. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . he small shop, where they count the stamps in the cash drawernightly, that youll find everybody toeingthe scratch; they have to, to pay therent. Sometimes a big institution maintainsa few incompetents for the sake of pasteflficiency. When they do its the signof poor business policy, but a good thats the trouble with your housedont discourage it. There are entirelytoo few humanitarians in business as itis. Stick to them. If, on the other hand, back numbersare maintained for lack of discernmenton the part of the head of the house,dont let that w
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . he small shop, where they count the stamps in the cash drawernightly, that youll find everybody toeingthe scratch; they have to, to pay therent. Sometimes a big institution maintainsa few incompetents for the sake of pasteflficiency. When they do its the signof poor business policy, but a good thats the trouble with your housedont discourage it. There are entirelytoo few humanitarians in business as itis. Stick to them. If, on the other hand, back numbersare maintained for lack of discernmenton the part of the head of the house,dont let that worry you. This sameweakness may stand you in good steadwhen you happen to make a few badbreaks—and you will make mistakesunless you quit doing things. You mustnt expect to have everythingyour own way; nobody ever has. Everyjob has its drawbacks, and this you maydiscover some day when you quit a fairposition for a worse one. Personally, I think you ought to bethankful for the fact that everyone inyour concern is not an ace; if they were. 34 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE all top-notchers, probably there wouldntbe any room for 3^011 to expand. Cer-tainh^ 3^oud have to be several timesbetter than you are to make an impres-sion. Id rather take my chances anytime in a house full of mediocre peoplethan in one where everybody knew asmuch as or more than I did. In thecountry of the blind a one-eyed man isking. Forget those dead ones. Plug alongwith your eye on the job higher up, andif 3^ou fail to land, and not for any lackof earnest effort, console yourself withthe reflection that few people in this valeof tears ever get whats coming to themeither in the way of reward or punish-ment. Even your bosses are up against it, forby your own admission they are not get-ting the service they are paying for. In heavens name dont provide your-self with a set of ready reasons againstpossible failure. Your house pets may be obstruc-tions in the way of progress, but if youset them the pr
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