I Don't Condone But I Kind of Understand

fureverywhere

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The first headline that comes to mind is that nutjob who shot the newscaster and camera man on live TV. Today I just got an insurance statement from the dentist for my youngest son. He's 20 so I believe over dental coverage with Medicaid. The dentist bill was 1000 something. My old insurance would have picked up 800 of it. But the coverage ended because I was canned. Now I have to figure out Care Credit or time payments. Back to that Vester whoever he was...they say he killed because he was fired. Why he picked that newscaster I don't know. Maybe she replaced him?


Obviously you had a young man with very many mental issues and a gun. But I can almost understand the line of thinking. We now have to figure out a ridiculous amount of money when I haven't yet found gainful employment...because a micro-managing little twerp had an attitude with me. I had three years there before he came. But you could just see the agenda from day one. Who knows how many people he's had a hand in sacking? He's probably targeting people and then building documentation until he has enough to get rid of them.


Then he can handpick a staff that will kiss his feet and butt as he sees fit. I can understand the mindset of someone not playing with a full deck. He would be the first to die, followed by his best buddy he promoted to department manager, then the soul lacking creature who escorted me to empty my locker. Every item from gloves to wrench " Is that yours?! Is that yours?!" It's in my bag now beeyatch, yup it's mine. Get rid of her for the better of the store. But it's all just a dark morbid fantasy. I will never own a gun and they aren't worth hard time anyways...


But it goes to show how mass shootings happen. Someone who knows they're going to turn the gun on themselves when it's all over. Or let the swat team do it for them. I know where to draw the line of fantasy and reality. This was my chance to wake up and finally find a real job. And I'm sending resumes to a whole bunch of places with job security and unions. Frickin' Home Depot...it's not the end of the world except the benefits.

But the rage against these bozos. If I was unhinged and decided a gun was a terrific idea. I kind of understand, and that's really scary.
 

I can understand the mindset of someone not playing with a full deck. I will never own a gun and they aren't worth hard time anyways...
I know where to draw the line of fantasy and reality. This was my chance to wake up and finally find a real job. And I'm sending resumes to a whole bunch of places with job security and unions. If I was unhinged and decided a gun was a terrific idea. I kind of understand, and that's really scary.

You said it right there, somebody not playing with a full deck, or someone unhinged, like the guy who beheaded the woman in Oklahoma at the workplace, he didn't need a gun to do that, and he was about to behead another worker there...luckily, someone with a concealed carry weapon was able to control the situation. Honestly, if somebody was going to kill me like that, I'd rather take a bullet than have my head cut off.

I've been unjustly fired before, and was reinstated months later with backpay and full benefits with the help of my union. I own a gun, and never had the urge to harm the supervisor who lead to the termination. Losing a job isn't worth rage like that, best to look at the big picture and put everything in perspective. Lots of worse things could happen.

You're not unhinged and know the difference between fantasy and reality, but I know you've talked about losing your job before and with the dental bill and everything I know you have a lot of frustration about it, that I understand. But try to let go of the anger a bit, it's over and being in that state of mind definitely can't help if you're actively seeking new employment. Like you say, it's a second chance to find a decent job that you'll be happier in. Good luck in finding something else and moving forward to better things.
 

Thank you darlin', not many can understand the satire for the rage.

I hear you Furry. Been there more than once. One time it was a staff cut back. "Nothing personal. Its the economy." It was just coincidental that all of us were fifty plus. The other time it was a carbon copy of yours. Boss brought in a head chopper who targeted us one at a time over a few years and replaced us with his buddies. His strategy was to make the individual as miserable as possible in the hopes that they would voluntarily leave and save them unemployment and severance pay. Didn't work with me. I feel for you Furry. The worst feeling in the world.
 
I hear you Furry. Been there more than once. One time it was a staff cut back. "Nothing personal. Its the economy." It was just coincidental that all of us were fifty plus. The other time it was a carbon copy of yours. Boss brought in a head chopper who targeted us one at a time over a few years and replaced us with his buddies. His strategy was to make the individual as miserable as possible in the hopes that they would voluntarily leave and save them unemployment and severance pay. Didn't work with me. I feel for you Furry. The worst feeling in the world.

Oh goodness yes, been there done that at least once, I forget what they call these people, there is an actual title, but, it escapes me, at the moment. These people are hired specifically to come in to reorganize a company to advise and make cuts so out go long time employees in the process. I was one of those employees. By the time the company's owners realized their mistake it was too late, I was working for the competition and they came around putting out feelers to see if I would be interested in a rehire, I so wouldn't go back. :playful: But yes, not the best feeling when it happens to you.

Furry, I believe a lot of people understand the emotions, the frustration to some degree.
 
Fur when someone in authority shows favoritism based on "friendship" (or their idea of it) it reveals their lack of character and impacts many other people. :wink:But they don't care.
 
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It was worse for my sister in law. She worked mega hard for a county agency. She finally made it up to supervising the whole of it's offices. Then not too long after they eliminated her job title. The position they offered in it's place means she has to travel the whole state weekly and ten times more stress. She thought she'd easily be considering retirement by now.
 


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