The LuLac Edition #2785, November 29th, 2014
CUTBACKS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
Mrs. LuLac had a situation on Wednesday with a check she received for working at the polls on Election Day. On a trip to Harrisburg last week she stopped in a restroom and accidentally put her purse on a sink. Unbeknownst to her the sink had a faucets that activated when something was put under it. Some contents of her massive bag got wet. One of them was the Election Day payment. So she went to the Courthouse on Wednesday and within an hour she was efficiently and cheerfully given a new check.
When she told me this I thought, wow, in the old days it would take a while. So I'm thinking that things are running pretty smooth on River Street. Then I read about the debacle about the employees not being paid in a timely manner because of human error. Things happen, I understand but this county workforce has faced layoffs, cuts, a reduction of a work force that has stretched the County to its limits. But despite this the work, as well as decent customer service has gone on.
So when a misstep like this happens it doesn’t improve moral. I hope the funding thing has straightened itself out but as an old softball coach on the Killer Bees told me once, “Get the basics right and the rest will follow”. Wise advice.
My point here is that cutbacks to employees and departments have consequences. We saw that Friday. Luzerne County employees..all of them deserve better.
posted by David Yonki @ 10:40 PM
12 comments
12 Comments:
Dave: What’s up with Luzerne Co. all the time? Is it in the water? Makes you wonder. Is our government that corrupt and stupid? Seems like our country...things get worse all the time.
Joe B.
Cutbacks?
Come on, if news reports are correct, this was incompetence. The person who went on vacation didn't make sure the work was done before they left.
Joe B., every mistake is a scandal! Every mistake proves corruption! Every mistake shows we are doomed!
Get a grip.
Honest mistakes happen even in NEPA!
The key is to straighten them out and do whats right. In the end a little inconvenience can be handled
and the old saying, Shit Happens is often true.
The "little inconvenience" that I am now facing is convincing my creditors I paid online Wednesday night to accept my resubmitted transactions from my flagged checking account.
Too many chiefs . . . .
IN RESPONSE
The "little inconvenience" that I am now facing is convincing my creditors I paid online Wednesday night to accept my resubmitted transactions from my flagged checking account.
YEAH I BET. ANYTIME YOU MESS WITH ANYONE'S MONEY, THAT IS NOT AN INCONVENIENCE, IT IS JUST PLAIN DUMB AND WRONG. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TAKE A "VACATION DAY" AND LET SOMEONE CLEAN UP AFTER YOU. BUT I BET YOU WON'T BECAUSE YOU ARE A RESPONSIBLE WORKER.
As a private sector employee I remember more than one occasion when the paycheck was late or held until it was good. This of course was not acceptable, but it happened. Government employees expect their money and all benefits on time and in full and they have a right to. True its not a little inconvenience but you got your money albeit late by a weekend.
My wife worked for a company that suddenly closed leaving her out in the cold for paycheck, benefits and vacation and sick time. That really sucked and was never made whole.
Why didn't you check your account first prior to paying? Also, even if your pay was deposited Friday, your payments paid on Wednesday would have been flagged for NSF. Online payments don't have any lag time. The money needs to be in the account at the time of transaction.
Dave, you op;ened a dialog with the same working class people who vote Repubican. How can these idiots blame the worker who was on approved vacation but say nothing about Swetz who approved the vacation but did not follow through to see that those job duties were covered. When did it become the employees responsibility to see to it that managers do their jobs? This is a disgrace and the guy was dumped on. This is on Swetz and Lawton.
IN RESPONSE
This is a disgrace and the guy was dumped on. This is on Swetz and Lawton.
I AGREE BUT THE BIG SHOTS ALWAYS HAVE PROTECTIVE COVER. IN ALL SECTORS.
IN RESPONSE
My wife worked for a company that suddenly closed leaving her out in the cold for paycheck, benefits and vacation and sick time. That really sucked and was never made whole.
THAT WASN'T THE PLACE ON S.MAIN NOW OWNED BY WILKES WAS IT???
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