May 7, 2008 at 16:37:55

My Last Day of Work

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Yours truly,
0118-46

There! That'll light a fire under someone's ass! Once it comes to light what's going on and who it is that they're trying to eliminate, heads will roll! I might not be in the upper echelons of management but I'm like the sergeants in the Army; I'm the guy who gets things done! Within minutes, I had my answer.

From: Biological Assets Resources board.
Evaluation committee for benefits and compensation.

To: Employee 0118-46

Subject: Reevaluation request, re: memo # 010-651456, improving profitability by reducing out going expenditures for non-fixed non-capital assets.

Dear Employee 0118-46,

We thank you for contacting us, as your input is very important to us. We believe that the key to successful employee relations is to keep the lines of communication open. Your comments and suggestions, after having been given a thorough consideration, have been returned to you without decision.

It is important in our corporate family to make sure that all opinions are fairly considered before requesting any reevaluations of any properly numbered corporate memos. Before we may commence a committee study into the possible need to revise a properly numbered corporate memo, it must be approved by your immediate supervisor. He or she will then issue an acknowledgment of receipt number to be affixed to any and all future correspondence regarding this matter.

By following all of the approved procedures in communications, we can speed the process of giving your comments and or suggestions the full consideration that we believe they deserve.

Thank you for taking an interest in our company!

Biological Assets Resources board, employee # 0477-12

A twelve! I send them a goddamn request and they assign a twelve to answer me! A fucking twelve! I wouldn't let a twelve wipe my ass! The son of a bitches! They know good and goddamned well that the memo was approved by my immediate supervisor before it was sent to me! So how the hell can I send a request for a reevaluation to the man who approved it in the first place!

"Ah, excuse me sir, but could I get you to sign off on this request to question your judgment?"

Only a fool would do that, and while he has the brains for it, his sense of survival would preclude it. I would have to take another course, but what? My area was in computer efficiency and production; any other communication would be rebuffed, just like the other.

I wrote a memo to plant manager:

Dear 0011-50,

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