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Originally Posted by JohnZ3MC PrinzII, you've had the neatest experiences of all. I woulda paid huge loot to have great stories like that when I was young.
The closest I got was the wife of one old owner wanted to talk about her bunions. It's just not the same, it's just not fair.
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Trust me, if you saw how she looked, I don't think you would have considered me lucky.
However, in my later days on that job, I was trusted to take the daily deposits to the bank and I would have anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000 or more on me at the time. The French owner told me that he respected the fact I had ethics. Additionally, I had made friends with the pastry chefs who crafted me a nice heart-shaped fruit tart that I gave to my gf for Valentine's Day.
Outside of that, I have had a female boss who was trying to "get with" me. She wasn't bad looking at all but I had started a rule about not dating co-workers. She didn't understand that and made my life quite miserable. Again, had I known better then, I could have gotten her for sexual harassment. BTW, since then, that rule has kept me safe in more ways than one.
Another experience was not as comical. I was an intern for a nationally known company and had to deal with a bigoted manager. He was the one who showed me how ignorant some people can be. At the time, I did not know what to do or how to conduct myself in that type of situation/environment. I recall a party at a co-worker's home and
before he consumed one beer or ounce of liquor, he opened his trap to tell me "Play some music we can rap to." On top of that, the host's (who was a very nice Hispanic woman) relatives spouted off the same ignorance. needless to say, I was beyond
:. She pulled me to the side and said "I think it's wise for you to leave." I agreed because I did not want to be around that level of ignorance given that I had a very fiery temper in those days. If I had the knowledge/experience I have now at that time. he would have been fired or I would not have rested until he resigned.