Re: MG agenda

Zem, you're working for Home Despot??? How do they treat you? I'm having
a hard time believing that they actually hired someone with plant
knowledge in their garden dept. How can I wrap my brain around this one?
That's like thinking that Walmart hired someone who knows fashion in
their clothes dept. Unfathomable!


DF


----- Original Message ----
From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 3:59:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] MG agenda

Donna, you are so right!  I've figured out why Home Depot thinks I'm so 
great:  I show up, and I care about the quality of the work I produce. 
You'd think I was a rocket scientist by the way management reacts. <LOL>
zem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] MG agenda


> Ha!
>
> they like the whole week method cause then it would be hard to pin point
> who didn't show up..... or gives options of too busy today, so the
> others will be there anyways.
>
>
> This world isn't what it used to be.... and it ain't gettin no better...
> from what I see. Automation, no sense of work pride, and the list goes
> on....
>
>
>  Donna
>
> Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>  I don't know. The fact is, I don't see this as a lot of work for anyone. 
> I
> do the major time-consuming things with ordering, coordinating, making 
> tags,
> etc. The single biggest problem is maintenance. When these people heard
> that they each needed to commit to 4 to 5 full weeks of daily watering
> (about 45 min a day) they weren't thrilled. Me either. I'd rather we each
> take one day a week, every week, but they prefered the whole week method.
> And nearly half those weeks aren't really daily watering, but at the 
> height
> of the season it is a must. I'm planning on adding new spigot & hoses that
> will make the job quicker & easier.
>
> We'll see. I love doing this, but I can't do it with just 2 or 3 people.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] MG agenda
>
>
>> Sounds to me that this will be the last year. Maybe you should bill it
>> as such now to the members. That way they can 'get off the pot' or not
>> be surpised when it doesn't happen next year.
>>
>>
>> If that doesn't inspire the group to help you- then make the 'last one'
>> the theme of this year to the public.
>>
>> Donna
>>
>> Kitty wrote:
>> I met yesterday with the newly ore-organized MG Nursery group yesterday.
>> We
>> have a total of 8 people down from 15 last year. 4 are existing members ,
>> 4
>> are new. 1 existing (multiple crises at home) and 1 new ((Florida
>> snowbird)
>> did not attend.
>>
>> It seems the 3 new members didn't realize they were signing up to work in
>> the nursery. The Hort educator insists on calling our group 
>> "Propagation",
>> which amounts to maybe 2% of what we do. I tried to put the best spin
>> possible on things indicating if they would commit to making the most of
>> our downsized nursery, then we could do more propagation work.
>>
>> Of the 8, one helps us only in April. One won't show up until most of the
>> work is done, 2 live long distances from here. And no one wants to take 
>> on
>> any heavy or time-consuming work. Still, I'm hopeful. My purpose for 
>> going
>> along with the downsizing was that I might be able to manage it more or
>> less
>> by myself. We'll see.
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
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