All right, earn your keep and make your contribution to society felt. In other words, don’t just sit there. Do something.
Here are media examples of “earn one’s keep”:
1. Helen Greer spent her career climbing down the corporate ladder, but that’s OK by her.
Greer, now 70, was one of the Henry County Water & Sewerage Authority’s original employees. Having been a clerk for the Superior Court, she applied for a job at the fledgling department in 1971, only 10 years after it was created.
Describing herself as a “Jill” of all trades, Greer did a bit of everything when she first started: accounting, procurement, clerking for the water authority board, you name it.
“I didn’t have a course in bookkeeping, but I got a crash course in accounting,” she said.
Greer retired in August, one day after her 70th birthday, having spent her career shedding responsibilities as the Authority grew – what she calls climbing down the corporate ladder.
Her last duties with the Authority were in special projects, where she snooped out broken meters and looked for other cash-draining conditions in the department, such as late-paid impact fees, and correcting them.
“I earned my keep,” she said.
These days, Greer keeps herself busy caring for her husband, Melton, who turns 76 next week, and has Alzheimer’s. “I keep myself busy with housekeeping,” she said. “Which pretty much suffered over the years.”
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