they waited their turn.
I know – Invisibility cloak – forgot to take it off the car. I’ll have to remember to do that this weekend!!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
I want 2 hours of my life back!!!
Last night at 7pm my youngest (Taylor) was suppose to have an MRI on his elbow. Being the dutiful, responsible parent that I am, we showed up at 6:45 pm. Little did I know that was just the beginning of a LONG evening spent sitting listening to apologizes.
Someone in some office - registration - did not send all the paperwork necessary!!! We had appointment papers, insurance approval letters, but no MRI orders.
Did you know it is illegal to perform an MRI with out MRI orders? Me either, but I do now. I heard this about 20 times last night as they apologized again for making us wait as they searched computer files, offices (most were locked up), .... Finally they called in a supervisor who had to come from home in his "comfy" clothes. (Wish I had had time to do that before the big sit in). He did find the paper work on somebody’s desk in the locked offices after 8.
Now during the many apologizes I was told that there was an 8 pm MRI scheduled, but they were trying to get the paperwork for us before they showed up so they could get us in and make them wait. Great strangers mad at me!!! However they did not get the form before the 8 o'clock showed up.
Did you know all MRI's take a minimum of 30 minutes and most take 45? Me either, but now I do!!! So now at 8:05 they are telling me that we can stay and wait till this one is over & they will do Taylor's at about 9. (Are you kidding me?!?!? It is a school night, we have barely been home with PIPs, dinner, and THIS!!) So I politely informed them we would NOT be staying any longer!!!
So as we walked back to the car in the pitch black dark I realized I had just lost almost 2 hours of my life!!! Lost because of somebody did not complete their job!!! I have a real problem with that!!! One of my flaws is that I expect everybody to do their jobs as well as I do mine, and I have ZERO tolerance for people who do not!!!! So I want to find the person who forgot to put the order with the rest of the paper work and suck 2 hours from their life into mine and my boys!!!!
Someone in some office - registration - did not send all the paperwork necessary!!! We had appointment papers, insurance approval letters, but no MRI orders.
Did you know it is illegal to perform an MRI with out MRI orders? Me either, but I do now. I heard this about 20 times last night as they apologized again for making us wait as they searched computer files, offices (most were locked up), .... Finally they called in a supervisor who had to come from home in his "comfy" clothes. (Wish I had had time to do that before the big sit in). He did find the paper work on somebody’s desk in the locked offices after 8.
Now during the many apologizes I was told that there was an 8 pm MRI scheduled, but they were trying to get the paperwork for us before they showed up so they could get us in and make them wait. Great strangers mad at me!!! However they did not get the form before the 8 o'clock showed up.
Did you know all MRI's take a minimum of 30 minutes and most take 45? Me either, but now I do!!! So now at 8:05 they are telling me that we can stay and wait till this one is over & they will do Taylor's at about 9. (Are you kidding me?!?!? It is a school night, we have barely been home with PIPs, dinner, and THIS!!) So I politely informed them we would NOT be staying any longer!!!
So as we walked back to the car in the pitch black dark I realized I had just lost almost 2 hours of my life!!! Lost because of somebody did not complete their job!!! I have a real problem with that!!! One of my flaws is that I expect everybody to do their jobs as well as I do mine, and I have ZERO tolerance for people who do not!!!! So I want to find the person who forgot to put the order with the rest of the paper work and suck 2 hours from their life into mine and my boys!!!!
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