On a friday morning I was working a half day until
noon,
Countless thoughts run through my mind,
I was wondering would work be over
soon,
This job has me a little
jaded and the bright lights had
faded on my dreams,
Just then I hear the rude voice of the assistant manager calling my
name,
I have a
choice,
I could leave and all my work was in
vain,
Or I could use my voice and express my
pain,
The rude manager
came into view ” Didn’t you hear me calling your
name?”
—
I can remember the exact
date December 11th,
I clocked in around
eight,
It was in the
A.M ,
Manager complaining about me being three minutes
late,
Well if you would pay him what he
earned,
He wouldn’t have to ride two buses,
And
burn through shoes from
walking to get to work everyday,
All the managers do is sit in the office and do a whole bunch of
talking,
While we out there
working
As I decided how to respond to this clown rudely calling my
name,
I think about all the possibilities of responses
frame by
frame,
I could flip out and curse her
out,
I could just get up and leave,
Because I knew what it was,
No
doubt,
Not only was this manager rude but her tone was now a
shout,
—
“Yeah! what! I hear you, do you think I can’t
hear?”
I could feel myself becoming frustrated,
At the verge of angry,
How could this be happening after all these
years,
All my
peers have been
fired one by one,
The ones that survived worked in
fear,
Because they chose to
hire a manager with no experience that has fired the entire veteran staff in less than a
year,
—
My response was intended to be
rude,
I was keeping it
cool,
Because I could have really acted the
fool,
All she said was one word and walked away “office “,
As I followed I
knew what it was,
“Office?”
Who did she think she was?
—
In the back office sat the top Manager,
He was some little
doofus ruthless kid straight out of college,
His problem was he thought the old way was out of
date,
Anyone that was here before he was hired was destined for the same
fate,
Fired!
—
The nervous top manager said few words,
He seemed uneasy in my
presence,
Little did he know what he was about to do was going to become a
present,
“We know longer need your services “,
That’s all he
said,
I couldn’t believe it,
I literally
bled for this
place,
And right in my
face this happens,
—
What!,
That’s was what I said and what I was
thinking,
I was so mad I honestly can’t remember breathing or
blinking,
All he said was those same words
again,
“We know longer need your services ”
Back
then I was kind of young and wild so I know what he was expecting,
For me to scream and
yell,
And
tell him exactly what he could do with this
job,
But this idiot wasn’t going to
rob me of my
pride,
And more importantly my freedom,
Because if I had jumped over the desk and punched him in his stupid face the cops would be on his
side,
—
Calmly without one word I got up and left the office,
Longing to be rid of this job for so long,
I went and collected my belongings,
They were supposed to follow me to make sure I
left,
And that I don’t commit a
theft,
But they were stupid and
lazy,
Not brave and
crazy,
They just let me go in peace
—
As I walked out all I thought was “why did I stay so long?”,
This was my first job,
It was a good job before we got a new manager,
I put in a a lot of hard work,
The list was too
long,
In my
mind I could also hear a
song of
relief,
This horrible place had been a
thief of my happiness for far to
long,
It’s been almost nine years since that
day,
I’ve done so many things that made me better and
happy since then,
Closer to God,
Healthy happy family,
College grad double major!,
Better
job,
So even though this was meant to
rob me of my joy,
It actually turned into my blessing
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Oh wow, that sounds like a toxic workplace … you do find those from time to time. That sounds very toxic on ones soul!! It does sound like a blessing in disguise.
That place you describe – does not sound like a healthy work environment – that’s too bad.
Hopefully you have found something better that appreciates your hard work and lifts your soul instead of crushing it.
Did you find better? Are you happier?
I see you did, so chop it up to life lesson … I’m glad you are happier – remember to keep happiness in your life – not those toxic things