okay, i'm calm.

All raged out after yesterday's ragefest, I think I'm going to be pretty mellow for the rest of the week.

The company I work at has had an unusual amount of staff turnover in the past 6 months. It was a little worrying that people lasted an average of 1 week at the office, sometimes only a couple of days. My parents were skeptical about the whole situation and have repeatedly asked me not to get so comfortable.

However, I think most of the turnover made a lot of sense. If you give people a shot and they don't work out, you should try to find someone else, right? The problem with most of the new hires was that management thought they padded their resume. Now, I'm not sure if they indeed did make stuff up on their resume, but I wouldn't be surprised. People have a tendency to do that, which I will never understand. To me, the worst thing that can happen is being called on about a blatant lie. I suppose in a big firm, you can hide behind others and ask everyone for a little bit of help, but in a company as small as ours, it'd be impossible to maintain the facade of knowing more than you really do.

Better to start off with zero expectations, that way you are sure to wow the heck out of them.

Speaking of wow-ing the heck out of someone. I was looking at the personal income tax rates in the states yesterday. Wow. I'm paying more than 2.5X the tax than someone with my income in the states. Did you know that some states have no tax? And some have a flat rate of like 5%? And that most states' tax hits its ceiling at around 6%?? That's like the lowest tax rate in Ontario!!

And Ontario has one of the lowest personal provincial tax rates in Canada, along with BC. Go figure!!

Yes, I realize that less tax means the lack of important benefits like free healthcare. But you can always go buy health insurance, no? With the large discrepancy in tax rates between the two countries, a person with relatively high income can easily save about $15,000Cdn a year in taxes. That's more than enough to pay for all those free benefits that Amercians don't have. I suppose if you are the sole breadwinner of a family then it'd be pricey, but really, if you are young and independent, there isn't much to lose. Except maybe for national pride, that is.

I need to have a nappy nap. I've had yet another sleepness night.

And one more thing, I hope this little guy is okay. :( Bad kitty!

time for: dinner. yummy growling. where's everybody??