...My shortest career...
...I was hired away from the Construction Company...by a Farmer in the Valley. A CPA I had worked with, recruited me, I was very unsure, I had heard that the Farmer was a very difficult person to work for...but the Farmer took me out to a VERY nice lunch as part of the Interview...and offered me a NICE AMOUNT OF MONEY!!!
I accepted, and EVERYONE who knew me, told me that I was making a BIG mistake! But, being me, I figured that I would work hard, and earn his respect, and do OK.
...The G/D NINE MONTHS were very difficult...the Farmer had several different businesses...but I had fun a few times. I wanted to learn the business, and learn all that I could. One early Sunday, I drove to a field, and climbed into a 'Combine', and sat beside the operator, and watched as he harvested barley.
He even let me take the controls...he was drinking beer...and after he finished each of four of the six-pack...he took over...and gave me the two remaining beers.
I sat, and drank one, and put the other into a pouch that was hanging on the side.
I told him, "If the other operator ever gets sick, give me a call...This is WAY more run than pencilwork."
…But, the Owner was a total ASSHOLE!!! Personal computers were coming out, and I was urging him to buy a couple for the office. He would refuse, and YELL AND HOLLAR AT ME...and I would go back and do the books...by hand.
I would also be summoned...and be yelled at for no reason that made sense.
…I decided to quit...and that late afternoon...I cleaned out my desk...took my certificates off the wall...and went home. I arrived at the office the next morning...before he did...and just set my small briefcase on my desk...the lid open, to show that there was NOTHING INSIDE. I didn't speak to the staff...I just sat at my desk.
He arrived...I walked into his office...and complained of how he treated me. We had an argument...and I just said..."I am GONE!!! I stomped out...closed the lid of the briefcase...and walked out to my car...
...I heard of how he was doing the next few years...a couple attorneys asked if I wanted to file a lawsuit over him 'not being nice'...and I refused. He was going through harsh times. We had discussed making a cheese factory to use the milk from Dairies...and I had actually visited some small cheese factories...and the Owners had given me a tour, and their accountants let me look at their books...
…I was VERY charming during those times.
...I had presented the numbers to him...and he had just yelled at me.
...His business didn't do as well as it could have. The CPA who had recruited me, told me, years later, that the Owner said...when they were briefly talking about me...
…"I really should have tried to get along with her..."
