tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post3181046881700773743..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: The Tunnel Competition of 1966joehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-69196140728985001102013-02-05T23:58:06.000-05:002013-02-05T23:58:06.000-05:00That may not be a very "delicate" mantra...That may not be a very "delicate" mantra, but it sure tells it like it is. Unfortunately, there are two schools of thought in the workplace. Yours believes in putting in the sweat equity to get the job done. The other side believes in skating, and kissing the boss's derriere. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-43637628041571135212013-02-05T22:13:08.773-05:002013-02-05T22:13:08.773-05:00I worked with a guy like Paul. He was the nicest m...I worked with a guy like Paul. He was the nicest man I ever met. He looked like he came from old money, and had a name that said so, too. He was a local model in department store ads on the back pages of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. But he was not exactly MENSA material. There he was, probably with a trust fund held until he turned 50, handsome in a graying temples kind of way, making the same $1,500 a month as I was.<br /><br />It WAS a government job. With the state unemployment office.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-77579196015415435902013-02-05T08:52:00.447-05:002013-02-05T08:52:00.447-05:00Paul's type usually does quite well at some le...Paul's type usually does quite well at some level as a government bureaucrat. Today he's probably a sprinkler system inspector. ;)<br /><br />SLowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.com