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Consider This My Resignation

The following is a letter from me to my former employer. I hope you enjoy.

Dear Fahim,

Neptune's Seafood Restaurant has suddenly become an unsuitable workplace environment; I’m leaving. The reasons are many:

I made an agreement that because I had been working a double shift I would be the first of three hosts to go home. You sent home (blank) first, but I didn’t mind. I knew I’d be second. Then you sent home (blank), who only showed up for a single shift.

I have given assistance to this restaurant in many ways and never asked for anything in return, but more importantly I was never offered anything in return. I even completed a project for a brochure for which you paid me $50, including the sales trips I did to several churches in the area for which I was never paid; a brochure that had you hired anyone else to do with the same quality and fervor would have cost you over $500.

You do not permit me be a waiter to make more money, and though my skills are better for hosting I am not paid for the difference in my income.

I am not rewarded for my extraordinary skills in my field and therefore gain nothing from harder work.

I therefore have lost interest in working for your company and will find employment elsewhere. Consider this my resignation, and many wishes of good luck for you in the future.

Sincerely,
C. Nicholas Walker

P.S. I'll still give you monetary assistance once I become a millionaire, so wish me luck.