This all feels so unreal. The past 5 days have been some of the worst of my life.
This past Thursday, man-pants showed up to work to find a sign that said "no checks, sorry!"
Sunday, it was announced that his restaurant was sold and he no longer had a job.
Monday, he got offered a job at another restaurant in the company for $1.50/hour paycut and a demotion.
He was promised pay tomorrow and is now getting text messages stating that there is no money to pay them.
He owes me $450 (which is irrelevant except to state how in the hole he is. I don't care about the money.)
I do not have enough money to pay the remainder of our bills. Between a recently sick cat and the move, we are tapped.
There is potential that it will be another 3 weeks before he gets paid.
The owner of his restaurant (different than the owner of mine) was in Nashville on vacation SPENDING THE MONEY THAT WAS NEEDED TO PAY THE STAFF.
I watched man-pants have a panic attack. I have watched his coworkers devastated. I have watched everyone involved with this restaurant have their entire lives turned upside down.
His 5 month pregnant shift lead was borrowing $20 for gas because she was broke.
I am posting this here not because I need anyone to feel sorry for me, but because I can't vent on social media for fear of losing my job. Everyone in my life is surely sick of hearing me scream about how evil this woman is and how she is destroying lives with a smile on her face.
AND SHE HAD THE FUCKING BALLS TO CRY OVER HOW MEAN EVERYONE WAS BEING TO HER ON FACEBOOK.
She hasn't even had the backbone to talk to any of the staff in person, she is forcing the front of house manager to relay all the news.
I am very fortunate that my family has enough money to help me get through this. VERY FORTUNATE. But, this is how people end up homeless. This is how lives are ruined.
I have, for the first time, encountered someone who I believe to be truly evil. Someone who has this city fooled, thinking she is a good samaritan and selfless person. She is a local celebrity and loved by everyone (myself included until I started working for this company.)
I am watching man-pants go through all of this, knowing he hates that he has no money and I am supporting him. Knowing that he cared about that place and busted his ass for it makes me sick.
This whole thing makes me absolutely furiously sick.
As soon as man-pants finds another job and is on his feet again, my first order of business is doing the same.
If you know me in person, stop giving this woman your money. I don't care how much you love the food. (You can still come see me at work because she isn't affiliated with my location.)
And send happy thoughts our way. Mostly happy lottery thoughts. We really need it.
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