Duppies: Tales of the downwardly mobile

Hi Marye,

I'd like to be able to meet you in person some time.

You wrote:
> If it covers the bills and leaves you free
> not to even consider it before the alarm
> goes off in the morning, it's a good job. I
> routinely answer questions from my
> (so-called) supervisors having to do with
> how I would handle 'thus and so' for maximum
> efficiency, or whatever. My answer is always
> that "I don't give the benefit of my
> thinking at the rate you're paying."

Very wise words! Due to my formerly diffident and unassuming nature I've given supervisors and "business partners" (yeah, right!) the benefits of my talents and intelligence so many times it now makes me sick! Most of my supervisors have had half my I.Q., twice my weight and few of my skills. I wish I'd had the stones to say what you said!

Your friend,

- Boyd

I've got a couple of "credos" by which I live. The first is rather whimsical. The second is deadly serious.

First:

Answers - $1.00

Correct Answers - $2.00

Answers, with thought - $25.00

Dumb Looks (AKA, whatcha askin' me for? You

da big-time supervisor!) - FREE

Second:

Ask for what you want

Always speak the truth

Take responsibility for your experiences

Keep your agreements

Pay Attention!

I'd like to meet you to! Always good to meet new "kinfolks."

Marye

are a helluva lot better off having a solid connection between your mouth and your mind.

I once told my manager this: "God didn't see fit to give you a brain, and I ain't gon' let you use mine, no mo'."

Fortunately, I was right, and he didn't fire me. I would have . . .

Marye