Monday, December 06, 2004

from a conversation yesterday

Do you ever take the phone receiver away from your ear and stare into the speaker with disbelief? Is it me? Did I mishear something? Well, this is what I did hear:

. I quit my job recently.
. Oh, why?
. I couldn't stand the suspicion and interrogation anymore.
. What happened?
. Well, I worked at a hardware store, and there's always shrinkage at those stores. It seems like they wanted to waste their time accusing the employees and I could no longer stand to work in that kind of environment. I mean, everything I took I either returned or intended to return.
. [Brief calming noises from this end. Don't choke. Don't cough.]

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