Back when I was just 14
I was informed that in the state of New York, I could get a work permit. It had all sorts of restrictions on it about what I could and couldn't do, which meant my employment options were limited. Fortunately, there was a local restaurant that agreed to take me on for general property maintenance. Putting down mulch, weeding the flowerbeds, and shoveling the snow in the winter fell down to me, along with any other odd task the owner came up with. He gave me a notepad, and told me to write down when I started working and when I finished, along with noting any breaks I took. He said whenever I needed to, just find him, show him the notebook, and he'd pay me $10 an hour, cash in hand. On lunch, I also got to have my pick of any item off the menu at either his restaurant or his deli next door. All things considered, it was a pretty great sounding job for a 14 year old.

However, the work situation was irregular at best. I'd walk from my house about 10 minutes up the road, show up, and say, "Sonny, have you got any work for me?" Typically, he'd tell me no, he didn't have anything for about two weeks straight, and then I'd show up one day and he'd yell that he had tons of work, and demand to know why I hadn't already been doing it. Then I'd have work for the next month or so before the cycle repeated. Even if it made me think he was a bit of a twat for doing things this way, this arrangement worked out well for the first year I was there.

The next summer rolled around, and I informed Sonny that as I was moving about 9 miles away from his restaurant, I needed some sort of promise that there would actually be work for me if I showed up. He said to just call the restaurant around 8 in the morning, and he'd let me know whether there was work or not. We both agreed it was a fine plan, and I began ringing every weekday to see if he had any work for me. For two weeks, I got the "No, nothing going on, try again tomorrow." from him.

Then one day I make my usual phone call, and he says,"Oh, I haven't seen you for two weeks, so I got someone else to do your job, you're fired."
( Ithyphallophobia, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 22:15, 1 reply)

He was trying to tell you that you're fucking useless but you weren't taking the hint.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 27 Feb 2012, 7:11, closed)