# Eight Years Down the Drain ```yaml title: Eight Years Down the Drain published_date: 2023-09-12 16:27 ``` 🐈‍⬛ --- When I went into work, the boys had basically everything already done. Nobody said anything to me. When I asked them work-related things, it was all one-word answers and looking at the floor. I basically stood around for the entire day waiting to leave. I was absolutely livid by the time I had left for the day. Still fuming about work, literally with heat coming from my being, I went back into work to talk to one of the bosses because I knew they were just pacing around the store waiting to leave. I told him that I was not going to be able to do what I did today for 13 more days. The boys have made it very clear that they don't have a use for me anymore, and so I didn't really see a point of staying. He just stood there with a blank look on his face. I extended my hand and shook his hand. I looked him in the eye and told him that I had respect for him as a person. Finally he said that my leaving the store will be a great loss for them. That's it. Simple words that are easy to say. Not a single hint of "is there anything I could do to make you stay" or anything like that. The *"Meat Brotherhood"* is no more. --- <div class="afterword"> <p>✉️ <em><a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject={{ post_title }}">Reply by Email</a></em></p> </div>