04-03-2020, 09:37 PM
Well, my idyllic days of being essential to the court reporters of the world are coming to a... well, not a halt, but an on again, off again weirdness. Stenograph is going to put everyone on an every other week schedule at half-pay for the next two months. The good news is that no one is being fired, that we all keep our benefits and that we qualify for unemployment compensation for the reduced hours. Also, I’ll get four weeks off between now and the end of May, which will give me lots of quality time in the garden and walking around the hills. This will be my first experience with an unemployment claim.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.