Just another ordinary day in paradise.

[DebJ]

27. Do any of your siblings have residence somewhere

in an area where employment opportunities might be better or improving, and
could you crash with them awhile and pursue that?

From your description, it sounds like you are in a very rural area. Reminded me
of my parent's retirement place in WV. The 'good' jobs there were at the
chicken-plucking/processing plant for like 25 cents an hour above minimum wage.
That's how it was when they retired there 25 years ago. That's how it is today,
and it's never going to get better up there.

I'd like to slap your boss in the face. I worked for quite a number of jerks over my
40 years of working life. About one in three were hideous like this guy, but it seems
most of those were coming one after another in the later years. In the earlier years,
employees were mostly treated with respect (and pay and benefits)...and certainly
so to their faces. I was a boss with a crew of up to 50 people working for me.
They worked their tails off for me because they knew I genuinely respected and
cared for them as individuals. It's not rocket science....it's just being a decent
person and treating people as you'd want to be treated. So that gave me even
less respect for the jerks. No matter how crappy MY current boss might have been,
that only made me MORE determined to insure I never rolled the crap downhill...
I wouldn't lower myself to their behaviors. I hate jerks.