So I am 6 business days from being laid-off & someone just came up to me with this voice of sympathy and said "I am so sorry to hear that"... Why? Don't get me wrong I am not blind to the fact that we are in a recession & that there is a really tough job market right now & no one should truly be "happy" about being let go, but honestly??? I am truly happy about being laid-off!!! There I said it! I have been saying it, yet it doesn't stop this voice that people put on when they apologize. I am sad that I am not going to see the same people everyday, kind of like how you fondly look back at high school & think how much fun it was everyday, no responsibility & such - but then that haze drops & you are reminded of those few that shit on the cake & ruin your day... I am in that mode now. I love about 90% of the people that I work with & will legitimately miss them. But I can honestly tell you that the 10% I don't enjoy are making this "transition" a whole lot easier!
Now if you know me at all you realize that I am 1 of the most ridiculously happy people that you will ever meet. As of late I have been commended on my positive attitude about being let go... enough that strangers are giving me their business cards & saying "I don't know if anyone is looking, but I am sure that we can get you in somewhere". I think that's where people go wrong - the negativity towards being laid off. The bad attitude that follows. That feeling of being slighted. I have none of those. I also don't want to disclose to the people that I don't really enjoy at work what my plans are once I am done here but everyone insists on asking. Like a moment ago when one of my least favorite reasons about my job asked me what I was going to do, he asked me if I was going to work at the restaurant more. Now I know that I do intend on picking up more shifts while I figure out what I want to do next & look for my dream job, but I have NO desire to share with this person. I avoid them at all costs & hate that they made their way to my desk to ask me a stupid question that could have been answered by anyone else in my department - but alas no... it had to be me. I turned & said - I will figure it out, I am not worried. My intentions weren't malicious or rude - but honestly??? I am not in the mood to be buddy-buddy in the 25th hour. But in that effort to not come across as callous I turned to him smiled & said, but thanks... Luckily enough I answered the question just as quickly as it came out of his mouth - though lucky me, he had to repeat the answer back to me - PET PEEVE of mine. I said it, you are a foot from me, just leave... I wish I could just say things like that... instead I smiled again & turned back to my desk.
So can someone truly be happy & elated about being let go from something that have enjoyed 90% of the time for the past 3 years??? I can honestly say yes. I am elated!!! Truly, truly, truly elated!!! Though on a side note, talk to me on the 6th when I have decided to get my 2 bottom wisdom teeth removed... Then I will probably agree that that act alone might make me wish I was at work...
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