The Wife Who Waved Until She Thought I Couldn't See
From the last car of the troop train I watched my wife wave until she thought I couldn't see her anymore. Then she turne...
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The Trash Can Resume
Denise Colton held my resume between two fingers and dropped it in the trash can in front of six other candidates. She never checked my badge. It didn't say CANDIDATE. She thought the real auditor was arriving that afternoon. She had no idea what a closed door actually meant. By the time the elevator opened again, her whole story had already changed. So had her nephew's job offer.
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