re: #500 engineer dog

i have to say, Walter, i’ve been thinking for a while that supermarkets in general must be doing something very right since they seem to attract and keep very high quality people

i wish i had half the professionalism that they show in dealing with annoying customers during very high stress periods at work

You want to know what “right” is happening? These retail stores are being staff by a lot of professionals, under careered professionals who are out of work in their career because of the lousy job market. So, these are people who are use to being professional, and they will continue to be very professional even though they are working in a blue collar public service job.

I’m in the same position. I come from a white collar professional high paying profession. Even though I’m now a cashier, I still CARE about my job, and about my productivity, and I have pride in doing a good job.