Posted by Dale Sackrider, II on Nov 19, 2007 in
Events My wife and I are hosting Thanksgiving Day at our house this year as I’m sure many of you are. So, I know that you will be as concerned as I am about having a fun and safe holiday. When I ran across the following information, I knew I had to share it with other Turkey-Day hosts - Enjoy:
In an effort to prevent greedy trial lawyers from wrangling your guests into suing you for contributing to the so-called “obesity epidemic,” we have prepared this essential liability waiver. Make sure all your Turkey Day guests sign it.
With this waiver, Thanksgiving dinner hosts can keep the nutritional puritans out of their dining room. They can also protect themselves from over-stuffed lawsuits filed by attorneys who threaten to sue restaurants, food companies, school boards, doctors, and even parents for the nation’s extra pounds. Our Thanksgiving Guest Liability and Indemnification Form comes in carbon-copy triplicate for proper record-keeping come court time. The waiver includes an agreement not to haul your host into court on the basis of:
1. Failure to provide nutritional information;
2. Failure to warn of the potential for overeating because food tastes too good and is provided at no cost;
3. Failure to offer “healthier alternatives” or vegetarian “tofurkey”;
4. Failure to provide information about other venues serving alternative, “healthier” Thanksgiving meals;
5. Failure to warn that dark meat contains more fat than white meat; and
6. Failure to warn that eating too much and not exercising may lead to obesity.
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Posted by Dale Sackrider, II on Nov 16, 2007 in
myThoughts My job has been crazy! I’m working over 80 hours this week and I have worked over 70 hours a week for the last four weeks. There has been a lot of stress and a lot of ups and downs, but through it all I know it will be fine in the end. I’ve reminded myself of the following story to get myself through:
When I was 15 I took a job as a pizza maker at Domino’s Pizza. I worked there for a few years before leaving for college. I have a lot of good memories from that job. I remember on one occasion, I was working the cut table (that station was responsible for pulling pizza’s from the oven, cutting them, boxing them, and grouping them for deliveries. When a driver got back from a run, he or she would have to take the oldest pizza and any pizzas going in the same direction. Sometimes a driver would skip the oldest order in favor of a better run or a better neighborhood - it was against the rules and if caught the driver would face reprimand, but it still happened.
Anyway, I was working the cut table and one of our ‘old-timers’ came in from a run and suddenly got very upset. Apparently, one of the younger drivers had come in before him but skipped the oldest order to take a grouping of three orders going to a nicer (better tipping) area. After about a 10 minute rant, the older driver took the skipped order and left. Here’s the part that stuck with me - we had an older lady (maybe in her late 50’s) that also delivered for us. She had come in during the old-timer’s rant. After he left in a tiff, she looked at me and said:
I took this job because of the low stress - It’s just pizza!
It’s just pizza! What a great way to look at the situation. I know that the issue for the old-timer wasn’t the pizza, and I know that life isn’t always simple - but when things start to get stressed, I remind myself - It’s just pizza.
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Posted by Dale Sackrider, II on Nov 6, 2007 in
Ministry
Have you ever seen the movie “Office Space”? Its rated R and has a lot of strong language, but if you get a chance to watch it on broadcast TV go for it. Its one of the most quoted movies around my office. Anyway, I recently found out about a situation that reminded me of a scene from the movie:
Bob Slydell: Milton Waddams.
Dom Portwood: Who’s he?
Bob Porter: You know, squirrely looking guy, mumbles a lot.
Dom Portwood: Oh, yeah.
Bob Slydell: Yeah, we can’t actually find a record of him being a current employee here.
Bob Porter: I looked into it more deeply and I found that apparently what happened is that he was laid off five years ago and no one ever told him about it; but through some kind of glitch in the payroll department, he still gets a paycheck.
Bob Slydell: So we just went ahead and fixed the glitch.
Bill Lumbergh: Great.
Dom Portwood: So, uh, Milton has been let go?
Bob Slydell: Well, just a second there, professor. We, uh, we fixed the *glitch*. So he won’t be receiving a paycheck anymore, so it’ll just work itself out naturally.
Bob Porter: We always like to avoid confrontation, whenever possible. Problem is solved from your end.
We fixed the glitch. I’ve always thought of this as a funny scene, but what if this really happened to you? You show up for work everyday but one payday, nothing gets deposited into your account? What would you do? How would you react? No one told you that you were let go, you got no severance package, no exit interview. Just no paycheck at the end of the week. Would you go back next week? In the movie, Milton thought it was an error with payroll. He kept going to work, asking around if there was a problem. Now, what if I told you this happens everyday in America. But, not to funny characters that mumble about their staplers - but to people you know and like.
Did you know that if you go to a small church (less than a few hundred) then there is a good chance your pastor didn’t get paid last week? If you are like me, you’re thinking, “No way, my pastor would have said something”. And like me, you would be wrong. I know a pastor today that hasn’t been paid in three weeks - but last Saturday night, he still spent time in his prayer closet seeking God for the people that would show up the next morning. I asked him why he kept working there and his response is what prompted me to write this blog - “This isn’t new - it happens to a lot of ministers”. I didn’t believe him - until I called one of my pastors from North Carolina. I asked my NC Friend - “Have you ever gone without a paycheck?” His reply - “Well Dale, you pay the bills of the church first because you have to keep the lights on. If there isn’t enough left over, then you don’t get paid”. I’ve confirmed this fact with four different pastors now - all of them in different parts of the country, all of them in different denominations.
Is this how we treat our pastors? Do you know if your pastor went without a paycheck this week? I dare you to ask him if he has ever gone without pay. The worst part about this is that I thought if people knew they would fix it. I’m finding out that in many cases, people hold back their regular giving on purpose because they aren’t happy with the pastor - so unhappy that they decide to ‘fix the glitch’ by ceasing to give! Find out of your pastor is missing paychecks - and fix that glitch! If you have to commit to give more, or just take up a special offering, do whatever it takes. The Apostle Paul said a workman is worthy of his wage (1 Tim 5:18).
I really do want to hear back from you on this - don’t just reply - ask you pastor, work to fix it if your pastor is missing paychecks, then reply to my post. I hope you can all say - I asked my pastor and he said he has never missed a check!, but I fear that will not be the case…
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