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[HMC Rich]

Hi JanS. Nice to hear from you. Been busy. Probably going to move out of Seattle soon. Too expensive these days. But I want to wish you a very happy new year! Now if there is a 100k job that opens up for me then I will stay.

More on the thread later…

[jamesw]

List cost $559.00.
Available on line for about $270 as shown below:
https://www.supply.com/grohe-concetto-single-hole-kitchen-faucet-32665dc1-supersteel/p258111
https://www.build.com/grohe-32-665-kitchen-faucet/s163597?uid=1838985&source=gg-gba-pla_1594165!c959262446!a46509172966!dc!ng&gclid=Cj0KCQiAsJfhBRCaARIsAO68ZM5UvMaf7E_cYd9s9HrBMhZz2ROfQrUAYPqXsZ1PylgwGeozM4ePdaIaAoWyEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

• This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by jamesw.

[bertha]

As a person who serves customers I don’t think anyone meant to be offensive or were being judgmental, although commenting on what you would or would not eat is out of line. It’s the holiday season and cashiers are serving HUNDREDS of people per day. You are required to interact with customers and most enjoy it but it is difficult to repeat the same questions over and over, “how is your day”, “are you ready for the holidays.” Commenting on the cost of an item is not a judgement on whether you should be buying it but just a comment. I’ve had cashiers comment on the cost of an item and I didn’t find it offensive rather it was part of the conversation “yeah, it is pricey but it’s Christmas” or “It’s worth the price.” Unless a cashier is nasty or overcharges me I cut them a lot of slack. They have a really difficult job that is both physically and emotionally draining, dealing with the public is not for the weak!

• This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by bertha.

[935]

0824 – 12/30

Hey lallen- where ya shopping? so I can know where NOT to go?
My typical spot is the big red S at Cali and Admiral. used to go to the one by Alaska and 42 but it got too janky….
always received well by checkers – never had anyone suspect my purchases….except ask of a bottle of bourbon was worth the price….asked in an genuine way – nothing more….

[PangolinPie]

Wow, I’ve never had this happen. I don’t know where you’re shopping, but at the Safeway and QFC where we buy groceries, the cashiers are always friendly (or at least, not unfriendly). I can’t remember having had any negative commentary on anything I’ve purchased in the 6 years I’ve lived in WS. I suppose they may have remarked if I bought something unusual, but not in any sort of accusatory or judgmental way.

[lallen]

Happy holidays! I want to start this mini-rant by saying that it’s been a great holiday so far, and I hope everyone has had just the right amount of whatever it is that makes you smile. West Seattle holidays rock!

But. One question: why do many of the cashiers around here feel like it’s okay to comment on your purchases? By this I mean pick up something they’re scanning, frown at it, say something like, “This is really expensive!” or “I wouldn’t eat this!” and give you a dirty look as they bag it. If I had a dollar for every “Wow, this is pricey!” I’ve heard over this holiday month I could buy something actually pricey instead of that apparently luxurious $12 bottle of vanilla extract that I was just chided for.

Is it a local custom or something? I’ve lived all over the country and I’ve never had this happen before. I don’t buy extravagant things; it’s the holidays and sometimes you need unusual ingredients for special foods, but it’s not like I’m buying gold bananas or anything. And even if I were buying something extravagant, I don’t feel like cashiers should make derogatory comments. Isn’t that sort of bad company policy? Isn’t it sort of, well, rude?

I mean, I don’t go over to my friends’ houses and look at the price tags on their groceries and pass judgment about them. That would be rude and intrusive and really gross. So why do perfect strangers feel like it’s okay?

I truly enjoy chatting with cashiers and baristas and pretty much anyone I interact with during my day (I’m outgoing and friendly, and always remember folks I interact with regularly) but I feel like negative commentary about my purchasing choices is another animal entirely.

What gives?

[aa]

Have you tried calling an emergency vet clinic? Both of these are open 24 hrs.
Emerald city emergency clinic 206-634-9000

South seattle vet clinic 206-242-8338

[KEH]

Can anyone help – do you know a veterinarian who can assist us in helping this poor animal who is in shock?? Or someone who can take it out of its misery? Police won’t help and PAWS is closed

[zephyr]

My long time accountant has retired and now I must find a new one. This is for filing my 2018 income tax return. I would like to find someone knowledgeable, dependable, and reasonably priced. Thanks.

