The End Of An Era

Well folks, I have to admit that the end of my career in retail is far more shocking than I thought it would be.  Don't get me wrong, it's an ABNOSOME relief to be gone from the oppressively negative work environment generated by the company I worked for, but I will miss all the crazy people I worked with. My last day was full of some bittersweet goodbyes, but I know that my new path in life and all the adventures it brings me will be well worth the time I spent stocking shelves to get there.

Considering that this blog was created as a means for me to vent my feelings about my work environment and how much I felt like it was destroying me, I have had a lot of time to look back and realize that I also have some fond memories of customers and the people I worked with.

Of these, I would most like to thank my department supervisor.  She has been there through eight years of alternating joy, misery, stress and rage (on both sides) through many aspects of work and personal life.  If it hadn't been for her decision to make me responsible for training my coworkers those long years ago, I would never have made those discoveries about myself that helped me figure out what I was really supposed to do with my life.  She put me in positions that forced me to get in touch with the inner leader I didn't know I had.  She drove me to excel in all aspects of my life, and I will miss her more than I have words to express.

  I have one final parody to place here before this blog is done for good, but at the moment life beckons...

The Final Countdown

I'm leaving here finally!
At last, it's farewell!
The end date is coming:
I'll be free from Hell.

I'm still eating brains--
Taking folks to the ground.
Let the feasting begin...
It's the final chow down!

The final chow down.

Er...final countdown.

The final countdown.

I'm heading for freedom
In lands far away.
For now I'm still stocking
With much left to pay.
Not long left to go now...
How time slips away...
For now I'll eat brains
Until liberation day!

It's the final chow down!

The final chow down!

Grrrr...aaarrrggggghhhh

It's the final chow down!

I mean final countdown!

No, I guess it's chow down.

I'm leaving forever.
I'll miss some of you so.
But chow down in my honour
'Cause it's time to go!

It's the final chow down!

FREEDOM IS COMING!!!!

Time's gone by
And I'm still not free.
The Company
Still owns me
And no one really cares about it,
Do you?

Well that's fine
Because I don't give a fuck,
I've suddenly experienced
A change of luck.
My chains are my own
And I'm running with them.

The future I worked for
Is mine at last.
In a few months' time
My hell will be passed.
No longer am I a soul in pain
For time is giving me a new brain.

Time is slowly counting down
The number of my days
In the hole that fills with haze.
My sorrows will soon be cured
By an open door that for once
Only opens one way.

The time is coming
And I am more than ready
To be a living human once again.