Well now Self, reckon We ought to write something for the attending audience, just for appearences don't you know. This script will be short. We, Self and I, have been very tied up with family business. The death of my childrens mother and trying to get her estate in order has and is very time consuming. Even with an iron-clad will, the state bureaucrats just can't help but sticking their nose in where it ethically and morally doesn't belong. This old man now has a 14th grandchild last week--9lbs.2ozs. and sounds and acts like the other grandfather---not like me (he, he) everybody is healthy and raising hell. Finally something happened that caused the sad feelings of loss to shift to happiness. My oldest daughter is graduating from college with honors and for reason of her mothers passing, she was unable to get her guest cards out or even to buy her cap and gown. Not to fear folks, daddy pulled a lot of strings to get this portion of her life together and on the right time line. When the baby was being born his grandfather (me) held down the fort until his other grandparents came in from Brisban, Australia---that's their home---the rest of my kids finally came around and began helping with this portion of our family circle and broke the sadness that they were all feeling. At one time in my personal life, I thought that things were tough---Bull! This "educator" tutor's college students on line...my specialty? Critical thinking and logical deduction. This is supposed to help the aspiring "front line" supervisor when dealing with employee problems. I won't get into esthetics but these kids make me shudder if they were to be turned loose in factorys without learning how to really talk to an employee and be able to "hear" not just with their ears. No easy task that even for a pro. Used to be and still is in cruder America, if an employee was having any type of problem (at home or on the shop floor) that would disrupt the companys system, it was shape up or we will replace you. All employees are great workers---sounds stupid doesn't it? Well you my friend are very wrong! Put the right worker in the right job---which factorys seldom do and you will have a faithful and dedicated person. To gentle this situation, a foreman or supervisor can create a temperance zone by knowing how to respect and be able to talk to a single person or a group and know how to listen to what's being said and hearing between the lines. The supervisor is not a counciler but can be a mediary for guidance if he/she knows how!

  Well Self, I don't know about you but that beef and bean burrito has asked us to depart to the throne room, pronto!

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