Okay, most of my followers have very nice spring weather. That's the way it should be for April 1.
Meanwhile I'm left looking forward to spring from winter. Today we had a high of minus 12 C (10 F). There was a blustery wind. It was far from a spring day. It would even be classified as a nasty winter day.
Needless to say, very little winter snow has melted. The first snow melts off the roof. From my photo you can see that snow is still on the roof of all houses.
So at 7:30 Pm I was sadly looking out the window when I thought this is a good day to mark a very late spring.
So lots of snow on the roof.
I noticed the evening sun on a wall. When I looked at the photo I thought this would be good for one of those fence photos. You can see three separate fences and a shadow of a fence.
They can order it online from lulu.com. Just have to search "hell in a handbasket" and it comes up.
I hope this works for those who would like the book.
For some reason or other both of my kids are excellent writers. They wrote very well through school and university. They are both excellent readers. They read at a much higher level than I do. They also read a tremendous amount.
So it was a big surprise that I got a package the other day with a book that my daughter had written. It was no surprise that she had written a book.
She has written a small (66 pages) very tongue in cheek book on anger management (self help) regarding the political situation in her country (U.S.A.)
So she's made an activity book that gets people to do all kinds of activities to get rid of their anger about American politics and along the way think about things.
The book is called Going to Hell in a Handbasket of Deplorables by M Arentz. To give you an idea of her sense of humor she said, "Mom and Dad , you knew I really couldn't help myself!"
I am the only and official dishwasher around this place. No complaints about my job.
So today I was washing the lunch dishes. About a quarter of the way through doing the dishes I noticed that the water in the sink had disappeared. Then I noticed that the plug at the bottom of the sink was gone. Wow , did the plug go down the drain ? I quickly decided that that was stupid.
Then I looked around for the plug. It wasn't on the drain board. It wasn't in the other sink. It wasn't on the counter. It appeared that it wasn't anywhere in the kitchen
Just then, out of the corner of my eye I spotted the plug sitting nicely on the little shelf I made for it.
Now there was no one else in the room to remove the plug out of the sink. I had to be the culprit. I had no memory of removing the plug.
So my question to you is , what kind of virus do I have that I would remove the sink plug before I was finished dishes and not remember that I did it?
I have ranted about this topic a few times already. Yes, I'm not happy at all with call centers.
Just when you think they can't be any worse they get worse. Recently. I have waited more than two hours and then hung up. Recently, I have tried to speak to people who have very limited English skills. I've tried to talk to people who have no clue of what they are supposed to be talking about. And worse, I have talked to people who could care less about what you want to know. The worst are those who are just dishonest little dummies.
How are call centers able to operate and be paid for such poor service? Why do companies hire call centers that are poor performers?
What really got me thinking about the call center topic again is that I've been doing income tax so wanted information on a couple of things. I could not get a satisfactory answer.
So with such incredibly poor service , I began to think about what we could do to bring about some changes.
Several changes were brought in to make the airline industry give better service in a few areas.
So why not get some regulations for the call center business.
First set a minimum time that they have to answer a call. Five minutes maximum to answer any call. Agreed? The public has a right to decent treatment . Answering a phone in a very timely manner sounds fair to me.
Then language skills testing must be developed. Call center employees must have a basic language skill so that they can be understood 90% of the time. A standard language test must be given.
Call center employees must have a good knowledge of the products they are dealing with. Call centers should have to test employees. If the employee doesn't know the product , they can find some other line of work.
So you see where I'm going with this. Call centers must perform or they face fines for poor performance.
Agreed? Now we have to get busy and complain to whoever will listen. Make lots of noise. Let's see if we can get some changes.
Well, since by definition it is spring I will have to make note of it. One of my last posts was about weather and spring.
So today is when spring officially arrives. The sun crosses the equator from south to north.
So today the sun rises at my place at 7:38 AM and sets at 7:47 Pm giving me 12 hrs and 9 min of sun. So much for the equal day and night on the first day of spring.
Well, I won't crab about the details. It's time to enjoy spring.
So today it was clear with a high of minus 8 C (14 F).
One thing when spring comes here it's rapid. Since we have so much sunlight at this time snow will disappear quickly.
Jan. 26 , 2020.
I'm tired of winter. I'm really tired of winter
I'll tell you why.
Yesterday we had a HIGH of minus 18 C (minus 12 F) There was snow. drifting snow and a high wind. Now this didn't set any records but it was very unpleasant. Today I woke up to minus 30 C (minus 22 F) still not a record low.
Now we haven't had a harsh winter. We had 10 very cold days in January. For the most part daily highs were around ) C (32 F). All of Feb was pleasant. Now for some unknown reason the weather is very nasty.
Now to add to my whining, some of the bloggers I follow are showing some great spring weather. They are showing all kinds of flowers blooming. These people really know how to rub it in so I will tell you who they are.
Henny Penny at Henny Penny Lane
Linda at Linda's Letters
The Weaver at the Weaver of Grass
English girl at an English Girl Rambles.
Now there are others who show green grass and blooms. These four culprits are the worst.
I will have to admit that the spring blooms are nice and that there is great photography. The Weaver doesn't show photos but her writing is very descriptive so that you can easily imagine what it looks like.
Okay, I've done my whining. I feel better and I know that spring for me can't be that far way.
