[good-bye google "cached"]

I'm reading 1984.  In light of that, ^^ , could be reason for concern. 

[Urgent prayer request thank you....all went well.]

Glad for you.

[Urgent prayer request thank you....all went well.]

Praying now

[Is their any miraculous anti itch for poison ivy that I don’t know about?]

Ivarest, calamine, staying away from heat. 

[I was a curmudgeon today]

12 hours ago, Ann.without.an.e said:

This is so interesting, how everyone is different with different desires and perspectives. I have people in my space constantly lol. I literally had to stop myself from thinking, "I wonder if she lives in my area? she could stay here" 🤣 My home is sometimes a revolving door of people. Especially when dd was a student, I had different Duke kids sleeping on my couch anytime she was home. I feed whoever shows up lol. My kids know they don't even have to ask to invite people over for dinner or to crash here if needed.  That being said, it is ok for you to say no, it just isn't how I'm wired and it is ok to be different 🙂 .

This is my dh😁. He doesn't understand why we don't invite everyone to stay all.the.time.   I've adjusted and find the main thing that makes it okay with me is if I know when they will leave. Even if I am totally enjoying or looking forward to a visit I want to know the end day. He is obviously a strong extrovert to my introvert. 

[Jif peanut butter recall for Salmonella (includes jars sold at Costco)]

On 5/22/2022 at 1:17 PM, Pawz4me said:

FWIW -- I had to take something else back to Walmart this morning and I asked the clerk about returning unopened jars of Jif (with receipts). She said yes, they would give a refund.

Our Walmart and Meijer told me I had to bring in the pb before they would refund. I've seen many people saying just throw it out. Why would you NOT want a refund?

 

[Immediate prayer request !!! Update (combined with reply to Katie)]

I I prayed for Jerry. Praying someone sees, remembers or finds the issue soon.

[supermarket shelves and food prices]

Walmart last night, tons of boxes EVERYwhere waiting to be stocked. Prices rising. Some a little, some a lot. Kroger today. Lots of meat but dang!😲 Most prices up. As I checked dates on things they seem to be mostly fall of this year. Our bread that was always $3.50 full price(I always got on sale for closer to $2) now has a sale price of $3.99😳

[supermarket shelves and food prices]

1 hour ago, cjzimmer1 said:

I haven't noticed this where I'm located (also Midwest) but I'm wondering if the empty space is related to Easter.  I know lots of people buy candy for hunts and baskets etc and not everyone purchases the "easter" stuff for that.  Or is this something you've been seeing more than the last few weeks?

In my part of MI the regular candy aisle just got smaller. But they had the regular seasonal aisle. It seemed normal. I did not see Texas seasonal aisle just regular candy aisle. They had also shrunk their cereal aisle to one side. Candy and something else(sorry, it escapes me) was opposite cereal.

[supermarket shelves and food prices]

We are from Midwest and I have noticed candy aisle shrinking. Yes, I realize candy is non-essential, but chocolate? We just spent 5 days in Texas. Candy aisle was almost non-existent. It had shrunk as well as big chunks were just empty.  

[I feel dumb AND petty. NOT ANYMORE!]

My dh is in trades. He says absolutely not ok. Leaving it prime white & coming back to paint when your color is available is better. You are now paying someone to paint and will have to pay someone to paint again. Not acceptable, at all. 

[Do you have bed sheets that you love?]

Another vote for Target. Threshold

[How are your supermarket shelves?]

I have been to WM and Kroger in last 3 days. Surprisingly stocked and boxes of stock everywhere. In the last 2 MTHS I've seen empty shelves, partial stock, etc. Last week they had people doing inventory at our Kroger. Could that have been why they were letting stock go down? I also told dh my theory. They are letting things be gone so when they come back we'll be so happy that we won't notice it's a smaller amount... for the same price(or more).🤨

[Do prospective employers check references?]

2 hours ago, ScoutTN said:

Lots of summer jobs that hire teens and college kids do because I have had a steady stream of reference requests since January!

I have, too, which was one reason I was surprised that references weren't being really checked. This is a place where children are an issue.

[Do prospective employers check references?]

