sorrily his job was much like his country
he worked for a small corporation
and a corporate body that thought much of itself
they could their heads were in the clouds
albeit he imagined wonderful billowy clouds that they formed for themselves perhaps with a pinch of fairy dust eye of newt wholesale
headnodding a dash of delusion
nice gig if you can get it
nicer when nepotism informs it
he didnt have that luxury
he was boots on the groundwhich he preferred he never brought
teachers shiny red apples unless
they were lookers anhe never took them at their
word as gospel he didnt attend a Catholic school had a liberal public education which allowed him as he understood it to
reasonably question authority
suffice it to say he knew his
grade school junior high an high school principals well
his reputation apparently preceded
him
they were candid with his parents they often described him as passionate
Sowha they say
They said what they usually say about you, son. You're engaging.
Aw cant somebody break the moldbe original Although I suppose someone doesnt become a principal an administrator unless they buy into the dictates that preceded them and enforce the prescribed curriculum
curriculum
the word tasted like shit in his mouth
the word tasted like shit in his mouth
he was boots on the ground
what informed him didnt come down
from on high
what informed him for the most part
were those he servedhis customers without who he wouldnt have a job
ofcourse corporate thinks theyre who pay him
they would
he had to attend a mandatory employees meeting
since he didnt work on Sundays he
didnt dress the part
which seemed to upset management No it upset them
his job mirrored his country
he worked beneath an acting assistant manager
an acting manager and an acting district manager and he approached every one of them to introduced himselfthey couldnt seem to be botheredhe had only met them in the past two weeks
hed held his job four years
during the meeting they asked him to
do some things that werent mandatory
fortunately they asked
he promptly declined
somewhat surprised they probably hadnt read his
jacket they asked why he was denying
them out of hand
anhehe
wished he was reminding them then thought rather they were playing dumb following
corporates bidding and policies thats expected of managers they have to because theyve bought into the game so crossing
his fingers he reminded them that what they asked didnt fit within the
framework of the word mandatory
No. You’re incorrect. What’s mandatory
is mandatory.
Perhaps within the confines you work mandatory is mandatory Im going off my experience in this storemy
store Its my store because no one here has
worked this store for as long as I have or have been employed by this company
as long as I have No parsing the truth
We can wrangle semantically euphemistically but Im not coming off the
doorstep to meet you kindly on the street
You have a problem saying no
A problem speaking to authority
They have authority because you dont question it
You dont even ask Why
You’re refusing?
he smiled lackadaisically Im not accepting Im not accepting without thorough reasons
Dont tell me what to do an tell me Because
Because hasnt flown with me since
I was a boy
they stood before him slackjawed
Hey this isnt about being between a rock an a
hard place
Get a detailed explanation
Find out how the policy was made
As it goes for me it should go for
you
Compelling someone is more than
Because I said sowe said so Man he really wanted to go off script
Exorcist The Power of Christ compels you the Power of Christ compels you but he didnt
1209, Saturday,
13 7. 19
1028, Sunday,
14 7. 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ZS9sImoOE
nothing like a good oldfashioned
compelling
frankly he was provided yet furthur dispensation by
Broken Angels a book he happened to be reading PART 2 prologue under the heading of Commercial Considerations: "In any agenda, political or otherwise, there
is a cost to be borne. Always ask what it is, and who will be paying. If you
don’t, then the agenda makers will pick up the perfume of your silence like
swamp panthers on the scent of blood, and the next thing you know, the person
expected to bear the cost will be you. And you may not have what it takes to
pay.”
which smelled like serendipity seren(e)dipity which from where he sat is a vastly difference
species from surrendipidity sigh or for
those who are less astuteneeded to be lead by their nose rings surrend(er)dipity he did say semantics maybe he should also have said agility or mental acuity