The Source
“Ugh. Another repulsive idea.
I sit on the couch in the living room with my glass of wine, ready to enjoy some mindless entertainment on the boob tube when the phone rings.
“Hello?”
“Good mornin‘ Emma Jean. Did I wake you?” my mother says.
“No, mom. I actually just got home not too long ago.”
“Just got home?” she asks. “What in the world have you been doin‘ out at all hours of the night in some strange town?”
“Working, mom. My new job is during the night, remember?”
“Of course I don’t remem...ber. I don’t hardly remember what I had for dinner last night much less anything else. Do you like the new job?”
I pause for a moment, “It’s definitely interesting work. It’s just the first day so I haven’t really decided yet.”
“Now, Emma Jean,” she begins, “if you know within the first couple of seconds whether or not you’re gonna like a person, you should know after a whole day whether or not you’re going to like the people you have to work with. And that’s really what makes a job. You’re smart enough to do anything and like it, but if you don’t like the people around you, you ain’t gonna be happy. You remember what your paw-paw used to say?”MoreLess
I sit on the couch in the living room with my glass of wine, ready to enjoy some mindless entertainment on the boob tube when the phone rings.
“Hello?”
“Good mornin‘ Emma Jean. Did I wake you?” my mother says.
“No, mom. I actually just got home not too long ago.”
“Just got home?” she asks. “What in the world have you been doin‘ out at all hours of the night in some strange town?”
“Working, mom. My new job is during the night, remember?”
“Of course I don’t remem...ber. I don’t hardly remember what I had for dinner last night much less anything else. Do you like the new job?”
I pause for a moment, “It’s definitely interesting work. It’s just the first day so I haven’t really decided yet.”
“Now, Emma Jean,” she begins, “if you know within the first couple of seconds whether or not you’re gonna like a person, you should know after a whole day whether or not you’re going to like the people you have to work with. And that’s really what makes a job. You’re smart enough to do anything and like it, but if you don’t like the people around you, you ain’t gonna be happy. You remember what your paw-paw used to say?”MoreLess
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