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Keven Lansford

        This is a fellow that you just can't forget. He's reductive.
  Let's start with his organ transplants; a pancreas and kidney
  and liver and he's a heavy drinker. He's lost his license to DWI.
  His arms are covered with needle marks from insulin injections.
  He experiences white outs caused by diabetic shock. He has
  gone blind for days. And he's working at the Home Depot.
  Needless to say, the management at the Portsmouth Home Depot
  are concerned about Kevin.

      Dian Bova ordered Kevin to restack sixty 90 pound bags of cement.
  Dian was the lumber manager. Kevin could not refuse, since he needs
  his Home Depot insurance.
  The store manager Nick Lapoint insisted that Kevin not inject his insulin
  in the lunchroom or anywhere he could or anywhere he could be seen.
  That was a store policy. Kevin could only inject himself
  in a mensroom stall or his car and on a scheduled break. Kevin called the HR
  and she told him Home Depot "Was not a nursing home." Kevin called the
  New Hampshire Labor board and Nick Lapoint set up a table for Kevin in the
  hallway outside the store manager's office. Kevin can take his insulin there
  even between breaks. That's how most stores respond to associate complaints.
  They have to be threatened with a law suit before they'll concede anything.

                                                  Nice?

 
  Kevin had angry outbursts in the lunchroom and get written up.
  He called me a "Mother Fucker!" I don't think he was angry with me.
  It was probably his miserable life that enraged him. He freely admits he is
  going nowhere. Eventually, some Home Depot manager will think of way to fire him
  or break him and that will be the end of Kevin. He is protected under
  the National Employees with Disability Act.
 
       
          I have to smile when I see Home Depot commercials.
          All those smiling actors. But, I know better.
          They're Wal-Mart with lumber. They want to keep the payroll down
          and the sales up. That's all Home Depot cares about.
          Just go down to the Portsmouth Home Depot and look at all the
          young smiling faces. The company recently fazed out most of the
          50-65 year old floor associates. That's just good business .. Right?

  Well, I like to shop there you can't beat the prices!
  I haven't seen Kevin lately. I hope he's okay.
  He's a little guy and he drags his right leg. If you see him say hi!


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