Tips for dealing with Sexual Harassment
If you are dealing with sexual harassment at work and want to nip it in the bud, here are some suggestions. 1. Ask around, is it just directed at you, or are there other victims? Go to the offender’s supervisor, or to HR, enmass. There is more crediblity with a group complaint. 2. If you think the offender is just plain stupid , then talk to him and let him know that the line has been crossed. Possibly just educating the clueless one will do the trick. He may erroneously think that you are “one of the guys”. 3. Keep meticulous records with times and dates of what happened. 4. Use a sense of humor to set the record straight. 5. Consult an attorney, if all else fails. I read how an ingenius group of women, who worked in a factory, handled this issue. The floor supervisor would come around and sexually proposition the female workers individually. They talked amoung themselves and realized that they were all his victims. They decided to take matters in their own hands and stop the problem once and for all. Their plan was when the supervisor would come around to talk to someone, all of them would shut off their machines to make it quieter. The victim would yell, whatever the proposition was, like ” you want to do what to me?” They knew it would be especially difficult for the first couple of women. Soon, the men also turned off their machines when it happened and laughed whenever the supervisor tried his tricks. After a short while, the supervisor gave up and mainly stayed in his office overlooking the factory floor. Try being creative to avoid a lengthy lawsuit.
Best baking tip
The best baking tip to make scrumptious goodies and savories in one word, is butter. High quality butter makes all of the difference in baked goods, sauces, mashed potatos, etc. The pale yellow, almost tasteless butter in many groceries, makes inferior tasting foods. You need less butter than recipes call for, when using the rich Irish or English butters. For every stick of that butter, I use 1 tablespoon less in my recipes. With stovetop No Bake Dough Cookies, I use 1/3rd of the recipe amount. Use 1/2 less butter in mashed potatos than what you are currently using. I sometimes use an English one, but currently buy unsalted Kerrygold pure Irish butter. High quality butter is especially noticible in pizzelles, butter cookies, shortbread, pie crusts etc. This butter freezes well, so I buy a couple of extra ones to pop in the freezer to use when the baking mood strikes me. Sometimes this Irish or English butter is packaged as 2 sticks together, so when I open one, I divide it in half lengthwise, so it becomes 2 individual sticks. A dab will do it for cooking vegetables. I use less butter and enjoy the foods much more.
Travelling with Infants
Travelling with an infant is doable with a little advance planning. Consider staying in a vacation condo or a short-term apartment rental. I skipped the very cheap hotels and stayed in ones that had a crib. Travelling by train such as the Eurostar, had advantages over flying. I could walk the wee one down the aisle and point to the animals outside of our window. We stayed at my mother’s house across country that had baby paraphernalia. It was fun taking my pre-schooler and his infant brother to my favourite childhood haunts. Some parents forgo a stroller for a baby sling when travelling. If your baby or toddler is still on formula, it’s very easy to do long international trips. I had a container which had 3 separate compartments for the correct amount of dry formula per bottle. The container had a spout on the end for easy pouring of the dry formula into a baby bottle, containing water. I would make up a bottle as I went on the airplanes. Now, you may have to buy water after security control at the airports. While touring foreign cities, I’d buy a bottle of water and pore it ahead of time into my baby bottles and then add the formula, on the go. I used the disposable Playtex liners, particularly on trips. To sterilize bottle nipples, I used a travel heating unit, which heated up water in hotel rooms, and then I poured it over the washed baby bottle nipples. There are family friendly destinations, such as a beach, farm stay or a city like London with huge parks. Some cities have a children’s museum, zoo and fun festivals. My nine month old son ate as much at a big outdoor food extravaganza in Chicago, as I did. Animal sanctuaries and countries…
Savvy Travel Tips from Frequent Fliers
Here are travel and safety tips from frequent fliers: 1. Take blunt-tip baby scissors. They pass through security and are indespensible at opening foil packets or plastic tubes. Save the magazines samples of lotions and cosmetics to bring on journeys. The scissors are handy to use with hotel sewing kits. I had to use them to cut ace wrap for my son’s wrist, while enroute to France. 2. Buy skin serums in the form of capsules, for individual uses while on trips. Easy to pack and no bottles to tote back home. I take the sample packets found in magazines and in some stores at their beauty events. 3. Take small wrapped toys for little tots and dole them out during the trip. Get comic books or fun magazines for the older ones. Pack energy bars, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and snacks since meals can be off schedule. 4. Double your payment for bills before you leave, so no worries while abroad. This way you are covered if your trip is unexpectedly longer, and you do not return to a stack of bills to pay. 5. Get some new toys to give your pets when you depart. My cats like a new catnip mouse or cardboard scratching post. 6. Those large plastic travel bags really do work, to flatten clothes when packing. 7. Watch for pickpockets and this INCLUDES little children. Some families are in it together. A prime time is when people are gathered around street muscicians or buskers. Watch your possessions when there is a diversion on the street or when people ask directions and stick a map in your face. 8. Familiarize yourself with landmarks, not just street names. When you are running to catch the last bus out of the night street market in Thailand, it’s handier to remember…
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