Me vs. Them or Where is my paper, my money, my future? Some people call me Mr. Attitude, Mr. Negative, Weird, Suspicious. They are scared to death to tell me the truth what is up, what is going on. Who are they, who are me? I am man, they are men too. I am usually one, they are usually many. I am employee, they are employer, HR, boss, supervisor. I am taxpayer, they are IRS, government, police, law enforcement. They are faceless entity, fat wall, death ears, stupidity, misunderstanding, laziness, rip off. I am not angel, not perfect, but here is problem in nutshell: I was in car accident, hospital, emergency rooms. I’ve been through a lot of tough rooms and tough times. Thanks God I am well and alive, and I am back at warehouse. It is time to pay old bills, to make money, to move ahead on the corporate ladder. I am a victim, and I need to collect money from drunk driver insurance. I call Allstate car insurance and they need a proof that I am who I am, and I am telling truth, nothing more, nothing less. In other words, they fax me a form with lines to fill out: name, employment, wages lost, supervisor name, how many hours, dates, signature. In short, I know that I lost five -six thousand dollars because I did not work in warehouse. I just need supervisor signature. I go to supervisor and show him the paper: “Name, job title, hours worked, pay rate, dates, and supervisor signature.” It takes a minute to fill out this form. He says, “Ok, I’ll give this paper to boss. She will take care real soon. Don‘t worry” Few days later, I come to him and ask about paper. He says, “Come later“. In few days he is transferred out, disappears, and I go to manager. She looks surprised like she doesn’t know. So, I told her again, and she promised to take care. Few days ago I go to her, she sends me to HR. I go to HR, they send me to Finance department. I call to Finance Department, they put me on hold. I call them again, they told me that I need to talk to my supervisor. I go to new supervisor and he wishes me luck. It is a vicious circle, double standard, bureaucracy, plain stupidity. When supervisors come and tell what to do, they want results asap, but they don’t want to help, to do their job. Simple questions, fill it out, give it back to me. It takes only few minutes. Why this nonsense, why this garbage, why this attitude? I am not asking for free cookies. I am not asking for free rides, for perks and six months of paid vacation. I am asking for few minutes of attention; Is it bad? Am I asking for too much? Don’t run away from me, close doors, and put me on hold. Tell me truth. I am tired of waiting. Stress, frustration lead to illness, illness lead to physician, but will warehouse pay my doctors bills? What a circle? What a justice? What a rip off? They stress me out, but they don’t want to take any responsibility. The deadline for submitting wage loss will be tomorrow. Time is running out, I know that warehouse don’t know, don’t care, don’t want to care. Insurance does not want to pay without signature. I am one, they are many. What to do and whom to complain? To the company CEO, mayor, governor, President Bush, or to the United Nations. The higher I go, the worse the response. It is ignorance, rubber stamped. What will happen tomorrow with me, my family, future, everything is on hold, under somebody desk. They know, I don’t. Bills are mounting, collectors are calling, my car is in ruins, where to go and where to run, where to fly? American citizens are no longer welcomed abroad. Other peoples may think that I, American citizen support war, bigotry, racism, American policies. I heard government warnings regarding travel to Middle East, Belarus. American citizens are live targets and sitting ducks for terrorists, evil doers, Europe is no longer US partner. Where is democracy, freedom and justice? Show me golden land, show me rivers of milk, show me ideals. Where is sun, where is fun? I am tired of rains, snow, blizzards. It is getting very dirty and dark at this time of year. I am tired of waiting, tests, communication, lies, deception.

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