... I was tragically sucked into the Imprinted Sportswear Industry. Yeah, without my knowing it, I suddenly became self employed. And even though I had no knowledge of the industry, no business savvy, no capitlal and no motivation, somehow I weathered the storm and have cranked out over 60,000 projects. So far.
That was 1981, back before the Right To Know Law, and the working conditions were crap: lead based ink, bad ventilation, solvents that made the Fire Marshal cry.
Visualize running a business without: Computers, cell phones, internet, on line banking, debit cards, accounting programs, email, printers, digital cameras. FedEx only delivered documents, and UPS didn't even operate in Texas!
On the plus side, I never had to chew out my employees for gabbing on their cell phones or texting all day. And I lost zero productivity to surfing. Actually, today I don't have that problem either, because I have no employees. I work for someone now and I'm in a 'position of influence' rather than owner or manager. Much nicer.
Slacker!
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