DEAR ABBY: I am a shareholder in a small company. The other shareholders don’t like me. It’s not due to performance or personality issues. That’s because they’re a gang and I don’t live in their town. I will be retiring soon. Traditionally there is a retirement dinner with speeches. Any talk of them would be false. For me, a speech about the positive aspects of working with the company would be very, very short. I would prefer not to have a retirement dinner. What should I do? — SHAREHOLDER IN THE SOUTH
DEAR SHAREHOLDER: Tell the other shareholders (politely) that you know that when a shareholder leaves the company there is traditionally a farewell dinner, but you prefer to skip it and simply plan to leave the company at the end of your final day. Period.
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