SA, Sorry to hear about the situation, on a lighter note, what's your new job? Are you excited?
-Ron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heather Perella Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MD] Lyceum Movement - Chautauquas [Marsha] > This man and his little red boat was out on the > lake again on Sunday. It was 19 > degrees. Brrrrrrrr. I was tempted to get out > the binoculars to see if he was fishing or > meditating, but that seemed too intrusive. He > had to go through a thin layer of ice to leave > and was having a tough time. I worried for him, but > he made it. > Sorry to go on about this man, but I find him > incredible. Brrrrrrrr. > The lake still is far from frozen. SA: Sounds like that man found a niche. He must be having loads of fun. Going out in the cold, leaving, warming-up, and wanting to go back again. I love these kinds of activities, even the thought of this is inspirational. I don't know why. I really get this wonderful feeling hearing about this cold, icy lake and this man with a red boat doing something. To me, according to my experience in the snowy woods, these activities have always been such a joy for me. I love it! I guess one could contrast this with my job, which by the way, today is my last day working at this terrible place. I got a new job, for lower pay, but it worth it. I was finding myself staring at my son, thinking about my dad dying at such a young age due to stress, and I couldn't take it anymore. I've been doing a lot of leg work, found another job, put my two weeks notice in, and I'm finished. Last night was terrible. The place is falling apart. About 8 different staff have gotten assaulted via punching in the face, bloody noses, spitting up blood, kicking in the legs, and swelling, etc... About 5 different residents have been doing this assaults. This is over a span of about 4 weeks. Before this, for over 20 years, this place has had some hair pulling, and the occasional pushing, maybe a punch or two, but it has become ridiculous. About 10 different residents have tried running from the place in the last 6 weeks. This is the end product, with more to come probably, of everything that I've been sharing over the last year on this forum. The change in administration, the turn-over of staff with no staff being replaced, with about 49 staff working at the place and last week ca. 30-35 overtime shifts given out, the place is about to blow. I've been saying to other staff, and I hear other staff saying they been thinking the same thing, that we're going to hear this place on the news. I wouldn't doubt by this summer if something very drastic doesn't change. This one female resident literally tried to kill a staff, banging the staff's head off the floor, punching her in the face, and pulling on her hair while she punched. She then grabbed the staff's throat and tried to choke her. One other staff and a resident - yes - a resident had to pull this other resident off of the staff. The cops have been out every night for over a week. Their sending their chief out to the place, due to them wondering what the heck is going on. Their wondering how long the place is going to be open. Last night the police were questioning the policies of the place. They couldn't believe some of the events that have been taking place according to policy. The state has been calling, along with probation offices, wondering what the heck is going on due to so many incidents being reported. Some staff have started to file charges against residents, but this placement facility doesn't want that to happen due to their reputation. Yet, their making such dumb decisions we're starting to wonder if somebody can be that dumb or maybe their trying to run the place into the ground. We had a resident who ran away two weeks ago, that was picked up by a male, either sexually assaulted or willingly sexually participated with this stranger, then went back to her mother's house and was thus returned. Upon arrival she walked in the door and a resident walked up to her and punched her in the face and knocked her out. Other residents have been punching residents as well. Thank Goodness! My last day at this place working. snowy, snowy, snowy, woods, SA ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
