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Article: U.S. Blind Telephone Sales Agent Wins Magazine Award
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 3, 2002
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Greyhound said Wednesday that its lead telephone sales agent who
is visually impaired has won Employee of the Year Award from a U.S.
magazine for people with disabilities.
Careers and the Disabled Magazine awarded Larry Garner because of
his career accomplishments, said Greyhound, the largest North
American provider of intercity bus transportation. He joined
Greyhound in January 2000 as a telephone sales agent at one of
thecompany's telephone information centers, which helps handle
nearly33 million calls a year.
Garner's proficient and eager work style helped elevate him to the
position of lead telephone sales agent in just six months. He uses
JAWS software to do his job, and according to ...