European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. August 13, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 11teit&rs dear Ann Landers husband s brother a Tom Quot is 48, sinkle a very heavy Drinker and a always needs to borrow Money because 1 he been sick and unable to work. 2 car which he needs to go to work broke Down and the garage demands Cash. 3 the Furnace died and to be replaced Etc. 4 he a Short because he loaned a Friend Money to pay an operation. We get these Calls about every six months. Tom always lived from paycheck to paycheck is maxed out on credit cards and foolishly allowed the Bank to take House Back after he let it go to hell. Although he a currently unemployed Toms a hard worker very smart and always made Good Money a about $35,000 a year a but he never saves a dime. My husband and i have two Young children House payments Day care expenses and other Bills. I should Tell you Ann that Tom always paid us Back but in a getting sick and tired of pulling fat out. Of the fire. My husband says he can to let brother Down when he san trouble. I say Tom needs to icam How to be responsible himself. What a your opinion we need 3 referee a a a enough is enough in St. Paul dear Saint Paul with emphasis on the Saint the fact that Tom always paid you Back says something about integrity but 1 agree with you he needs to learn that the most reliable helping hand is at the end of own sleeve. Compromise with your kind generous husband. Agree to bail Tom out one last time but Only if Tom will agree to a go to alcoholics Anonymous and b put something aside out of every paycheck when he gets Back to work. Let him know you will not Rescue him again. And keep your Worril dear Ann Landers a i am a notary Public in the state of new Jersey. At one time it was an Honor and a privilege to be one but no longer is this True. A great Many people done to realize that a notary a responsibility is not to attach the a a magic Seal to a document that makes it Legal. Our Job is to witness the signature at the time of signing and to swear that the individual who signed the document is in fact that person. We attest to the fact that we actually witnessed the signature being signed. Most people come with documents that already have been signed by them or worse by someone else. I am then asked to a a notarized these signatures. This is especially embarrassing when they happen to be friends. In one instance a woman who wanted to adopt a foreign child brought 12 letters of recommendation to be notarized. Half of the letters were pre signed. The other half had not been signed at All. The woman left office in tears because i refused to affix stamp and Seal to the letters. Once i was asked to notarize a signature written in chinese. I could have been signing away firstborn All i knew. Please advise your readers that the purpose of a notary Public is to witness a signature of a person at the moment of signing. It is amazing what the Public does not know. A ready to quit in . Dear ready nothing about a the Public would Surprise . Ill match stories with you any Day of the year. Thanks sharing yours. Creators Syndicate a pointers gis seeking civilian work 1 am not the most intelligent person in the world but in View of current events i Hope 1 can be of help or at least give encouragement to those who must leave the military 1 reside Here in Germany because it was Here that i found a Job with the army after i retired from the military. Had i not gotten that Job 1 be Here secondly find out yourself just what you Are Good at and sell this to the Hilt. Done to underestimate your Worth to society. Done to overestimate in either. You May not land that perfect Job at first. Leave your Ary today but rather Home in Colorado fighting the Demon of unemployment with every weapon at disposal. By now 1 would Likely be working there at something albeit i left the service voluntarily. 1 wanted to live a different kind of life. However the principles Are the same All who hang up their bus. The transition to civilian life is a serious Battle. We americans arc winners at heart. We military and sex military people arc among the Best our country in spite of the few bad apples who turn up occasionally. If a typical american puts up a Well planned tenacious fight the objective will be won. I am a living example. 1 was not a super Soldier. By a standards 1 was Only an average no. I won anyway so what to do first learn How to Job Hunt and take it seriously. Spend time at the Library. There Are lots of Good books on the subject. Ask those who won their Battle. You May ask self open to whatever is practical. Once you have sonic lie nay Nec Means to look a bigger one. Kind of reasonable paycheck you have the ability and thirdly Likely the most important have courage. There arc those naysayers who will lecture you about How there arc no jobs the hiring freeze and every other negative thing you can think of. To your mind Only politely Tell these people to go to hell. In the Job War they fight heir Way out of a paper bag. The poor souls done to want anyone else to win. Either. Don t sit around and bemoan the system i Lan now and take immediate action. You May have to take a a not an answer a thousand limes. There is always a 1,001 is time. Turn every Stone Knock on every door and explore every path. We americans Are among the greatest Peoples of recorded history. We did not bring tyranny to its Knees by moping. You can and you will win a Little self education and some raw guts arc what in takes More than anything else. Aren t these things already familiar to us gis anyway a Robert a. Baird sicken him West Germany a cafes policy on Day old bread explained while shopping in the commissary i saw a woman taking Day old bread off the shelf and putting it in a Basket. I asked her if it was marked half Price and she said it was going to be thrown away. The commissary gets full refund from cafes bread returned. My question is what does cafes do with Day old bread that is returned do they sell it half Price do they give it to charities such As airman a closet Uso or romanian Relief a shelter the homeless would love to receive Day old bread example. There Are probably reasons not giving in away but 1 one would love to buy it at half Price. In a sure cafes to make up the loss somewhere probably with raising prices on other cafes products. One other question Why do cafes products Cost More in the shop Petty than in the commissary a Wanda Gunniss Sembach a West Germany editors note a master sgt. Dayton i Stiek land customer relations he cafes Europe replies As you May or May not know cafes and the commissary systems Are two separate entities. The commissaries sell bread at Cost plus a surcharge. We sell bread at retail prices which include a profit part of which goes Back to our Community. Our Shoppe lies Mark bread Down to half Price when the shelf life Index been reached. For example a loaf of bread tagged with a thursday sell by Date would be marked Down to half Price on Friday morning and any remaining bread written olt and thrown away on saturday morning. We do not donate this bread because stale hrad is stale bread no matter who eats it. We like your suggestion about the commissary offering Day old bread at half Price and will pursue that idea with them. If we can work out the Cost accounting of it All your idea will provide an added service and savings to their customers and also put a Little More change Hack into cafes and Wmk Piggy Hanks. Thanks the suggestion. Writer urges resistance to forces cuts it seems that Congress finds in easier to Cut the faceless mass of troops than to look a line worker in the Eye and Tell him or her that their defense factory is about to close. To Congress we arc just numbers on paper. I think it is time to change that. Perhaps if All service members would Send pictures of themselves either alone or with their families or pen pals i am a 42 your Voltl married Man and i am interested in Christian pen pals. A George Eide a were. Busia Market Box 467 a Busia Kenya cast afr a i would like Pun pals. A Heather Gill 9c Short . Aberdeen Scotland. Barracks buddies to their congressman senator and even inc defense appropriations committee we would not just be numbers any More. Let Congress know Why you want to slay in the military. Tell them what beg Cut would mean to you. Point out that just like that line worker you have a family to teed and kids to put through College. 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