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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 951998" data-attributes="member: 13254"><p><strong>Re: The Mouth of HATE SPEECH says something even more ridiculous on the AIR!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Did your wife come with that degree or did she get it while you were in the Air Force? Did she work part time while getting the degree? The point is, hard work provided the chance for you to make seniority as FT driver. </p><p> My first wife came with a HS diploma, I finished my HS at nights while working days. When she started college she worked PT and I worked two jobs (long before my UPS days) one full time and one seasonal PT, to pay for her degree. After that she worked a full time and a part time seasonal job as did I. We ate a lot of beans in those days. When I was 32 years old and with 2 kids in Jr. High, I started community college and worked PT at a couple of PT jobs before landing a PT with UPS. A short time after getting my degree I went FT with UPS as a driver. We did what we had to do to support the family and get our degrees (without student loans I might add) and establish careers that would sustain our lives quite well. I'm not special, not a superman nor a hero, I just did what I HAD to do to provide for an easier life for my family. Maybe that is why I have little patience for whiners that expect everything anyone else has to be given to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 951998, member: 13254"] [b]Re: The Mouth of HATE SPEECH says something even more ridiculous on the AIR![/b] Did your wife come with that degree or did she get it while you were in the Air Force? Did she work part time while getting the degree? The point is, hard work provided the chance for you to make seniority as FT driver. My first wife came with a HS diploma, I finished my HS at nights while working days. When she started college she worked PT and I worked two jobs (long before my UPS days) one full time and one seasonal PT, to pay for her degree. After that she worked a full time and a part time seasonal job as did I. We ate a lot of beans in those days. When I was 32 years old and with 2 kids in Jr. High, I started community college and worked PT at a couple of PT jobs before landing a PT with UPS. A short time after getting my degree I went FT with UPS as a driver. We did what we had to do to support the family and get our degrees (without student loans I might add) and establish careers that would sustain our lives quite well. I'm not special, not a superman nor a hero, I just did what I HAD to do to provide for an easier life for my family. Maybe that is why I have little patience for whiners that expect everything anyone else has to be given to them. [/QUOTE]
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