Pressure From The Top

Memo to Files:

I got a call from the Head guy at the DPW to "sugarcoat" the unsatisfactory performance review I did for Bill - who I finally fired last month. I am reluctant to do that. It is not fair to the guys who actually showed-up for work and did their duty. But, I will do it, because dammit, I follow orders - right or wrong.

I was asked to "lose" the previous rating where I noted that Bill had refused a direct order to go and get a haircut. I had to suspend him for "egregious ponytail infractions." Cripes, he looked like a refugee from a Jimmy Buffet concert. This may be a dump, but we do have standards.

Bill would never have been hired in the first place if his rich daddy hadn't pulled strings to get him on the list. Then he never showed-up. And if he did show-up, he never did anything. And if he did do something, he'd do it wrong. That's why the guys started calling him Dubbya ("W" for wrong.)

The way things are going, they'll probably ship my ass out to the Gnome, Alaska recycleing facility, and Bill will end up getting my job.

This political crap is driving me to distraction.
Huh, what was I saying anyway? Never mind.