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2001-12-28 - 4:54 p.m. ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! O.k., now that that�s out of my system,�� The management at my job decided on the new HQEM (shop monkey) today. They picked the newest employee, Eric, because he is still on probation for the job and can�t go to the union to change his job (I think anyway). He has no experience working on trucks. Zero. The management doesn�t seem to care, so it�s his job now. I feel for the guy. He said one of the reasons why he transferred out of the prison he worked at was the tedium of sitting at a desk, staring at a monitor all day. He went to IDOT thinking he would get to work outside. That won�t happen much with the HGEM job, unless someone has a flat tire on their truck. That usually happens when it�s 10 degrees below zero and the snow is blowing. The rest of the time, this job involves changing oil and greasing the equipment, changing bulbs and switches when they go out, and other minor repairs. The HQEM usually ends the day covered with oil and grease. Can you see why nobody raised their hands and volunteered for this position? The State would be better off hiring someone with shop experience for this job. That way, they would have someone who already knows the work involved and they wouldn�t be in there against their will. Naw�that makes too much sense. We still have 2 openings to fill. They will use those for a couple of retired military people that are near social security age. They won�t want the HQEM job, either. For Eric�s sake, I hope they do hire a grease monkey for one of those open positions. But, since it IS the State I am talking about here��� Our 20-year-old co-op employee (Jake) found out recently that someone had stolen his social security number so they could work in the US. The name of the person who took his number? Francisco Hernandez. He has spent hours on the phone, being shuttled from government drone to government drone, trying to straighten out the mess. Francisco (the illegal immigrant, not the kid from Monticello) has worked for two years in both Illinois and California, doing jobs like gardening for a country club and assembling bicycles. He decided ,for some reason this year, to skip paying his social security taxes, so Francisco (Jake, the kid from Monticello�you are following this, right?) received a letter from the IRS, stating that they were looking into his situation and wanting him to correct the problem. The only good thing about this story is that it appears the only thing the thief took was his s.s. number. He hasn�t had any is a bills in Francisco�s name. Not yet, anyway. The best thing about this story? We finally have a nickname for the kid���. If I can find time to get on the computer tomorrow, I will leave the list of my Top Ten albums of 2001. Hey every magazine does it this time of year, so why not me? Of course, all that depends on my Mom (AARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!) visiting with one of her old friends for a little while tomorrow. Wish me(and Lease) luck��
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