Well, I know, it has been a while and time has occurred within space. Since the last time I thought on paper, I was laid off at work. This means I am now amongst the great throngs of "unemployed".Nevermind that I worked "there" for a decade. Within the great American workplace, the bottom line rules and if you take on risks and go "out there" for the Corporation, expect your rewards to be few.
That aside it was not a bad place to work for 10 years. Airconditioned in Florida and you played with computers (well within determined parameters-get caught surfing and lose your job!).
Ah, the things I learned, the applications I used and the people I spoke to around the world!
"Are you sure you're a supervisor?" Yes, I was one of those people you speak with when you call an 800 number and say, "I want to speak to your Supervisor!" And that's putting it mildly.
What is it about Americans that they think that phone ownership grants them the right to be foulmouthed with anyone they care to? But I could talk them in from the edges and down from the ledges. And I was good at it! And before I was laid off I was selling GS cookies for my daughter so I went back to my former scene of the crime and everyone was happy to see me and I got hugs and handshakes-even from my former boss with wellwishes and handshakes, etc.
Relationships were the real profits I garnered from that job. Not a whole lot else matters! Don't you agree?
