Case of the Broken Hutch, essay on personal experience

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I would like to write a story about a conflict I had

with a past boss. It had to deal with the fact that he did not want to hear my side of the story,

and listen totally to the customer. This has affected my life and the way I work with my co-

workers to this present date. I work at a home rental store, we rent furniture, electronics,

household appliances, and computers. We rent practically anything that you can put in your

house. We are the largest rent to own company in the United States and in the United Kingdom.

We currently have over 1,100 stores and we have about 30,000 employees. I starte d to work

for the company because I was going to junior college and needed a job to pay the bills. At the

time I was hired I lived with my parents and had car payments and credit card payments.

So I

needed enough money to pay for the car and the cards. Also in about a year I would be moving

out into an apartment of my own, and I also would be started to attend Sacramento State. I pay

for my own schooling either out of my pocket or by getting student loans. When I first

started working for this company they were short handed and all the employees at the store I

started at were new to each other. That is they had worked for the company at other stores but

had not worked together. I was hired when the manager went to his yearly manager meeting in

Reno. When I was hired I was hired on as a delivery driver. The delivery driver is responsible

for all of the deliveries and pick-ups of store merchandise. The only training that...