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<blockquote data-quote="Tim G" data-source="post: 8126430" data-attributes="member: 117"><p>I left school and worked a local farmer as 'the boy' pre ag college. When I finished college, having worked back there through the holidays etc, he offered me a full time job taking on more and more responsibilities. In the end we started a small business in partnership. When I left, after 14 years, to start on my own, I found a part time job driving a tractor to help make ends meet. They asked for a reference and I gave the name of my previous employer on the condition that I spoke to him first so I could ask, out of politeness. When I 'phoned him, he asked lots of questions then said he wasn't prepared to put anything in writing about me, but he could speak to them if they called! I relayed the message to the potential employer and he just said "What a knob, can you come next week."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim G, post: 8126430, member: 117"] I left school and worked a local farmer as 'the boy' pre ag college. When I finished college, having worked back there through the holidays etc, he offered me a full time job taking on more and more responsibilities. In the end we started a small business in partnership. When I left, after 14 years, to start on my own, I found a part time job driving a tractor to help make ends meet. They asked for a reference and I gave the name of my previous employer on the condition that I spoke to him first so I could ask, out of politeness. When I 'phoned him, he asked lots of questions then said he wasn't prepared to put anything in writing about me, but he could speak to them if they called! I relayed the message to the potential employer and he just said "What a knob, can you come next week." [/QUOTE]
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