Karma II

My last post about Karma was more of technical speaking than of experience by myself and others so the saying, “what goes around comes around,” is quite relevant even in this high tech world. For me, I prefer the energy you give, you get back handed to you raw. Human behavior where people believe that they will not face award or consequences for their actions.

A coworker who has tried several times and failed miserably at them al to try to control my behavior is facing her own problems. It started when I took over her duties because. I did them efficiently and accurately without wasting company time checking my phone constantly. Instead of working, she talks constantly about her ex husband while others are working to complete their tasks. Her thoughts likely since she got in by the company’s attorney’s legal assistant and is well loved that she is immune to consequences of her behavior. It has come to light that she has used the company meter machine for her own personal gain. Now, it requires a password which the finance manager must log in and approve the postage. Company theft is common in every workplace no matter the size or the scope which those who commit those crimes hurt other employees and take away from profits.

Truthfully and honestly, I have learned painfully of my actions and their effect on others. From experience, I have learned to stay “in my lane” and speak much less. Keep business separate from personal. My mistakes have taught me hard lessons. Those of you that are parents and grandparents have the opportunity to share your wisdom to the younger generations which, hopefully, they will remember your story as it relates to their lives.

Happy FriYay!!!

Leslie Elizabeth David

Charlevoix Follow Up

The mighty small city of Charlevoix Michigan has stepped up to help their fellow citizens in need who were hit head on by someone who had stolen a vehicle near the Mackinac Bridge on their way home from a high school golf tournament.

A GOFUNDME page has raised nearly 200k for medical expenses plus local restaurants are donating profits for a night of sales to the golf team plus items like gift cards and other necessities are going to be dropped off at the Middle School in town.

Because of Facebook, alumni from all over the country learned about the situation and are helping out as well.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlevoix-golf-team-medical-relief?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6iouSyhc7psh_RyuiMquU1OUu88APPQjuUAib_S2u83T6WmwzAzbif5AEKww_aem_uhRtrslemzQ5-q2St6QAwQ

It’s a long road ahead for those who were in the vehicle and their families so help might be needed in the future. The story is ongoing.

Thank you for your time,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Charlevoix

Posting for a friend who knows people who are from and live in Charlevoix Michigan where some students and coaches survived a horrible accident near the Mackinac Bridge coming home from a golf tournament.

The high school team and coaches were hit head on by a person who was driving a stolen vehicle which the thief was driving in the wrong direction. The person who stole the vehicle passed away at the scene while the Charlevoix Golf team and coaches were survived although they will have mounting medical bills.

Please feel free to Google the horrific story. My friend suggested mutual drop off point for locals the town to drop off gift cards and cash cards to a school so the families involved may pick up to help with medical expenses and other expenses incurred from the accident. The group knows that they need to act fast because the funds are needed now while the team and the coaches are in the hospital.

Please Google Charlevoix MI and golf team or look on Facebook too.

Thank you,

Leslie Elizabeth David

Monday, April 28th

Good Morning. Hope that your morning is peaceful and quiet. This morning, I am continued watching, “Sherlock,” which happens to be very good.

Yesterday, I spent the day cleaning and doing laundry. Plus, spending time with my cats. Also watched a couple of my favorite Posher’s live shows on Poshmark. Also, I canceled my car wash subscription because of double billing which I don’t think that the business will refund my money so I contacted my credit union and the BBB for assistance.

Started to look for boarding for my felines for when I have a trip in August which I have to find one that allows my girls to be together in the same unit. They will be scared and frightened since this will be our first time apart for a long period of time. Being that I’m their fourth human when I got them at nine months, they had justified trust issues that will come to light when I’m away. Fortunately, I found their medical records of vaccinations that are needed.

On Facebook, a friend of mine who is happily married posted about famous women who are content post divorce being on their own. It kinda tinged me for a minute because she didn’t comment that many went through “hell” to get there including myself. She lost a child which I would never post about that on life afterwards because losing one is something that one gets by but never fully recovers from.

Have a decent Monday.

Yours Truly,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Good Deeds

The Urban Dictionary describes good deeds as an act of kindness or helpfulness often done selflessly without expecting anything in return. So, my actions today helped me and my neighbors from getting flat tires. For the past few days, there’s been glass in the middle of the street and to the edge of it at the end of the block about four homes down. Truthfully, I was afraid of my neighbors and myself getting one or more flat tires so I walked down the block this afternoon with my broom and dustpan set out to clean the street. It took me about 10 minutes just to get all the small broken glass pieces into one area just to sweep them up. A few people waved at me or gave me the thumbs up. Went back later to find the house which also had glass that was cleaned up after i had left but I find some stray pieces which I swept to the curb. My selfishness was for me not to get a flat tire too. Far from perfect here.

From my own personal experience, I believe that acts done to benefit others are truly genuine only if the person isn’t in it for personal gain. My ex husband’s deeds were always because he expected something in return. My coworker found my felines two years ago when they were nine months old and have lived with three separate families prior to me, she was concerned that I wouldn’t come back to work after my trip back to my home State so was it a good deed or assurance that I would return to work? Either way, I’m grateful that they’re in my life.

As the saying goes, “no good deed goes unpunished,” so as we mature and gain wisdom, choose wisely on the act of unselfishness.

Thank you for your time here, you are appreciated.

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Friday, 04.25.25

Hello Friends! We’re blessed to be making it to another weekend no matter what we do during our week, the weekend allows us to refresh, reorganize and retreat.

Today, I woke up feeling that life isn’t going to stop me from going out of my comfort zone for my online closet to do a live show without sharing. Time to move forward. Life things have been previously mentioned so time to move forward. The song, Stronger, by Kelly Clarkson comes to mind this week. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger live a little longer,” is the mantra for today. You got this! I got this!

