My father's older brother was a soft spoken man who had a quick dry wit. Many time I have heard him speak and move on while you would be thinking what did he say?
In dad's last working years he and Truman worked together for a man who they grew up with and who had played with them as children. This man was breaking state law by not paying unemployment insurance on his employees. My father and his brother usual knew the laws of our country especially if this law was for their benefit.
One day this childhood friend/boss called all the men into his office and begin to talk to them. He said now men times are hard and things are ruff and I have to cut back on wages. I really hate to do this but times are hard and things are ruff.
I have found it necessary to lay off the following men, Truman Powell , Willis Powell and John Smith. Now I am sorry about this more than you know but times are hard and thinks are ruff.
dad's brother said in this soft voice he always spoke in, that ok boss we can draw unemployment. Their employer said no you can't draw un employment because I don't pay unemployment.
Uncle Truman said Well, we can try. No one was laid off ,after all times were hard and things were ruff!
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6 comments:
Great story Patsy! love it!
Hey that was pretty smart!!
LMBO!!!
Loved this!!!
:-D
Patsy, remember when they were fixing the roof on the worker's house for the same man and the ladder fell. Daddy and his bro were stuck on the roof, unless one would jump to the ground. They were old men and just waited for someone to come looking for them.
I did not know he ever tried to lay Daddy off, though. The old man Larry worked for when we married...did not pay in social security on Larry and I reported him. Larry did not get fired and he did start to pay it. Pay or prison I think is the choice they make.
Sister 3
Patsy, the moral to this story is that sometimes you just have to play a little hardball with people. Your family sure knows how to play the game - your uncle & Sister 3.
if i remember the law in ar. if someone had no more employees than a certain no. they didn't have to pay into uneployment insurance fund and boss had split his employes to two groups. mill workers and farm hands but daddy and uncle worked both places on certain days and that tipped the scales in the workers favor. daddy knew that and told truman.that is how the world turns.daddy knew that he and truman were in the lay off probably before boss did.
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