Wednesday, May 21, 2008

She did it!

Bugs wrote her letter of resignation today and delivered it.

Her last day will be June 14, giving them a decent time period, I think.

Even though her future is precarious right now, not knowing what she'll do...try and sell her house...try and refinance...let it run into foreclosure....

Job wise she can probably get a waitress job or bar job anywhere. Something she is thinking of doing for now, while she figures out what she really wants to do.

She is tired of the restaurant business. She would love to get into the record business. She called an old co-worker of Wheelie yesterday, but that industry looks rather bleak right now. The record industry as we all knew it is on it's way out, make way for technology for access to music. CDs and records and such are going to be obsolete in five or so years, if not sooner.
No longer needed are the sales people, the promotion people...
It's rather sad I think. Having been around that business for most of my adult life, it's impossible to watch it die.

So...she is going to take it slow....day by day....
Of course we will support her any way we can. She seemed to be relieved. She had red cheeks again this morning, was excited.

Oh how I know the feeling...of just making the decision...just DOING it...

She'll be alright, I am sure. She is smart, and she is young.

In a way we are relieved as well. Her boss wasn't the easiest guy to work for. He and his wife are at the cusp of divorce, always fighting...Running two restaurants...Bugs pretty often feeling in the middle...

Boss didn't take her resignation very graciously. He told her he expected her to work her ass off for these last weeks, or else....I didn't expect him to react any different.

It didn't upset her, she expected it, and she won't let him have the satisfaction of finding her slacking off.

So....Boo just woke up from her nap, and we're off to Target.

Beautiful day here in Georgia.

SGMKJ!

2 comments:

Joann said...

I'm stretching my brain to understand how unemployment in the present job market is a good thing for a daughter that you've felt isn't always responsible. Perhaps that will mean you don't have to do so much childcare and can really just be the grandma?

I was at a really HIGH end hotel recently. Perhaps something in the hospitality industry as an intermediary thing?

baubo said...

Yes, I feel the same about the dying music industry! It is rather sad and painful. I'm still playing my vinyls and loving it, and I still think listening to records has more depth in sound than digital.
Next week there's a talk show on TV here about the dying music industry, so I'm looking forward watching that, it's called 'Insight' on SBS TV, maybe you can find it on the internet and watch it.
I do admire your support of your daughters' decision to quit, power to her! Better no job than be patronised and bullied like that. Something will come her way, I hope.