Almost Like Being Fired Twice…
There was a glimmer of hope for a while. Fully considering myself unemployed, I had devoted the whole of Saturday to some Legend of Zelda and Wii Bowling when the manager at work called. Another kid had failed to show up for work, and he wanted to know if I could come in and cover the Saturday shift. Now even had I not been fired, I was not scheduled for this Saturday, but I figured the extra hours on my final paycheck would be nice and besides, maybe it would look good to the boss boss that I bailed them out of a jam when it clearly wasn’t my problem.
Everybody was very grateful when I showed up, especially the manager, and I worked Saturday like normal. He told me when I came in that he would talk to the boss boss about it and would “fix everything” so I could keep my job. Throughout the night, a couple other employees came in and mentioned that they would support me in helping me to keep my job, it being so close to Christmas, and the fact that the enormous ticket should be penalty enough without getting fired on top of it. My friend Leslie, who basically got me the job in the first place, even threatened to quit if the boss boss was a big enough asshole to fire me over it. I figured “Yeah, nobody could be that heartless. I’m a good employee, and have been for months now without incident. All the other employees, including the manager, are supporting me. I got this in the bag.”
Fully considering myself employeed, I splurged, spending all of Saturday’s tips on a shiny new DS Lite and a case of Blue Moon for an early Christmas present for Chuck. I worked my Sunday shift like I was scheduled to. Here it is, Monday morning, and the manager calls me to explain that despite his best efforts, the dickhead boss boss has indeed enforced his ridiculous dismissal policy regarding tickets. So yep, it’s official: I am jobless just weeks before Christmas with a nice little $750 entrapment debt to the city. Wheeee…
November 27th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Wow. That is so fucked up. I guess I’ll be finding a new bar…
November 27th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Bummer. You should open your own liquor store across the street and put those fuckers out of business!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
Yeah tough luck man, now that your dream of working in a fucking bar forever has come crashing down, how will you pick up the pieces?
November 28th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
…nintendo.
November 29th, 2006 at 3:05 am
Oh, I didn’t LIKE my job, but it was a paycheck. I’m mostly not excited about that ridiculous fucking ticket.
November 29th, 2006 at 9:18 am
Don’t pay the ticket. Just skip town and move to Mexico.
December 1st, 2006 at 2:43 pm
For someone that hates God so much you’d think you would edit it to X-Mas, or “The Holidays”…
December 1st, 2006 at 5:36 pm
Merry Solstice.
December 2nd, 2006 at 2:47 am
I think “Hates God” is not the right sentiment.
December 2nd, 2006 at 10:45 am
Yeah, I thought about that. There really is no god to hate. Rather, a story mash-up if you will. Where two eternal men, one in a red suit and the other a baby with a beard are born on the same day. And at some point, both will give gifts to the world. Some in the form of that new carburetor you so desperately need, and the other, sniff…his life…sniff.
Oh and Bill, Solstice just makes you sound like a pagan asshole. Figure something else out. Otherwise I’ll assume you listen to black metal and worship gaia.