->  WC> It wasn't a good fit to my personality so I went back to my
->  WC> usual honesty losing my new popularity within the company
->  WC> but certainly no longer pissing off customers who'd been
->  WC> misled.

->  See... you have this wierd idea that telling the truth is a good
->  thing. That and actually thinking you are *SUPPOSED* to satisfy
->  the customer. How could you be so warped?

Just demented I guess.

->  WC> Ray, the illiterate manager who caused me to transfer
->  WC> lasted less than six months in his job before he decided he
->  WC> had to take a lateral transfer and took a job driving big
->  WC> rigs over the road.

->  I was going to suggest that might be a good idea, until I read
->  the next paragraph.

->  WC> Killed a woman and her kid entering the interstate his
->  WC> first day driving over the road but somehow escaped blame.
->  WC> Later he blew up the engine in the Freightliner by ignioring
->  WC> the engine oil light as again he couldn't read.

->  Even an illiterate can be trained to understand those. They have
->  graphic symbols now days. International signs, you know.

Raymond White wasn't even that bright.
I once turned in the inventory in Roman Numerals.
Ray insisted I sign in pencil so he could substitute his name.
Hey the inventory was *accurate*!
He was PISSED :-)

->  WC> It took the company some 4 years to wise up to this well
->  WC> practiced ass kisser after he'd been advanced to positions
->  WC> that put him at risk due to his inability to read and write.

->  And apparently complete stupidity.

->  WC> I was astonished he lasted so long.

->  That is rather a long time for someone who screwed up that
->  badly.
                                 
You've no idea.
He was such a suckup they let him bobtail the White Freightliner
from Saint Pete to Bartow, an hours' drive, from his home on the company
dime for 18 months rather than provide his own transportation or 
move.
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