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A Tanner girl
I was 17 years old when I got my first job at Tanner Companies in 1981. It was a full-time job hand-sewing buttons, shoulder pads, snaps and hooks. I still remember the day I got my first paycheck. It was only $84, but I was so excited, you’d thought I had won the lottery. As soon as break came up, I went to my mom, who worked there also, to show her my check. She gave me a big smile and told me she was so proud of me. While working at Tanners, I finished high school there in the lunch room through a program sponsored by Isothermal Community College. I got my diploma the same time my class graduated at RS Central. I worked at Tanners for six years, and then at Absorba, and then at the J.C. Cowan plant until I became disabled with Lupus. You don’t know how much I miss working a job. My friends at work called me a workaholic, but I loved it! Never complain about your job. Always be thankful for it, because some people don’t have a job, and some are not able to work and have to be on a fixed income. Sharon Hardin, Rutherfordton,
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