the daily snivel
A Christmas Message
Given that a White Christmas is now about as unlikely as fire raining from the sky (in fact the fire might be more likely to happen), I think the message is appropriate.
The most frustrating thing I've ever heard...
And I've spent a lot of time dealing with customer service reps on the phone.
It's so painful to listen to a discussion about basic math go so horribly wrong. Click here.
UPDATE
Adding... here is the frustrated caller's website about the issue.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 It's so painful to listen to a discussion about basic math go so horribly wrong. Click here.
UPDATE
Adding... here is the frustrated caller's website about the issue.
Happiness Is...
One big monster of a cat named Chopin declaring for the whole world that this is his chair, and boy does it feel great. If that's not the picture of happiness, I don't know what is.
Crumbs...
The City of Ottawa is responsible for paying both the salary of its City Council, as well as recipients of Ontario Works. While we just voted in a new mayor on a platform of tax freezes and fiscal responsibility, this didn't dissuade him from agreeing to accept a huge pay increase within his first month of office. Meanwhile, recipients of Ontario Works also got a raise: about 2 percent.
Social assistance is an expensive service, but for those who depend on it, it simply isn't enough to live on. Even so, not everyone who receives social assistance can just decide to go back to work. Some are categorized as unemployable for the simple fact that they are indeed not capable of going back into the workforce. Many who could qualify for the Ontario Disability Support Program are also forced to try to subsist on what little O.W. will pay while they linger in the lengthy application and appeals process (which has become so troublesome that the Ontario Courts have started awarding retroactive disability benefits to people whose claims have taken far too long).
So why are the people who don't need raises getting such large increases, while those who do need raises are getting such small increases?
Blogger Mel takes a closer look here.
Social assistance is an expensive service, but for those who depend on it, it simply isn't enough to live on. Even so, not everyone who receives social assistance can just decide to go back to work. Some are categorized as unemployable for the simple fact that they are indeed not capable of going back into the workforce. Many who could qualify for the Ontario Disability Support Program are also forced to try to subsist on what little O.W. will pay while they linger in the lengthy application and appeals process (which has become so troublesome that the Ontario Courts have started awarding retroactive disability benefits to people whose claims have taken far too long).
So why are the people who don't need raises getting such large increases, while those who do need raises are getting such small increases?
Blogger Mel takes a closer look here.
