Carla left for work today, she wasn’t supposed to she was supposed to have the day off.

Her manager resigned this week and she had to help fill in the holes.

Her new manager is a great young lady who, I am sure, will do well.  She has been working as the assistant for a couple years or so.

Carla has had eight managers since she was hired almost 20 years ago.  In between a few of these she was asked if she wanted the position, she declined, preferring to work without the “pedigree” as she called it, behind her name.

The ability of the past managers ran the gamut from poor to very good. 

Her last manager would be in the very good column.  While not perfect, none of us are, she did a good job.

More importantly, to me, is she cared for her employees and treated them with respect – and I felt gave Carla her due respect.

No matter what, if the manager called and needed her, Carla would go, she like working for her.

We all have new territory we must go through, even in our old jobs.  Changes are inevitable, and when management changes hands new policies and procedures – even in a corporate store – will be enacted.

Some will get used to it quickly others will not.  The store employees are fortunate that their new manager has learned a lot from the old one; knows them and their abilities.  They do not have to prove themselves to her.

I wish the old boss well, I liked her.  She is the one that would call me up when I was out of town for a few days and tell me to come back home, Carla was eating at McDonald’s again.

She knew I did all the cooking and had left things for Carla to eat, but sometimes it is just easier to get a fast food burger.

She had a great since of humor, and, like I said she gave Carla a lot of respect.

I will miss her, I will miss her humor; as she embarks on a new horizon she is in my prayers.

Later, Art (-: