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Not as glamourous a job as you'd think . . .

Oh no, I completely agree. Got to take the good with the bad.

That quote just came to mind with the current discussion.



Heather was a good 3-4 months along before we told anyone. Lots of inquisitive family members in the time period though.
 
Is it the first pregnancy?

The chance of a miscarriage goes down by more than 60% after the first trimester. Most first pregnancies result in a miscarriage. It's a lot easier to deal with it privately than it is to jump on facebook and tell everyone you know that she's not pregnant anymore. It creates a lot of emotional stress for her.

My wife had two miscarriages. One very privately (just our parents knew) and one very publicly. The second was miserable because everyone wants to tell you how sorry they are and they keep reminding you what happened for months.

You should tell people who need to know (parents, immediate family) and then wait until you know things are progressing well, at least past the 10-12 week mark. If something happens, it's a lot easier to deal with.


This.....

We had a pair of miscarriages also. The family and friends stuff was far worse than anything else at the time.
 
The worst complication of our pregnancy was burning her feet...and that didn't hurt the baby.

mac 'she'll probably be a ball of fire' gyvr
 
Many of you work in auto shops, are you allowed to do side work? In your own garage? On your own time?
 
Regardless of your line of work, anything that approaches your employer's business is on shaky ground. And if they find out that you're doing side work that they'd expect to get....

Having said that, there are employers who wink at it.
 
Regardless of your line of work, anything that approaches your employer's business is on shaky ground. And if they find out that you're doing side work that they'd expect to get....

Having said that, there are employers who wink at it.

Well my friend just got fired for it. I understand what they mean by it cutting into their business but the vehicles he is working on, they can't afford to go to the shop he worked at. Hell, when he worked at the local Chrysler dealership, we worked on my Jeep there a couple times.
 
Many of you work in auto shops, are you allowed to do side work? In your own garage? On your own time?

When I worked at Ford, you could only work on your own junk, and on your own time. Where my buddy works, they used to be able to use all the shop equipment for side work. One of the techs ruined it for them though, so no more. They can still bring in their own stuff to work on and they let them use the shop on Saturdays. Not a bad deal really. It's not very common for a shop to let you use their facility/resources for side work.
 
Many of you work in auto shops, are you allowed to do side work? In your own garage? On your own time?

big nono. That is pulling profit out the employers hand.in the form of loosing a potential customer,it doesn't matter if they can afford that shop or not. if you are not making money you are loosing it.

it is allowed with permission sometimes at our place.

was your buddy warned about it previously?
 
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