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Post by jesmelric on Mar 5, 2023 16:30:42 GMT
I really wish we had a HEB here! I know I'm in the minority but I hate HEB. They are always super crowded and their prices are definitely higher than Kroger.
Well, the last couple of weeks have gotten away from me. The VV did 1/2 off for Presidents day so we went to two locations plus a couple of estate sales. I had a bunch of sorting, etc to do a photo session yesterday. And my sister is moving to a 55+ income based apartment complex so I've been helping her pack. Also DS and DIL are having marital issues so that's been a pretty big deal
Yesterday we found out they made mom's boyfriend leave the facility, apparently he is staying with his son (my guess is that is temporary while they find another facility). Mom said they said because he was messy and she wasn't sure the other reasons? I know her first roommate was his previous girlfriend, and when he and mom got together they said they "hadn't had any problems with him in a while" which indicated there had been problems at some point. So I don't know if it was something like that and they didn't want to tell her? I guess we'll never know. I feel bad, mom is really sad about it. She said he left his phone number and she wants to try and call him tomorrow when we go visit from one of our cell phones. Poor mom.
Weather has been quite warm here but we had a front Friday and it's been cool and sunny and lovely. DH got a new power washer and got most of the ball moss off the crepe myrtle trees. My redbud tree hasn't come out of dormancy yet
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Post by denise15601 on Mar 5, 2023 16:52:52 GMT
Jes-sorry about your mom's beau. Hopefully she can talk to him anyway. It seems to take a lot to kick out some patients, as evidenced when I was in the care home.
Hopefully DS and DIL patch things up.
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Post by denise15601 on Mar 5, 2023 16:58:41 GMT
Barndominium....I never heard of that term. But my former neighbor is moving to SC and just put a bid on one. I guess it is kind of like a barn made into a house. Looks nice, with over 2 acres. Huge open rooms. Looks like way too much work for me, but she is the kind who will love it.
She makes furniture out of pallets, etc. That kind of non-girly stuff.
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Post by val2525 on Mar 5, 2023 18:59:03 GMT
I go out with friends that are older than me by about 3-8 years. The one guy tells the same old cop stories every time. Sometimes they go off on a history tangent. The one guy harps on his jobs from the 70’s at Korvettes and at a refinery. I pick up my phone to tune them out. I don’t look at it the whole time. Just a few seconds here and there. If you have the need to regularly check your phone, why even bother going out with these folks? It sounds like you find the friends boring, so would you really be missing all that much if you stopped going out with them?
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Post by kritter on Mar 5, 2023 20:10:12 GMT
If your HEB stores are that super crowded then it definitely sounds like you are in the minority of shoppers who hate HEB in your area.
Kroger stores along with Albertson stores in San Antonio were run out of town decades ago because they wouldn't/couldn't compete with HEB prices and selections. No loss when they left.
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Post by val2525 on Mar 5, 2023 20:21:01 GMT
I will say one thing in defense of Smiths/Krogers - their stores have a MUCH larger selection of healthy food products and products for those with dietary issues. But I blame that on the San Antonio market, not on HEB. I suspect if I were to shop HEB in some of the better Austin or Houston neighborhoods, I'd be able to find the products I could find in ABQ and PHX. The store just down the street from Kritter is undergoing a HUGE renovation and expansion (finished total of 117,000+ sf). I hope that means the selection there will also be expanded, since that's the kind of neighborhood more likely to buy healthy stuff.
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Post by jesmelric on Mar 5, 2023 20:47:30 GMT
Jes-sorry about your mom's beau. Hopefully she can talk to him anyway. It seems to take a lot to kick out some patients, as evidenced when I was in the care home. Hopefully DS and DIL patch things up. Thanks Denise. We are thinking there is more to it but I doubt they are allowed to tell people, even his "girlfriend" so I guess we'll never know. Mom can try and call him tomorrow, we'll see how that goes.
I'm not sure if I want DS and DIL to patch things up or not lol. I know he wants them to but this has happened before and I'm sure if they do it will happen again
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Post by kritter on Mar 5, 2023 20:54:18 GMT
If it ever gets done. I know they are doing a major expansion of the meat market, the bakery, and the produce section. That store was originally an Albertson store that HEB took over after Albertson left town and is small compared to what HEB is building now.
For the past 4 months or so, we have been dodging inside workers on lifts refiguring the wires in the ceiling, closing the original doors and replacing with makeshift doors, tearing down the front of the store, and screwing around with the parking lot. No matter how they challenge the shoppers, we keep going there and dealing with it. Two other HEB stores in the neighborhood but that's our store. They finally got the roof onto the new section so it's getting there.
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Post by val2525 on Mar 5, 2023 21:01:22 GMT
LOL! I've been avoiding shopping there until construction is finished. But I also have a large HEB near me with a better selection so it's not a big deal. I suspect though when your store is done, it will be better than mine. In which case I'll resume shopping there What I really miss are the old Simon David stores in Dallas. Talk about nice - OMG. They put Central Market to shame (but CM wasn't around back then). Got bought out (and shut down) by Safeway. Ugh. I miss Eatzi's too, but they don't seem to want to expand outside of the DFW ara. I wouldn't mind a Fresh Market either, but they don't come this far west.
