On 2004-03-26 10:26:00, The Butcher wrote:
"Anybody want to fill me in about this Steve Brooks guy? There was a question raised about whether he was a good staff member or a bad staff member. I'd like to know more... :grin: "
I have heard so many countless people talk about how horrible Steve was.
But I always liked him. Yes, he could be a REAL total jerk sometimes. I had seen him spiteful and cocky and arrogant.
But I was a kid who seemed to be easily lost in the crowd and forgotten. I was 17 more than 100 miles away from home so I had no hosthome of my own and no car. Being that I was a girl, my resources for using parents to drive me to job interviews was extremely limited. It was too late in the year to go to school when I finally made 3rd phase and I couldn't get a job to save my life.
Steve stood me up in 3rd & 4th phase rap to ask me why I hadn't put in for 4th phase. When I explained about not having worked or gone to school and my situation, he sat me back down and moved on to someone else. I felt almost jaded. He didn't let anyone reach out to me or nothing. That very week, he pulled me out of group and sent me to work in a warehouse for a day with two guys and told me that I now had no excuse to not put in for 4th phase.
The next week I was approved for 4th phase, after only working 1 day.
I didn't see Steve for awhile after that, and I ended up on a 4th phase phase-review because I was turning 18 the next month and everyone was afraid I was gonna walk. Steve saw me sitting in group and handed me a Big Book with some research to do and assignments. My phase review lasted only 1 week. I feel very strongly that he had something to do with my approval to get off of the phase review.
I don't think he was as such a bad guy as everyone makes him out to be. But that's my personal opinion based on how he treated me.
[ This Message was edited by: taureana on 2004-03-26 13:18 ]