In a message dated 3/20/99 2:49:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!, nhunt@jagat.com writes: << Try tuning a concert piano with the outside doors open and a cold wet breeze coming across the piano, the stage hands doing a load in, the ligh crew are yelling to each other about how to set the lights and the sound guys trying to set up the sound system and you have 45 minutes to tune somone elses piano. Now THAT is stress. Have a stressless weekend. Newto >> When I was first teaching, the principal would cancel the last period of the day (the period I had band rehearsals) for a variety of reason. I kept telling him I could never get the kids ready for a concert with so many cancellations. All my complaining never mattered, and I learned very early that if the "powers that be" don't care about the quality of the performance, why should I. I have taken that attitude along with me in all sorts of situations. My view in life is: I will do best I can with the (equipment, time, product, situations, you fill in the word), that has been given to me, and let it go at that. 99% of the time my work is appreciated. The 1% someone complains about, I either try to explain the situation, or brush it off. Perhaps I would have been fired from a college situation, but I will not allow other people's interference with my job cause me stress. In other words, they get what they pay for, under the conditions I have to work. Willem Blees
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