Hi people out there. This has been bugging me for years. Can anyone help? Does anyone have any snapshots of this model from the 1960s or around 1969-1973? I probably imagined this as I went to see this exibit in 1972. I was about 11 years old. I remember the scale of the model terrified me. But I swear that the model was higher up hanging from the ceiling. And the viewers could stand under it? Now I am probably wrong. As today it is almost on the floor, still suspended by chains. But not high up as I remember it. Please can anyone help me with this mystery. Thanks from Rik.
y one Alongside the probation form I printed out a daily rota for all her duties, breaking down each hour, from the start to finish of her shift. Her list of jobs are already printed and up on her station and have been there since her start. The daily rota of duties was to establish precisely what is expected of her each and every day. The bulk of Maria's duties include bagging portions of fruit, pasta pots & taking care of the fruit jellies. The items do not need to be prepped by Maria, as they are already done so by myself. On a typical day, she will come in at 9:30 and all items (fruit, pasta salads & jellies on occasion) are ready for her to simply 'bag & tag'. In my professional opinion, her list can be easily completed in about an hour, with some decent organisation. I have stated to Maria, plenty of times, that I do not expect her to complete all the prep by morning break (one hour after her shift starts) but I do expect all prep to be done by lunch, which is three hours after her shift starts. Even with a three hour window Maria still struggles to complete all her work in the three hours leading up to lunch. On a number of occasions there will be items missing and I would be forced to chase her up. For instance, morning break would be about to start, items would be ready for sale, but would still be in the walk in and not out on display. To confirm what was already happening, Maria again stated she didn't think she could complete all her tasks in the three hour period. Alongside her daily duties, I included the Hogarth trolley as a job for Maria to take on, both for morning break (10:35) and lunch (12:35). I was hoping that she would take on the Hogarth trolley as project just for her. We have been discussing/planning this for the past couple of weeks. My aim with the Hogarth food trolley was for Maria to take ownership of this responsibility, make it her own, giving her a boost in her confidence. Her response during the time leading up to the opening of the Hogarth trolley has been mostly negative, with nonstop complaints about not being able to cope with the additional work load. During morning break & lunch, Maria works a till. Placing her on the Hogarth trolley instead, would not bring any significant increase in workload. It would just be a change in location. Also, it is important to note that all work to prepare the Hogarth trolley would be done by other members of the team. This has increased their workload significantly, yet they have no problem with this. Even though the Hogarth trolley is on her list of duties and I would very much like her to take this on, in the first week of working the trolley, Maria has only did it once. She doesn't appear to be remotely interested in taking on the Hogarth trolley as her own, and has not asked once, could she work the trolley so far. Instead of showing a keen interest in this project I was hoping she would make her own, she responds as if it's a bit of a nuisance to her. During the course of the interview Maria refused to make eye contact with me, staring past me as I spoke to her and with was close to tears at least twice. This was due to Maria working herself up, not related to what we were talking about. For example, she stated she didn't receive enough support on the dishwashing station to which I responded that everyone pitches in on her station, especially when she is not there in the morning. We all like to keep the dishwashing going, keeping her area clean both for the kitchen and for when she arrives at 9:30. Her response to this was 'I feel like I'm being punished for not being able to come to work earlier' and promptly burst into tears. Keep in mind, I do not need Maria to come to work earlier, nor is there a need for her to do so. Her hours are fine, as they are. I responded with this statement, also asking her could she look at me, because I wanted to make sure she understood. Her response was that eye contact for her is very uncomfortable. I felt that due to not having eye contact with myself, my words and statements were not getting through and that Maria was not hearing me properly. We then moved on to her specs and the fact that I had weighed her grape bags and found them all to be random weights, ranging from 40-100 grams. I informed her this was unacceptable and specs should be respected and adhered to at all times. She then (very candidly) confessed that for the majority of her prep she doesn't go by the specs, but just eyeballs the portions. I feel this was a very telling statement showing a deep misunderstanding of her job, her duties and what is expected of her. On a number of occasions I have stated that work must be done according to specs, even placing the weighing machine on her station during her working. I then moved on to her relationship with the other members of the team. I told her that the happiness of the team was my first priority and that it was important for her to build bridges with anyone she thought she had problems with. My team is a regular team with regular workers. They work hard, do the job and get along. Plenty of times I have seen them help each other out without being asked. They just complete their jobs and go and help whoever needs helping. We are a team. No one has a problem with Maria, yet she always seems to have a problem with someone else. Apart from maybe one person, Maria has had issues/arguments with just about everyone in the team, usually because she takes things the wrong way (in my opinion) and makes a mountain out of a molehill. She will over-use the term 'bullying' (again, in my opinion) and applies to any situation that involves an argument with someone. On one occasion she even accused myself of bullying to Martina, without merit, but I was completely devastated. After the conclusion of our meeting today, I asked her to sign the probation document, to which she refused. During the the rest of the day, Maria worked hard to complete all her duties (and she did). But did not interact with the rest of the team & barley spoke to anyone. I did the Hogarth trolley for break & lunch and was not asked by Maria how did it go. On at least 3-4 different occasions today, I observed random team members pitching in with the washing up (during Maria's shift). These team members were not asked to do so, they just saw some work needed to be done and they just pitched in.
I think Kim Richards was awesome here; I had no idea her sister was the little girl in "Halloween". As James Spader goes, I always thought this guy is awesome.
Geez, I wrote that comment 9 years ago? Wow. Anyway, yeah, Kim Richards sister Kylie was in "Halloween", and they were both child actresses (Kim played the little girl whose shooting death jumpstarts the events of John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13").
Nobody''s lame. It's predictable, but not badly done and the credits list who wrote the song only, so I think it really is Spader singing. He's just a stud, what can I say. I'm as old as he is and I missed this one first time around. It's OK. Spader is always good, Downey brings up the rear. James can do no wrong as an actor. Always raises the bar. And he is sex on a stick, even so skinny and so young with bad dye job. What a man.
lol I'm 23 and I actually love this movie. I realize it is kind of dumb. I mean to go through all that trouble just for a girl. And Wow, James Spader is a good singer. Wait, he's not really singing. :p
