I got a promotion today...

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38. Thank you. And I didn't really mean to impugn the job. I was in New York in the 70s when

there was a trash strike. Hell on earth.

The only times I really don't like the title is when I run into someone I haven't seen in a decade or more and they ask... "So, still teaching?" LOL

I gave up teaching Voc Ed to go into real estate... made good money but decided I didn't like being a shark. Worked for the county for a while and my Wife said "I want to live in the mountains... why don't you quit your job so we can move?"

Not a whole lot of money in a resort town, but I lucked out and got on in the one "industry" where the product comes to you for free, never sleeps, and never takes vacations or holidays: Trash.

So I kept my nose clean, haven't missed a single day in four+ years (excepting vacations), keep my paperwork immaculate... and when it came up my name was the only one mentioned. Proof there is reward for hard work after all.

Thanks again. I'm 54 and pretty sure this will be the last job I'll ever have to have.