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Only to Serve excerpt (part 1) by Debra Davis. She was a grocery clerk for ten years, and she was laid off by her employer. She couldn’t find a regular job, so she searched on the internet for an online job. She finally found a job that appealed to her. The job required her to give advice to people on the telephone. She thought the job was perfect for her because she enjoyed giving advice to her friends; wanted or not. Finally, she would be able to give advice to people that really wanted her help, and she would get paid for it as well. After she began her new job, her enthusiasm turned to disappointment when she realized that the people who called her really didn’t want her advice at all; they only wanted confirmation on the crazy …show more content…
And when I dated women who were nice to me, I dumped them.” Then he tells her that not only does he like to serve, but he also likes to be in control and pick out people who he can abuse that will serve him. But they cannot be the same person that he serves. The next time the chat host talks to him, George tells her Tanner is putting extra work on his work list, even though it is not required by his boss or the company he works for. Still, George says he must agree to do whatever Tanner requests him to do. George said Tanner wanted him to clean the toilets every night. George said he doesn’t mind, and that he must obey Tanners every whim. He said he considers Tanner better than himself, and he feels he is beneath his feet. He said Tanner even jokes with him, and tells him that people are going to think he (George) has a life because he is always gone. George goes on to say that the situation has become a game to Tanner. He said now Tanner has asked him to clean his mother’s garage out for free. George said he agreed to do

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