- Oct 6, 2009
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Yesterday I had a decent life going. A wife, two kids, a well paying job and a nice little house in a quiet neighborhood. Tonight I will be sleeping in a run down motel room hoping no cockroaches chew their way into my luggage. Tomorrow, I have to go out and try to find another job in this terrible economy. How did I end up in this situation? I'll tell you.
My wife doesn't work so I have to provide for her and the kids. I didn't mind doing this, since I believe that it is a man's job to provide for his family. But lately she has been shopping more and more and buying more expensive clothing and jewelry, ever since I got a big raise last month. I knew she was materialistic going into our marriage, but I always believed she loved me more than my money. Well, I guess I was wrong. When i came home early yesterday to tell her I lost my job, she flew off the handle. She called me a loser and all sorts of other names. She trhew me out before I even knew what was happening, and told me to come back when I find another job. Why did I lose my job? I'll tell you.
Long story short, I was late to work yesterday. Now mind you, I have never been late to work before. I have always been an exemplary employee, which is how I earned the promotion last month. But yesterday was an important day. We were trying to land a huge client, one that would keep us in business for a long time to come. We had a meeting with them first thing and I was supposed to deliver our presentation. When I hadn't shown up 30 minutes after the meeting was scheduled, they left in a huff, and told my boss never to contact them again, as we had wasted their time. When I finally walked in, I could see the dissappointment in my boss' face immediately. He just pointed at the door and told me to 'get out!' I had basically ruined any chances at the company keeping its doors open. Why was I almost an hour late on such an important day? I'll tell you.
I was driving to work yesterday morning and noticed I was low on gas. No problem, I left 30 minutes early because I wanted to get to work early to prepare for my presentation. I pulled into a gas station and went inside to prepay. Went I pulled out my wallet, I noticed all my cash was gone and my credit and bank cards, too! My wife must have taken them to go shopping again, she does it a lot but she usually tells me first. Now I was already halfway to work (2 hour drive) so I couldn't just call her to have her bring them to me. I asked the clerk if he could take my license info and front me some gas, and I'd pay him back tomorrow but he said it was against company policy. So I got back in my car and headed back to the highway. I was at a red light and a car pulled up next to me. I honked the horn to get his attention so I could ask to borrow some gas money from him. He rolled down his window, turns down some annoying pop music that was blaring and asks me 'what's up?' I explained my situation and asked to borrow some cash but he said no. I even told him he could take down my license info but he still said no. I don't understand why, I drive a fairly new expensive SUV and I don't look like a thug. I was wearing a suit for crying out loud! Anyway, I just took off after the light turned green as I still needed to find a way to get some gas. But it was a small town and I didn't see anyone else on the road on the way to work. I got most of the way to work when I finally did run out of gas, so I had to walk the rest of the way.
So I guess this post is just to say 'Thanks Asshole!' to the guy that wouldn't spot me some cash. If he had, I probably would have paid him back double for being so kind. If I had landed the account I would have cut him a check for $1000 on the spot! Well that's what he gets for not helping someone out.
TL;DR cliffs:
Some obscure caucasian ruined my life.
My wife doesn't work so I have to provide for her and the kids. I didn't mind doing this, since I believe that it is a man's job to provide for his family. But lately she has been shopping more and more and buying more expensive clothing and jewelry, ever since I got a big raise last month. I knew she was materialistic going into our marriage, but I always believed she loved me more than my money. Well, I guess I was wrong. When i came home early yesterday to tell her I lost my job, she flew off the handle. She called me a loser and all sorts of other names. She trhew me out before I even knew what was happening, and told me to come back when I find another job. Why did I lose my job? I'll tell you.
Long story short, I was late to work yesterday. Now mind you, I have never been late to work before. I have always been an exemplary employee, which is how I earned the promotion last month. But yesterday was an important day. We were trying to land a huge client, one that would keep us in business for a long time to come. We had a meeting with them first thing and I was supposed to deliver our presentation. When I hadn't shown up 30 minutes after the meeting was scheduled, they left in a huff, and told my boss never to contact them again, as we had wasted their time. When I finally walked in, I could see the dissappointment in my boss' face immediately. He just pointed at the door and told me to 'get out!' I had basically ruined any chances at the company keeping its doors open. Why was I almost an hour late on such an important day? I'll tell you.
I was driving to work yesterday morning and noticed I was low on gas. No problem, I left 30 minutes early because I wanted to get to work early to prepare for my presentation. I pulled into a gas station and went inside to prepay. Went I pulled out my wallet, I noticed all my cash was gone and my credit and bank cards, too! My wife must have taken them to go shopping again, she does it a lot but she usually tells me first. Now I was already halfway to work (2 hour drive) so I couldn't just call her to have her bring them to me. I asked the clerk if he could take my license info and front me some gas, and I'd pay him back tomorrow but he said it was against company policy. So I got back in my car and headed back to the highway. I was at a red light and a car pulled up next to me. I honked the horn to get his attention so I could ask to borrow some gas money from him. He rolled down his window, turns down some annoying pop music that was blaring and asks me 'what's up?' I explained my situation and asked to borrow some cash but he said no. I even told him he could take down my license info but he still said no. I don't understand why, I drive a fairly new expensive SUV and I don't look like a thug. I was wearing a suit for crying out loud! Anyway, I just took off after the light turned green as I still needed to find a way to get some gas. But it was a small town and I didn't see anyone else on the road on the way to work. I got most of the way to work when I finally did run out of gas, so I had to walk the rest of the way.
So I guess this post is just to say 'Thanks Asshole!' to the guy that wouldn't spot me some cash. If he had, I probably would have paid him back double for being so kind. If I had landed the account I would have cut him a check for $1000 on the spot! Well that's what he gets for not helping someone out.
TL;DR cliffs:
Some obscure caucasian ruined my life.
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