K-Bug is experiencing a bit of the flip side of that situation. She recently started a retail sales job. In September, I think. Apparently last night there was talk of recommending her as a lead sales clerk. She was surprised and told me she doesn't feel like she has enough experience. I reminded her that so many young workers, volunteer or not, are not invested or all that reliable, so when you find someone who is, there are incentives for retention.

I had a good student like K-bug, and I practically begged her to not graduate so I could keep her! It makes a huge, huge difference n my productivity.

Vortex, I have come to the conclusion that 99.9% of student workers just suck.

yep. I was spoiled by my first student worker who was AWESOME. I had 2 or 3 projects and was rushing to finis hone of them, and she had done her part of it. I said great, I just have to finish X, Y and Z tomorrow. I get into the office, and there's an email with X, Y, and Z attached and a note saying "I know that you're swamped, I just finished X Y and Z because I had some time, hope this helps" and then she didn't even put the time on her time sheet! (I made her change it)

I will give this one some credit. She said "I will go to the lab and download it from the email and bring it back and finish it" so, kudos for being proactive and finding a solution.

Damn, this is like a nightmare....

Man Actually Conscious Throughout Two Decades of "Coma"

Twenty three years ago, a car crash left Rom Houben totally paralyzed. Doctors gave him a battery of tests and concluded that he was in a vegetative state or a coma. Except that they were wrong: he was conscious the whole time but unable to tell anyone about it.

‘I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,’ said Mr Houben, now 46.

Doctors used a range of coma tests, recognised worldwide, before reluctantly concluding that his consciousness was ‘extinct’.

But three years ago, new hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally.

Mr Houben describes the moment as ‘my second birth’.

That may be my highest form of nightmare, tommy. I'm glad technology rescued him. But I don't think I'd ever voluntarily sleep again.

ION, I apologize if anyone else has posted this here, but I loved it and thought I'd share.

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That link should work.

Holy shit.

Fixed your linky, Bev.

That is possibly the best thing I've ever seen, Bev.

Thanks amy! And Amy! Stoopid linky making me look bad.

love it. They possibly have too much time on their hands, but AWESOME way to use it.

I think I am going shopping at lunch. I have no business doing it, but will anyway. debit card only though.