Five-Year Man

Today is my fifth anniversary of working for Select Service Professionals, “The Food Travel Experts.” All previous anniversaries have been memorialized with a commemorative pin with the number of years on display. This year I have been told by my manager at Four Peaks that the pin policy has not been canceled, but that the pandemic threw a wrench onto the practice. I will wait patiently.

Meanwhile, I’m proud of having shown up for work at the airport more than a thousand times, proving my dependability (question during the job interview: “What’s the one word that describes you?” My answer, which I think got me the job: “Dependable.”) and my work ethic.

I also feel lucky to be working during these troubled times. Many of my fellow restaurant workers are still at home, waiting.

I’m not the young pup I used to be when I first entered the workforce 50 years ago, in the summer of 1970. But I think I’m good for another five years of doing what I do now. Time will tell.