I just found out from a friend of mine that a cashier we worked with had been let go on sat.
Now, this chick I'll call S, was recently divorced, and had a kid, & was mounting tremendous debt in rent, utilities etc.
Her blithe attitude for this was simply a willy,"IF-I-don't-have- the money, then they ain't gonna get it!"
Plus, she had perpetual points for tardyness, something they take rather serious here.And was warned three weeks in advance.
All of us who had known her had tried to instill some more responsibility in her, but it fell upon deaf ears. In the end she came downstairs, all flushed and crying.
Fucked up, huh?
AH!
But you haven't heard why you're not going to like the rest of this, and brother, it's a doozy;
So, me & my buddy are outside on one of the picnic tables, having a smoke. Longtime since I did that, but I figured we deserved it all things considered.
So we're reflecting on "S"'s departure, reflecting the cons and pros of it.
Then another guy from another dept comes over & sits down. We inquire as to whether he known of "S"'s leaving, but he can't place her for a second. Then we drop a few hints on her appearances.
Now, this chick I'll call S, was recently divorced, and had a kid, & was mounting tremendous debt in rent, utilities etc.
Her blithe attitude for this was simply a willy,"IF-I-don't-have- the money, then they ain't gonna get it!"
Plus, she had perpetual points for tardyness, something they take rather serious here.And was warned three weeks in advance.
All of us who had known her had tried to instill some more responsibility in her, but it fell upon deaf ears. In the end she came downstairs, all flushed and crying.
Fucked up, huh?
AH!
But you haven't heard why you're not going to like the rest of this, and brother, it's a doozy;
So, me & my buddy are outside on one of the picnic tables, having a smoke. Longtime since I did that, but I figured we deserved it all things considered.
So we're reflecting on "S"'s departure, reflecting the cons and pros of it.
Then another guy from another dept comes over & sits down. We inquire as to whether he known of "S"'s leaving, but he can't place her for a second. Then we drop a few hints on her appearances.
Out of the BLUE comes a response from him like"Oh, is she the one who sounded like Mickey Mouse when she got all frustrated?"
Me & my buddy, caught off guard by this, start howling in laughter over the inanity of the more than fitting description of "S".
This goes on for more than two-three minutes tops. We're both red in the face, slapping the table and everything.
Y'know, I'm sorry, I know it ain't right to derive simple humor over someone getting canned, but when you look back on how she virtually set herself up for failure, didn't do anything to stop it, and tried to pretend it's a shock, how in the fuck were we to keep going on caring?
Hey, sorry, but with work no OT, bills, holidays I'm obliged to work on rather than go to Family dinners with the news that my close cousin is preggers I heard 2nd hand, that unfortunately was our release valve, 'cause God knows we were both on the verge of a retail mental meltdown, ok?