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Monday, May 01, 2000
wonder of wonders - 10:30 AM
well. wonders will never cease. for those who haven't signed up on the mailing list & didn't receive the newsletter yesterday i'll recap a little & explain what i'm talking about.
my father owns 30% of the web development company that i work for - correction, worked for - & on saturday when i told him about my new nostril piercing he had a huge over-reaction & sacked me (even though he doesn't actually have the right to) before i'd even turned up to work the following monday with the thing in my nose. if he'd have left me alone then i would have seen my boss pat, asked him nicely whether he'd prefer that i wear a retainer to work & then complied if he'd said yes. but instead dad had a huge cow & went completely off the deep end.
i refused to speak to him all yesterday when he phoned a couple of times but my darling shroom had a really good talk with him & told him a few home truths such as he's a control freak, i'm a grown woman, & that he over-reacted & did a very bad thing giving me the sack.
this morning he came around (first time he's ever visited since we moved here over six months ago!), apologised for everything, said he was wrong (!!!), that any future work dealings would be between pat & myself only, & said that he wouldn't say anything again about the 'bad' things that i do. i disagreed that i was doing anything bad & he then said that it was his opinion, which of course he is entitled to. he asked me to forgive him which of course i did anyway. i'm angry with him of course, but he's my dad no matter what & i'll always love him.
there's still a few things that i'd like to set straight with both my mum & my dad in regard to them having the respect for me that i deserve as a grown woman. i choose to decorate my body as i please & it's none of their business telling me that i shouldn't do it.
well, he still to has to answer to pat for sacking me because although he took it back, the damage has been done. he says it's my decision to work there or not but it's really too late for that. i can't work with him anymore & i never will again. that's his fault & i hope that pat has a serious talk to him about it. i'm disappointed that pat has lost an employee & that i've lost the best job that i ever had but some things have to change & that's just the start of it. this whole thing seems really bad now, but my honey is supporting me all the way & is encouraging me that there'll be something just as good, if not better, just around the corner.
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