[Metropolitan Market]

Here We Grow Again!
Incredible Opportunity for Talented and Enthusiastic Individuals to Join Our Team!

At Metropolitan Market, we know food! We are a company that is recognized in the food industry for freshness and quality – from our juicy Peach-O-Rama Peaches, vast specialty cheese assortment, to our high volume Poke Bar and of course, The Cookie.

If you are looking for a company that is dedicated to your growth and development, while supporting the communities in which you work and live, we are the company for you!

Job Summary: As a key member of our Human Resources Department (HR), this position engages in a variety of HR duties, including managing and updating HR systems, recordkeeping, reporting, onboarding new team members, benefits administration, and ensuring legal, regulatory, and procedural compliance. This role actively provides project and initiative support and assists with developing, managing, and maintaining HR programs.
Specific Job Duties:
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Performs various HR systems administration functions, including processing new hire paperwork, status changes, and separations; maintains personnel records; ensures accuracy and integrity of information.
• Supports department projects and initiatives; conducts thorough research; anticipates questions and future effects; makes thoughtful recommendations and offers solutions.
• Provides exceptional internal customer service; works closely with team members to answer questions and address requests; builds relationships of trust.
• Administers the day-to-day functions of company benefit plans; record keeping, bill paying functions, materials, and employee inquires.
• Onboards new team members through weekly centralized orientations; facilitates an engaging experience and introduces company mission, values, policies, and procedures to incoming team members.
• Assists with the development, maintenance, and management of HR programs, forms, manuals, and other materials; manages offsite records and supply warehouse inventories.
• Generates and distributes regularly scheduled custom reports.
• Manages team member compensation administration and integrated disability management.
• Assists HR in maintaining compliance with state, federal, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the HR Manager.
You Are:
• Flexible and intellectually nimble. You are able to roll with punches, switch gears, and think creatively.
• Tech savvy and resourceful. You have a passion for utilizing technology for best results.
• Highly responsible and accountable. You thrive on owning all assignments and areas of responsibility.
• A lifelong learner. You are always on the lookout for tools and opportunities to grow professionally.
• Curious and a solution-oriented thinker. You dive deep, ask questions, anticipate possible outcomes, make reasoned and sound judgements, and take appropriate action.

Skills Required / Qualifications:
Candidates will be selected from applicants having the best combination of the following qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources or a related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three years experience in human resources performing generalist and administrative support duties strongly preferred.
• Possesses a solid knowledge of human resource laws, practices, and policies; knowledge and understanding of state, federal, and local employment laws and record keeping requirements.
• Exceptional organization skills and attention to detail required. Must be able to multi-task effectively and manage multiple competing demands and deadlines at the same time.
• Strong computer skills and experience with HRIS, LMS, and/or ATS. Experience with ADP highly desired. Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Exhibits critical thinking; excellent judgement and decision making capabilities; analytical and problem solving skills required.
• Superior oral and written communication skills required.
• Strong interpersonal skills essential; ability to work successfully with diverse groups of people; can effectively work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrates a high level of self-motivation; takes initiative; problem solves.
• Ability to produce quality output while working within deadlines a must; sense of urgency required.
• Proven ability to interact and perform all job responsibilities with professionalism and confidentiality.

How to apply:

Applications are accepted online. Please visit our website to view complete job description for the Human Resources Administrator position.

1. Go to https://www.metropolitan-market.com/careers
2. Complete a general application and create a profile
3. Search open positions and apply anytime, using your general application and profile

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION:
* Attractive Wage, Negotiable DOE
* Rich Paid Time Off Benefits including Vacation, Personal, Holiday, and Sick
* Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
* Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
* 401 (k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Matching
* Generous Employee Discount
* HRA and HSA Options with Money Provided to you by the Company for Health Care Expenses
* Met ACTIVE Account: Money Provided to you by the Company to Support an Active, Healthy Lifestyle

[Melissa P]

Deliver meals and a smile! We are looking for volunteers in West Seattle for Wednesday mornings, as needed when one of the weekly drivers will be away. Drivers arrive around 9 am and are typically done with their route in 1-2 hours. Training is provided and mileage is reimbursable while making deliveries.

