Charlie May Lose His Job

Just when things were about to get better [or rather, I thought they were], today happens. Charlie got sick at work. Really sick. He threw up a lot and ended up having to walk out 45 minutes before he was supposed to. He couldn't do it. Charlie's a strong-willed person and when he says he was sick and couldn't do it, he really means it.

I'm expecting him to be fired. I know, you are probably thinking "well he was really sick and they won't fire him over that". I wish that were true. AT&T enjoys firing people it seems - especially in this economy where lots of people are eager for a job and will happily take your place. You get in trouble for everything there and if you miss even a day of work because you severed a body part, you get written up and you can only get written up so many times in a year before you are fired. Charlie is at the end of his rope on that one.

• He missed work because of bone spurs growing from the bottoms of his feet - a very common problem for people who suffer from gigantism. He also got tendonitus and as the spurs pierced his tendons, it caused them to seize up and tighten more. So yes, he missed work. He was in tons of pain. He couldn't work through it.
• He also had that migraine that lasted for months. He needed a cat scan and all sorts of crazy things because the pain simply wouldn't go away. I thought the man was going to die - and that's no exaggeration. It was very scary for us. Charlie missed a week of work. He didn't have a choice. He could hardly even open his eyes, much less read a computer screen. He had tons of doctor's notes and they didn't matter.

He got into a lot of trouble for those two occurrences and they were real emergencies. But that doesn't matter. AT&T doesn't care and I fear he's really about to get fired. I guess we'll know tomorrow for sure.

Pray for my family. This is the worst time possible for this crap.

Am I a Bad Person?

Amazing how comments can spark new topics. Yesterday I got another anonymous comment on my post Emotional Roller Coaster basically telling me that they thought I was a bad person and the person that I portray is a real bitch. But then they said I apparently am a real person who has problems like everyone else. [By the way, I have killed turned off the ability to comment on my blogs anonymously.]

Do people really think I'm a bad person? Do I really come across that way? My persona doesn't change from website to website. I'm actually a very humble person struggling to get through life in one piece. I try to be helpful to anyone I can be - so long as I have the time and know how to do whatever it is needs helping with. Do I portray myself as knowledgeable and awesome on IMVU? Yes. I'm good at what I do there. That's not being a bitch or rude or mean. I do have a talent and I like to share it with people - and I have to if I plan to make any money. If I didn't think I was good at something, how on earth could I ever expect anyone else to think the same?

I really don't think I'm a bad person. I could list the reasons why but I think if I did, it would come off as too boastful and kind of rude. I have so much going on in my life and it's really hard. Some night I lay in bed trying to figure out how I'm going to make it through it all. If my frustration and stress comes through because of that... well, I think that's me showing that I'm only human.