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The Footwear Inspector Waits For The Other Shoe (Photo credit: JD Hancock)

Several years ago, I was working at a small business. Besides myself, there were four other people on the staff and the boss. It was time for our weekly staff meeting and three of us were already there at the table when the boss walked in and said, “Let’s get started.”

We pointed out that the other two were still missing. She said that she’d fired both of them that morning.

The room went dead silent as we three realized t...