He knew it was going to happen. He wasn’t really surprised.
Yeah, if he had to be honest with himself, it hit him kind of hard because he had been with them for so long. But to be honest, they never really showed any real interest in him or his work.Now that he’s thinking about it, he was the obvious choice. Brian was their “golden boy.” And Lisa, well, if you look as good as she does, it doesn’t matter how smart you are or how much you can produce, they loved her.He had the feeling every since they announced that they were going to have cut backs, that he would be one of the people they cut back with, yet, he did nothing to prepare himself for this moment.As he carried his box of personal belongings out to the car on his final walk from the office to the parking lot, he was thankful for Darryl, who was the only person who walked with him out of the building.He knew that Darryl was secretly smiling on the inside because he hadn’t received his pink slip. It was pretty crazy but the only thing he was thinking about at this moment was that the slip wasn’t actually pink. In fact, it wasn’t even a slip, but a full-blown letter that was typed out on a computer and printed out. Probably on the same printer he used everyday. He also thought that Darryl shouldn’t be too happy because his
job wasn’t promised to him either. He wasn’t their “golden boy” and he wasn’t all that attractive either. That thought made him smile a little.As he drove off, his mind kept going back to when his boss called him into the office. He was feeling so many emotions at that time; he didn’t quite know how to feel. Yes, he was angry. But he was also concerned about what he would do next with his life.Uh ol’, here comes the anger again.“I gave them people 11 years of my life. For what? For them to give me a letter stating that they no longer required my services.”That just didn’t seem fair.  read more »