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6. Another thing to thank the company that drove me nuts for 32 years for......

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 05:26 PM

May 2012

Long hours? Sure. A 40 hour week would have been a fishing trip.
Plenty of pressure? I earned my gray hair. At 28.
Dealing with very unhappy people? I learned to bring peace and reason.
I could fix anything! Or at least, from time to time, loose with grace.
Unexpected out of town trips. I'll never take a retirement vacation. Spent too much time in motel rooms already.
I developed an honest dislike for airplains.
Seriously, I don't even eat out.

When my daughter was born, they asked in all seriousness if I would be taking maternity leave.

I was the father!

It was long ago and it was far away, and it was so much better than it is today.

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