[Mr 5 0]

Mercury:

You have a way with words.

"Basking under the glow of the Burger King sign" sounds so much better than 'Hanging out in front of the local burger joint".

Those girls waving a dildo at you and your friend as they drove by sound so charming. How can a guy resist that kind of special attention that a (probably drunk) girl screaming from a passing car imparts to you?

You handled the work situation just fine, as far as I can tell from your account of it.

The guy you fired had plenty of chances to straighten up and threw them away. His choice. Firing people stinks but it's a part of management duties and part of why you got the big raise. (Congratulations).

Don't try to be a 'buddy' to your people, but do try to be as reasonable and honest with them as you can be. Sounds like you're doing that already. Keep it up.

As for the employees sister...be cautious there.

Thanks for the post. Interesting, as always.