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Old 09-26-2011, 05:51 PM
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My very first job out of college was with the Coca-Cola Company at their Atlanta headquarters.

Their motto of "The customer is always right, especially when they're wrong" served me extremely well throughout the course of my working life.

They had a company cafeteria that was larger than Golden Corral, and they served breakfast and lunch. All Coke products were free - and that included Minute Maid, so free OJ every morning. I was young and broke - my rent, utilities and car payment took 95% of my paycheck - and a $5 meal ticket lasted me 2 weeks. Lunch, including dessert and beverage, was 25 cents (even for 1974, this was dirt cheap.)

The only downside was that there were Coke fountains on every floor, but had to take the elevator up 4 floors for a water fountain. I am, to this very day, still a Coke addict.