Went to my unemployment appeal hearing today. From what I've been told, most people who appeal end up getting their unemployment benefits. From the judge's demeanor, my incidences of 3 or so min. of tardiness don't constitute gross misconduct. The person I was up against from work, and who apparently volunteered to be at this hearing, is the very same ex-coworker to whom I gave my beloved cats' best kitten. (The kitty's mother is Circe, and the father, the late Rodin.) She droned on about my lateness being a "historical problem", and I erupted in a puff of laughter. I mean, if in 2,000 years people use MY name as an expletive, I'll believe my lateness pattern is of some kind of historical significance. Jesus Christ! She claimed she didn't know I was on crutches at the time. She also called herself my "employer". Grrr... it's a CO-OP! I found out the company routinely objects to any terminated employee's demand for unemployment so that the company premium won't go up. It was so weird to see these statements put in print by women I considered to be my sisters - "proof" that I "willfully" committed acts of misconduct (late arrivals), making me ineligible for unemployment.
In happier (and cuter) news and mews, Nikima the amazing jungle kitten (or Anubis, what do you think?) is eating us out of house and home! He gets into absolutely *everything* by means of studio equipment and swinging houseplant vines, yet remains the sweetest, loudest purringest wildcat EVER. He even headbutts neurotically territorial and therefore bitchy Isis on the forehead.
- Thora Zine
In happier (and cuter) news and mews, Nikima the amazing jungle kitten (or Anubis, what do you think?) is eating us out of house and home! He gets into absolutely *everything* by means of studio equipment and swinging houseplant vines, yet remains the sweetest, loudest purringest wildcat EVER. He even headbutts neurotically territorial and therefore bitchy Isis on the forehead.
- Thora Zine
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