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How my job screwed me over… again

Dilbert (Uninspired)

An update to the job situation at work: I am apparently so far low on the totem pole of importance that you’d have to dig 10 feet under just to get to me. So there were all these openings resulting from union concessions and people retiring that I basically had the pick of whatever assignment…

A Contract in Limbo

A recent morning conversation at work: “Dude, what is up with our union contract? Is it still in arbitration?” “Yep.” “Well I’m getting sick of this cloak and dagger crap and them telling us nothing about nothing. I want to see what it looks like so far.” “Why?” “I wanna know what my rights are.”…

Line in The Sand – Taking a Stand

I stepped inside the Commisioner’s office and entered another world. Leather couches, windows with curtains, and a bowl full of Hershey’s kisses placed neatly on a glass coffee table. I felt like I was in an office at Trump Tower. “Can I help you?” A detective approached me. “Yeah, I have a letter here for…

The Last Mile

“She’s still here Linc.” I blinked a few times. “Are you @#$% kidding me?” “I kid you not.” I hung up my cell and threw it across the room. The woman almost drew a gun on my relative (who also works the same job), and they expect me to work in the same section as…

Countdown to Showdown

I won a small victory at work, but it may not be over just yet. Tomorrow I go back to my job for the first time in a month since this whole debacle began. Even though my union called and let me know the Devil Woman would be moved back to her old section, my…

A Battle Won

I called up the Director’s office, but apparently the Director is such an important guy that I have to write a letter formally requesting a meeting with him first, then outline the reasons why. Good grief. So I wrote a nice long letter explaining everything: naming names, describing Devil Woman’s long and sordid history, and…

Forced to Fight

Well I didn’t ask for it, but I’m now in the middle of a poop storm, and I’m gonna have to fight my way out of it. I’ll tell you something though: I hate unions. @#% hate ‘em. They steal my money by calling it dues, then use it to fund political candidates I can’t…

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