[MeganC]

It was a nice story right up until the gratuitous and needless dig at President George W. Bush.

Any sympathy I had for this man disappeared at that point.

[NorthMountain]

It's been healthy for me, a fair-haired Anglo-Saxon to be a minority in my workplace,

He lost me with the racial BS. Leftists are obsessed with race ... I want to kick them all someplace sensitive.

But I won't.

I'm "conservative".

That means I have good impulse control ...

[blitz88]

True, and I love the way the new GW Bush movie is a slam on Bush, will these rino moderate..... whatever, ever learn no amount of criticizing Trump will ultimately lead to your acceptance, well maybe dying and refusing to invite Pres. Trump LOL

[SamAdams76]

It was a nice story right up until the gratuitous and needless dig at President George W. Bush. Any sympathy I had for this man disappeared at that point.

I was going to write the exact same thing. What is it with liberals that they have to inject their politics into everything that they say or write? For instance, I loathe Barack Obama as much as any liberal would loathe Donald Trump but I don't obsess over it nor do I look for ways to bring that loathing into conversation.

So this guy was a sportswriter. I always think Oscar Madison when I think sportswriter. An obnoxious slob in a loud sports coat who has an uninformed opinion on just about everything. A stereotype to be sure but this guy didn't do much in this article to dispel that stereotype.

Must not have been a very good sportswriter either. I mean, games are still being played. So why did he not land someplace else? Red Sox beat Yankees 6-2 - write a story about it. Jets trade QB to Panthers - write a story about it. How hard can that possibly be? Or do a human interest story on some washed up jock who didn't handle his money well so needs to find some menial job to supplement his wife's income. Oops, I guess he did write that story, only it was about himself.

[avenir]

“It was a nice story right up until the gratuitous and needless dig at...”

...COURIERS? He can say whatever he wants, but us at the Big Two make good money and have good benefits and 30+ year careers. We have all the fun he’s in wonderment at (while snooting at it).

While many are pursuing fantasies in college, we are steadily employed and, via OT, can make six figures if we WANT to. Over many years I have seen all kinds of careerists end up here and STAY. But they are at the back of the line. No one on the ground floor level jumps ahead in this business. Put in that time. At 20 years I’m still unable to get certain vacations slots off because of the 30-35 year emps ahead of me.

I’m happy for the careerists to come and stay. As I will be for some of their kids coming up. There’s always real work available when the fantasies disintegrate.