So, after 2 months of them blowing smoke up my ass, after 2 months of high drama from one of the other supervisors and the rest of her hive brain because I (gasp!) dared to suggest a schedule change that everyone but the aforementioned supe and her yes-wenches were wildly enthusiastic about, after 2 months of, “Well, maybe…but what if this happens?” and then answering that question only to have THE EXACT SAME OBJECTION RAISED THE NEXT DAY - hello, people do you see my lips moving? - , after 2 months of slowly coming to realize that our boss isn’t going to do anything unless the supe (who has to carry her prescription meds around in a lunch box and who is going to get someone killed one of these days) and her sheeple (supe’s daughter and daughter’s best friend, both of whom have been fired at least once before) want to do it…
Thanks. To tell the truth I’m not real worried. Tomorrow’s payday; we get paid monthly. I have almost a month’s worth of comp pay coming to me along with almost a month’s worth of vacation. I’ll have to use part of it to buy some kind of car (I’ve been relying on co-workers for rides to work) but we should still be good until the end of June. And I don’t anticipate having much trouble finding another job; certified EMDs and 911 dispatchers are few and far between around here. So I’m going to spend this weekend getting wasted and singing “TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT!” off-key at the top of my lungs, and then Monday I’ll start job-shopping.
I’m Free - The Who
Freedom - Aretha Franklin
Free At Last - Al Green
Cry Freedom - Dave Matthews Band
Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
Freedom Train - Lenny Kravitz
Free - Chicago
Free - Cat Power
Free Bird - Lynrd Skynrd
(Ok that last one was a stretch. I’m running out of ideas here. Someone help me out.)
If you aren’t into country, The Dead Kennedys did Take This Job and Shove It as well. Congratulations, and here’s hoping you get a position at a good place.
Ya know what’s funny? I was talking to my best friend, who also works down there, and ya know what schedule they’re going to have to adopt to cover my absence? Guess. Go on, guess. You’ll never guess in a million years.
They’re adopting the schedule I’ve been promoting for 2 months!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I’ve been bouncing around the house all day singing “Born Free.” I didn’t realize how much that place had been getting me down until I experienced the incredible orgasmic RUSH of quitting it! Squeeee!
