tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post8123244457091425578..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: MONDAY DIARY: CUTTING STAFFFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-66849824847149286222012-10-01T14:42:08.847-07:002012-10-01T14:42:08.847-07:00Father, you'll be fine if staff is cut. I tri...Father, you'll be fine if staff is cut. I tried to post earlier on my lunch break. Don't know if it went through or not as I am new to this blogging bit. <br /><br />My wife and I see this where we work. Staff is reduced. Workers double and triple their load. It's the American way. No time for family and friends. Watch the game? Not when each of you works two or more jobs and there are kids involved. Kids that you don't see much anyway. I guess our main motivator is private school education. NOT like 99% of our friends--just desperate to stay out of the crumbling and dangerous public schools. We actually want the Catholic education. We actually attend weekly mass. We are not eligible for aid, so we work on. Is it worth it? I'm not sure when 19,000dollars of a fundraiser goes to an outdoor garden. Where our children go to school has become largely run by the haves. They have the income to allow them the leisure time to be at school all the time. But most people there are like us--praying and praying and praying that tuition doesn't go up again. Trying to meet the demands of all of these insane fundraisers. Trying to accomodate the school that says our 10th grader must have an Ipad next year. <br />We've never owned a new car. We don't vacation. We spend every dollar with our eyes on tuition. <br /><br />So we understand your own concerns if your staff is cut. Never taking a vacation because you can't afford it or work requires your presence is an exhausting prospect. We know. Like many American workers, we live this each day. And because of our rampantly capitalistic society, we are grateful even to have our collection of jobs. <br /><br />It's sad that the church suffers in this way. Her children surely pay the price just as ours do when there aren't enough hours in the day to attend to needs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-73704423120431210482012-10-01T10:30:47.437-07:002012-10-01T10:30:47.437-07:00I have nine granddaughters , ages fifteen to thirt...I have nine granddaughters , ages fifteen to thirty, none married, and I'm talking it up and praying.<br /><br />rmkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com