When I was young and inexperienced, I went thru a lot jobs. When I finally landed a decent opportunity I worked hard to learn all they had to offer and to make myself valuable enough that it would be too expensive to replace me.

I started with the company I'm with now on my youngest daughters 4th birthday. She will be 40 tomorrow.

I've managed to live and raise my kids pretty well in that time and have a decent retirement waiting whenever I choose to take it.

Many of my past supervisors did not care for my attitude and the fact that I tend to speak out about things I don't like. They did seem to like the fact that I got the job done, mostly without them being around. In fact, the nearest manager I have to answer to is almost a thousand miles away.

The last of a long line of supervisors that made it their

goal to change my attitude will retire friday, but me and my attitude are still going strong.

The reason I'm still around is that the company cares more for the profit I make for them than anything else