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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI used to coach my supervisor in little league had to explain we're Union old grouchy men
Shes good kid its her second week in training, shes been hired for yard manager slot. I came back after two months FMLA over my wife. This morning I was surprised to see her she went to school with our youngest daughter kindergarten to graduation. Was sitting at picnic table for lunch with her I ordered us Chinese, talking with her she makes me smile as she brought up. This is so different than her previous job. Shes not used to the games in union shop the ill fuck you ok Ill fuck you back mentality. Labor and management we are polite courteous but were adversaries.
Her question was you guys are nice yet very direct in dealing with management. She worked last week in dispatch and she said she saw seven grievances filed shes not used to organized labor and management hostilities I smiled. She will be assigned full time to yard control now. She said in linehaul road drivers everyone seems so angry and hostile. I told her yard is relaxed its my move to retirement in maybe 8 years. I explained to her a lot of us rode down other decent Union freight outfits that went under.
I told her relax will help you out. And remember your dealing with truck drivers I ran road 30 years. And majority of us are fifty plus in age were used to our old ways were dinosaurs. And I told her UPS eats young managers alive. So when a teaching position opens up hop on it like most fast. Shes single mom with child trying her best and I passed word to my fellow grumpy old men help her out shes a good kid. I remember first time she connected with a pitch batting she was in shock. I said Katy go run she was maybe ten years old. Lunch is over in five minutes have a good day. I have to go break down and hook some trailers.
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panader0
(25,816 posts)Oldest daughter was a catcher--the only one in town that could gun down someone trying to steal
second base. Younger daughter was short stop. My team , the Flyers, went 14-1, the only loss because
not enough girls showed up because of a school function.
They both went on to a traveling team, playing over Arizona and New Mexico. Oldest daughter played
high school too. Son (the SF guy) was a Little League All-Star.
It was a lot of fun, a lot of work too. Spent many days at the ball field practicing with the team.