Sometimes you do your job and the person you're working with don't do theirs. Sometimes you're the one gets fired, sometimes you just quit. In the Gutter, whatever you decide: all solutions are final.
Cheated by Ryan Sayles
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Be excited, they said. You’ve got this in
the bag.
Perfect job for you. You’ll slide right in
there. Me. This guy. I felt like a good candidate. There might be better
somewhere in the world, but not here, now. Not for this position. Folks gave me
some books, of course. Things to study and know ahead of time. Those that came
before me pulled me aside, gave me pep talks and advice. Back-patting.
Premature congratulations. Things they wish they had been told before it
happened to them. I felt ready. Confident.
When the day came, I ramped up for it. Everything
I had prepared for led up to this moment. New job: fatherhood. And the baby,
turns out it’s a different race than the wife and me. Not my job, then. Someone
else beat me out and the wife forgot to notify me. Nothing like walking naïve
and face-first into a surprise ending.
