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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/06/19/daddy_what_did_you_do_in_the_mens_movement/?page=full
i remember when i was still religious having to run the shop myself on a couple days because my boss was big into PromiseKeepers--attending these events even came up in my own church, and they pretty much saw it as a harmless way to do something different on Saturdays. when i was wandering around life for a few months between 1998 and 1999 i checked out a lot of books on this kind of thing ("Iron John" being one of them) with the goal of getting the gist of all of them and then writing a satrical book about them all. it ended up going no where because i ended up doing a freelance article for a friend and i just returned all the books, having cracked none of their collective spines. it's been kitchens ever since.
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getting a little frustrated at work. i can already see that whenever i'm finally back in Pitts after this Toledo ordeal that the stuff i try to maintain on a weekly basis just isn't going to happen at all while i'm gone. it takes work to keep a kitchen going, and while the food is a major part of it, there's also the underlying maintenence that has to be kept up with, and i've already discovered the sad truth that my own supposed supervisor would rather goof around than see that various low level (but time taking) cleaning projects get done. i made it a point to make sure that he would have someone clean the other half of the hood system tomorrow, but i'm not holding my breath.
maybe i should have taken this position (it does pay better, and does have a certain amount of guaranteed hours) but then i probably wouldn't be skipping town next Monday now either. regardless, i'll be coming back with better experience and the ability to demand another raise. not to mention the fact that i'll be sending out my resume shortly thereafter, pending any unforseen obsticles or idiocies.
i remember when i was still religious having to run the shop myself on a couple days because my boss was big into PromiseKeepers--attending these events even came up in my own church, and they pretty much saw it as a harmless way to do something different on Saturdays. when i was wandering around life for a few months between 1998 and 1999 i checked out a lot of books on this kind of thing ("Iron John" being one of them) with the goal of getting the gist of all of them and then writing a satrical book about them all. it ended up going no where because i ended up doing a freelance article for a friend and i just returned all the books, having cracked none of their collective spines. it's been kitchens ever since.
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getting a little frustrated at work. i can already see that whenever i'm finally back in Pitts after this Toledo ordeal that the stuff i try to maintain on a weekly basis just isn't going to happen at all while i'm gone. it takes work to keep a kitchen going, and while the food is a major part of it, there's also the underlying maintenence that has to be kept up with, and i've already discovered the sad truth that my own supposed supervisor would rather goof around than see that various low level (but time taking) cleaning projects get done. i made it a point to make sure that he would have someone clean the other half of the hood system tomorrow, but i'm not holding my breath.
maybe i should have taken this position (it does pay better, and does have a certain amount of guaranteed hours) but then i probably wouldn't be skipping town next Monday now either. regardless, i'll be coming back with better experience and the ability to demand another raise. not to mention the fact that i'll be sending out my resume shortly thereafter, pending any unforseen obsticles or idiocies.