Vertago

The Fool

        I can't believe I going to be 48. What a life. So many times I've
  wander astray in this wicked world; but I cannot change...or make
  change? "With Warren anything is possible." Josh said after I
  complained about Warren slapping me in the face. Why did he slap me?
  Well, I did not submit to his bullying. "I'm not intimated by you." I said
  and he slapped me. There wasn't much I could do about it except
  complain to my assistant manager. Warren was the overnight manager.
  I was working at Wal-Mart. I like to shop at Wal-Mart the prices are low.
  Now, I look at the associates there and wonder, "Have they been slapped?"
  Failure is a bitter apple.
        My advice, "Don't work at a job if your slapped in the face by the boss."
  It's all down hill. The automotive manager, Linda, would tremble when Warren
  threatened her. She was not a good department manager and forgot to put out
  her sale flags. I saw Warren slap her .. when she started screeching she
  couldn't finish all the layouts. Her eyes popped out as she snorted, "I'll. ..
  finish it!" Linda was about my age and was married with kids. She was also
  an alcoholic and chain smoker. "Could you put my sale signs up?" she
  whispered to me with a fist full of flag signs. I was a cashier/lot attendant.
  But, I felt sorry for her. Her eyes were always blood shot and she smelled
  like an exhaust pipe. I put some of the signs on the wrong items.
  Warren was furious. I said that, "We all make mistakes."  But, it was his
  job to get the freight out onto the shelves and his over night crew was
  jammed up over my mislabling.. He had to get all the freight out quickly
  before the sale started. I got slapped.
        Linda had gone home. She called out sick the next day. The pet department
  manager had phoned her about my mislabling. The following day Linda looked
  pale and walked stiff backed. She thanked me for helping her, but her eyes
  were full of fear. That evening she tried to open her veins in her wrists with
  a utility knife. There was blood on the car jack display. Linda was fired.
  I asked to speak to Tim Bernard the district manager. Tim was unavailable.
  Wal-Mart has an open door policy: any associate can speak to the district
  manager. But, I never could reach Tim for a comment on Linda. She was
  fired for gross misconduct: suicide attempt. That's the last I ever saw of her.
  Wal-Mart is always hiring, because they have a policy of terminating employees
  every four years. It keeps the prices low. That's why I like to shop there.

 
 
 
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