I know it has been sometime since I have posted anything new to my blog, but starting a new job on May 19th has limited my goof-off time.
During my 45 year career in the Heavy Construction Equipment business I was like Rodney Dangerfield never getting any respect, but now that I am employed by the South Carolina
Department of Corrections I am getting the respect a gray haired old man deserves -- my name is now MR. WELLS.
I have not been employed a month yet, but I am learning how people on the other side of the fence live and I must say it is not a pretty sight. Folks I have seen the food they eat, some of the NON-Air conditioned facilities that they live in, how they are treated, and I for one never want to be a resident of a penal system.
There were two inmates that came an spoke to us during the week long orientation (or as I like to refer to it "Hell Week") that I just attended. One of the inmates said that the only difference between them an us was they had made some bad decisions and got caught when we had made our bad decisions we did not get caught. I think there is a lot of truth in that statement.
I am sure that I will have some stories to tell about my new employment adventure.
