Indispensable.

Goldfinch60



But she cannot stop!

She has been doing that job for years!

Who else can do it?

 

He is retiring.

All his life he has worked there.

Who will replace him?

 

You hear this all the time,

When long serving people

Stop doing their jobs.

 

But what you need to remember

Is that they are not irreplaceable,

As the cemetery is full of them,

Full of indispensable people.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 13th, 2018 01:19
  • Comment from author about the poem: Just something a former manager of mine used to say many many years ago.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 17
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  • Michael Edwards

    It happens all the time. I've been told that my successor doesn't do half the things I did. But the half he doesn't do is filled with things that I didn't. Fine write Andy.

  • orchidee

    A fine write Gold. Erm, are we a long time dead, as they say? It's called 'our long home' in ye olde language.
    See ya at Hastings!

  • orchidee

    A fine write Gold. Erm, are we a long time dead, as they say? It's called 'our long home' in ye olde language.
    See ya at Hastings!

  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    Thanks for sharing UNCLE ANDY. In Further Education we all have our JOB DESCRIPTIONS and GRADES and each Course has so many units which require so many Lecturer Hours etc it i very systematised and computerised etc. If somebody leaves or dies there are always 10 people ~ trained & qualified to take the JOB ~ OK ~ NO PROBLEM ! We generally get about 20 Applicants for each vacancy 5 of whom would be very suitable ~ OK. We replace LIKE with LIKE ! Thanks for BBJ by James Dean ~ ICONIC ! Please visit SAILING ~ BAILING ~ WAILING and also Our Fusion on What Makes You Happy ? Blessings & Love for JOYCE & Yourself BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡



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