... after the meeting, I was swarmed by sailors/fellow union members who were "extremely entertained" by my "interaction" with the president... as he was known to be quite "distant" lol... I, of course, laughed it off... until I saw the men begin to scatter as two "enforcers" came up to "talk" to me....
They wanted to know who I was... I told them. ... They explained to me the "way things were around here"... and I listened... These boys were dead serious. Very strange feeling in this day in time... let me tell you...
... as they left, the men..... MY men now
, came back in to see what the hooplah was about... I was immediately known throughout the whole union headquarters from that point on... I had the management's attention... and thereby the men's respect... a somewhat dangerous position to be in I would soon realize.
