When I was 19-20 I worked on Haight Street at a retro revival/rockabilly dress shop. The company had expanded too fast and blew all their money, so my store was closing and what was usually very expensive clothing was on super sale.
One day I arrived to work and everyone called out except me. My manager told me to run the (large) store all by myself. At some point the landlord for the building showed up to tell me the company hadn't paid rent in months. The store was so busy due to the sale that I couldn't take a break for hours due to the constant stream of people. The landlord decided she wanted to be "helpful" and was taking customers to the stock room to find clothes that weren't on the floor. It was chaos.
When finally there was a moment of the store being empty I locked the door, had a panic attack, and angrily scribbled the "closed early because overworked and underpaid" sign and left.
I was fired haha.
Apr 20, 2024
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I didnāt want to give a negative example but this story came to mind first.
Let me preface by stating that I live in a āright to work stateā, so both parties are not required to explain shit if they decide the employment relationship should be terminatedā¦
After yet another crummy team meeting where management blatantly bullied my coworker (my favorite coworker, might I add) in front of the entire 30 person department, I went back to my desk and started crying lolz.
At that point, I stepped outside thinking I just needed a break to cool off. By the time I was done wiping my tears, I immediately went back inside and began packing up my desk.
The managers were in another meeting so they didnāt notice my departure until I was already halfway home. Panicked calls came through to my phone and I ignored them as I blasted The Front Bottoms. Voicemails came through. Delete.
They fucked around and found out that day. And I realized that the feeling of being stuck was an absolute illusion that kept me trapped in a panicked tunnel vision where freedom waited patiently in the periphery.
I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, within reason.
Hehe
Sep 26, 2024
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I put my two weeks notice in last Wednesday. In four business days, I will be completely, comprehensively unemployed. Iām going to be a bartender next. You might see me around. I look like if a five year old Bob Dylan got HGH injected into his brain stem to make him much bigger than the other five year olds. Iāll pour you a drink. One mooooree cup of coffee āfore ya goooooo.
My obese boss got laid off last month. My only regret is not being able to invent a shrink ray in time. A shrink ray to shrink him down & ash out a cigarette on his fat little belly & put a burn on him. Seared pork belly.
After he got laid off, the top brass at the company got wise to the fact that I hadnt sold a single bottle of alcohol in the entire year Iāve been working at this alcohol sales job. My boss was extremely incompetent & lazy, more than I could have ever dreamed of being. Thatās how I got away with it.
They didnāt confront me, they didnāt even write me upā they simply asked me to be more on the ball. They wanted me to start working. š¤®š¤¢š¤¢š¤®. I quit within the week. Iāve had some good moments last couple of weeks. I fell asleep while sitting front row during a presentation at a regional conference. I couldnāt help it. It wasnāt even that I was tired. It wasnāt that the speaker was boring (though he was). It was his self satisfaction. The guy talking was upper middle management at an extremely prestigious household name whiskey company. But he talked & dressed like a puffed up substitute teacher. Checkered oxford shirt, skinny chinos, a watch that said āmy wife & I have been in a sexless marriage for 6 years. Not that I care. I have PIED chronic death grip syndrome. Iām addicted to JOI femdom findom from Finlandā . But he was talking as if he was better than me, as if I should aspire to be like him. This, I think, is what offended me so deeply. I did hate his style too thoughā Iām no marianoleonczik , but even I can tell when a guy is a total fucking loser based off what heās wearing.
So I nodded off. I allowed top eyelid to kiss bottom eyelid one too many times & I awoke to him standing in front of me. āHey, buddyā you gotta wake up. You canāt be asleep like that.ā I was so stunned I didnāt know what to do but laugh. I tried to cover it up with a cough, but it wasnāt any use I donāt think. Everyone at the company saw me doze off and wake up giggling & coughing in this guys face. Like I was one of the drunks whose lives we ruin for money about to get kicked out of the bar.
Thatās my happiest memory of actually being at work on this job.
Jun 7, 2024
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a haiku:
i just got fired
unemployed, time to lock in
manic cleaned my room <3
*til nearly 6am, and redecorated, and saged
Feb 21, 2024
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