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f 12 Orno Wel ie,.ensaOctober 8, 1997 Mealsý on Wheels celebrates 20 gears of service E laine Elson has been delivering hot meals to clients in 'Orono once a month for 5 years. Meals on Wheels is a service offered by Community Care, and this is Meals on Wheels Week. Currently the program is offered three days a week, but starting in November hot meals will be delivered to those-in need five dayýs a week. thic YMCA ani-,rai l aps on ihe ndor tackOr checked the ndor tac'a bus station my briefease '11 rd1 ron iocker and wa dar on the museumn. Xnything but selI advertising. 1 hatd seli- ing. It couldn't g 0"1 of course, and it didn't- . Aer Just a few weeks myv diýmal perfor- mance came 10, the attention of my boss and the rest was history. As was 1 And its takcfl 25 years to me to realize that getting fired was onL Of the b)est things that evef happened to me. Because, imnagine if I'd turned ou!t to bý ahotshot -- or even a mned.lpcre -- sales- man' Chiances are 1 would have stayed ili that line of work. Chance,, are I'd be, selling ad space today. And still hating evefY moment of 't. Besides, it turis out that getting fired can be a good sign. A story this week in (oh, sweet îrolly) the Globe and Mail nlotes that somne of the great figures in history got the sack on their way up. Albert Einsteifi was uncere- moniously fireè1 as a young man. Thomas Edison was too., Henry Ford got the hook. Even latê-night yapper David Lettermali and diminu- tive sex guïu-ess Ruth Westheimer eLach got pink slips before theyi got famous. Makes sense when you think about it. Y{ou cant put a size ten foot ill a size eight shoe. People who are unhap- py in their work are going to do iousy job. And bosses are aiways on the lookout for people doing iousy jobs. In the selling game, lousy performance shows up pretty quickly. 1 also rememnber now how my colleagues, tlic other salesmen, lived in dread of 'the monthlîx roundup'. Thats when Sales Manager Stricker toted up ail the advertising space that had been sold, by w~hom, and handed out congratulations to the hotshots. And a private closed door, one-on-one 'chat' to the also- rans. Nobody wanted one of those 'chats'. And the fear of them gave rise to a paranoid hatred of Sales Manager Strieker. I still remembe'r one moru- ing i n the coffee shop, six or seven of us sitting around waiting to'start the day of, 'making calîs'. The talk turned, as it often did, to What l'Il Do When I Win The Loftery. Ronnie, one of the quieter ones, surprised us all by saying "The day aller 1 win the lottery, I'm coming down to the office and I'm gonna pee all over Stricker's desk." Everybody laughed. Everybody except Danny. "Not me" said Danny. "1 plan to hire someone to do it for me."i Celebrates 2Oth , Anniversary Bîg Brothers of Clarington will celebrate their 201h Anniversary on Saturday, November 8th at Newcastle Community Hall. The celebration begIns at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails, fol- lowed by a dinner, dance and Silent Auction. Tickets for this event are $30. per person and are available at the Courtice Convenlence (Courtice). Apple Blossom Shop (Orono), Village Card & Gift Shoppe (Newcastle) and Big Brothers of Clarington office (Bowmanville). This Ann1versary Party will give cominunity supporters; past. present and future Big Brothers, Board and Commlttee members; past Little Brothers. friends and famlly the opportunlty to share memories and renew frlendshlps. Doni't miss the chance to enjoy a great dinner provlded by Kings Court Caterlng and to dance the night awaY wlth music provlded by local band "Chaser" and Playrnore Music (DJ). Purchase a great Christmas gift at the Silent Auction. Join Big Brothers of Clarîngton In their celebra- tion. AtrBia c k The toubleivithunem- ploint ,i ! 1t he inute yo wkeup ihe .moirning, y'eilï,,on tejb Slappy White Eer been fired? 1 don't meani downsized, dehired, streamnlined or any of the other weasel euphemisms currently in vogue. 'm talk- ing about flat-out, in your face, slam dunk canned. Where somebody with a big- ger desk than yours looks you in the eye and tells you,,We Don't Want You to -Work Here Anymnore. 1 have. No one could cal il a pleasant experience get- ting fired. It's hard on your wal*et and 0on your Self esteem. It's been 25 years since rnv old boss Stricker in the Globe and Mail advertis- img dprment called me into his office and oiniouilly closedtcdoor behiid m 1 rerneb:r now that every- bodykint he office was look- ing studously down at their desk a, 1disappeared imb the inner snturn. They already kne\ ýlat 1 was abou~t to leari, quarter of a ceraufy and ke tilI feel the hurmili- ati No hard feelings, mmiid you. Strickerlwas absoluitely right 10 fire me., As a news- paper advertising salesiman 1 was a total disaster. Each workday morning Id exit the Globe and Mail office with my fellow salesmen. Like button-down lemmings we'd march out of the office. brief- cases at our side to "make calîs" on prospective cus- tomers. Actually. we usuially slipped around the corner and into a greasy spoon where we sipped bad coffee and told w orse jokes. Then about quarter >to ten we'd all straighten ouir ties, check our' shoeshînes, grabour briefeas- es and hit the pavement. The other guiys went off to make their calis just as good salesmen are supposed to. 1 pretended to be doing the same thing but aller a furtive glance or two, 1 stroiled a few blocks to a poolroom whiere 1 shot eight bal until the mnovie houses opened. 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