Added: The title of this Post is how I was treated---not how I view the real hard workers!
I HAVE THE GREATEST OF RESPECT FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CHAPPED HANDS AND SUNBURNED NECKS. THESE FOLKS BUILT AMERICA AND KEEP IT RUNNING.
MOST PEOPLE WITH MANUAL SKILLS ARE WILLING AND EAGER TO EXPLAIN THE WORKINGS OF THEIR TRADE IN TERMS EVEN AN OLD MAN LIKE ME CAN UNDERSTAND. VERY FEW HAVE EVER TRIED TO SNOW ME WITH HOW MUCH THEY KNOW.
SADLY, THAT DOES NOT HOLD TRUE FOR THE WHITE SHIRTS AND TIES CROWD. RECENTLY, A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF A LARGE REGIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CALLED ME AND EARLY ON HE STRESSED HE KNEW MORE ABOUT MY PROBLEM THAN I DID.
AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES THE "SHIRT" ACKNOWLEDGED THE INSTITUTION, NOT ME, WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HE FINALLY THANKED ME FOR DISCOVERING A MAJOR FLAW IN THEIR OPERATING PROCEDURES.
BEING TWO DOWN, MR. VICE PRESIDENT PROCEEDED TO TELL ME HOW HE HAD ALL OF HIS BILLS PAID OUT OF HIS ACCOUNT EACH MONTH. I MENTIONED THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MY INCOME, THREE GRANDKIDS WE ARE RAISING, AND A SEMI-INVALID WIFE WHO TAKES A TON OF MEDICINE. HE STOPPED REFERRING TO HIS LARGE POSITION.
HE DID AUTHORIZE A SMALL, I MEAN SMALL, GIFT CARD FOR ALL OF THE PROBLEMS HIS OUTFIT HAD CAUSED ME.
I DO NOT RESPOND WELL TO SHIRTS WHO TRY TO IMPRESS ME.
IN CLOSING, HE SAID HE WOULD NOT BE IN HIS OFFICE BETWEEN 11AM-1PM. I SAID THAT I HOPED HE HAD SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT! SILENCE FOLLOWED. I REMARKED THAT I KNEW HOW THINGS WORKED. HE WANTED TO IMPRESS ME WITH THE FACT HE COULD TAKE A TWO HOUR LUNCH! RANCHERS, OIL PATCH WORKERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE AMONG THE MANY WHO ARE LUCKY TO GET A 15 MINUTE LUNCH!
OVER THE YEARS, IN THE USAF, BUSINESS, AND 30 PLUS YEARS OF CHURCH WORK. I HAVE SEEN MANY ROCKETS GO UP HIGH AND FAST AND COME DOWN WITH EQUAL SPEED !!!!
GLENN <><
JUST WEST OF YESTERDAY
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