Qualifications: Communication skills, flexibility, reliable, attention to detail, people skills, good cheer and a commitment to the well-being of homebound elders. This is an on-going volunteer commitment.

As a Meals on Wheels Volunteer, you will belong to a team committed to helping homebound seniors maintain their health and independence with nutritious food, personal contact, and caring service.

For more information email us at mealsonwheels@soundgenerations.org.

[22blades]

Another thing to look for when you own a bottle; they have expiration dates. You may think you’re saving a few dollars by hanging on to that old bottle but many places will not refill your bottle if it’s out of date. (You can get them re-certified but I don’t think it’s worth the hassle.)

P.S.(A): Did you know your Air Bottle that you may have to pump up tires also have an expiration date due to an explosion risk? Air Bottles and Compressors with bottles are forbidden in the interior Pit Areas of racing due to the explosion hazard. Always drain your compressor tanks to prevent (or actually just slow down) rust. Please don’t take tanks for granted.

[KBear]

I guess it stands to reason that the only person in West Seattle who keeps their cats indoors is still a scofflaw. Do you have the same objection to car license fees, or do you think we should all bear that burden whether we have cars or not? Animal services are grossly underfunded in Seattle. Just pay your fee.

[SeniorCenterVolunteer]

Come and volunteer at the senior center and work with our wonderful chef! We have volunteer jobs for prepping, serving, and cleaning up. We need your skills to help prepare and serve nutritious meals in our “Junction Diner” for seniors and guests at the Center. We have a lot of fun, you will be well appreciated by all of our seniors and staff, and you can enjoy a free lunch! Looking for help on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9am-1pm or 10am-2pm.
Please complete our online application at https://scws.typeform.com/to/DBaLgg or contact the Volunteer Coordinator, at 206-932-4044 or via email at sarah@soundgenerations.org to learn more!

[Jusk]

I would also like to get into such a club !!

[JayDee]

Thanks for your input.

The City of Seattle license fees are recently imposed (August 2018). My property taxes have risen much faster than inflation over the past several years, and many orders of magnitude more than the new pet license fee. Why don’t they raid the soda tax (which will collect at least 25% more than anticipated, at least $5-7MM ). As someone once told me it doesn’t matter which pocket the funds come from it’s the same set of pants. And same with taxes and while I don’t have children, I can see the benefit in paying taxes to educate them. But this tax is like taxing for something I have that no one else does…What if we funded education depending on whether you had kids or not? My cats will not impose a cost on society because they are not ill-educated kids and are not let free to roam the ‘hood and chance being coyote fare.

[Fridayt]

I agree. There’s also beautiful trails to go to like Lincoln park and few others like alli.

[2 Much Whine]

Welcome to West Seattle! It is a GREAT place to live despite the occasional things that could make you go insane (dogs off leash, fireworks, dog poop deposited in your garbage can, people parking in front of your house, package thieves, etc.). Fortunately these don’t make everyone go insane and don’t happen to everyone every day.

You don’t even have to look very hard to see some of the awesome things about living here. Neighbors helping neighbors, kids releasing salmon into streams, neighbors that cut down blackberry bushes to beautify a sidewalk or paint over graffiti within a couple days of it being put up, flowers planted in roundabouts, free summer concerts, endless views of mountains and water. This really is a special place to live – hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

[Michael Waldo]

And goodwill to all!
Matthew, chapter 25, verse 34:
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be Gone and Depart from me, for I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger, and you did not invite me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick or in prison and you did not visit me.”
And the disciples, confused, answered: Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison and did not take care of you?”
Jesus thus answered: “Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of my children, you did not do it to me.”
“Those that have not done these things to the least of us will go away into eternal punishment.
Those that have done these things to the least of us will be called righteous and have eternal life.”