This morning, I watched “Elsbeth” on the Paramount Plus app which it ended oddly because the story didn’t technically end. To me, the politician may still be alive although there was a funeral. Appreciate Elsbeth’s free spirit and individualism in a world full of gray, she is bold enough to wear color. “Matlock” ended well too.

Have an amazing Friday!!

Yours Truly,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Workload Part 2

After communicating with my supervisor who I let him know what was happening which he replied that he would “look into it” via email late last night after being asked to do more work by a coworker. This morning, when I arrived my coworkers were all quiet and working which was a shocker to me. Later on, my supervisor asked me if I felt like I was being taken advantage of which I responded, “yes.” Within a few minutes, he talked to the General manager who ended up going downstairs the owners of the business which he came back and talked to my supervisor again.

Truthfully, I am surprised that my supervisor listened and spoke to the General Manager too which I am truly grateful. Don’t know if anything will come of it though for me personally like showing that they appreciate me for my work without little to no socializing. Feeling appreciated today.

The senior employee’s audacious move of given me work while engaged in social conversation with another employee has proved itself foolish. My hope that they recognize that the business is there to serve our customers instead of socializing.

Has something like this happened to you at work or at volunteer meetings?

Thanks Again,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Workload

Workload. Interesting topic. The amount of work that is reasonable to accomplish in the time given to do the tasks at or above expectations by those who delegate it.

Today, my workload was reminded to me by a coworker who spends most of her time socializing and talking about her ex husband than working. She tells me that she did “way more” than me when she had my job. Then, why hire me? Truthfully. This person trained me for all of my tasks. I started only answering the phone then I got the outgoing mail process when they realized that my output far exceeded hers. Then, I got mail drop off and scanning. In the meantime, she has become more social. Truthfully, I am tired about hearing about her ex husband most of the day. She got upset when she lost the Mail Drop off duty because she would socialize while she was at the post office on company time. Unfortunately for her, there are others who are in the same position as her who have outputs that far exceeds hers.

Daily, I show up early unpaid 30 minutes just to have my outgoing mail process done at a reasonable time without socializing so that I can do other assigned tasks.

To add to the drama, every couple of years, she states that something is “wrong” with her so she spends lots of time off at a general medicine physician’s office and even specialists. With all the time off of work and using up her insurance, the medical professionals have never found anything. My Dad was a physician which I did work in his office a few times and read many medical publications at home plus the discussion of health was a normal dinner time discussion. I may have mentioned when it first started about her health that my Dad was a doctor but I was quickly shut down.

Wednesday, my work load will be reviewed in conjunction with the amount of time socializing by my coworkers which I’m truthfully not expecting change. Believe to some degree, those with a strong work ethic are always getting more work.

Would love reading your perspective on this. Please share.

Thank you,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Details from a Previous Post

Previously, a friend allowed me to share her work experience in general way. She has given me permission to share her story without using names that would give her and other’s identities away.

My friend was attempted to be duped by senior management of the company in the past because they decided that she was “less than” them. What saved her was her being quiet and observant. One of the senior management, it was a man who pretended to be interested in her. She stated that his acting was truly fake and she questioned why a top employee would be interested in the lowest status one. Before he would come in and do his act, she stated that he would go talk to HR first because she was behind it. She believed that if she fell for his “fake” actions that she would be fired instead of him because the story would be twisted around to sound like she was the pursuer. As time went on, she ignored the behavior of this senior employee. For one reason, she keeps to herself and doesn’t share much about her personal life plus she rarely engages in conversations that aren’t work related. What they didn’t know and would never find out is that the senior employee who pretended to be pursuing her reminded her of her ex husband. Details like he drives the same vehicle which her ex drove but with a lift kit to raise it and with bigger tires. Plus, he wears flannel every day like her ex husband does plus he looked like her ex and acted like him. It carried on for a few months which she couldn’t approach anyone about it because they either knew or were involved. When the senior employees plan didn’t work after about four months of their behavior, HR announced to the General Manager who was unaware of their scheme that she couldn’t put her scanned documents in certain crates any longer. She told me that the GM was furious while she focused on him and not HR. The procedure never changed. She believed that the owners were aware of the situation because her time off requests were approved immediately and quickly constantly likely trying to avoid litigation from my friend.

Some say that “reality is better than fiction,” which this proves it. Wisdom told her to be quiet and observe. Previously mentioned, there are no written documents on professional standards within the office so personal relationships must be approved by management and owners to carry on although some have happened or still are with one of the employees being married to someone outside of the organization. Unfortunate and true. My friend needs the job despite the problems.

In closing, these types of situations happen all the time even in this decade despite technology and professional ethics standards in many industries. This story plays out in many professional and other organizations with different means and ways of destroying another individual with those in charge looking another direction until the victim decides to retain an attorney, Don’t tolerate it!

Yours Truly,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Saturday, April 19th

Happy Easter Weekend!

Grateful for the day off yesterday at work which I decided at the last minute not to do two live sales on my online selling app because was feeling tired. Think that I get worn out from the continuous socializing of a coworker who is never quiet it seems about her personal life to everyone which is opposite of myself so I took yesterday day off as a,”mental health day,” which seemed like the right decision.

Had time to think that my life didn’t turn out how I thought it would when I was much younger of being married to my best friend/only true love with a couple of kids and a couple of cats and dogs. Believe that my free spirit played a part in my thoughts not happening.

Today was my normal Saturday day activities of picking up groceries and checking in on Facebook. Last night, I got out of the house and ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse which hasn’t happened in a long time. Now, into the series of,”Ludwig,” which is amazing.

What are you doing for Easter? Do you celebrate it?

Thanks again,

Leslie Elizabeth David.