EllieTalbot
Fear the Spoon
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- Feb 4, 2003
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About a year and a half ago, I was fired from my job at a company I'd worked at for about four years. No warning, no reason, didn't see it coming at all. Stunned my co-workers as well. Learned through the grapevine later on that it was because the new manager wanted to import his own pet from his former workplace.
That event was the instigator of the worst two years of my life. The place I worked was in a tiny mountain tourist town- no real jobs available, and my housing came with my job. Difficult to find a place to live.
I had a nice resume, despite the termination, plenty of good recommendations. I could have moved, gone elsewhere but noooo... I decided to stick it out and "outlast" the trouble. I loved where I live.
I've known real hunger, months of unemployment, homelessness, having to go back to grunt labor in intense conditions. I won't even go into the worst that happened because it sounds so unbelieveable. Suffice to say violent crime happens in the small towns, too.
At anytime, I could have packed my car and left for greener pastures. Gone home and cried to Mommy and Daddy (who begged me to come back a few times, lol). But I love it here too much. Some weird intuition kept me hanging on.
In the last two months, things have seemed to come full circle. Karma has finally kicked in. Those who've done me wrong are getting it back. A few of them are going to prison for several years. One of them has been dealt the same exact misery she gave to me. The manager who fired me was removed by the corporation and replaced by the people who were running it before.
I live on the edge of a beautiful, still lake surrounded by mountains. It's aqua in the summer. Spring has come early. My fridge is full. I can get a new car soon. I have good friends, a wonderful family, am healthy, peaceful...
And today I was asked to come back to my old place of work to a better position, with a raise, benefits and an apology.
I was right. That's just good.
Sigh. Thanks for listening.
Serene in Soda Springs,
Ellie
That event was the instigator of the worst two years of my life. The place I worked was in a tiny mountain tourist town- no real jobs available, and my housing came with my job. Difficult to find a place to live.
I had a nice resume, despite the termination, plenty of good recommendations. I could have moved, gone elsewhere but noooo... I decided to stick it out and "outlast" the trouble. I loved where I live.
I've known real hunger, months of unemployment, homelessness, having to go back to grunt labor in intense conditions. I won't even go into the worst that happened because it sounds so unbelieveable. Suffice to say violent crime happens in the small towns, too.
At anytime, I could have packed my car and left for greener pastures. Gone home and cried to Mommy and Daddy (who begged me to come back a few times, lol). But I love it here too much. Some weird intuition kept me hanging on.
In the last two months, things have seemed to come full circle. Karma has finally kicked in. Those who've done me wrong are getting it back. A few of them are going to prison for several years. One of them has been dealt the same exact misery she gave to me. The manager who fired me was removed by the corporation and replaced by the people who were running it before.
I live on the edge of a beautiful, still lake surrounded by mountains. It's aqua in the summer. Spring has come early. My fridge is full. I can get a new car soon. I have good friends, a wonderful family, am healthy, peaceful...
And today I was asked to come back to my old place of work to a better position, with a raise, benefits and an apology.
I was right. That's just good.
Sigh. Thanks for listening.
Serene in Soda Springs,
Ellie
