Oy! a lady at work got fired on Friday. Even though this person really deserved to get fired a loooong time ago, I still feel sorry for her and her son. She's a single mom, but I'm pretty sure she's hooked on prescription drugs. She falls asleep at her desk, has slurred speech most days and when speaking with her it's like she's three or four clicks behind. Some days she comes to work bright eyed and cheery, but most days you're not quite sure which version of herself will walk through the doors.

I feel especially bad for two reasons. We started the job the same day about two years ago in the same entry level position. I accelerated into the public relations aspect of the company and she pretty much stayed where she started. Not sure if she didn't want to move up, or I'm over ambitious. Second reason I feel bad... our company is nice enough to pay for lunch for each employee that celebrates their work anniversary at a local restaurant. The lady that got fired, obviously went on the lunch with the rest of us Friday. She literally was falling asleep at the table, seemed drunk, almost fell over a step and couldn't walk a straight line. Not smart since a higher ranking supervisor also shares the same anniversary month and promptly e-mailed our boss of her behavior... not only that, but she sat right next to me! OY! It was horrible. The lady is so messed up she burns her hair at the office while trying to light a cigarette! Tell me... if you mess up that bad, you have issues!

On the other hand, I am somewhat relieved the office drunk is gone. She brought a level of white trash to the office, she cussed incessantly and was just down right gross most of the time. Not a classy lady at all.

I just felt the need to post about it because my boss was upset about having to fire her and expressed some of those feelings to me. I felt sorry for the guy, even if he is a pompous manipulating person.

Oh yeah and to top off that fab news about the lady getting fired, my car's check engine light has been on for a while... well today it started flashing and the car was shuddering. Back to the shop we go on a car I owe way too much for and that's not worth fixing. Such is life, eh?