Part 2 - "...and Out..."

Part 2

...and Out

I was already on thin ice with my employer due to past issues with tardiness. I will not make
any excuses about any of that, as it was my fault, but I had taken the needed corrective action
to make sure that it was no longer an issue...and my time in the hospital was documented as
medically-excused time off. However, I ended up with a number of "unexused absences" in short order right after my release from the hospital/return to work due to what happened with Bridget, et al.

Somebody "higher-up" at work wanted me gone and had all the ammunition they needed to
finish me off. My co-workers and immediate supervisors were aware of what was going on with me and were being (thankfully) lenient given the circumstances, but there was a crackdown at work coming and I was to be made an example. To make a long story short, I was terminated due to "excessive tardiness and absences"...they actually lumped it all together into one big
classification as a violation of company policy! This just goes to show how things can be
twisted to be shown in a different light than what actually happened to suit the needs of
whomever is doing the twisting! As I mentioned before, I will not make excuses about the
earlier tardiness, but that had nothing to do with the current situation, and I was basically
railroaded out of my job.

In hindsight, that might have been a good thing. I was getting increasingly frustrated at work,
as I was passed over twice for a "promotion" of sorts (heading a new department that I had
already been involved in the creation of, etc., which, by the way, control was given to a
complete outsider that knew nothing about what we were doing that was then my direct supervisor until I agreed to shift departments...two other supervisors had my back...thanks Susan and Barry!) despite having excellent job performance ratings up to that point. Perhaps the tardiness thing rearing its ugly head against me...I will never know.

So, here it was now the beginning of March, 2006 and I was suddenly unemployed and with no
savings to speak of. We were not going to survive long on just Bridget's income alone.

To be continued in Part 3.