The Saga Of Doc: In Which Shit Most Certainly Happens

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…and at exactly the worst time

So, anyway, I pull into work today as I’ve done for the last 15 years, 9 months, 16 days and there, standing outside the front door is the owner of the store with my (and everyone elses) final paycheck in his hands. It seems that the Great Bush Republican Economic Assfuck has claimed another victim. The pizza place, she is closed down.

To be honest, I’m surprised he held out this long. Business has sucked heavily since January. The guy who bought the franchise was a software engineer with limited food service experience and he bought an upscale pizza joint at exactly the wrong economic time.

So, what shall this Simple Country Boy (who can ill afford to be sans paychecks) do? Well, That store closing does effectively double the delivery area of our sister store at Arden Way & Fair Oaks, if they want it. And our former delivery area does include our many business accounts, most of whom I have established great relationships with over the years. So…I could go to work there. I’ve talked to the manager of that store and she’s gonna float it by the store owner. So we shall see.

But just in case, I came straight home after cashing that final check and signed up for unemployment benefits. I haven’t had to do that in 21 years.

I also put in a couple of job apps at businesses near here, including the Home Depot that is .52 miles from my doorstep.

And I’ve revived a couple of writing projects that might be saleable.

And I have plenty of plasma I can sell:)

Note from 2019: I was out of work until late December 2008. The job I got then was sub optimal, but was better than nothing.

 

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I'm Doc. I live in Sacramento, California with my wife, Grace, and two dogs named Yoyo and Duke. I've been blogging for 22 years. I'm a TTRPG gamer, a gardener, dog lover, cook, and unrepentant scalawag. I write things that I think people might enjoy reading, especially if they are roleplayers or just strange. I hope you enjoy reading my stuff.

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11 thoughts on “The Saga Of Doc: In Which Shit Most Certainly Happens”

    1. Aye. Best of luck from both of us — we know just how much this sucks. I too got surprise-canned in May (after 9 years at the same place), so I’m in the middle of job search. If you are interested, I’ll be happy to send you links and book titles for the most useful information I’ve found out there.

  5. I hope your current state of joblessness is short, free from worry and beneficial to your dogs and garden!

  6. Wow that sucks. Hope things turn around soon. If you got a job at Home Depot maybe you could get the garden department.

  9. Shit that’s rough. Thinking good ’employ Doc’ thoughts into the ether. Here’s hoping there’s an opening for a job share at the Fine Wines, Gourmet Food and Comfy Beds Testing Labs.

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