Crystal Dragon's Notebook

Oct 10, 2024 at 7:00pm

Your article "Dear Desk Jockey....
so speaks to my neighbor1 He recently had to take medical leave and eventually left the Pile-driver & Bridge Builders Union due to slow-to-heal rotator cup surgery.
The man is a Gulf War vet, holds certificates for Nuclear Welding (first pass so pristine it will pass inspections immediately) Boiler-maker certification (again due to his ability to lay down a weld) and was trained for Hard-hat diver welding UNDERWATER, during his years in the service.
But rarely has he had a boss that truly acknowledged his skills.
Now he works in maintenance for our school district. He says it is all he can do to NOT chew his knuckles off, stifling his want-to-make-a-comment reaction to truly bone-headed request and/or plans from up above.
Recently because of high schoolers taking advantage of the bone-headed comments by Trump and Vance, there was a phony phoned-in bomb scare. So, there he was, doing his job, people forgetting to notify him until the police spotted him. He was rolling the chalk-stripe machine on the football field before an up-coming game. Then a chopper hovered above and he thought "Cool, I'm going to be on the news, prepping the field!" Instead, a loudspeaker blares, and he could barely make out they were yelling for him to evacuate. So, after it was over he marched into the admin and demanded a better 'protocol' for the maintenance crews around the school. Sheesh, he was invisible.

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foxtale

Oct 10, 2024 at 6:41pm

In article Dear Desk Jockeys, starting off with the pejorative "Fuck your..." likely creates either avoidance of, or automatic rejection of, your point of view.
My thoughts are to insted use "I challenge your....
as that intrigues the reader to continue. By continuing to read your article they may actually change their viewpoint. Or not. But at least they read it.

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I Heart My Sox

Sep 17, 2023 at 12:29am

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Crystal Dragon

Sep 21, 2023 at 2:15am

Thank you

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