The morning sun rises up.
He awakens.
A drowsy, sleepy waking.
But he is awake.
Which he shouldn't be.
For today he goes back to work.
Having been sick the last few days, work was missed.
But that is quite alright.
Using his knowledge of said job, he called.
He called his job and told them.
That he wasn't going to come in.
For a week.
He had a good reason too.
He was sick.
Very sick.
Horribly sick!
Quite nasty really.
But on this day he was awake.
In the morning.
Bad bad morning...
He should've slept.
Why?
Well... at the moment, because his was a nightjob.
Later, would be different.
He was awake and well.
The day drolled by.
And he stayed awake, getting sleepier.
Oh well.
Must stay awake for work.
And he did.
Night fell, and soon he set off to his job.
Note in hand.
Doctor's note!
Stating.
"The Above May not Return to work until so-and-so date".
Which was around today.
But he had it set right.
It was fine.
Into the doors of his job he stepped.
...his nasty horrible job...
But it paid good money.
And there he met his boss.
With balding head, and twitching brow.
And he exclaimed.
"Where Have you been? We thought you quit!"
...now... HE... he was shocked!
Quit?!
Why?!
Money!!
Important!
Things to buy!
Things to eat!
Need stuff!
Need a car!
Quickly explaining himself, trouble ensued.
After longwindedness of said sickness.
And also said note.
Said Boss just stared.
And took the note.
Stating.
"...I didn't hear anything about you calling."
W-what?!
BUT I DID.
That is what he exclaimed!
To the Daytime people!
They said it was okay!
And Mister Twitch-Brow twitched a brow.
"Who do you work for? Day or night? Why would you call Daytime?"
He stood there, in shock.
But... they said it was okay.
That they'd tell you.
Boss merely grunted and sent him to work.
Later the talk would come.
And so he worked... nervously.
Whereupon that tone for break came not too soon.
He ran to the office.
What is going on?
Am I in trouble now?
Didn't you get the message?
What about my note?
Mister Balding merely sighed, and smiled a sarcastic smile.
"Well, are you on the next week schedule? Ohhh well..."
Disbelief in such words, and even more so upon inspection of said schedule.
But... I wasn't... skipping work...
Twitch Twitch.
"How would I know? You didn't mention a thing. Well just be here tomorrow..."
...
"OH, and you MUST be here. Even though the store may close due to ice and snow. If not, you're definitely gone."
He nodded, but eyes averted to missing schedule.
Missing name of his.
...but... you already... did fire me...
And soon home he went.
Not sure what to do quite now.
There he goes. Just lost his job.
Author notes
I basically lost my job at Target, and wanted to write a very odd piece showing my feelings on how I was treated by the staff. I'm taking this to the Store Manager, btw, and also to Osha if I have to. ...fuckwads...
Written January 22nd, 2005
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*laughs* I'm sorry you lost your job at Target. But this was funny as heck, man.
Hope you get a better job!
~Bishonenkoi
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you should sue them!!!!!!!!!! they did fire you illegally!
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Aaah. Yes, they did fire you illegally, which they shouldn't have. I hate bosses like that, they are soo...so...ebil. Anyways, yes, like I was saying. Spiffy freeverse poem. You should bring this in to them. ^_^; Keep up the great work Dan!
<3
Chellie
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If you were ill and you had a doctor's excuse, they fired you illegally and you can, at the very least, get unemployment. I suspect that you can get rehired though. Good luck.
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those assholes~!!
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Cooly
Nice way to express the loss of your job. Too bad though huh? lol Good luck finding a new one!~
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im crying but next time get a better boss
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NICE!!!
Well now at least you can go find a good job. One that you like. And then you won't get sick from working in back and then you wont have to miss a week of work...Fuck Target anyway...comon just go work in the mall..ill go with you if you want me to...ohh when we go on Friday...we can look around. There see everything will be ok. Dont worry every thing happens for a reason, and you getting fired IS a good thing, getting sick isnt fun and that bastard that u had to call a boss...oh forget dont even get me to go there...lol...your calling...bye!!...oh yeah, keep writing 4 me!! i love reading your stuff. -
YOU GO seriously they have no right to do that and im glad that you are taking it up with the boss boss boss whatever you want to call it thats what i would do. ~Dragonia~
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those freaking bastards!!!! hey i got an idea lets get together and plot revenge against them !!!!!!!! that's always fun! but really i'm sorry you lost your job. *gos off to kill your bastard of an ex-boss* you had an excuse and you called in so aren't they supose to excuse you from work!? that's how it works i should know my mom does it all the time!!!! but really i'm sorry. if you need to talk i'm only an aim away. oh and just if you want it i'll tell you my cellphone number but only on an im.
~~~~joei-chan
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omg! then bastards! u need to go find a new job!
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Damn that's unfair, and not what you need when you've been sick. Really sorry to hear about this Dan I feel kind of mean saying this now, but I did enjoy reading this piece, just sorry to think about what inspired it.
Kat xxx -
I sowwie. Call me if you want to talk.
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Ugh... people can be so cruel.. hmm.. must be a target thing, cuz my brother works at a Target as well... They're evil
Well, i hope things work out for ya...and i hope you're feeling better as well!
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very angry
*lets out a viscious sounding roar and twitches repeatedly* Okay I'm so tempted to call them and start yelling. those assholes.......grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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