The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-03-06

light II; there was no OIL IN the TeSeT-
voir. He searched for the can and
there was no oil in that, The chain
of circumstances the soiled glasses,
no hot water, no fire, no fuel, Illus
trates an appalling want OF fore
thought on the part of that druggists
apprentice. Let US mention right here
that that boy lived to become a sue
cessful business man and Is now the
proprietor of a flourishing garage,
in a Western city. He must nave got
cured some way of this lamentable
carelessness, otherwise, he certainly
would never have landed anywhere.
You will see the same thing in
many establishments A workman Will
start to do up bundle; there VIII be
no twine He will go to the storage
room or drawer for a ball and flnd
the supply exhausted The manager
who can eliminate that sort of thing
from his establishment is pretty sure
of business success even though ne
may be weak in some other particulars
| II YOU hope to become a satisfactory
employee, cut it out. Have things
ready to do with Place requisition
for supplies in ample time. Don't be
can ght with the soiled glasses-no
water-no fire combination
RESPECT FOR YOUR EMPLOYER
\ GOOD SIGN
Perhaps you have heard the old
saying. "a good student will speak
well of the teacher" 1t is equally
true that a brother or sister, who
likes the minister" is a good member
of the parish and is more likely to be
sincere Christian. The same rule
applies to many things. There is no
quicker way to select an efficient
workman, than to ask him the Ques-
ton, What kind OF a concern are you
working for?" If he makes his en-
ployers out to be the finest men 60
ing and reports their business TO be
furnishing, you may be reasonably
certain that he Is a good workman
and that he Is doing his part to bring
about the condition he describes. II
you speak disparagingly of your en-
ployers, of their business or OF your
fellow workman, you Will be regarded
with about the same feeling that you
would yourself have for child that
speaks disrespectfully of his parents,
or of a pupil who reports the ineff1-
cheney of his teacher Try to like
your job and the folks you are work
ing with. II you do, your fellow work
men will like and respect you Try
TO respect your employers and to be-
lieve their business successful II
you don't. you're in the wrong place.
II you succeed in believing that your
fellow workmen are skillful, that your
employers are successful business
men. that the business, Of which you
are a part, Is on the boom, you will
find yourself liked by your employers
and the crew, a condition which Will
be greatly to your advantage.
We now come to a sort OF intangi-
BILE thing, but one which Is neverthe-
less, supremacy important. At the
outset. we spoke of Bill Smith as
working for himself William must
also get the idea that the biggest job
around the place, and the biggest any
where in the trade he Is learning. Is
ahead of him somewhere. He must
look forward to the day when, he and
the manager, both growing old, the
old man will move aside and give him
a chair at the big office desk. VIII
liam should indulge in this day dream
as often as he pleases. Let him think
of how he will then act and what he
will say to the old fellow whose place
he will have taken. He will make it
Just as easy for him as he possibly
can. He will tell the retiring mana
ger to call at the office often; come
in any time to write his letters; al
ways make himself at home. There
Is no harm in the Office errand boy
looking into the future to that extent.
There Is one word OF caution: Will
liam must not attempt climbing over
his fellow workman. II he Is studi-
Gus, faithful, courteous, intelligent
with a vision ahead, he will do the
trick. If his ambitions lead him into
any other course, 1t will only be a
short cut to disaster, but the salts
factory employee will keep this vision
somewhere in his equipment.
SOMETHING ABOUT LEISURE
HOURS
And now, what must our employee
do outside OF business hours and out
side the office and workroom? First
of all he must not get the idea that
It is none of his employers business
what he does in time off. He is, of
course, more free to choose what he
will do than in business hours, but
IL he devotes them to unwholesome
things, excessive recreation. exhaust
ing enterprises of any kind, he will
remove the possibility OF becoming a
wholly satisfactory employee. The
wise employer will make no attempt
to dictate what William does In his
leisure time but he will make note OF
1t, so far as 1t comes to his attention,
and undesirable associates or diver
sions will all count with the boss in
making up his opinion about William.
Have we covered the ground? Not
completely and perhaps no one ever
will. We hope. however, we have
touched upon few things which may
be studied With profit by the employ
ee anywhere and will be OF more or
less interest to the manager and en-