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Upward and Onward (?!?!) in 2010
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 662547" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>There is dignity in an honest day's labor, no matter how menial it might be.</p><p> </p><p>It is healthy to see how "the other half" lives and to walk in their shoes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to my 23 years at UPS I have worked at Taco Bell, Wendy's, Burger King, and at several gas stations. I have worked as a waiter and as a busboy in a high-end restraunt. I spent the summers of my childhood working in the fields, picking beans and potatoes and strawberries in 100 degree heat in order to earn money for school clothes.</p><p> </p><p>I respect anyone who shows up on time, punches a clock, and does a job to the best of their ability.</p><p> </p><p>We had a bunch of late volume that didnt make it in yesterday due to the snow, so when I stopped at Taco Bell for lunch I didnt have their paychecks, which I normally deliver to them every other Wednesday. There were several employees who were waiting there for me to show up with their checks, and when I told the manager that I didnt have them the looks on their faces broke my heart. These are minimum-wage earners who may very well have gone hungry last night because they were counting on those checks for grocery money.</p><p> </p><p>I felt guilty sitting there eating my taco and watching them walk away empty-handed. It makes me grateful for what I have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 662547, member: 14668"] There is dignity in an honest day's labor, no matter how menial it might be. It is healthy to see how "the other half" lives and to walk in their shoes. In addition to my 23 years at UPS I have worked at Taco Bell, Wendy's, Burger King, and at several gas stations. I have worked as a waiter and as a busboy in a high-end restraunt. I spent the summers of my childhood working in the fields, picking beans and potatoes and strawberries in 100 degree heat in order to earn money for school clothes. I respect anyone who shows up on time, punches a clock, and does a job to the best of their ability. We had a bunch of late volume that didnt make it in yesterday due to the snow, so when I stopped at Taco Bell for lunch I didnt have their paychecks, which I normally deliver to them every other Wednesday. There were several employees who were waiting there for me to show up with their checks, and when I told the manager that I didnt have them the looks on their faces broke my heart. These are minimum-wage earners who may very well have gone hungry last night because they were counting on those checks for grocery money. I felt guilty sitting there eating my taco and watching them walk away empty-handed. It makes me grateful for what I have. [/QUOTE]
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