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samplegirl

(14,060 posts)
22. It was a real struggle
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:28 PM
Oct 2024

He started out working at UPS and worked there for over a year, never called a day off and couldnt afford to. My husband had the busiest route and could work circles around most of those guys that work there. After a year, he started bugging them about a full-time position and they wouldn't give it to him. By this time both of his knees were shot from jumping up and down off of a truck all day, long in one of the busiest sections to give an older man because nobody wanted it, and he was at the bottom of the pole, luckily he got his job at Odot a union job and finished out his last nine years there. He worked there with bad knees a few years and had bilateral knee replacement and back to work in three months. Hoping for the best now.

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Great news for you! snowybirdie Oct 2024 #1
And I can't figure out samplegirl Oct 2024 #5
Wow!! Awesome!! Great news!!! wordstroken Oct 2024 #2
Just 7 days till samplegirl Oct 2024 #6
Way to go, samplegirl!! wordstroken Oct 2024 #23
Great news! I am so happy for you. brer cat Oct 2024 #3
It's a good day samplegirl Oct 2024 #7
Congratulations! That's great! DemonGoddess Oct 2024 #4
Thank you samplegirl Oct 2024 #19
Congrats! MissB Oct 2024 #8
Excellent news 😀😀😀😀 underpants Oct 2024 #9
That is great news! MiKenMi33 Oct 2024 #10
Wonderful news.. congratulations!! mountain grammy Oct 2024 #11
Marvelous! MLAA Oct 2024 #12
Thank you Joe Biden! JohnnyRingo Oct 2024 #13
This was for a job samplegirl Oct 2024 #20
That's absolutely wonderful news! Tickle Oct 2024 #14
Wonderful! Just wonderful! Solly Mack Oct 2024 #15
It's been a struggle samplegirl Oct 2024 #21
Excellent news & hugs to you both Hekate Oct 2024 #16
Yes he sure will! samplegirl Oct 2024 #24
Wonderful news, happy for you both. Thank you Joe Biden. c-rational Oct 2024 #17
So happy for you. joanbarnes Oct 2024 #18
It was a real struggle samplegirl Oct 2024 #22
We made it samplegirl Oct 2024 #28
I could not be happier for you and your husband. Deuxcents Oct 2024 #25
Thank you samplegirl Oct 2024 #29
Congrats! SheltieLover Oct 2024 #26
Happy for both of you, it really should not be this difficult/costly to receive an education ... cliffside Oct 2024 #27
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