A reminder for Morningstar :-)

This is a reminder --
Last year, two days before Christmas, my friend, morningstar, put up an uncharacteristically grumpy entry on her blog... She wanted to be reminded in case she got all "Christmasy" next year.

Now, I am old -- old enough to know that I will NEVER remember to remind her of something a year from now, so I am scheduling this now... That way, if all goes well, Blogger will remind her, and I will get to take credit :-)

So, morningstar, as we approach the holiday season at the end of 2009, remember that you swore you would NEVER again do that "dinner thing" for your staff:

Every year .. for the last 5 or 6 years i have hosted a holiday dinner here at the condo for my staff..Sir reminded me the other day when i said this is absolutely the last year i do this.. that i say that every year......BUT this year is different..In past years i said "last time" after the affair.. while i was sitting in the midst of dirty dishes.. empty bottles.. pots and pans and just plain mess...This time i am saying "last time" before the dinner..Why?? because.. (and if you don't wish to sit through a mini rant then i suggest you leave now)i have a couple of dim witted employees who the Union protects with all it's might..... total dim wits i tell you..one is our Union rep.. and when i went to her this year with confidential information.. she blabbed it to someone else.. who told someone else.. and well you know how gossip goes... when i confronted her.. she stood there looking for all the world like a deer caught in the headlights and said "I never said that!!" what's the point in arguing.. she is NEVER wrong.. and when i do push her... and trust me i have.. she runs to the Union and files a grievance..Now granted.. her grievances against me have never resulted in any disciplinary action against me.. BUT the time it takes to deal with it!!! and the stress !!! trust me it just isn't worth it..Then there is DD.. last year she took a year off... came back in September and promised me she was ready to work.. oh yeah?? well she wasn't / isn't.. she constantly pushes my buttons.. gets her feelings hurt when i correct her work ... stamps her foot and throws temper tantrums if i don't fawn all over her... and a month or so ago.. got so angry with me when she tried to interrupt a conversation i was having and i ignored her.. that she slammed doors .. cursed and swore at me.. and ranted on for days.....Then there are the other "good"workers .... and i use that term loosely considering what i have to compare them too..one is so touchy .. and moody that ya never know whether you will be greeted with a "hello" or a surly snarling answer..two others couldn't organize a piss up in a brewery..And the bit that grates on my nerves more than anything... they go out for lunch regularly - have movie nights regularly.. go out for supper regularly....... and not once do they ask me to join them...BUT let me organise a dinner here.. and they are all here.. in a flash.... drinking.. getting drunk.. making a huge mess.. giving me a headache........So yeah.. this is the last year i am doing this..... call me grinch.. call me bitch.. call me anything you want to.......... but ya know what ?? i am not playing door mat for these women anymore !!!!And THAT is my one and only New Year's resolution..........(if i forget and get all Christmasy next year.. someone remind me ok ?? )