Goddamit

A couple years ago I quit my job with a certain bus company that ran a certain trolley operation. It's not that they sucked, but more that they didn't not suck enough. After a couple days off I walked into a senior living facility one day to see if they might like my services once a week or something as a tour guide. 

I sat down with Gale, the Director of Vitality, and even though I had no experience working with seniors, she hired me on the spot. And I loved it. The pay was shit but there was insurance and a free meal every day. The place is run by a corporation with four or five other facilities, but I never had to deal them. I was free to take residents out for Mystery Tours and field trips and host Short Story Night and Saturday morning WWII discussion groups and dinners out and all kinds of fun things. 

Gale was the best boss ever. In my case, she took a chance on somebody and gave me the trust to get out there and try new things. And just being around her never-ending energy made me want to step up to her level. She is the kind of boss who would never ask anybody to do anything she wouldn't do herself. 

They fired her a couple days ago because she was not a "team player". I'm not gonna form a conjecture as to why they would do something so stupid and handle it in such a ham handed way, but I will say that it's a total disservice to the residents who live there. Gale is a Force of Nature and I can't imagine anybody who lives there is happy about this. 

But, whatever. I'll be fired or will quit in the next week, probably, and then I'll have to meet residents off-site for coffees or drinks. Or maybe I'll stay on as an occasional volunteer, coming in to do Short Story Nights or doing history class.

It's just a shame that corporate has no idea what they're getting rid of.