I didn't know about Applebee's in the area.
My Deloitte woman friend took me Dragon Boat Racing in a lake in Orlando. To get in the boat we had to walk into the
water. The place we walked into looked just like the description of where alligators hang out. I asked the group of about 15 people why they were in the water with alligators around. The answer seemed to be that they never had trouble with what they did. I was one of the last people to step in the water.
I remember being on a dragon boat for the first time and feeling as though I finally was doing something adventurous in life and it was worth it.
I wonder if the Sanford sandwich place is still there.
I started up walking groups on Meetup just to meet some new people. The group started to build up right when I was let go at Deloitte.
You mentioned the place you worked was awful. My worst job was right out of college. I had no idea of how to function in a corporation. My boss kept complaining about me. There was truth to his complaints but never any suggestions on how to improve. Since I had not experience, I took his
word for me always making the wrong decision and having poor judgement. I mentioned that the instructions for how to build the hardware I was working on was not always clear. I thought that I was asking for the document to upgrade it. On my review he wrote that I recognised the document being wrong and I didn't take the initiative to improve it. I got so upset that I went home crying. I kept thinking that I'd never make it through 40 more years of working.
I took a vacation over a weekend and amazingly bumped into a family that offered me a job on the spot.
I'm glad we are in the Meaningless Drivel area. I'm switching topics all over the place. I think its OK to have one area where we can chat without being too logical.
I spoke to a co-worker from 30 years ago and we both agreed that it was the worst boss we encountered. It would have been good if school taught us how to know when we are wrong and how to deal with a difficult person.
In a way it was good for me because it was never as bad as the first job.
By the way I'm on Page 216 of 700 in the book and its' still making sense this pass.
Kevin