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The FirstTalk Colleague A at The Company called me at home the afternoon I was fired.
"Everyone is really upset by what happened, you need to come in and talk to The One in The Closet." So I went back to the office and talked to The One in the Closet. To me that is a crock of shit. The Company is testing me. CanI maniuplate Asshole Midget? Well, yes I can. But first, I have to let him lecture me. When I return home, he has called four times. He really needs to talk to me, he says. This is the gist of The First Talk: "Everybody thinks you have an attitude problem. I know that Colleague A interceded on your behalf today, but don't read into that. She doesn't care about you; she just wants someone to cover her stuff. If you want to continue to work here you have to do everything I tell you to do.
"Ok, but you can't talk to me the way you do." "Yes I can. I can talk to you however I want, and you have to take it." "That isn't ok with me." "Tough." "No, it isn't tough. Do you think I'm good at what I do?" "Yes." "And the clients like me?" "Yes, they do." "And you trust me and know that I am loyal?" Small pause. "Yes." "Then why would you want me fired?" That's what got me promoted. He didn't want me fired but he wanted me off his desk. So he talked to The One in the Closet about promoting me. (Gee thanks, but that's already been done.) I won that round. But he had the last word: "If you ever disappoint me, I will bury you in this town."
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