As my boss at Boeing used to say when we'd come back from some pretty intensely nasty meetings, "You've gotta have alligator skin."
When I quit there were about 22,000 employees. I worked first in assembling 585, 581 and 545 oscilloscopes, then I worked briefly on the loading dock, then I worked in probes, finally working in TM500 first as a technician and then as an engineer. I got to liaise with a number of other engineers and some in assembly and some technicians here and there. Had lunch with Earl Wantland and lunch and dinner with (and I just can't recall his name but he was the executive vice president). I knew a few of the upper managers but not a lot. A lot of fond memories there.
It simple really; I can move somewhere where I’m treated like a human so I did. That’s what this thread was about. Being treated like a citizen is worth moving to a little apartment in NE to me. I already have alligator skin. If you think I’m being too sensitive it’s because you don’t and honestly can’t know my fight. So... whatever. Thank you for the well wishes.
I'm not being critical of you at all. I consider you a normal human being and I'm certain I would object if I saw you being mistreated as I would speak up whenever I saw anyone being mistreated. I'd only back out if it were some sort of nasty physical fight. Edit: One time when I went to the Oktoberfest in Mt. Angel. As I was leaving to go home I saw two bikers in a very nasty fight. They were rolling in the street up against a curb. Each one had a hold of the other one's hair and they were trying to smash their opponent's head on the cement. I got the hell out of there.
