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the book of misery
The telephone says hello, can I speak to Mr. Ronn, do you have a case
with him, no, I got referred here by the, ah, the Bar, ah, you need to speak
to me, Rattus Rattus, what we do, I have to get a form can you hold on,
thanks, sorry, I need some information, your name please... The telephone says I was working at the Church's, in Killeen, no in Sugarland,
and how long have you been there, like four months, and what happened is,
I was working a double shift so I come in about eight this is eight in the
morning, in the morning, and around ten, which is at night, ten p.m., man,
I was tired, you know, so I go in the back and they was mopping the floor
back there and I was going to get this bag of fries and I slipped, I was
getting them out of the freezer, and my supervisor, Greg Thomson, the manager,
no he was on vacation this is the under manager, he sees me, I go down,
so you injured yourself, well not exactly, see what happens is I'm heavyset,
and I went down on my knee, and I thought it like cracked or something so
I went over on my side, and I wasn't so worried about my knee but my lungs,
getting my breath, because you know last year, I was stabbed fifteen times
in the chest and it popped one of the lungs... Help me, the telephone says, you got to help me, I was referred by the
Legal people, yes, well I have a form, they said you had Spanish speaking,
well she's, that's Sandra, she is in tomorrow, that's alright I been working
thirteen years at that hospital, you were working as a nurse, no in cleaning,
maintenance, and then I get sick, so I told the nurse except not the head
nurse that time and I looked around for my supervisor except I couldn't
find her and I got home and I took some medecine and I called and called
and called and then I fell asleep you know and I've been working there for
the past three years I haven't had a vacation working fourteen hours a day,
you worked overtime then and they owe me three weeks of vacation time, have
you been to unemployment... The telephone is so I've been working at this Winn Dixie now you see
I started in Florida, when was that then, let's see I come from Florida
and transferred to this one in Kerrville, and it is eight and a half years,
and never a complaint, I never missed a day, now they be saying they going
to close the store and you know I want to keep my job so I talk with the
manager, Mr. Payton, now the old manager, Mr. Howells, he is a fine man,
but Mr. Payton is a little careless, anyway I talk to him and I'm noticing
the cashiers are getting a little careless and the stores a little dirty,
it isn't a big deal but Mr. Payton isn't doing nothing so I call up Dallas
and they send down two people... |