Nope - haven't walked this week. Started the new job - love it. Love being to close to home. Love saving gas. Love making more money. Don't like the later hours, just because I'm not used to it - but I'll be fine. Even like the folks I work with, with one exception. Why do people feel the need to lie about their experience or their past. Don't they know that someone who has really done those things will know the difference? Really? My saving grace is that this guy will only be working through Labor Day.
Let me explain a bit - I've worked at a package store, for years. I opened, closed, cleaned, stocked, knew my products, never sampled the wares with compensating the owner, did payroll, balanced the books, did the register, never stole anything. I've lived in one place fairly regularly, and was only homeless when I was a teenager. I know the signs of a drifter, I know the signs of someone who doesn't have a "trade." I've been around those people. I can tell. I can also tell (not always, but there are some signs) someone who did military service. I can tell educated people. Of course, if you only did one semester it's not so easy, but someone who is TRULY educated, it isn't hard, even if that education isn't from a college. Someone who makes an effort for their own lives, it's just obvious. Equally obvious to spot someone who just floats, and/or takes advantage of every situation, and not in the good way.
This guy - rough around the edges. Not just rough, jagged. I've known guys like that, too, and some are just diamonds who have never seen a file. Some are vicious, just waiting for a chance. Or, victims. Or, bullies. "I'm better than you." "You aren't as smart as I am." "I've done....." Honestly. You don't know me, but I apparently know that you didn't do half of what you say you've done, because I have, and what you say smells worse than the diaper of a baby who just started solid food. I don't appreciate being threatened by someone. I don't have the patience for someone who is full of themselves and wants to intimidate me into whatever they want. DON'T EVER PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME - you will lose them.
I hope, with all my heart, that I'm teaching my children that to be yourself, in any situation, is imperative. Honesty is of the highest priority. What someone else thinks of you isn't as important as what you think of yourself. Especially when it comes to how little some people will be in your life - you're always there, will you be able to live with yourself? I can.
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