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Tazman53 · 09-06-2007, 06:55 AM

LOL Not really, simply replaced. Meeting ended last night and I am talking to my grandsponsor and I notice a fairly new guy cleaning up the coffee pots!!! I asked my grandsponsor why he was cleaning up? He said that maybe my sponsor had suggested he take that position!!

I am not upset at all by it, I know that he needed the service position more then I do right now. Of course now I need to find a new service position, I am going to wait until my schedule settles down and see if one of our coffee makers wants to retire!!!

**CarolD** · 09-06-2007, 06:59 AM

Well Taz....
Who is cleaning the er ah other pots?

Tazman53 · 09-06-2007, 07:33 AM

Luckily we do not have any service positions like that!!!!

gypsytears · 09-06-2007, 07:35 AM

Jeez Taz! I don't usually come down here to the 12 step section but this caught my eye and I was worried. For a sec. I thought it was seriously your job. Whew. Carry on

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**best** · 09-06-2007, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Tazman53

I asked my grandsponsor why he was cleaning up? He said that maybe my sponsor had suggested he take that position!!

or maybe he doesn't use spit polish. Told ya people wouldn't like that idea no matter how much a shine you could put on the pots *LOL*

Astro · 09-06-2007, 09:31 AM

Yeah Taz, I hang onto my service commitments tooth and nail, but I've also been thinking it'd be nice to pass along some of it to the newcomers. After all, I could always wipe down tables instead of greeting or emptying the trash;-)

Cripes, I thought you had lost your job. Don't do that!! Lol

parentrecovers · 09-06-2007, 09:36 AM

i'm sure the severance package is generous.

**BigSis** · 09-06-2007, 09:52 AM

Perhaps you can file a grievance with the union?

((hugs))

barb dwyer · 09-06-2007, 11:32 PM

in our group - people take turns walking around pouring during the meeting. it's funny sometimes, there's almost a LINE waiting to grab the pot and make another round.

Tazzle, I thought you meant your sponsee fired you!
I'm like Gypsy - Wtf?

Tazman53 · 09-10-2007, 04:42 AM

All is well, service positions I am learning are part of passing it on. My sponsee took over one of my service positions, well he is out of town for a few weeks so I covered Friday for him and the chair asked for volunteers to fill in for him this coming Friday, well I am sitting there thinking to myself "No big deal, I will handle it Friday and then my sponsee will pick it back up when he gets back. Well a new guy came up to me after the meeting and said he would do it. What could I say? I explained that it was just for that one Friday and he was still grinning.

Friday I will talk to him and see if he wants another service position and find out who his sponsor is to where we can work together to find him another service position. Funny thing how cleaning coffee pots, making coffee, or setting up a meeting helps one stay sober.

Sugah · 09-10-2007, 07:51 AM

I know in my area, Taz, there are always committees that can use an extra pair of hands. How about PI? Public Information? Our district is two counties wide, and I can never get enough people to make sure doctors offices, schools, libraries, mental health facilities, employment agencies, motels, laundromats, etc...have meeting lists and literature.....

Peace & Love,
Sugah

Tazman53 · 09-10-2007, 07:57 AM

Thanks Sugah, I was thinking about taking over the monthly newsletter in my area, but that is an area I will have to look into also.

09-06-2007, 06:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 7,343	I was fired!!! LOL Not really, simply replaced. Meeting ended last night and I am talking to my grandsponsor and I notice a fairly new guy cleaning up the coffee pots!!! I asked my grandsponsor why he was cleaning up? He said that maybe my sponsor had suggested he take that position!! I am not upset at all by it, I know that he needed the service position more then I do right now. Of course now I need to find a new service position, I am going to wait until my schedule settles down and see if one of our coffee makers wants to retire!!! __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

09-06-2007, 06:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas, Ga. USA Posts: 16,037	Well Taz.... Who is cleaning the er ah other pots? __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

09-06-2007, 07:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 7,343	Luckily we do not have any service positions like that!!!! __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

09-06-2007, 07:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
gypsytears stone supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: upheaVAL Posts: 10,115 Blog Entries: 2	Jeez Taz! I don't usually come down here to the 12 step section but this caught my eye and I was worried. For a sec. I thought it was seriously your job. Whew. Carry on . __________________ We must be the change we wish to see in the world.~ Gandhi *I AM* Queen Bee of the Wii**

09-06-2007, 09:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
Astro Codaholic Alcodependant Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ, in a home filled with love Posts: 6,655	Yeah Taz, I hang onto my service commitments tooth and nail, but I've also been thinking it'd be nice to pass along some of it to the newcomers. After all, I could always wipe down tables instead of greeting or emptying the trash;-) Cripes, I thought you had lost your job. Don't do that!! Lol __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"

09-06-2007, 09:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
parentrecovers to dee or not to dee Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 12,683	i'm sure the severance package is generous. __________________

09-06-2007, 09:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
BigSis On a tear Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Volcano Country! Posts: 3,157	Perhaps you can file a grievance with the union? ((hugs)) __________________ No matter how spoiled the past may be, our future is spotless.... BigSis

09-06-2007, 11:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 7,142 Blog Entries: 3	in our group - people take turns walking around pouring during the meeting. it's funny sometimes, there's almost a LINE waiting to grab the pot and make another round. Tazzle, I thought you meant your sponsee fired you! I'm like Gypsy - Wtf? __________________ When I changed the way I looked at things, the things I looked at changed.

09-10-2007, 04:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 7,343	All is well, service positions I am learning are part of passing it on. My sponsee took over one of my service positions, well he is out of town for a few weeks so I covered Friday for him and the chair asked for volunteers to fill in for him this coming Friday, well I am sitting there thinking to myself "No big deal, I will handle it Friday and then my sponsee will pick it back up when he gets back. Well a new guy came up to me after the meeting and said he would do it. What could I say? I explained that it was just for that one Friday and he was still grinning. Friday I will talk to him and see if he wants another service position and find out who his sponsor is to where we can work together to find him another service position. Funny thing how cleaning coffee pots, making coffee, or setting up a meeting helps one stay sober. __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

09-10-2007, 07:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
Sugah Om, Aum, Ohm... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Punxsutawney/Pittsburgh Posts: 2,633	I know in my area, Taz, there are always committees that can use an extra pair of hands. How about PI? Public Information? Our district is two counties wide, and I can never get enough people to make sure doctors offices, schools, libraries, mental health facilities, employment agencies, motels, laundromats, etc...have meeting lists and literature..... Peace & Love, Sugah __________________ There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done Keep me in your heart for awhile ~WZ ANS 01/29/86 - 08/04/08

09-10-2007, 07:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 7,343	Thanks Sugah, I was thinking about taking over the monthly newsletter in my area, but that is an area I will have to look into also. __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

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