I will have to be more careful about my spelling (extra letters in words due to strike errors) and punctuation. Leslie, please don't give me a "C" for those errors.

To expand on my above statements. Those laws that we were told had been passed about site security and credit card machine security, no such laws had been passed at the time I was instructed that they had been. If they have been recently passed, let me know.

But, on the other hand, the best thing those people could have done was to relieve me of my job. I am healthier and happier than I have been in years, since leaving that oppressive place. I do not have to worry that I will be penalized if I get sick and do not go into work. Because of that stupid policy, I had more viruses and more serious illnesses than ever before in my life. I saw people literally die there because they believed they had no other choice than to continue to work there. And since people believed they had to come to work when they were sick, there was always one or more illness circulating within the building that housed more than a thousand people.

Most of the people I worked with were angels. However, I can only characterize a few of them as villains. And they know who they are.

I want to get on with my life now in a more positive frame of mind. And I have. My daughter, Lisa, and I are building our jewelry design business from the ground up and KNOW that it is going to be a success. We are contributing to the world now in the most positive way possible for us. We are using our own unique creative geniuses to bring happiness to the world, a few shiny objet d'art at a time.

To that intention, I breath a sigh of relief and say, follow us into the next part of your own life.

The Country is inb a quandry about healthcare, about the recession, and me? I'm worried about the height of my grass in addition to all of the above.

However, having been axed from one of the larger credit card processors, I know more about this industry than I ever wanted to. My advise: cut up your credit cards and start using cash.

I think the banks believe they have all us "little guys" over a barrel, and perhaps they do at this point. However, with effort on our parts, we can take control of our lives back from the industry that has subjugated us to its control.

While I was working for the above mentioned industry, I was continually misinformed about the information that I was supposed to provide to "our merchants." And to all those to whom I unwittingly provided that misinformation, I apologize from the bottom of my heart.

Those merchants were subjected to fees that they were not legally liable to pay Those included fees for services they had long since not used, but according to my former employer, since they had not protested in time, too bad for you (and too good for us). Security fees were foisted upon them and were told that laws had been passed requiring them to subscribe to the programs that would "clean up" their systems.

I could go on and on, but for now, I will stop and post more later as I think of things that I learned in this shady business.