Dirty Tricks

My boss thought he was so clever not giving me a raise for extra responsibility ‘Twas in the wonderful days when jobs were in abundance but that worked both ways Promptly gave my notice and he was ecstatic to announce he was giving my job to a university grad A week overlap to train her should be more than plenty Didn't he roll his eyes when he overheard me having the nerve to suggest she might want to take notes So I gladly took this as my cue to take an early leave I was excess baggage obviously but imagine this she had to be retrained three times it’s true The first time, idle tongues must have wagged that the fault was mine but the second and the third, humm… I think justice had been served AP: Honorable Mention 2021 Submitted on December 17, 2018 for contest JUSTICE - WORD OF THE YEAR sponsored by CAROLYN DEVONSHIRE - RANKED 4TH Originally posted in March 31, 2018