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Post by labbypaws on Mar 6, 2023 1:31:12 GMT
I go out with friends that are older than me by about 3-8 years. The one guy tells the same old cop stories every time. Sometimes they go off on a history tangent. The one guy harps on his jobs from the 70’s at Korvettes and at a refinery. I pick up my phone to tune them out. I don’t look at it the whole time. Just a few seconds here and there. If you have the need to regularly check your phone, why even bother going out with these folks? It sounds like you find the friends boring, so would you really be missing all that much if you stopped going out with them? We go out every Friday. The one guy has stopped working and the only thing he can contribute is the same old stories. He is a friend. I only meet them one day a week. He tries to meet with the guys 3 times a week but most of them give him one day. I just flip my phone over to see if I have any email or any Facebook notifications, I turn off the ringer. The guys will sit there and answer their phones and chat on them.
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Post by denise15601 on Mar 6, 2023 2:18:00 GMT
That's just the way it is anymore. In waiting rooms or chemo I am no longer surprised when an elderly person pulls out a cell phone or iPad. A true sign of the times.
When I used to go out to dinner with friends, no one cared if someone checked their cell phone from time to time. Most of us are capable of looking at their cell and yet still listening to what is being discussed.
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Post by labbypaws on Mar 6, 2023 5:06:25 GMT
Today’s work assignment was to complete my self evaluation. I submitted it earlier today.
I figure I have 2 more to do. The questions they ask have nothing whatsoever to do with hourly employees (housekeeping, maintenance, dining center staff and campus safety). They are more for people who work jobs that they set goals for.
I pull out a bunch of past evaluations, reword some stuff and spit it back out. The only thing I have to research is my training (almost all stupid customer service and computing videos that have nothing to do with campus safety). Then I have to research anything we got recognized for. Since our new director doesn’t recognize us for much, I have to research it.
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Post by Pantlandia on Mar 6, 2023 7:59:17 GMT
We do self evaluations every freaking year before our reviews. It's the same thing every year and since I'm pretty much in a dead-end job, I just copy everything from the previous year, which is copied from the previous year, etc. I have no room for advancement unless something happens to the assistant manager or she retires. She is in her late 50s, so it's another 6 or 7 years before she plans on retiring. Even then, I bet they hire someone else before they let me advance. I'm okay with it, because I am paid very well for what I do and the company is great.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Mar 6, 2023 11:35:41 GMT
When I lived in Austin, there was a Simon David store fairly near to our home. That was my favorite grocery store. An HEB opened up near it, but I still preferred Simon David.
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Post by kritter on Mar 6, 2023 15:39:33 GMT
I am the elderly person in the waiting room who sits there waiting for my name to be called because I don't carry any of those things with me. On the rare occasions when I have my cell phone along for the ride because I am going out of my bubble, it is in my truck.
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Post by staytuned on Mar 6, 2023 16:12:57 GMT
If you have the need to regularly check your phone, why even bother going out with these folks? It sounds like you find the friends boring, so would you really be missing all that much if you stopped going out with them? We go out every Friday. The one guy has stopped working and the only thing he can contribute is the same old stories. He is a friend. I only meet them one day a week. He tries to meet with the guys 3 times a week but most of them give him one day. I just flip my phone over to see if I have any email or any Facebook notifications, I turn off the ringer. The guys will sit there and answer their phones and chat on them. He probably doesn't realize how much it bothers everyone or that he's even repeating himself. Mom started doing that when she got up in years and MIL does it (and with her "goldfish" memory, sometimes repeats it several times in the same sitting).
Maybe whoever is closest to him that he respects and trusts should take him aside and gently tell him the same stories over and over have lost interest, he might come up with new material or spend more time listening to others talk. It could be a win-win for everyone.
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Post by staytuned on Mar 6, 2023 16:15:43 GMT
I am the elderly person in the waiting room who sits there waiting for my name to be called because I don't carry any of those things with me. On the rare occasions when I have my cell phone along for the ride because I am going out of my bubble, it is in my truck.
I understand there may be a need to check a phone if waiting on an important call/text, but to bury oneself in their devices when being around friends/family and totally ignoring them is extremely rude. Times may change, but there's never an excuse for bad manners.
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Post by denise15601 on Mar 6, 2023 17:31:01 GMT
I agree that it is bad manners. But those of us who have raised children know that it is impossible to try to control a young adult. The child might be sweet and perfect as a child...until they become a teenager. And then all bets are off and they do what they want to, bad manners or not.
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Post by labbypaws on Mar 6, 2023 18:44:36 GMT
We go out every Friday. The one guy has stopped working and the only thing he can contribute is the same old stories. He is a friend. I only meet them one day a week. He tries to meet with the guys 3 times a week but most of them give him one day. I just flip my phone over to see if I have any email or any Facebook notifications, I turn off the ringer. The guys will sit there and answer their phones and chat on them. He probably doesn't realize how much it bothers everyone or that he's even repeating himself. Mom started doing that when she got up in years and MIL does it (and with her "goldfish" memory, sometimes repeats it several times in the same sitting).
Maybe whoever is closest to him that he respects and trusts should take him aside and gently tell him the same stories over and over have lost interest, he might come up with new material or spend more time listening to others talk. It could be a win-win for everyone.
He is a controller. Controls his family, controls everything in his life. He controls our meetup times and places. Luckily I still work and he likes to meet at 2 or 3 PM so I can’t make it😜🤣
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