The Alabama Guy - make your sh!tty day a little bit better
I was in such a crappy mood today (ignored the details please) because i was confused by people at work and felt that my time was wasted.
I started to complain about it to a guy who just started to work with me 2 days ago. He is from Alabama, very self-called "Red Neck" country boy (but he is 44-year-old), named Shane. It was the first time I met someone real from Alabama, all my memories come from the song and movie "Sweet Home Alabama". Just as I imagine, they are always happy and funny (of course with their accent as well). Surprisingly, from 2 days of talking to him, I realized that he knows so much about everything from psychology to wildlife and then the Forbes Magazine.
Working with him makes you relieve. You do not have to worry about being ditched, because he always come to work earlier than I am; and if you tell him about something secret, you do not have to worry about him judging you or broadcasting your news without your permission. That's why I could complain to him and even told him my plan of starting my own company.
Without bullshitting around (like i did to him sometimes), he would tell me: let's get this shit started so that you can have your lunch. And then quickly set stuff up so that no time is wasted again.
While he is working, he smile again, and quickly said to me:
"I would do everything to make your shitty day a little bit better!"
and then laugh non-stop again.
10 minutes later, he told me that he had to leave because some other project needs him more. I felt a little bit sad (although it was just 2 days working with him). Realizing that I could not give him a hug because my clothes was contaminated by potential radiological material on the site, he said:
"I will see you in the future in the Forbes Magazine."
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Take home notes for hiring:
My company will only hire people who "would do everything to make your shitty day a little bit better" and follow their own protocol.
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