heavy_lifting tender_square dad was 18 around 1970, when he worked as a delivery guy for mccaffey’s furniture. “they liked me so much they had me set up a new location for them in sarnia,” he gushed. “i laid flooring for a week.” the shop specialized in selling “combinations,” weighty entertainment systems that had a television and turntable, for upwards of $1,400. with store financing, the extra charges went up to almost two grand for most families. dad was incredulous, “you could buy a house back then for that kind of money!” tepperman’s furniture was a small operation compared to mccaffey’s at that time, it was located on ottawa street, but tepperman’s is only local furniture retailer left five decades later. “one day i went in to work and my boss, ken stevens—he was sort of a mentor to me—he said to the bookkeeper ‘i’m tired of this stu caverhill. pay him what he’s owed and get him the hell out of here.’ he was winking at me when he said it.” dad couldn’t believe he was getting fired—hadn’t he always busted his ass for ken? the bookkeeper handed a wad of cash over. ken walked dad to the door, said, “i’ll see you again,” then pushed him hurriedly out onto the sidewalk. the shop’s door was padlocked from within seconds later; mccaffey’s had gone into receivership, all the assets had been frozen. in his last act as boss, ken made sure that dad got paid all he was owed before the store shuttered. he was the only employee who got anything. 211201 what's it to you? who go blather from