You’re welcome.

Roop thanked me today at Molly’s.
Outside of the people in my company, nobody has yet thanked me for doing my job.
Not that they necessarily know the extent of what rests on my shoulders.

I am the lone System Administrator for a Marine Underwriting firm here in NOLA.
What is that? Well, it’s a little tricky.

To simplify it, let’s just say that we insure (and subsequently sign the claims checks of) approximately 90% to 95% of the gulf coast shrimping industry, for one.

He thanked me for doing my part in keeping our little part of the world functioning.

If I don’t do my job, I lose it. That sucks.
This is my family’s company. That means my parents lose their source of income. That really sucks.
That also means that in addition to my parents, the ~20 or so other people in my company lose their jobs. More suckage.
That also means that since we are closed, any individual or company we re-insure (which is alot) cannot proccess, and therefore cannot recieve any check they would get for damages during the storm. Über suckage.

Roop thanked me for doing my part in seeing that the Gulf Coast shrimping industry did not collapse.
This made me feel good.

I’m not asking that you think of me when you eat shrimp.
All I’m saying is this:
You are welcome. I am glad that I can do my part to help, no matter what it is, however large or small.