was the day I started working for TJX.
Twenty years ago tomorrow.
Who has jobs for twenty years anymore?
Of course, I’ve done a thousand different things in twenty years — managed a processing crew of thirty women from Latin America and Southeast Asia, a shipping crew of twenty, a huge temporary assignment of managing a group of 150 recently arrived Laotian immigrants who spoke NO English at all, a small quality control group, created procedures for the processing of fine jewelry, gotten my instructional design certificate, designed a million training courses, traveled and traveled and traveled to teach thousands of hours of stand up training on everything from forklift safety and hazmat regulations to criminal interrogation techniques (for our store loss prevention folks) and management and team leadership and project management and…
fuck.
And now I deliver feedback on psychological assessments and 360 degree rater instruments to executives and do executive coaching and organizational development and I still travel all over the map from time to time and…
fuck.
And I’ve had two complete breakdowns, a number of suicide attempts, a range of medications from mild antidepressants to full-on antipsychotics; I’ve given up drinking several times, cocaine once, dope once; I’ve gained 70 pounds and lost 42 (as of yesterday)…and I’ve gone back to school again…
fuck.
And I haven’t talked about poetry. And I haven’t talked about friendship, or love, or anything else of importance.
Twenty years. I’ve been married longer than that; so why does this anniversary feel so much more significant?
Dark Matter 
May 20th, 2005 at 7:15 pm
15 years this month
and now i finally get 8 hours of leave a pay period.
of course, political appointees get 8 hours right off the jump.
folks here have 25-35 years. so i’m still a ‘baby’ compared to most.
it’s been too damn long. i was a baby with a baby when i started.
May 20th, 2005 at 7:15 pm
15 years this month
and now i finally get 8 hours of leave a pay period.
of course, political appointees get 8 hours right off the jump.
folks here have 25-35 years. so i’m still a ‘baby’ compared to most.
it’s been too damn long. i was a baby with a baby when i started.
May 20th, 2005 at 7:15 pm
15 years this month
and now i finally get 8 hours of leave a pay period.
of course, political appointees get 8 hours right off the jump.
folks here have 25-35 years. so i’m still a ‘baby’ compared to most.
it’s been too damn long. i was a baby with a baby when i started.
May 20th, 2005 at 7:15 pm
15 years this month
and now i finally get 8 hours of leave a pay period.
of course, political appointees get 8 hours right off the jump.
folks here have 25-35 years. so i’m still a ‘baby’ compared to most.
it’s been too damn long. i was a baby with a baby when i started.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
It’s pretty typical for folks to ossify here. The pay isn’t good, but the trade-off is security and very low stress.What bothers me is that most of the people who have been here for 10-15-20 years, if they walked in today, they wouldn’t be able to get a job here because they don’t have pieces of paper~it was difficult for me to get a job here.Most of my colleagues are intense, smart, creative people, but by today’s standards, “non-traditional learners.”
I just hit my 5 year mark.It feels oddly…grown-up or something.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
It’s pretty typical for folks to ossify here. The pay isn’t good, but the trade-off is security and very low stress.What bothers me is that most of the people who have been here for 10-15-20 years, if they walked in today, they wouldn’t be able to get a job here because they don’t have pieces of paper~it was difficult for me to get a job here.Most of my colleagues are intense, smart, creative people, but by today’s standards, “non-traditional learners.”
I just hit my 5 year mark.It feels oddly…grown-up or something.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
It’s pretty typical for folks to ossify here. The pay isn’t good, but the trade-off is security and very low stress.What bothers me is that most of the people who have been here for 10-15-20 years, if they walked in today, they wouldn’t be able to get a job here because they don’t have pieces of paper~it was difficult for me to get a job here.Most of my colleagues are intense, smart, creative people, but by today’s standards, “non-traditional learners.”
I just hit my 5 year mark.It feels oddly…grown-up or something.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
It’s pretty typical for folks to ossify here. The pay isn’t good, but the trade-off is security and very low stress.What bothers me is that most of the people who have been here for 10-15-20 years, if they walked in today, they wouldn’t be able to get a job here because they don’t have pieces of paper~it was difficult for me to get a job here.Most of my colleagues are intense, smart, creative people, but by today’s standards, “non-traditional learners.”
I just hit my 5 year mark.It feels oddly…grown-up or something.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
I was just saying this to Erik last week. He’s worked at the DCP for like 7 years, and I thought it was just remarkable for someone our age.
Sometimes I think my job is just to get laid off.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
I was just saying this to Erik last week. He’s worked at the DCP for like 7 years, and I thought it was just remarkable for someone our age.
