So my expectation through the couple years was that I would be steadily increasing
salary-wise, and it just wasn't increasing at the rate I expected,
and I'm not normally that type of person anyway.
I really feel like my boss is always gonna take care of me.
If I do a good job, which I try my best to do,
that I should never have to worry about it.
In most cases, I haven't had to.
In this case, it was just frustration, so
I get this in the mail from the IRS.
This probably started in 95.
A huge delinquency of 15,000, $14,000, something like that.
The normal control of checks and balances that a company puts in place,
Power just didn't do that, and it was rampant across the board.
It wasn't just accounting.
It was inventory.
It was sales.
It was so wide open, it was pretty scary,
and, quite frankly, I've told them and my staff had told them many,
many times that we're doing things we shouldn't be doing.
I've been here over a year and kept the company afloat basically,
me and my staff, and really felt like we did a good job, and
I made sure all of my employees were rewarded well, so
my expectation was a lot higher of what I thought would happen to me.
I had a terrible review, terrible raise, and so I was really upset.
I finally get some notices in the mail, that their fixing to garnish wages and
levy liens against the house and stuff like that.
So I'm in one of these scared modes where I don't know where to turn.
I can't turn to my family.
My family doesn't have that kind of money, so
I can't turn to them nor would I probably want to turn to them,
just not that way, so I called a friend of mine up.
Larry and I have been friends for years.
I said, hey, can you loan me some money?
He said, yeah, I can loan you some money.
After I got the money, it's like, okay, I need my money back.