Culture: Some royal gossip, fired for Christmas kindness, time for a smile

Diary 1/22/20

The Markle/Prince Harry stories are getting a bit stale.  Although it is intriguing and I tend to look up whenever mention comes upon.

Latest rumors, as of this writing, is that Canada doesn't want this royal couple.

The story of the kind-hearted bank employee who got fired for same is just sad.

My husband was short.  It never bothered him.  Or us.

Time for a smile.


Queen issues statement on Meghan Markle, Prince Harry after family talks, agrees to part-time move to Canada



I heard rumors that Meghan did not get along at all with her brother-in-law William's wife Kate.  I also heard rumors that she is not like by many people.

Rumors.  But hey, I share them when I get them.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/queen-issues-statement-after-royal-family-talks-on-harry-Meghan

“Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family,” the reigning monarch shared in a statement. “My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family. Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working Members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family. “Harry and Meghan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives,” the 93-year-old continued. “It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK. These are complex matters for my family to resolve, and there is some more work to be done, but I have asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days.” The queen says there are still issues to be resolved but she wants it done within days.-

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U.S. Bank employee says she was fired after Christmas Eve act of kindness

The $20 bucks this bank employee gave to a customer whose paycheck was held up by the bank on the eve of Christmas eve is sad indeed.

Cause I tell you, if I met someone who seemed reasonably honest and was without enough funds to put gas in the tank to get home, I'd give them a few banks.  Especially on Christmas Eve.

But the bank fired her.

Merry Christmas.

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/01/us-bank-employee-says-she-was-fired-after-christmas-eve-act-of-kindness.html

A Portland U.S. Bank employee said she was fired after giving $20 of her own money to a customer who was broke and stranded at a gas station on Christmas Eve. The man she helped called her firing “ridiculous.” “I was a customer of U.S. Bank, I needed help, and she went above and beyond,” said Marc Eugenio of Clackamas. “I felt so bad. She was the only one helping me.” On Dec. 23, Emily James, a senior banker at a U.S. Bank call center in Portland, said she spent more than an hour trying to help Eugenio, a bank customer whose paycheck from a new job had been placed on hold. The hold meant he couldn’t access the funds – just over $1,000 – and was essentially broke before Christmas.
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Wife's Picture of her and her shorter husband Goes viral online

https://lnkd.in/dFa-s_M

I don't know why this story is receiving so much social media attention.  My husband was short although we were both about the same height.  But I don't think it would have mattered much has I been a whole lot taller.

My husband was not the kind of guy that dwelled on such things that can't be changed.

I'd argue life is so much more pleasant when we accept that which is the destiny of our genes and God.

A woman named Lizz Adams from Los Angeles, CA, sparked a debate about dating short and tall guys when she posted a photo of her “king” of a husband who is just 5’5” (165 cm), while she towers over him in the pic. However, she and her husband were of the opinion that tall guys are simply bad people. She wrote in here tweet: Happily married to my 5’5” king for 8 years while y’all are getting ghosted by 6’2” alcoholics with 7th grade reading levels but go off about how you only date tall men I guess. A lot of Twitter users posted photos of them and their shorter partners, while others pointed out the obvious fact that there’s no objective relation between your height and your character
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Time for a Smile





Crime is not normally funny. These short stories are.