Sometimes I think my job is just to get laid off.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
I was just saying this to Erik last week. He’s worked at the DCP for like 7 years, and I thought it was just remarkable for someone our age.
Sometimes I think my job is just to get laid off.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
I was just saying this to Erik last week. He’s worked at the DCP for like 7 years, and I thought it was just remarkable for someone our age.
Sometimes I think my job is just to get laid off.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
i’ve been at my job five years
but that’s when the company started, so same deal. i’m a walking archive of that kinda crap.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
i’ve been at my job five years
but that’s when the company started, so same deal. i’m a walking archive of that kinda crap.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
i’ve been at my job five years
but that’s when the company started, so same deal. i’m a walking archive of that kinda crap.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
i’ve been at my job five years
but that’s when the company started, so same deal. i’m a walking archive of that kinda crap.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:34 am
oh, yeah.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:34 am
oh, yeah.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:34 am
oh, yeah.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:34 am
oh, yeah.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:23 am
I’m roughly 13 in mine, not counting the year+ I took off to write and do poetry touring and such. Whenever I’m in a meeting and someone brings up, “Some of you may remember when we used to do this. No? Well, Scott, you remember, yeah? Right!” I feel like a senior citizen.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:23 am
I’m roughly 13 in mine, not counting the year+ I took off to write and do poetry touring and such. Whenever I’m in a meeting and someone brings up, “Some of you may remember when we used to do this. No? Well, Scott, you remember, yeah? Right!” I feel like a senior citizen.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:23 am
I’m roughly 13 in mine, not counting the year+ I took off to write and do poetry touring and such. Whenever I’m in a meeting and someone brings up, “Some of you may remember when we used to do this. No? Well, Scott, you remember, yeah? Right!” I feel like a senior citizen.
May 20th, 2005 at 11:23 am
I’m roughly 13 in mine, not counting the year+ I took off to write and do poetry touring and such. Whenever I’m in a meeting and someone brings up, “Some of you may remember when we used to do this. No? Well, Scott, you remember, yeah? Right!” I feel like a senior citizen.
May 20th, 2005 at 5:01 am
i know. when i started my daughter was only 11 months old.
May 20th, 2005 at 5:01 am
i know. when i started my daughter was only 11 months old.
May 20th, 2005 at 5:01 am
i know. when i started my daughter was only 11 months old.
May 20th, 2005 at 5:01 am
i know. when i started my daughter was only 11 months old.
May 20th, 2005 at 2:52 am
this particular stripe of reality is mind-fucking me daily.whoosh. and getting faster all the time. whoosh! a few weeks and cassidy–the baby–turns nine, what-the-fuck? whoosh! we JUST bought this house, only, wait, no, we’ve been here two years now…..
May 20th, 2005 at 2:52 am
this particular stripe of reality is mind-fucking me daily.whoosh. and getting faster all the time. whoosh! a few weeks and cassidy–the baby–turns nine, what-the-fuck? whoosh! we JUST bought this house, only, wait, no, we’ve been here two years now…..
May 20th, 2005 at 2:52 am
this particular stripe of reality is mind-fucking me daily.whoosh. and getting faster all the time. whoosh! a few weeks and cassidy–the baby–turns nine, what-the-fuck? whoosh! we JUST bought this house, only, wait, no, we’ve been here two years now…..
May 20th, 2005 at 2:52 am
this particular stripe of reality is mind-fucking me daily.whoosh. and getting faster all the time. whoosh! a few weeks and cassidy–the baby–turns nine, what-the-fuck? whoosh! we JUST bought this house, only, wait, no, we’ve been here two years now…..
May 20th, 2005 at 2:01 am
Yeah, but he’s not drowning. He’s staying afloat.
Maybe he’ll rust, he said hopefully.
May 20th, 2005 at 2:01 am
Yeah, but he’s not drowning. He’s staying afloat.
Maybe he’ll rust, he said hopefully.
May 20th, 2005 at 2:01 am
Yeah, but he’s not drowning. He’s staying afloat.
Maybe he’ll rust, he said hopefully.
May 20th, 2005 at 2:01 am
Yeah, but he’s not drowning. He’s staying afloat.
