yes revenge can be sweet

aa battery · Feb 9, 2009

yes revenge can be sweet

i aint normally like this but revenge is sweet. Before i get ahead of myself let me explain. On 4- 15 -07 i had a great job with a new company driving forklift and the pay was great. The state payed half of my wage and the company paid the other half. Over time the forman kept yelling at me over the hand held radio hurry up yur to slow.Things got so bad i wanted to kick his A$$ but needed the job that bad so i didnt. It was my last day of my probation and they pulled me in da office.The HR person told me your not working out so we got to let you go. >:(

After 3 months of BS i was ready to go and didnt put up a fight. My co-workers were shocked that i was let go but hey so was i. Today i got sum papers in da mail that made me smile.This place called CALPINE (where i worked) is now involved in chapter11 due to its mother corporation that bought it last year. I think i will go back and apply for the job i lost and then yell Never Mind Yuz Guys Are Almost Unemployed To

Montana Jim · Feb 9, 2009

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Sometimes the coffee tastes a little sweeter huh Frank? :coffee2:

Cynangyl · Feb 9, 2009

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Can't say as I blame ya for being frustrated about all that and smiling a little that it is true what comes around, goes around. :wink:

Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp · Feb 9, 2009

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Yer a nasty, mean, vindicative bugger !!!

Don Jose de La Mancha

aa battery · Feb 9, 2009

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i feel all warm inside :thumbsup:

sniffer · Feb 9, 2009

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I KNOW I'd have a sh*t eating grin on my face ROFL

Pimp Lenin · Feb 9, 2009

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In retrospect, you discover that things that seem really crappy at the time turn out not to be so bad after all. A few years ago I was laid off from a job, only to find out later that the office I was working out of was closed and merged with a larger office in Houston. By this time, I had already found a better job, and felt a step ahead of those who had let me go and now found themselves looking for work.

aa battery · Feb 9, 2009

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he he

aa battery · Feb 9, 2009

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Pimp Lenin said:
In retrospect, you discover that things that seem really crappy at the time turn out not to be so bad after all. A few years ago I was laid off from a job, only to find out later that the office I was working out of was closed and merged with a larger office in Houston. By this time, I had already found a better job, and felt a step ahead of those who had let me go and now found themselves looking for work.

Yes your right what if i was not let go and purchased things according to my pay then let go? I Be In Big doo doo

bbqbull · Feb 9, 2009

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Karma does come to fruitation...................Leave it at that.
Sorry about the unemployment AA.

trikikiwi · Feb 10, 2009

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Mate, Without a doubt; your natural charm, good looks and all the Tons of Karma you have earned, in your searching for treasure, will soon pay dividends.
Mike

Goodyguy · Feb 10, 2009

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The revenge is sweet :headbang:

The downside is the sad story of yet another business going under.
And for the good people that worked there loosing their jobs :'(

Lowbatts · Feb 10, 2009

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I'd never given any thought to getting even. Move on, there's nothing better than going somewhere else, proving your worth there by getting the best reviews and raises, keeping my head down and saying, "Sure thing Boss!"

After all, the boss knows he has to walk across that long, dark parking lot after work also.

done dug it all up · Feb 10, 2009

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just get real bitter and that'll make everything ok.

aa battery · Feb 10, 2009

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Lowbatts said:
I'd never given any thought to getting even. Move on, there's nothing better than going somewhere else, proving your worth there by getting the best reviews and raises, keeping my head down and saying, "Sure thing Boss!"

After all, the boss knows he has to walk across that long, dark parking lot after work also.

yep

Siegfried Schlagrule · Feb 10, 2009

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Got called back to work 19 January after being laid off 22 december.
I got to work a week and a half and then got laid off again for six days.
My pay was cut a buck and a half an hour and so far have not gotten a full
weeks pay. The job I was doing was pretty rough and was tearing up my
wrists running an impact but i managed to keep the line moving and not
shut it down while i was learning. I finally got good at what they had me
doing and then last Thursday i was shipped out of that department to
another department that i spent a week in back in 1995. It is hotter, dirtier
and even more physically challenging than what i was doing. The first day
there I was sent home 3 1/2 hours early which was an improvement because
the line I left went home an hour and a half earlier than that so they lost five hours pay. I'm now informed that later this week 150 people still working on the line i left
are going to be laid off indefinitely. Just goes to show you that sometimes there
are good things hidden in bad news. siegfried schlagrule

cybercop106 · Feb 10, 2009

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It doesn't happen often AA, but when it does, it's sure difficult not to gloat. Back when I started doing policework full-time after I got my Bachelor's Degree, the senior Sergeant at the department I joined was a horrible bastich. He was mean to people and was just generally unpleasant. For some reason he and I didn't hit it off.......

So during my 6 month probationary period he tried about everything he could to get me fired, but fortunately I had experience as a civilian and military cop so I knew a little bit about CYA. He finally resorted to fabricating a couple complaints on me but only succeeded in getting my probation extended while the Investigations Sergeant checked out the allegations. The allegations were proven false and I was made a regular employee.
I felt like this senior Sergeant was crooked from the git-go, so with the assistance of another officer I befriended, we started covertly investigating the guy. Sure enough, from the intell we gathered, he smelled rotten, so we started our own surveillance on him.
To make a long story short, we nailed him stealing from the parking meters and burglarizing the the bookstore and a club on campus.
He finally plea-bargained to avoid prison, never to do law enforcement again and embarrassed when the story was all over the small community he lived in.
Talk about revenge being sweet!!
All the years I worked at that department I kept a copy of his mug shot on my office computer and one on my refrigerator at home. Whenever I was having a bad day I would look at his deflated, unhappy visage and I couldn't help but feel better.
Then I'd say a little prayer for the people whose lives he screwed up.
So appreciate whatever makes ya feel better AA, as long as you don't forget the other victims........ :thumbsup:

aa battery · Feb 10, 2009

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cybercop 9 drivers in 3 months lost their jobs before me and we were just the shipping dept. Its funny i received a that a boy from the plant manager for pulling a dude out of the corrugater that was eating him alive. Dude said what took you so long. LOL

mrs.oroblanco · Feb 10, 2009

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AA,

This is a company that makes a habit of 'letting people go' a day or 2 before their probation is over. Why? They collect the state's half until you become permanent (they get an incentive) - now they will hire a 'new hire' and get MORE incentive to pay them with.

It's a well-known game that some businesses play for government perks.

Of course, they will bad mouth you, and then someone who doesn't know you will call you a lazy welfare bum who cannot get a job, and lives off the "public dole". (you've heard some of those folks, I'm sure).

They (the company) would have preferred that you quit - because they got their incentive up front - they were probably ticked that you stayed until the very end of your probation, because, if you had quit after the first month, they would have had a chance to collect on two more people.

B

aa battery · Feb 10, 2009

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mrs.oroblanco said:
AA,

This is a company that makes a habit of 'letting people go' a day or 2 before their probation is over. Why? They collect the state's half until you become permanent (they get an incentive) - now they will hire a 'new hire' and get MORE incentive to pay them with.

It's a well-known game that some businesses play for government perks.

Of course, they will bad mouth you, and then someone who doesn't know you will call you a lazy welfare bum who cannot get a job, and lives off the "public dole". (you've heard some of those folks, I'm sure).

They (the company) would have preferred that you quit - because they got their incentive up front - they were probably ticked that you stayed until the very end of your probation, because, if you had quit after the first month, they would have had a chance to collect on two more people.

B

you know all this time i thought part of the problem was me but now you shed a different light on the situation. You have no idea how much better you made me feel. THANKS!!