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In Reply to: Re: Hi Kathy posted by Kathy Johnson on June 05, 2002 at 17:41:22:
I think we were vulnerable. I think we were idealistic. I think we were not very smart in that we trusted people too much. We weren't street wise. Most of us were raised in a sheltered environment, we had no idea what liars people could be. Did you? I didn't. If I had known half the stuff I know now about Berg, I never would have joined in the first place. But once you are in and you're caught in the web, it's so hard to see your way out.
I worked as a legal secretary also. I really enjoyed my bosses. It was so different being with good leaders. it's as you say, they take time to find out how you are and if you are happy in your environment, they aim to please and it shows. Then we moved and I ended up working for another lawyer, a father/son team and they were just the opposite. I used to joke that they rode their dinosaurs to work because they were so backwards in their way of dealing with people. So 50s. Women and secretaries were second class citizens. It really reminded me of the mind-set of the F. and I think that Berg set the standard because he was steeped in that kind of mentality, that kind of patriarchal viewpoint. Thank God I could quit them and move on to something I really enjoy doing now. You couldn't do that in the F. You had to suck up until all the life was sucked out of you. Yes, I am angry, and I'm not afraid or ashamed to say it and I will probably be angry for the rest of my life. The people I trusted as my spiritual overseers raped me and left me with no recourse and my children to this day suffer for it. My son is trying to get a sensitive job and his past may stop him from realizing his dreams. Do you know how angry that makes me? that reminds me, could you all pray for him, please? Thanks for listening, Kathy.
