Maybe its the holiday season but getting a pink slip two weeks before Christmas can be a bit of a downer. Now you worry about money and doing all those things you're used to doing. First file for unemployment. Get that out of the way so some cash comes in while we decide what to do.Reality? We show up for work on Monday morning, 2 of the bosses are sitting in reception. Look over and see none of the computers have monitors on them. Ut oh!
"Yeah," says boss #1, "Ut oh. We're closing up shop."
Just like that.
Everyone in the office is unemployed 2 weeks before Christmas. Merry you too.
To tell the truth I wasn't surprised. The last two months it seemed people had too much free time. When I brought this subject up others in the office weren't worried. "Look what good moods the bosses are in!" they would say. Good moods indeed. They were in that office every single day laughing and joking. This leads me to believe they did know what was coming and were probably milking the biz for all they could get. Why else would a floundering business put the powers in such a good mood. Get it while it's hot, folks!
So now what? To write or not to write? Better to use this time to finish one of the great American Novels I have under my keyboard or should I jump back into the rat race, find another boring job and kill my soul?
I vacillate back and forth trying to come up with the answer. Universe? Send me a sign!
2 comments:
Very sorry to hear that. Some of the staff were fired at our school just before Christmas. The rest of us were told we'd have a wage freeze. Scary times. I wish you the best in whatever you decided to do. Call upon your friends here if you need a hand.
Thanks Charles. I'm not sure if this is an opportunity or not. Time will tell. I do know I'm going to go to my desk every day like it's a job and get my book polished up. Now if I can only decide on agents or Amazon?
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