My younger sister is about a half century old. She has worked for this chiropractor college, named Sherman College, in my hometown of Spartanburg for about half of her life. In that time she has run their bookstore, worked in their financial office and performed whatever duties they have asked. One very hot summer days when a big college event brought back alumni she worked that event. Students liked her. Other employees liked her.
And then she got a new immediate boss who didn't like her. Everything was wrong. You couldn't please her. And then recently in a minor office dispute the boss fired her.
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