The Workplace Threat Assessor
sitting down at their desk
they open up the manila folder of the recently
“let go” &
muster up the audacity
to draw up a psychological profile of said individuals
based on what little had been documented of the personal lives
of these ex-employees &
the work history which was exemplified
prior to being cast out
into the garbage can
(the US labor pool).
still to this day,
s/he finds it interesting that those who fill a gym bag with
weapons &
then walk into their past place of employment with a list &
a trigger-happy finger,
were laid off or fired
a few days before.
it makes you wonder if the threat assessor has ever been fired,
laid off or “let go” from a job---
certainly they take their place with the movers & the shakers in this country
who get to choose when they leave
as opposed to getting flushed down the toilet.
the workplace threat assessor may be able to pinpoint
who caused said workers the most frustration,
they may even be able to make a list of those most likely to be
targeted, if anything went haywire,
however,
outside the place of work,
they are useless.
why the authority figures at corporations or
head honchos at smaller places of employment
feel that they are somehow untouchable,
simply because they have an assessor working for them
at the work place,
should amaze the rest of us.
if you contribute to the destruction of one’s life,
then you may feel the boomerang come back around &
slam you right in the neck---
and it is especially easy to act so impulsively
when you have nothing to lose,
now that everything has been taken away.
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2012
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