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do, but I prefer to discuss the matter with the owner." She turned

bright red. As we proceeded to the meeting, the owner read to Sara
my memo and Sara sat there acting like she was in shock. I became

adamant about not having her as my immediate supervisor and that I
did not trust her. The owner knew my contract was ending and did

not want to make a change. I felt I had won even though I did not get

what I wanted. The point was being able to put Sara on notice that I
knew her game.

From that day forward, Sara and I had an unspoken arrangement,
she would not mess with me and I would just ride my time out on the

contract. The one thing I learned as I traveled through those previous
companies, every company has a weakness. Understanding Sara's

limitations, which were TLM's weakness, I began to capitalize on the
weakness. Sara depended on temporary staffing to keep the division

running. Seeing that, I began to put my plan in action. I became Sara
and Jane's best friend like nothing ever happened between us.

Earlier in the year, I met a business owner who ran a business
center out of one of the hotels, we frequented. The name of his

business was BSI, BSI services included reproduction services and
temporary staffing. I cut a deal with the owner, I could arrange for his

company to obtain all the reproduction services from TLM, but he

needed to hire me for temporary staffing. If nothing else I understood
how events were planned and there was a lot of reproduction for

participants meeting packets. I also understood the closer the days to

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