@FXML
    private void showManagerHome(ActionEvent event){
        if(DEBUG){
            System.out.println("[BEGIN showManagerHome()]");
            System.out.println("back button pressed");
        }//end if
        try{
            if(DEBUG){
                System.out.println("getting stage...");
            }
            //get the stage
            Stage s = Tables.getStage();
            //make sure nothing went wrong here...
            if(s != null){
                if(DEBUG){
                    System.out.println("loading MgrHomepage.fxml...");
                }//end if
                //redirect over to the manager's home
                Parent p = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("MgrHomepage.fxml"));
                Scene sc = new Scene(p);
                s.setScene(sc);
                if(DEBUG){
                    System.out.println("done. displaying scene...\n[END showManagerHome()]");
                }//end if
                s.show();
            }//end if
            else{
                System.out.println("ERROR: call to Tables.getStage() returned null reference");
                System.out.println("\tcannot redirect.");
                if(DEBUG){
                    System.out.println("[END showManagerHome()]");
                }//end if
            }//end else
        }//end try
        //uh-oh... something went wrong
        catch(Exception ex){
            System.out.println("ERROR: could not redirect to manager's homepage");
            System.out.println("\t" + ex.getMessage());
            if(DEBUG){
                    System.out.println("[END showManagerHome()]");
                }//end if
        }//end catch
    }//end method showManagerHome