demote control

About two weeks ago, I got a raise at work.

A few days later, my boss called me into his office to tell me my job had been eliminated.

He said the only thing he could do for me was to send me back to my old department and go back to part-time.  Just when I thought I'd be making decent money (still not great, but decent), I get demoted.  Although I'm glad I didn't lose my job entirely, it still sucks.

Sucks for everyone else, too.

Everyone in the store is getting their hours cut.  One department is losing their commission.  One lady who was getting set up to replace one of our retiring supervisors was told the supervisor wasn't going to be replaced so she got screwed out of a promotion, too.

No one is happy about these changes and it makes us all dread working there even more than we already did.  But it's work and work is hard to come by in this town so we'll all stick around until something else comes up.

People keep telling me I'm going to have to move away to find good work and while I agree, I can't afford an apartment.  If I do take the leap to move away, I'll have to find a roommate.  I'm not too keen on the idea of roommates.  I'm still haunted by the crappy experience I had with my first roommate.  You never forget your first (horrible) time, as they say.  The next set of roommates I had in college were much better and I know that I can live with people and even enjoy it but I also know that I am just a loner and do better when I'm by  myself.

But if there's any chance of me getting out of this crappy job and this crappy town, I'm going to have to get a roommate to help with living expenses.  But I don't know anyone and I'm not thrilled to room with a stranger.  Where would I even go about finding someone to live with?  Craigslist?  I think not!

It's just a thought I'm tossing around in my head.  Nothing serious.  Not yet.  But it might get that way.  So, if you're not crazy and you don't mind living with a crazy person, then you should let me know.

We can run off together.