Feb 29th was my last gig. My private Retirement party where not even spouses were invited. We got restaurant certificate for the significant others for another day.
This room is upstairs in a top 40 restaurant in all of NY which is unbelievable considering there are ove 15,000 restaurants. To me this restaurant was alway my favorite and its where I held my Union meetings back in the day.
Because of my unorthodox ways of getting things done I started to get a nickname that you see on the cake. The only female was one of my partners. She's the first in the history of my job in 90 yrs and I'm the only one who said this job was not made for a female and I refused to work with her.. She is ex NYPD cop of the year so she is "All of that"
Funny thing the first night she was under training with me because she was going to be put into a regular squad with different partners, she Confronted me and said your the one who refuses to work with a female... Yup that would be me. The buiding is to small to have a female in there and it could only spell trouble.
SO what happens---- I was proven wrong again and because of all the flack she was getting on my job I shocked the bosses and decided to work with her.. We argued alot but she is as loyal as they come. Probably the best heart in anyone I ever met on the job.
So the chapter was finally closed. I got a custom watch(Means I'm old) They retired my shield and encased it in a beautiful plaque. The guys bought me a 22K Gold babe Ruth card and the large metal pic of the Babe.
It was sad to leave because these people were my extended family.. I fought hard for them when I had to.. Now its time to fight for some other things that can benefit us the business owners... maybe. Who knows but its was a bitter sweet ending to once promising career.
Time flies so make the best of it.
Pictures all came from cell phones so the quality is poor.
Feb 29th was my last gig. My private Retirement party where not even spouses were invited. We got restaurant certificate for the significant others for another day.
This room is upstairs in a top 40 restaurant in all of NY which is unbelievable considering there are ove 15,000 restaurants. To me this restaurant was alway my favorite and its where I held my Union meetings back in the day.
Because of my unorthodox ways of getting things done I started to get a nickname that you see on the cake. The only female was one of my partners. She's the first in the history of my job in 90 yrs and I'm the only one who said this job was not made for a female and I refused to work with her.. She is ex NYPD cop of the year so she is "All of that"
Funny thing the first night she was under training with me because she was going to be put into a regular squad with different partners, she Confronted me and said your the one who refuses to work with a female... Yup that would be me. The buiding is to small to have a female in there and it could only spell trouble.
SO what happens---- I was proven wrong again and because of all the flack she was getting on my job I shocked the bosses and decided to work with her.. We argued alot but she is as loyal as they come. Probably the best heart in anyone I ever met on the job.
So the chapter was finally closed. I got a custom watch(Means I'm old) They retired my shield and encased it in a beautiful plaque. The guys bought me a 22K Gold babe Ruth card and the large metal pic of the Babe.
It was sad to leave because these people were my extended family.. I fought hard for them when I had to.. Now its time to fight for some other things that can benefit us the business owners... maybe. Who knows but its was a bitter sweet ending to once promising career.
Time flies so make the best of it.
Pictures all came from cell phones so the quality is poor.
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