F.U.S.L.

In the past I had refrained from writing (blatantly, at least) about my place of work.  That changes today.

 I find my workplace deplorable, and before someone attempts to leave a sanctimonious comment, I am actively seeking a new job.  I have been for months.  Today’s defining straw was this:

 Our file clerk/runner sent an e-mail en masse to her friends.  The message read this:

 “I hear Hallmark is coming out with a new Obama Christmas ornament.  We should all rush out to buy one so everyone can hang a n____r from their tree.”

 Whether mistakenly or otherwise, she also copied a co-worker.  Said co-worker did not find this amusing at all.  Though in reply the co-worker only sent:

I take it I should not have been in on this e-mail?

 Caught, the file clerk/runner quickly replies:

 What? What?

 The co-worker refused to reply to any other e-mails or text messages from the file clerk/runner.

 This morning, the co-worker sent an e-mail to the owners of the company.

The file clerk/runner of course cried while being spoken to in the owner’s office.  She denied having sent the e-mail and claimed it was some spam/phishing ‘trick’.

 Nothing more happened.  The co-worker was informed via e-mail that the matter was over.

So now, the co-worker has the esteemed privilege to work with the file clerk/runner who likes to think of her co-workers as n____rs.

 I kept the above to the facts (no backgrounds or races) … but you know what?  I’m going to give some unbiased info on all parties involved.

 File clerk/runner is a fifty-something year old white female.

Co-worker is a thirty-something paralegal.  She is a black female.

Our place of business is a law firm.

 I’m not enraged about the situation, in fact, I applaud my co-worker (certainly not the file clerk) for staying level-headed throughout the ordeal.  What I find disgusting is how we’re all supposed to ‘take it’ since we voted for change, change that happened to be encompassed within a black politician.  Yes, I have reason to bring politics into it.  Mainly because that was the file clerk’s entire defense.  “I don’t have anything against him, but I didn’t vote for him.”

 I think the world has already acknowledged that my generation (those thirty years of age and below) doesn’t uphold the antiquated and bigoted views of our elders.  And if you’re of that persuasion (the older generations), and reading this blog, I have only one thing to say.  It isn’t negative, by all means, but I trust we all have varied perceptions.

Racism ends with you.  80% of the voters in the 2008 Election Decision claimed that race was not a factor for their decision to choose President Elect Obama.  In case you missed that special report, the mass of voters who finally reared their head and made their voices heard consisted of my generation.

Racism ends with you.  Your grandchildren and their children and henceforth will look back on the vitriol being spouted in today’s news, following our decision, and they will pity you.  But they will also realize that pity is a pitiless emotion.  And in knowing that they will never teach these callous and small-minded ideals to their children.

 As someone once screamed at a rally:

If you don’t like it, go back home!

And by home I mean 16^th century Spain, when Jews who had converted to Christianity and their descendents became the victims of a pattern of discrimination and exclusion.  The plumbing is a bit outdated and there is no central air or heat …but hey, you’ll have your unmitigated hatred and fear to keep you warm.

Stay classy, place-that-I-will-soon-leave-for-a-job-paying-much-less-but-oh-well.

And now, I will log off my computer, get dressed, and go help to bring about this change for which I fought.

Oh yes, my friends, I will be logging in soon to harass you!!! MWAHAHAHA!

Hasta, mes amis!