Barker’s Barkings.

Joblessness.

That’s what.

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I walked into work today, to work 4:00 to 7:15. I was told to come into the back and speak with my manager a bit. Soon after we talked (he was wondering how I was doing), my district manager called.

After about three seconds of ‘friendly talk’, my district manager got down to business.

He asked me if I had any objections to the reasons why they were letting me go, none of which I’ll list here, but if you want to know, ask in a comment.. I’ll be sure to let you know.

After that he said ‘If you want to work today, you can.’

Now, here’s what I’m thinking… You’re going to tell an associate who used to love his job as much as anything that he can work the day he’s been terminated.

Pardon my language.. but what the fuck?

Yes, you’ve been fired, but you can still work today if you want… Never mind how you feel with your depression, never mind how you used to work and sell more accessories or anything else than anyone in the store.. We’re going to allow you to work one extra day.

I kindly passed on that opportunity and called my best friend on the verge of tears and had him come pick me up. He arrived within 10-15 minutes, during which time I called my father and quietly, holding back tears because of how upset I was, told him that I’d lost my job.

Dad was surprisingly understanding about the whole situation and calmed me down a bit. I don’t know what I’d do without my best friend and father to have to calm me down while I was so depressed.

After my friend came to pick me up, he brought me to Blockbuster where I tried to rent two 360 games. Unfortunately for me, they’re now instituting a new policy that says anyone who wants to rent 360 / Wii / PS 3 games has to have a valid credit card.

They won’t take debit cards for whatever reason, so I couldn’t rent games there.

Again, pardon my language but: Fuck you Blockbuster, I hope your business drops like a rock because you’re not allowing kids to rent games now.

Now I understand that this is because people are trying to steal next generation games from the rental joint,s but I think their should be a flag on the persons account if they’ve done it in the past, then, and only then should they have their name linked to a major credit card, because people like me who have zero credit can’t rent games now, and aren’t trusted. That’s total bull shit, because of one or two, or maybe five people decide to steal games, other people get the shaft.

So, after finding out about Blockbusters crappy new policy, my friend drove me to the Hollywood Video I worked for for two months..

There, I picked up Crackdown and Viva Piñata. I’ve been playing Crackdown since I got home. There’s something satisfying about being able to blow stuff up without it being a crime. I guess that’s why I like video games so much. They’re a great escapement utility. I’m probably going to jump into Viva Piñata in a bit, but I thought I’d give my weblog an update for tonight.

Everyone have a good night/day, whenever you happen to read this.

-A.