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I have been trying to find a new source of income to support Randy and I in the lifestyle we haven't yet grown accustomed to, and in doing so have been thinking about some of the past jobs I have had. I remember when the girls were little I took a job working in the office at a grain elevator. Well to make a long story short it went from a 4 girl office to a 1 girl office and you guessed it I was the 1 girl. But, I was still doing the work of the original 4 girls. I was at the point that I was going to work at about 6:00 AM and not leaving there until about 12:00 AM or later. I actually went 2 weeks without seeing the girls awake. They were in the hands of their Dad and also a lot of help from his Mom.

I finally insisted at work that they either hire someone or else the Manager was going to be doing the work of the said 4 girls. Well they finally hired some young kid and I have never seen anyone so incompetent in all of my life. Back at that time we didn't have computers (I know you are saying WHAT were you born back in the dark ages? Yes I was) But we used to have to actually use the old fashioned way of cutting checks we actually had to type them out on a typewriter. I remember giving this kid some checks to type and instructed him that there could be no mistakes at all and no typos on them. I gave him several check that needed to be typed and after what seemed like weeks later I checked back with him and have never seen so many typos in all of my life. I told the manager I was going to go to lunch and when I got back that kid had better be gone or I would be gone. Now years later I look back and realize that all that kid needed was for an employer to have TrainingTime Workplace Training Resources available to him. He was young and needed training. But as busy as that job was I know even now that I did not have the time to train him myself. Now employers have many more options available to them than were ever available back in the "Dark Ages" and I really believe that companies should take care not only to train new employees but to give their long time employees additional training.



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January 7, 2008


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