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Elphaba · 07-27-2005, 02:42 PM

Fair question, Bear.

Back when the Earth was still cooling, I worked for the Big Airplane Company, an all male bastion supported by "girls." Uncle Sam decided that any company on the federal teat needed to live up to the EEOC act. When my male boss in Accounting was sent packing, I was appointed the job. It was an easy pick, because I was qualified for the position, but Big Airplane Company had a more important goal in getting their numbers right to keep it's federal contracts. Everybody won.

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Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	Fair question, Bear. Back when the Earth was still cooling, I worked for the Big Airplane Company, an all male bastion supported by "girls." Uncle Sam decided that any company on the federal teat needed to live up to the EEOC act. When my male boss in Accounting was sent packing, I was appointed the job. It was an easy pick, because I was qualified for the position, but Big Airplane Company had a more important goal in getting their numbers right to keep it's federal contracts. Everybody won. __________________ "You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." Molly Ivins - 1944-2007