[mark47n]

So…you’re just here blathering about how you’re a scofflaw? The purpose of those fees, like the taxes that childless people pay that go towards schools, is to fund the infrastructure that goes towards animal shelters and the like. Your short-sightedness is your own personal problem and now you’re making it everyone else’s.

Congratulations.

[Tatilie]

Not in West Seattle, but Cost Plus World Market (by Pike Place Market downtown) had some.

[jim]

Dog bite. Today about Noon I was bitten badly on my calf by a dog while walking along the sidewalk of 42nd Ave SW at about Juneau or Dawson St. I did absolutely nothing to provoke the dog. I just greeted the walker and the dog and walked past, and then the dog bit me. Blood was gushing from my leg, so I exited the scene and walked to an urgent care center who sent me to ER downtown. After it happened I was in a bit of shock and failed to call 911 or get the dog walkers or owners info. Does anyone who lives along or near 42nd Ave SW near Dawson or Juneau know of the owners of the dog? It was being walked by a woman dog walker, age about 35. The dog is a black mixed breed, mostly Labrador. The dog is small for a Lab, less than 3′ tall, with a longish snout. I need to find out if the dog has been thoroughly vaccinated. Any information is appreciated.

[JayDee]

On the West Seattle Bridge after the high rise and on 99 Northbound I often notice the smell of fermenting wort or the smell one gets when brewing beer or malt for whiskey. I am guessing it is the predominance of Whiskey/Beer brewers along 1st Ave north and south of Spokane. Given our wind patterns (N/S/SW) I’d be surprised if it hits Genessee or Admiral but we do get the odd east wind every now and then.

Perhaps that is the smell people are noticing?

[JayDee]

I received a flyer from city in early fall saying I had to get my cats licensed. They stay indoors 100% of the time. Among the so-called benefits of the license, according to the city, “Reunites lost pets with their owners”, “Helps fund the care and adoption of shelter animals” and “Protect your community from animal related issues”.

Well my two rescue cats are microchipped, spayed, and totally indoors. So reuniting my cats with me is unlikely, and if it happens then we can be reunited when the microchip is read (which I already paid for). In addition to adopting my cats I donate money to the humane society when the cat mobile visits the West Seattle Farmer’s Market or Thriftway. The only animal related issue of concern for my cats is my feeding and caring for them, and in the very unlikely event they escape they may become coyote food.

I guess if they called it a dog license they would never have created this law and let’s face it, dogs are the primary target.

So while I am Randy Rulefollower a majority of the time this is one case where I am a scofflaw. If this is such a critical need they should fund it out of the general fund and cut back on needless expenses (and please don’t tell me there aren’t any in the City’s budget which continues to grow beyond inflation–Families and Education Levy anyone?)

[imslade]

Hello Commuter Families!

As you know, WSF has been revising the triangle ferry routes to improve service and reliability. WSF has been partnering with VISD during this process and I would like to thank them for their collaboration. WSF has recently posted their final schedule that will be effective starting March 31, 2019.

I would like to take a few minutes to update you on the most recent WSF Triangle Route Schedule. Please see the following initial notes:
Vashon Island High School and McMurray Middle School sailings:

Fauntleroy students: no change for primary commute sailings; 7:05am /3:25pm for regular days and 9:30am on late start days. In addition, the schedule includes 5:05pm and 6:45pm sailings from Vashon to Fauntleroy, which may help students, staff, and families who are returning from after school activities.

Southworth students: 6:45am/3:30pm for regular days and 9:20am on late start days. There are also plenty of later options for after school activities or the like, including 3:55, 5:00, 5:35, 6:05, 6:40, 7, and later.
Chautauqua Elementary School sailings:

Fauntleroy students: 8:25am /4:40pm for regular days and 10:40am on late start days.

Southworth students: 7:55am /5:00pm for regular days and 10:20am on late start days. The morning sailing departs earlier in the AM, however, the afternoon sailing returning to Southworth is earlier than the current PM sailing, so commuting time will stay approximately the same.
Again, it appears the impact will be minimal for our commuter families and we are thankful to be able to continue to provide our families with the high quality educational experiences they have come to know and expect from the Vashon Island School District.

Please let us know if you have any questions.