Working with your family

摘要

One of the greatest aspects about living on a ranch is working side by side with your family. And occasionally, one of the worst aspects about ranching is working side by side with your family.I have a sense of pride when my three kids and wife are helping work cattle. The kids have turned into pretty good hands; but even so, we have a tendency to not treat each other like we should. I don't expect an employee to read my mind, but I think my family should. When an employee lets a cow go back, we laugh; but when it's one of the kids, I give this exasperated look and chomp my nicotine gum in such a way that everyone knows I'm disgusted. The whole thing can go from bliss to misery in a moment.