Someone San Diego Should Know: Jennifer Barnes [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
She was a defiant teenager who grew up to become one of San Diego’s leading businesswomen.
Beginning at age 16, Jennifer Barnes’ parents wanted her to learn self-discipline by working part-time jobs. That did not go well.
While working at a movie theater’s refreshment counter, Barnes asked a customer why she ordered a sugarless drink along with sugar-filled candies with thousands of calories. It turned out the annoyed customer was the boss’ wife.
Barnes was fired.
She was fired.
There were more a lot more. Barnes was fired 12 times before age 20. “I was unemployable,” Barnes recalled. “I was independent and did not like rules.”