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<div> All true, but I occasionally get the "labor-management" internal struggle: "My boss is a slave driver," vs. "My employee is a lazy swine." I need to listen to the employee when it comes to being sick and tired!</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br>
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Dave Stahl Piano Service<br>
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Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment<br>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_8f4adb1d-cabb-4502-b40a-caac43f7161e>I entirely agree. Self-employment means you can pace yourself, take a nap in the afternoon if you have to. The corporate sick-leave model doesn't apply to us self-employeds. Thank heavens! <br>
A self-employed person, almost by definition, in one who has a compassionate boss. <br>
J. R. White <br>
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>From: "Diane Hofstetter" <<A href="mailto:dianepianotuner%40msn.com">dianepianotuner@msn.com</A>> <br>
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> <br>
>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <br>
>Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment <br>
>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:24:44 -0700 <br>
> <br>
>Dear Sunday Sofa Spud, <br>
> <br>
>Actually, that's the upside to self-employment---that you can learn what >your limits are and respect them. And the sooner the better. I've had a >lot of trouble learning that lesson, and it continues to cause me problems >when I forget to take care of myself. <br>
> <br>
>I just spent four months of not tuning at all. The pain in my hands, arm, >shoulder, lower back--- ALL WENT AWAY! What an eye-opener THAT was! <br>
> <br>
>I hope you feel better very soon! <br>
>Diane <br>
> <br>
>Diane Hofstetter <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>----Original Message Follows---- <br>
>From: <A href="mailto:piannaman%40aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A> <br>
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> <br>
>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <br>
>Subject: A downside to self-employment <br>
>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:44:26 -0400 <br>
> <br>
>You don't get paid when you don't work. That's the big downside. >Vacations we generally tend to account for, but it's hard to plan sick >leave. <br>
> <br>
>I probably should have taken this whole week off. I had a couple of nights >of fever and chills, and was feeling weak most of the time. But like the >stubborn ox I am, I pushed through what I thought was a cold, capped by a 4 >tuning-with-some-voicing Friday that included a fair amount of driving. I >ended up in the ER that night with chest pain. Turns out it was a mild >case of pneumonia, not a heart issue. <br>
> <br>
>Do others of you notice a difference in sound perception when you have a >fever? Even pianos that I tuned that passed every interval and etd test >available to me sounded unpleasant and off. <br>
> <br>
>Next time, I'll listen to my body when it screams, "take the time off." It >would be a lot more costly to end up in the hospital for a long stretch >than to miss a few days of work. <br>
> <br>
>Be Well, <br>
> <br>
>Dave Stahl, Sunday Sofa Spud <br>
> <br>
>Dave Stahl Piano Service <br>
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