Hate to start our first true debate that could lead to the fall of these boards...BUT the best marg is

1 part tequila (gotta use the good stuff cause you're gonna have to like the taste)
1 part triple sec
Juice from 1/2 fresh lime (about 2 tblspoons)

mix it, salt the glass with the used lime as the "juice" and pour that baby over them rocks...
and Stand back ladies...your world is startin to rock.

Did someone say margarita's? I have some Cabo Wabo in the cabinet from our last party. It makes good drinks and good ribs! (Emril did a show on it.)
I think it's funny, my husband and I have totally different work personalities. He is in a position with his job where not a lot is expected of him (just to do a little work) and he gets paid very well. I think I would go crazy handing out tickets and saying Thank you all night while watching tv in the backgroud. I swear, between the DVD player, DVD's, and satelite radio, we spend as much to entertain him at work as he makes! Though I'm not sure what wlse he would do if this hadn't fallen into his lap.

My last corporate job was in the early 90s. (yikes! 12 years ago!!!) Anyway, that was about the time that the whole 'internal customer' concept took off. I had all kinds of coworkers who suddenly became my 'customers' and tried to act like I worked for them. Yeah, whatever. All of our paychecks were signed by the same person.

I don't miss the corporate world at all! My poor husband works for a giant Fortune 100 company. His role is to be the 'change agent' whenever a new concept is implemented. He goes in, defines the department and everything that comes with it, leads the team, takes the hits (from all directions) and gets things settled. Then, he heads off to a new area to start all over again. Every time he's replaced by two or even three people. And often, the most senior of the two or three is given a higher salary grade than my husband got for doing the entire job! He loves is job though and thinks its terrific that he's worked for the same company for 16 years but has had about 10 different jobs.

From www.blenderking.com

It makes a whole blender full - is that BIIIIIIG enough?

Spike’s World Famous Margaritas
Updated November 26, 2005
You should know: This is it. The original. The classic. The spectacular Spike’s World Famous Margaritas!

I’ve been making this recipe for over 10 years. It’s the secret ingredient…lime marmalade…that makes this one the best.

You can’t go wrong with Spike…and his world famous margarita!

Here’s what you need to make it (per blenderful): 6 ounces Tequila, 2 ounces Triple Sec, 6 ounces Sour Mix, 2 tablespoons of Lime Marmalade, Ice

And how to do it: Pour ingredients except for the ice into your blender and blend for about 15 seconds, Now add the ice and blend for 30+ seconds. Pour into margarita glasses (salt optional) and enjoy! When your friends ask you about how you found this recipe…tell them about your good friend Spike at blenderking.com!

[ 06-14-2006, 03:39 PM: Message edited by: CrewChief ]

My husband knows a guy who worked at their corporate office that had a similar thing occur. He worked himself so hard that his health began to suffer so as soon as he was able he retired. They had to hire three people to do the job he had been doing. They never listened when he said he needed help and now they have to pay more in salaries and don't get near the quality of work out of the new people as they got out of him.

The guy I work with is very good at stealing ideas, relaying info to management before anyone else can do it, bragging himself up, and making sure that he gets in on any project that is even remotely high profile even if he doesn't do a single thing but sit in the meetings. He also considers me beneath him when it comes to relaying info and listening to my input. I've tried to politely let my boss know of the problems we have, but I don't think he wants to deal with it. I've come to a point where the politeness is wearing off and I'm ready to just be brutally honest. That should make work fun, but then it's not much fun now!

I need a BIIIIIIIIIG margarita!

[ 06-14-2006, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: LUVMYKIDS ]

Way back in the day when I had a paying job, I had been at the place of business longer than anyone else and even though I wasn't the most formally educated, I knew the most about how the business worked. My boss would give tours to people wanting to donate to our group. One day she couldn't make it on time and asked me to do it. She came in part way through and joined the group listening to me. When it was all said and done, that became another of my responsibilities. Appearantly she didn't know half the interesting stuff she needed to know to get people excited.
In another instantce, she was looking for someone to replace me and she kept bringing people that I could look at and tell they wouldn't fit. She "hired" 2 people and neither of them ever showed up to work! She finally conceded to let me in on the interveiw process and I picked a lady she had already interveiwed but wasn't sure of. That lady is still there 5 years later and made my boss understand that most people can't handle the work load I was doing and that she should of just given me the raise I asked for because now they have 5 people doing what I did!