Good luck, AndrewF. I hope that you can make the most of the people
who attend your retirement in the spirit of generosity and ignore
those who don't.
And have a fine time in the desert.
Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 16 Jun 2006, at 00:05, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Today I'm hoping for a little cowardice.
> Today I retire (well technically in a couple of weeks - it's the end
> of term and by doing that I get paid for the vacation too). And
> technically I've been on 'sick leave' for the last three weeks
> anyway. I'll still lose about a year's worth of entitlements on
> retirement.
> Time to take the money and run.
> A friend is on exactly the same timeline and had a retirement dinner
> on Wednesday.
> To my surprise, the college principal who screwed us both over 18
> months ago (by basically dumping us from the job we'd been doing well
> for ten years into a far less pleasant position) turned up for the
> dinner and delivered a dull, flat valedictory speech. Clearly the man
> has no character, sensitivity or sense of occasion. The whole thing
> reeked of 'I'm just doing my duty.' Nasty. The man has systematically
> destroyed everything we achieved in the previous setting. My friend
> showed admirable restraint. He didn't say anything. Or assault him.
> I'm hoping sincerely that said 'leader' is cowardly and isn't
> planning to show up today. I lack that restraint.
> Fortunately I now work for a few people who seem to both appreciate
> and admire what I can do - and say so. That does wonders for the ego
> and the energy levels. I wish all those finding themselves
> temporarily unemployed similar experiences.
>
> I'll be signing off for a while after the weekend - nice long trip in
> the countryside (well, desert to be exact). I've heard that it's
> possible to achieve great things with a mere 30 days in the
> wilderness so after 60 days I should be ready to do some serious
> damage. At the very least it should get rid of the bad taste in my
> mouth...
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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