thyself
July 1st, 2009, 01:57 PM
I see all these other poor people who have serious health problems like cancer, and I can't compete with them. Not that it's about competition at all, but I just feel like I don't know where else to post this.
I lost my job today that I have had for a year now. They were my family and that place was my life. I worked at an animal shelter in chico, CA and it was very stresful and difficult. I once had a woman yank a legal document out of my hands and smack me in the face with it. That was a customer... People when they come in to a shelter always behave that way unless they are there to take home a new pet. Otherwise, if their dog has been impounded, or they have to quarantine their animal because it bit someone, then they are upset, and wrightfully so. There are california state laws tat we have to abide by, and people just do not understand that when it comes to their pets. I get that. But people get violent. They call you names on a daily basis, I have had my life threatened by a man whose dog was impounded, because he let it run around off leash and animal control picked it up so it wouldn't get hitby a car and die. These types of things happened every day there, and I bonded with my co workers very deeply.
I got fired today because my manager said that I was talking badly about my manager behind her back because she was late to work. This is untrue. I feel stabbed in the back by my own family. I feel betrayed ont he deepest of levels. I know I am an emotional person, but these people were my kin. And we all had our issues, but we got through it together, until today. Today someone told a heinous lie about me and because of that I got fired, and I can never go back and see all my animal friends either. I had so many familiars there, that are gone now forever to me. They will be fine, they'll find homes and they'll be happy.
Eventually, I'll be happy again too. But for now, I must grieve for the loss of my human and my furry friends. For that part of my life is over now, and I must face the next chapter wounded.
I lost my job today that I have had for a year now. They were my family and that place was my life. I worked at an animal shelter in chico, CA and it was very stresful and difficult. I once had a woman yank a legal document out of my hands and smack me in the face with it. That was a customer... People when they come in to a shelter always behave that way unless they are there to take home a new pet. Otherwise, if their dog has been impounded, or they have to quarantine their animal because it bit someone, then they are upset, and wrightfully so. There are california state laws tat we have to abide by, and people just do not understand that when it comes to their pets. I get that. But people get violent. They call you names on a daily basis, I have had my life threatened by a man whose dog was impounded, because he let it run around off leash and animal control picked it up so it wouldn't get hitby a car and die. These types of things happened every day there, and I bonded with my co workers very deeply.
I got fired today because my manager said that I was talking badly about my manager behind her back because she was late to work. This is untrue. I feel stabbed in the back by my own family. I feel betrayed ont he deepest of levels. I know I am an emotional person, but these people were my kin. And we all had our issues, but we got through it together, until today. Today someone told a heinous lie about me and because of that I got fired, and I can never go back and see all my animal friends either. I had so many familiars there, that are gone now forever to me. They will be fine, they'll find homes and they'll be happy.
Eventually, I'll be happy again too. But for now, I must grieve for the loss of my human and my furry friends. For that part of my life is over now, and I must face the next chapter wounded.