The Workermonkey

Thursday, August 17, 2006

OK, who had 8-17-06? 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 8/17/2006 03:49:00 PM

no job, no problem.

as of 3:15 today i am no longer employed. who wins the pool? this one actually lasted three months longer then the last one. this is the first thing i'm doing after getting home. i was approached by ken and tonya this afternoon while sitting at my desk. tonya was talking in a real low voice and ken just kept his mouth shut.
"i know you havn't been too happy here and we haven't really been too happy with you either. i know things aren't working out and um.."
"yeah, i get it"
"ok, so if you could just get your things.."
"yup"

that was it. thats how getting layed off/asked nicely to leave sounds. i grabbed my three things (wow, i really don't bring things in) and walked out the front door. well at least now i can still collect unemployment again. i'll give tom a call tomarrow to see what everyone in the shop had to say to him about it. i know he's not going to be too happy, and i'm really not too sure he'd stay there without me. oh well. not much i can do about that.

humm.. feelings, well, i'm kind of disapointed because, well, i did just get canned. which is a little depressing and the fact that it just didn't work out kind of sucks. i did try, and all i got was shit on and ignored. i brought in more work then i could handle on my own and when i asked for help it just wasn't there. i'm pissed for the way i felt i was treated. i'm pissed for a bunch of stupid little things that happened and when i was ready to drop them or get past the issue, something else took its place before i could even think.

in the short term, well, i was going to hand in my two week notice and start applying for jobs. this speeds up the process. i kind of figured on getting those two more paychecks simply because i'd like to have the money, and it would have been fiscally irresponsible of me to not hord the money for an uncertain future. i'll be just fine for a while, i really don't have any bills to pay. i don't ave a car payment and once again my lease is up at the end of september so i'm not tied down to having to pay rent. after that though i'm really not sure. do i move home? do i try really hard to find another job first? should i just stick it out a few more months and bust throgh some savings to have a good time? am i really going to get the sweet jackpot that is unemployment again? do i want it? will i need it? who the fuck knows, i'll be taking at least the weekend to figure that out. for the mean time, i've got a few beers in the fridge, a fat sac on the desk and five yanks/sox games coming up. i think i'll be ok.

long term. what the hell do i know? i have no clue. maybe i am totally usless and no one will want to hire me to do anything but move boxes around a warehouse. maybe i'll get a job starting wednesday. maybe it'll be 6 months from now when i'll be in mexico, sucking back margaritas and living off of 2 grand a year. maybe i'll play third base for the yanks. i guess i'm kind of free to do anything. this was how i felt last time i got fired and i spent 6 months traveling and fooling around until i even sent out a resume. wouldn't be a bad idea again. i think i'd like to start with a few dream jobs and see if anything sticks to the wall. i hear right field in yankee stadium is nice this time of year. i don't know what else to say. end.

6 comments

i'm blown away. i had 1+ years.

By  josh, at Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:29:00 PM  

Bravo my friend, bravo. Well played Mr. Barone. What passion, what vigor, what possibility. No walls can contain you, no chain secure you, no job keep you.

These experiences are telling you something aren't they? Are you listening? I think you know what they are saying.

Fired again. Thats amazing, I envy you sir. To have the freedom to do as you wish. To be able to access your situation and decide where to next point your staff.

Fret not, you'll be fine like always. Everything always seem to work out for you. I dont see why anything would be different this time.

Does anyone know what the date on the poll was really? I think it was June 30th. And cheers to Branciteam for having his mystifying foresight of situation. I win.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:34:00 PM  

Were you fired or laid off? You don't get unemployment if you were fired. Anyway, like you said it just speeds things up, since like you didn't seem all too happy there.

By  Damon, at Friday, August 18, 2006 2:38:00 AM  

Branci you sound like Morpheus. I'm serious just read your post in a Morpheus voice and you'll hear it.

That situation sounds like a layoff since there was no grievance they could really pin against him. Just that he didn't want to pick up others' slack. In the words of that Red Stripe commercial guy: "horray responsibility!"

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Friday, August 18, 2006 4:47:00 PM  

Holy shit! He's right. Fucking Morpheous down untill you hit the poll stuff, then it got away from me. Good fucking spot M!

By  NoBrainRequired, at Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:08:00 AM  

Hey find a Job in MA....I got a room open in September 2 acutually and then 1 more in october...Living In winchester...

Keith

By  Anonymous, at Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:35:00 AM  

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