Well, we woke up to 20 below this morning. Not the best morning for older people to get out, but I still had 20 people at 9:00 in the morning for my meeting. I felt it went very well, and many people told me they thought it was excellent and helpful and other wonderful things. Of course, they are my friends!
Yesterday the next chapter in this very bizarre saga at the senior center unfolded. I received a copy of a letter sent to the heads of the nutrition program at the county level, accusing the nutrition site manager (my co-worker, basically) of shouting profanity so loudly that it could be heard all over the building. If you knew this person, you would know how absurd that accusation is. I’ve never heard her either shout or swear and she has been an absolute saint (well, almost) though nine months of this sort of thing, which is basically all aimed at getting her fired. Fortunately her bosses knew this and just filed it with all the other untrue letters and emails they have received. But the writer made a mistake in sending me a copy, because I was there (she must not have know that!) and can also name other people who were there, and we can all testify that the accusations are untrue. I’ll tell you the actual incident some time if you want to know, but no-one even got angry. We were disgusted and appalled that people could be so petty and that it was going to cost the nutrition department money. And the letter came from someone I’ve trusted (and been warned not to…), so I was so mad that I was wrong about her. And I’m tired of our very nice and capable site manager being harassed like this. And none of us even know why!
So I went online to see what we could do. Basically what they did is libel and she can sue, if she wants. If you put lies about someone down in writing and then send that to a third party and it does injury (in this case emotional injury, because she isn’t going to lose her job over it), that is libel. I’ll let you know what happens.
Other than that, my job is going quite well! I have the February newsletter ready to send off to the new publisher on Thursday. It is beautiful!
Well, I’m glad your meeting went well! Not so glad the saga continues, though… 🙁 When will this all be done? Sheesh!