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@chai2,

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Me - "maybe she was in a fugue'

OK, I admit it. I don't know what this means.
(BTW, I expected the response to be something like "No, she was in a Toyota.")

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my brother would explain "fugue" as being in a daze.

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@George,

I like that, "No, she was alone." heh heh

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@Mame,

I know I've told this here before, but that reminds me of a dim bulb who used to work here. When asked "do you kegel" she said...

yeah, but I don't get HBO.

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Musically, a fugue is the repetition of the melodic theme by various instruments or groups of instruments, at slightly different intervals, building to a crescendo.

I've never understood where psychologists came up with the term "fugue state." But then, they're just pretend scientists, anyway.

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@Setanta,

fugue
One entry found. (M-W Dictionary)

Main Entry:
fugue
Pronunciation:
\ˈfyüg\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
probably from Italian fuga flight, fugue, from Latin, flight, from fugere
Date:
1597
1 a: a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts b: something that resembles a fugue especially in interweaving repetitive elements
2: a disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the acts performed
" fugue verb
" fugu·ist \ˈfyü-gist\ noun

There you go, it's both. Score one for the pretend scientists. I wonder what this lady thought it meant, "No, I was alone."

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@chai2,

Reminds me of when my sister had some friends over and she was in the kitchen while a discussion in progress about authors. She came through the swinging doors as one pompous guest was going on about "Shaw this book" and "Shaw that book". She leaned over to me and asked, "The Shah of Iran?"

God, I wanted to laugh. That Christmas I bought a used book by him and inscribed it, "To Lisa, from the Shah of Iran".

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You see . . . there is absolutely no relationship between the musical term and the pretend scientific term . . . and those clowns make almost as much money as lawyers . . . i tell ya, it's a cryin' shame . . .

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

Musically, a fugue is the repetition of the melodic theme by various instruments or groups of instruments, at slightly different intervals, building to a crescendo.

I've never understood where psychologists came up with the term "fugue state." But then, they're just pretend scientists, anyway.

yeah well, what kind of scientists came up with the term "kegel" for squeeze your pussy parts together?

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@chai2,

A cogent point . . .

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

A cogent point . . .

you laughed, I know it.

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I did now . . .

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@chai2,

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yeah well, what kind of scientists came up with the term "kegel" for squeeze your pussy parts together?

Rock-it Scientists?

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@George,

HA! good one.

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@chai2,

chai2 wrote:

yeah well, what kind of scientists came up with the term "kegel" for squeeze your pussy parts together?

that would be Dr. Arnold Kegel, who i assume was some kind of medical scientist.

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@dyslexia,

Dys - the word also has the meaning of "escape", as in "fugitive". About the original topic, everyone here is agreed that drivers dangerous to themselves or others should be separated from their car keys asap - but the only solution posted so far that achieves that result (aka that works!) is mine. Bitchin', moanin', and otherwise "fuguin'" (OK, I just made that one up, but it sure fits the original poster:)) just plain aren't effective.

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@chai2,

chai2 wrote:

I noted that she would not be able to drive a car for the next six months. You can’t if you have a seizure, pass out, etc. while driving. One of the group of people I was talking with responded “Well, how are the police going to prove that? She’ll keep on driving.” I said “There’s nothing for the police to find out. When the doctor at the hospital learns what happened, he’ll document it and it’ll be on record. He’ll place an order for her not to drive, and if she does, and anything happens, she’ll be in a lot of trouble.

This is not always true. I had a seizure and the doctors didn't document anything to keep me from driving. They did not contact the DOL. I, for the safety of others, choose not to drive for 6 months.

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You're right Chai2. I understand it though. The loss of mobility (in this case driving) can be a certain loss of dignity and freedom. Your coworkers may have been more concerned in catering to her emotional security and dignity since nobody got hurt.

Thank goodness nobody got hurt.
K
O

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@Diest TKO,

Diest TKO wrote:

You're right Chai2. I understand it though. The loss of mobility (in this case driving) can be a certain loss of dignity and freedom. Your coworkers may have been more concerned in catering to her emotional security and dignity since nobody got hurt.

Thank goodness nobody got hurt.
K
O

hehehe....I really have to laugh at that....on top of everything else, she's not at all a likable person. She's been hanging on here for years, and causes many people extra work because of her mistakes. The reason why is more than I'll go into here.

As far as most people are concerned, she's lost her dignity a long time ago, by consistantly screwing up, then blaming others.

well, one person was probably catering to her, because she's been enabling her for years.....another (the one that the next day was upset because someone "tried to hit her" is basically living at the center of the universe, and doesn't usually see the big picture, or go beyond the first layer of anothers behavior. A third person is wondering if she'll be able to move into her place, since she has decided to take a month off. It would be a lateral move, but closer to her home.

It would be better for all if this time off became permanent, but I somehow doubt it will be.

If this was a friend, or someone I really liked, I would have to tell him/her things have changed and they have to reconsider their abilities. I don't want a friend killing someone because someone was too afraid to speak the truth.

You're not doing anyone any favors by sweeping it under the rug.

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If this person is such a liability, is she kept on because the company does not want to have to deal with a suit for wrongful dismissal? If she is causing problems, can't she, eventually, be fired for cause? I've been in many situations in which we carefully, and relentlessly, documented infractions by an employee, and proceeded from verbal warning, to written warning, to one day suspension, to three day suspension, and finally to dismissal for cause. No employ treated in this manner ever successfully challenged the dismissal.

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