formerviking

I guess I'll do this & get it out of the way . I got canned from my job of over 8 years last Thursday . Down sizing was how they put it . We got bought by a bigger company about 2 years ago who have most of their plants in the Kansas area . And we had recently built a plant out that way . So it was fairly obvious that the work was going to go out there . And of course we kept getting lied to about how everything was fine , right up to the day we got let go .
On the plus side , I've been half assedly looking for a new job the last few months , so this will get me motivated quickly . And I got a nice severance package , so I'll be good to go for a while . More then anything I hate being lied to . I always have , whether it was work related or otherwise .
So now I have a chance to catch up on some reading . I can get my body healed up from the regular beating I've been taking the last 8 years . I can get some work done around the house that has needed doing for a while now . And I can look for a job where I might even get to sit down once in a while . I'm getting too old for this stand on your feet & bend over something all day bullshit any way . And believe me , when you're 6'3" , you're having to bend over all the time for shit .
And as one last bitch about that job , I think they kept someone in my old department instead of me who fucked up all the time . Now , I never would say I'm perfect . I tend to miss time during the year . However most of the time I've called off sick , I actually have been sick . Now , this woman made mistakes at the job at a rate of about 20 to 1 of my mistakes . At least . But she's there every day . So I guess that makes it okay . And I know I shouldn't really give a shit anymore , but it pisses me off that she's still got a job ( that she does poorly ) while I don't . And shit like this is why I've been looking for something else the last few months . Fuck that place .