Maybe he’ll rust, he said hopefully.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:59 am
Nonsense. He’s a cyborg. His parts are replaced daily.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:59 am
Nonsense. He’s a cyborg. His parts are replaced daily.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:59 am
Nonsense. He’s a cyborg. His parts are replaced daily.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:59 am
Nonsense. He’s a cyborg. His parts are replaced daily.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:56 am
Good to hear. I’m not unhappy, exactly; more staggered by the way time’s passed.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:56 am
Good to hear. I’m not unhappy, exactly; more staggered by the way time’s passed.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:56 am
Good to hear. I’m not unhappy, exactly; more staggered by the way time’s passed.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:56 am
Good to hear. I’m not unhappy, exactly; more staggered by the way time’s passed.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:54 am
there are about 11 of them that i work with and a few with 15 plus. the industry i’m in (architectural woodworking) is a very familiar community. all the shops know all the other shops and meyer and lundahl, mfg. (my company) pretty much rules the roost. we’ve got a decent hold on this city as far as custom work. 57 years and still progressive. people who have made the rounds in other shops always come back and tell us how good we have it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:54 am
there are about 11 of them that i work with and a few with 15 plus. the industry i’m in (architectural woodworking) is a very familiar community. all the shops know all the other shops and meyer and lundahl, mfg. (my company) pretty much rules the roost. we’ve got a decent hold on this city as far as custom work. 57 years and still progressive. people who have made the rounds in other shops always come back and tell us how good we have it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:54 am
there are about 11 of them that i work with and a few with 15 plus. the industry i’m in (architectural woodworking) is a very familiar community. all the shops know all the other shops and meyer and lundahl, mfg. (my company) pretty much rules the roost. we’ve got a decent hold on this city as far as custom work. 57 years and still progressive. people who have made the rounds in other shops always come back and tell us how good we have it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:54 am
there are about 11 of them that i work with and a few with 15 plus. the industry i’m in (architectural woodworking) is a very familiar community. all the shops know all the other shops and meyer and lundahl, mfg. (my company) pretty much rules the roost. we’ve got a decent hold on this city as far as custom work. 57 years and still progressive. people who have made the rounds in other shops always come back and tell us how good we have it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:47 am
Not Dick Cheney.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:47 am
Not Dick Cheney.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:47 am
Not Dick Cheney.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:47 am
Not Dick Cheney.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:46 am
Everything gets drowned in newness eventually. (:
May 20th, 2005 at 1:46 am
Everything gets drowned in newness eventually. (:
May 20th, 2005 at 1:46 am
Everything gets drowned in newness eventually. (:
May 20th, 2005 at 1:46 am
Everything gets drowned in newness eventually. (:
May 20th, 2005 at 1:42 am
There are a lot of them here too, but I know them all, and there are fewer all the time; plus, the company keeps growing. We get drowned in the newness.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:42 am
There are a lot of them here too, but I know them all, and there are fewer all the time; plus, the company keeps growing. We get drowned in the newness.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:42 am
There are a lot of them here too, but I know them all, and there are fewer all the time; plus, the company keeps growing. We get drowned in the newness.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:42 am
There are a lot of them here too, but I know them all, and there are fewer all the time; plus, the company keeps growing. We get drowned in the newness.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:38 am
You should work here. Almost everyone I work with has been here more than 20 years.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:38 am
You should work here. Almost everyone I work with has been here more than 20 years.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:38 am
You should work here. Almost everyone I work with has been here more than 20 years.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:38 am
You should work here. Almost everyone I work with has been here more than 20 years.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:17 am
Maybe so. Maybe that’s it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:17 am
Maybe so. Maybe that’s it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:17 am
Maybe so. Maybe that’s it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:17 am
Maybe so. Maybe that’s it.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:15 am
Twenty years. I’ve been married longer than that; so why does this anniversary feel so much more significant?
Well, in most cases, people would gladly trade back the 20 years at the job for 20 years of having done something else. Not so true with the spouse.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:15 am
Twenty years. I’ve been married longer than that; so why does this anniversary feel so much more significant?
Well, in most cases, people would gladly trade back the 20 years at the job for 20 years of having done something else. Not so true with the spouse.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:15 am
Twenty years. I’ve been married longer than that; so why does this anniversary feel so much more significant?
Well, in most cases, people would gladly trade back the 20 years at the job for 20 years of having done something else. Not so true with the spouse.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:15 am
Twenty years. I’ve been married longer than that; so why does this anniversary feel so much more significant?
Well, in most cases, people would gladly trade back the 20 years at the job for 20 years of having done something else. Not so true with the spouse.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Weird, ain’t it? There are no twenty year people any more, Bill. Have you noticed that?
May 20th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Weird, ain’t it? There are no twenty year people any more, Bill. Have you noticed that?
May 20th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Weird, ain’t it? There are no twenty year people any more, Bill. Have you noticed that?
May 20th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Weird, ain’t it? There are no twenty year people any more, Bill. Have you noticed that?
May 20th, 2005 at 1:11 am
july 15 is my 20 year aniversary.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:11 am
july 15 is my 20 year aniversary.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:11 am
july 15 is my 20 year aniversary.
May 20th, 2005 at 1:11 am
july 15 is my 20 year aniversary.