Stephenie- he isn't "with me". no way. open mind? ha. most stubborn young man I think I've ever met. but thanks for wishing good luck, may need it... -Ben
At 12:34 PM 2/21/03 -0500, you wrote: >Ben, sorry to hear he is having troubles. The economy is bad right now. >I hope you guys can work out some of your issues while he is with you. >And hopefully he will open his mind and see that dad isn't so bad after >all! >Good luck! > > >~~ >Stephenie Hamilton >Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional >CFXHosting > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:06 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Seeking a little sympathy > > >hi gang, > >Another real bummer with the 22-year-old son. > >He's been working as a banquet cook and fills in at the pantry station >in the line restaurant sometimes. It's a "boutique hotel" with a huge, >deluxe fitness club attached. The restaurant serves the hotel, the club, >and hopefully the general public. But the sales and marketing person >(who just got fired) did a lousy job of publicizing it to the community. >Between that and the economy, business has been lousy. Most of the >restaurant staff have had their hours cut. Yesterday, my son found out >he's being laid off (via a voice mail message). > >So, it's gone from bad (no roommate and not enough hours to make ends >meet), to worse (no job). This is the third horse he's had shot out from >under him since getting out of the cooking school. > >He's pretty bummed out. >So am I - his moving home would create a virtual (or real) war zone. And >subsidizing him until he gets up to speed on a new job (or jobs) and a >roommate would be hard financially, especially when we're finally >getting a handle on the budjet. <heavy sigh> > >My wife went over to "just be there" last night. >(He only wanted "Mom" there.) >She suggested he get real and go for a job at Starbucks or something >just to make rent. > >Yes, I know the economy is rough right now. >But I cringe at the idea of financing an education at the California >Culinary Academy for him to end up at Starbucks. > >I think the problem may be that he doesn't have fast enough knife and >"production" skills to keep up with the chefs' expectations - he loves >food and cooking, but isn't the most coordinated person. (You should see >his >handwriting!) And he doesn't have the "fire" (drive) and confidence to >charge into the typical line kitchen and take it by storm. (Pardon the >mixed metaphors.) > >Yeah, I'm sure it will work out for him and us. >Just feeling a little bummed and looking for some kind words from a >bunch of great people. > >Have a nice weekend, everyone. > >-Ben > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 2/18/2003 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
