tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342018740029766616.post5008815484688062395..comments2023-06-06T06:30:52.291-04:00Comments on Mr.Nighttime: You need a time out!Mr. Nighttimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546329409708860876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342018740029766616.post-22367816495326477902009-01-08T01:43:00.000-05:002009-01-08T01:43:00.000-05:00Jay - A this point I'll settle for the Executive d...Jay - A this point I'll settle for the Executive director to e-mail me back. You do however, have a VERY good point!Mr. Nighttimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546329409708860876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342018740029766616.post-24640339061727797502009-01-08T01:32:00.000-05:002009-01-08T01:32:00.000-05:00And when she gets her tongue-lashing, wouldn't you...And when she gets her tongue-lashing, wouldn't you just love to be there? I know I would!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342018740029766616.post-41408201104783348622009-01-07T15:33:00.000-05:002009-01-07T15:33:00.000-05:00Peter - I hate to tell you this, but you could tak...Peter - I hate to tell you this, but you could take what you have described about Antwerp and plop it into the NY State Dept. of Labor and find the same thing. Bureaucracy seems to be the one consistent thing that Europeans and Americans can find common ground on.Mr. Nighttimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546329409708860876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342018740029766616.post-22147550078586975172009-01-07T06:03:00.000-05:002009-01-07T06:03:00.000-05:00A most unpleasant experience, especially since the...A most unpleasant experience, especially since these people are supposedly professionals, trained to direct you towards a job. I hope she's 'one of a kind', in an organization that's hopefully displaying a higher level of competence. <BR/><BR/>But it can get worse, like in Antwerp, Belgium, home of double digit unemployment. Belgians who lost their job get the classic 'benefit' (40-60% of your last paycheck, limited to a very low upper limit), along with state organized "obligatory guidance".<BR/><BR/>And trust me, you've seen nothing yet: <BR/>Belgian unemployment "guidance" feels like Kafka: an utterly clueless group of bureaucratic nitwits who are just there to make sure they can cut/stop your unemployment benefit. <BR/>"Guidance" is "something on paper they love to fake providing".<BR/><BR/>A (locally famous) Antwerp actress (she stared in local feature movies such as "Daems") recently got unemployed. <BR/>Applying for a benefit is mandatory to protect other rights such as healthcare, so she did. <BR/><BR/>Days later she was offered a part-time job as the ticket booth lady at, hold "Daems", the movie she starred in!<BR/><BR/>She obviously refused this insane mandatory job offer. Guess what: Belgian unemployment bureaucracy struck back with a vengeance: she was immediately state-sanctioned (losing all benefits)<BR/><BR/>Like you noticed, it can all get worse.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154038964967283580noreply@blogger.com