Dear So and So

[Xrayted]

Going to apply at a couple of more places in Seattle tonight. If any of you Seattle ladies like a particular hospital, let me know. I don't want just any place, I want a friendly, fun and happy place to work. That's what we've created where I currently work and I hate to walk into a nasty situation. Thanks for the well wishes. I'm in Seattle about every other weekend if someone wants to hit the Burke/Gilman trail or anything. My bike has gotten the itch to hit the road again after some years and I'm going to scratch that itch.

[VeganBikeChick]

I loved working at Swedish before it was taken over by Providence. Honestly couldn't tell you how it is now. Seattle Children's will always be my number 1. They treat their employees like gold. Good luck in your search.

[Xrayted]

Thanks. I just saw that they have a full time job open at Children's but it's evening shift. I've been on evening shift for years but was hoping to go to dayshift with the move. Decisions, decisions. Knotted Yet and Trek said they heard good things about Children's as well, like they give you a free bike to get to work and maintain it and everything. I'm all for that. I think I'll sleep on it and see how I feel in the a.m. about the shift. It's not bad, just... was looking to be a dayshifter again after all of these years. But openings will come up to move shifts so, it's definitely on my radar for an application.

[VeganBikeChick]

Yep, they give you a bike. And pay you not to drive to work. And did I mention there's 3 Starbucks in the hospital? One's open 24 hours! I bet you could get moved to days in a reasonable time frame. Doesn't hurt to apply.

[lph]

Dear marketing people,
ya know, it would be really nice if you could just sell gear that fits women, or short people, without all the excessive gender marketing. I mean, imagine the reaction if guys went to buy, say, a sprayskirt for kayaking. And all of them were sized for women and called gender neutral things like "Ocean Spray". And over in a corner they found ONE sized for a taller person, called, oh, I dunno, "Apollo". Or if lucky they'd maybe find men's specific versions, called "Ocean Spray Macho ". Sounds pretty ridiculous, right? But that is exactly what we get all the time. I can buy the "Athena " or I can buy the "Ocean Trek Flirt ". And I'm so used to it that I'm just thankful I can even find something that fits...

[Xrayted]

Yeah, I like working with kids so I applied to Seattle Children's Hosp. Now I wait... Ugh.

[VeganBikeChick]

Good Luck! Let us know how it turns out.

[snapdragen]

Fingers crossed!

[Catrin]

Everything crossed for you!

[Sky King]

Call me old, but texting over phoning me after 10pm for non emergency stuff is inconsiderate. I keep my phone on "just in case" because I don't have a land line but am amazed at people who
think nothing of texting or leaving voice mail messages at a late night hour. I have taken to leaving it on vibrate and in the other room.

I even mentioned it to someone who called me at 11:30 the other night and she said "oh was it to late" hmmmmm how am I supposed to get my beauty sleep

[Helene2013]

same here. Our cell phone is our home phone. And I hate when it buzzed before I fall asleep for junk emails (like my phone company sending an SMS to tell me my monthly refill is coming up, then another one to tell me it has been approved!). I called them up and told them to send those during the day as I can't ban them and even "vibe" is annoying. I don't want to turn it off in case of emergencies (for me). I don't expect any E calls so I would not mind. But if I need to call in 911, I want my phone on! But some just don't get it that people have a life and are trying to get that beauty sleep.

[BikeDutchess]

I agree! I'm glad my phone has a Do Not Disturb setting that I use at night. You can program it so only calls/texts from certain people will buzz through (other texts will be silent and calls go to voice mail). I love it because I get a lot of bogus "Someone tried to access your Facebook account" texts at all hours.

[OakLeaf]

Mostly when I get those it's from my friend who takes Ambien because it's the only way he can sleep after a major shoulder injury. Trouble is, he's not always asleep when he thinks he is ...

[Helene2013]

My phone is not THAT hi-tech yet so I do not have the "certain" people rings options. Waiting for husband's iphone contract to end so I can snatch his up when he gets the new model next winter. I don't use my phone very much, in fact, it is an E phone only.

The iPhone is the main phone but stays on kitchen counter during the night so we would not really hear it (hubby does not want to forget it when he goes to work). Hubby wants a phone on my bedtable in case something urgent comes up, and in case he needs to call me between the time he leaves for work and the time I get up and leave for work (my cell follows me too, in case).

[Catrin]

I saw the oddest thing yesterday when walking into the building where I work. It is the seat of city-county government so it is a large building, 25 floors in the central tower. I mention this because we see a lot of people of all types coming in and out.

I walked in behind a woman yesterday who obviously worked here. I don't know what drew my attention to her first, perhaps her body language or clothing (she seemed to be dressed in an older style, but appeared my age), but I was watching her as she went through the revolving door at the entrance. She pushed through it with her shoulder, not with her hand. I remember wondering why she just didn't use the handicapped entrance if she had a problem pushing the door. She showed her work ID to our security staff and I followed her through to the elevators. She pushed the gate with her hip, and then used her car key to call the elevator. We got on the same elevator, and I noted the she used that same key to push her floor button.

The only thing I can think of is that she doesn't want to touch surfaces that other people touch. I don't KNOW that is what is going on with her, perhaps she is returning to work after a lengthy illness, or some treatment that has compromised her immune system, I don't know. For some reason my thoughts keep going back to her, though it really isn't any of my business. It just goes to show that we never know what other people are dealing with that we meet in our daily lives.