Matt Thompson remembers the day he found out his father, Greg, was serious about quality. “My dad fired me because I did not meet the standards for a Thompson Septic Systems employee,” he says.He and his father laugh about it now, but at the time it was serious business. “Dad is extraordinarily particular,” says Matt. And he now knows his dad did the right thing. Because he learned his lesson, someday, he will own Thompson Septic, which Greg and Sherry Thompson started 29 years ago in Smithfield, Ky. A successful tool and die maker, Greg got a bug to buy