9 hours ago, Grace Hopper said:

As for giving a reference, we must be very careful about what we say. We basically limit it to verifying whether or not they were actually employed by our company, and whether or not they are eligible for rehire with our company. No details. 
 

ETA I see Tap answered above. I agree that sometimes good employees may appear to get a bad rap, but as a smaller company we would be able to, say, indicate a good employee as rehire-able even if they quit without a two week notice. I will say, though, that it bothers me not to be able to give a little detail when we have had to fire people for theft. 
 

If you can prove an employee stole from you, but do not follow it up with charges that result in an actual conviction of theft, then go and tell someone calling for a reference that person is ineligible for rehire because he stole from you, that’s grounds for a slander lawsuit.

I think this is why I feel such frustration. That we can't expect to get this kind of information. 

[Do prospective employers check references?]

12 hours ago, QueenCat said:

My dh says they contact references. They always ask if the person is eligible to be rehired by the company. He's told they'll often answer the question.

I like that question. 

[Do prospective employers check references?]

17 minutes ago, 73349 said:

You could insist that one of the references from candidates be a former co-worker or client who can speak to their skills/capacities.

I like this. Thank you. I will mention it at next meeting.

[Do prospective employers check references?]

1 hour ago, 73349 said:

A lot of HR offices will only verify that the person worked there & when. But a former co-worker, etc., used as a reference should be able to be more open about strengths and weaknesses s/he observed.

I think office staff who does interviews is very afraid of lawsuits. So can you call a business and ask non-HR person questions regarding past employees?

[Do prospective employers check references?]

So, unless someone has been reported to police, producing a criminal record, you can't know if this person has issues? Even when it's a job that involves children? This feels so wrong.😒

[Do prospective employers check references?]

Is this really the case now? 

I was in a business meeting where the person who does job interviews happen to be. When asked if an employees behavior issue had come up from past employers references, we were told we don't really check or give references. --"We could get into trouble for not giving someone a good reference." Because of this we are assuming that no one else is giving references so we don't check. --We do background checks but don't check references. 

 

[Gas prices in your area?]

SE Michigan

$3.88 Monday night 

$4.25 today, Wednesday morning

 

 

 

 

 

[What’s on your playlist today?]

Road trip so I've been listening to Frank Sinatra🙂

[Scientific literacy]

I don't usually jump into conversations here, though I do love how I learn to think outside my box here. As I was reading through this thread I heard no less than 3 commercials for contacting lawyers re:side effects of different prescription drugs. Could it be that these "facts" also play into peoples trust, or lack thereof, in the safety of pharmaceuticals? These prescriptions also had the science behind them. I'm not being snarky. This is a sincere question/thought.

[When your adult kid remembers something totally different from how you remember]

This whole thread is so interesting. I have never journaled but I did, for 20ish years, write significant stuff on the calendar. Just enough info that I can go back & tell you dates, appointments, if someone was sick or at a friend's house or someone said something funny. 27 years ago dh spent 5 weeks out of state with his mom when she went into hospice care. He came home and was home for almost a week when she passed. I knew this to be true because he went to my office Christmas party and back to work.  I recently heard him tell someone with great sorrow, "Yeah, I was with my mom, then I flew home and she died the next morning."😳 He has given himself a wrong memory that tortures him. 

[Curly/wavy hair, need product recommendations]

I use Suave clarifying shampoo, IF I use shampoo, then flip my hair upside down(in shower) and squish fructus damage eraser into hair. I usually don't get near roots. Then I put Not Your Mother's curl Defining Cream and/or curl gel. Then I plop/wrap in flour sack towel. https://www.target.com/p/garnier-fructis-paraben-free-damage-eraser-fortifying-conditioner-21-fl-oz/-/A-51851255?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000012510706&CPNG=PLA_Beauty%2BPersonal+Care%2BShopping|Beauty_Ecomm_Beauty&adgroup=SC_Health%2BBeauty&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=m&location=9017040&targetid=pla-896404422375&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gclid=CjwKCAjw3riIBhAwEiwAzD3TifDQ-pRcMCE8sbb8WCLDKNGLIpUHPGmIpXsb5ZqR29gYkRTwsWC8PxoCN14QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds