he was celebrating
he didnt keep a high bar
not champagne not highend wine a beer a beer from a local gas station liquor store
they didnt have Therapist
Sorry.
No sorry a recommendation please
Hoptologist? Top shelf.
hed taken his recommendations
in the past he was no slough
he wasnt one to celebrate himself he preferred celebrating others his
family and friends birthdays anniversaries
That’s not how this works.
I
wont be here So cover your ass
That’s not how this works.
he had either hungup the telephone or smiled wryly turned his back and walked out of the office
too many people allowed
themselves to be bullied
Be right there
he shut the door because he was
asked not because he wanted hed rather the other employees heard
Where were you?
Where was I when
Yesterday.
Yesterday was my birthday I told you I wasnt coming in
I scheduled you.
Im happy to hear you can admit
you made a mistake
You hung your co-workers out to
dry.
My coworkers knew three weeks in
advance as you knew I wasnt going to be here
Your co-workers wouldn’t have
done that to you.
What am I supposed to do with
you?
Lemme work Andon put me on the schedule when I tell you
Im not workingI wont be here
he could see they were
flabbergasted
he did know his job too well
didnt get him timely raises
he had to go in and ask
didnt stop themmanagement from threatening him
he wasnt going to pull their pud
not for the hood hed wear
he would have been the shit in the Ku Klux Klan
but he liked black folk better than
those the colour of his skin
he had more in common with them
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