So, I get in today, and our male boss/owner, who went to China the day Ike hit, has returned and delivered us an email: Since we missed three days (24 hours) of work, and since traffic has been bad since then and we were late/delayed, we are being "charged" for the "fair" amount of 12 hours to apply against vacation time or make up the hours. Never mind that the building was shut down for those three days, and that some of us had no power (they were without power until Saturday).
Apparently, we were just goofing off, choosing not to come work.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Still Alive
This past weekend in the Houston and surrounding area, we had this little thing called a hurricane. It's name? Ike, just in case you hadn't heard.
What horrible devastation. I'm so thankful that nothing really happened to me (and debris was hitting my window all night -- nothing major, but I've seen lesser things break windows, especially under high spend). A little leak in one corner of a window is really all. And no power since just before 8pm Friday night. At least the weather is nice now, even if I can't open a window.
What is amazing is all the trees down, most of which didn't hit houses, at least not in this area. But Galveston? yikes! And I know, like New Orleans after Katrina, Galveston will be the focus of media attention, but other cities were obliterated during Katrina that don't get talked about. And the same will happen with Ike (though, to be fair, at least Galveston has been truly devastated, not just flooded).
Please pray for those families affected by this. My life is inconvenienced at worst. Those who lost their houses (and property -- and loved ones) have a tough road ahead of them.
What horrible devastation. I'm so thankful that nothing really happened to me (and debris was hitting my window all night -- nothing major, but I've seen lesser things break windows, especially under high spend). A little leak in one corner of a window is really all. And no power since just before 8pm Friday night. At least the weather is nice now, even if I can't open a window.
What is amazing is all the trees down, most of which didn't hit houses, at least not in this area. But Galveston? yikes! And I know, like New Orleans after Katrina, Galveston will be the focus of media attention, but other cities were obliterated during Katrina that don't get talked about. And the same will happen with Ike (though, to be fair, at least Galveston has been truly devastated, not just flooded).
Please pray for those families affected by this. My life is inconvenienced at worst. Those who lost their houses (and property -- and loved ones) have a tough road ahead of them.
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