Missing Deadline: A trip through newspaper office hell with a work place bully

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by SMRJigsawPuzzles

 Chapter 1

After working retail for many years, a chance to return to the world of higher learning, arrived. No more grocery work, no more baby pictures, no more balancing tills. My ticket out arrived at the ripe old age of 30. Or so I thought.

A stay at a Comfort Inn featuring discomfort

DALLAS, TEXAS — A recent stay at a Comfort Inn and Suites left a friend and I wishing we would have packed a vacuum for our overnight stay in Dallas, Texas.

TTM's arrive from Counsell and Assenmacher

MILWAUKEE, WIS. —  The new year has kicked off with two more TTM autographs arriving.

Will Clark returns TTM; My fantasy baseball lineup bids farewell to Pujols and Molina

SAN FRANCISCO — The final TTM autograph received in 2022 is from former San

Francisco Giants Will Clark, who took 83 days to return my card signed. Clark is signing items for a $20 donation to Autism Speaks.

Jeff Barkley and Bill Bathe TTMS arrive

 

Two more TTM autographs have trickled in before the end of 2022.

Jay Canizaro, Jeff Ballard and Jaime Cocanower respond to TTM requests

 Some TTMs continue to trickle in since my return to the hobby this year.

Dale Berra and Eric Bjornson respond to TTM requests

It has been slow going since my return to the hobby.

I have been slow mailing requests and many seem to be slow returning.