Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Outline for My Story - " The Job "
" The Job "
I had just moved down from, New Hampshire. At the time I was unemployed and needed to find a Job. I was staying with friends and the prospects of employment were not very favorable. My excursions took me to many an interview. Still it was not until I had hiked to the other side of the creek did I find " The Job ".
At my interview the foreman asked several questions - All were answered with a possitive response, and I was employed. The quarter-mile warehouse was Guarded and you needed a company photo I. D. to pass through security. The company dealt mostly with " Gold and Silver " they also had "Lead Crystal " glasses and vases. The layout of the place was
" The Warehouse " with " Shipping and Receiving " on the first floor and " Corperate Offices", " The Repair Shop ", and " The Cafeteria " all on the second floor. " The Company " was a one of the largest in the area, well established and with very close ties with " The Neighborhood " as
" The Owners " were " Local Boy's ". Almost all of thier employees lived in the immediate area, they were friendly, talkative and always most helpful.
From day one my job could not have been so well suited. The warehouse was vast yet very well layed - out. I was quite young and single. This lead to many a " Lost Weekend ".
My foreman Bill would try to trick me with special orders - for some of the crystal sets had interchangable parts, also his girl was one of the top repair workers the company had. She knew everything about interchangable parts, we would play a numbers game with the products that could mix and/or match, We also hung out on the weekends. After about 90 days I received a promotion and raise, I was now a forklift driver and my job became more involved with greater quantities of product to be handled and shipped. I was very thorough with my work and enjoyed working. The job was physical but I was in my youth.
Around this time I moved into my own place and my exstensive use of distilled spirits would cause me to use excessive late days - This would lead to the first of three times I was to be fired from " The Job ". I was called in for a meeting with my foreman and the heads of
shippng and receiving to discuss my situation. I was reinstated / with a raise. They could not figure out how I was able to produce almost a week of work in two days. Later I was to have a conference with all the heads of all the departments and the two owners of the company in the " Board Room ". Me a non - educated ( I did not get a G.E.D. until I was 35 ) forklift driving,
warehouse worker was to " Teach " theese most learned computer educated persons the fine art of Warehousing " 1 0 1 ". The first thing I mentioned was the fact that they handled the product way too much - that brought about the need for " The Repair Department ". When I set up my work I would gather all the records of inventory - product on hand and also product to be received, I would match theese with the dates needed as to when the product was to be shipped.
The day the product was received I would transfer said product directly to shipping thus the middle man was omitted. My orders grew so large all the salespersonel wanted to deal with me directly, I could find any product mix / match any set and also have the fastest turn - around time that the entire company ever saw. Still the powers that be - that omnipotent light never shown, for being uneducated would lead me to surrender the most joyous of jobs with some of the closest companions. It was my third time being fired and again another " Sit Down ", rehired with yet another raise. The last straw was when they hired a college graduate to be my boss. I was in line for the warehouse foreman position but was passed over. In hindsight I can not presume to know all - being constatly late no shows getting fired " T H R E E " times does not look good on ones resume, yet the comradery and friendships were of the greatest of losses. People always say they will stay in touch yet lives change - work , family , friends , residencies , all constant reminders that this orbital mass is eternaly in motion.
I would like to end this factual tale with : To note, from my last day of employment up until the time I was able to sucessfully complete my G. E. D. on all applications I would " L I E " as I was well read and either " Baffle them with Bull or Dazzle them with Brilliance ".
They say " For in reality we own nothing , It is all but a Loan ,
This life is but a " Primary Preparatory of the Life to Come ".
As Always in Friendship , Mr. B. A. Mazurowski " Peace "
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