You're Fired! And I am so glad!

Well folks I lost my job at the hospital on 9/10/09. I was accused of "Harrssing" the employees. Also known as being a boss. There was a select few staff who had it in for me and the got together enough "evidence" that got me fired. There are rules in the workplace that are not well defined in what one can say, and what one can not, also known as "politically correct". A few folks took some things I said out of context and presented it to the Human Resources director by an anonymous phone call. I had a black lady that worked for me and a few weeks prior someone overheard me say the "Your hands are as black as a chalkboard."
What I said was, "If you don't quit fiddling with that, your hands are going to be as black as chalkboard." She had a magic marker in her hands and she was trying to get the cap back on it, and not doing it very well. She was marking all over her hands. Well I guess a few folks overheard part of that and took offense. There were some other excerpts of things I had said going back for a year or more that was presented. I was hunted and attacked by the "smokers" in the department. I recently increased my unannounced, unexpected visits to the floors when staff should have been present. I suppose they did not like that. I don't really blame these people. They work awful hard for what they get. I do blame the investigating administrator and my director for not going beyond the prima facie evidence. It should have been obvious I was being attacked and the information that was given to them was not an honest reporting of policy violations intended to protect employees from another employee intent on harassment activities. However, my boss did not like to stick his neck out or be involved in anything that required too much investigation. Time and again I would have to attend meetings for him and then report back to him on what the meeting was about. He did not like to be "involved" with the on goings. Perhaps he was afraid someone would do to him what they did to me. And if that is the case, he is smarter than I gave him credit for. I did get word that the black lady was not happy with my termination and that most of the staff were upset about my demise. That was consolatory to hear.
I was looking for a job when I found that one. I am really enjoying staying home with Jen and Nyle and Ryse (sounds like Reese). I get up when I feel like it and stay up as long as I like. I am getting my unemployment. I can not work for less then about $10.00 and hour or I will be making less than what it will pay me. We are getting our WIC now for Jen, Ryse and Nyle. And I think we will qualify for about $100.00 in Food Stamps. Hey, I paid my taxes and now I am going to try and get the money I paid in to the system back out. The way I look at it, it was my money to begin with. I am lucky to be able to get some of it back!
Of course I am actively looking for employment. If the right job comes along I will put my work boots back on. I apply for every decent job I see. In the mean time I am trying to start my own cleaning business. I have enough experience now to hire employees and just supervise. First I have to get some accounts. I would really like to get in to residential cleaning. It is easy to train new staff on how to do that. It pays well and you can hire cheap labor to perform the work. Around $9.00-$10.00 an hour, which is more than they make for a big organization. Office cleaning would be great too. I already know where to find good help for that. The good staff I had at the hospital expressed an interest in working for me doing that after they got off of work. That way they have their insurance through the hospital and I can pay them more per hour than the hospital. A $100.00 a week extra can go along way for some of those folks.
I just need to find the work, I have a plan.
Marketing and advertising is what makes the services industry work. I need more market exposure. I am not doing so well at that yet. Hopefully I can get that ball rolling better soon.
I will enjoy having my own business again. I have a few accounts already, but I need more. At least another $400 -$500 more per week. Which breaks down to about 10-20 more hours of work per week. That should be very doable. I have about 6-12 months to achieve this target.
In the mean time we are trying to conserve our money. We were trying to sell the house before all of this, now we really would like to! We want to be closer to mama and papaw. That is really why we wanted to move up here in the first place. We have had some really god prospective buyers contact us about the house from our craigs list posting. If you are trying to sell your house, forget the real estate agent. Post it on craigslist.com We got a lot more calls on our house in 3 weeks of posting then we did a year with a Realtor.
We have a full freezer of food and some at my brothers house that wont fit in our freezer. So we got plenty to eat. Deer, Beef, and Pork. (Thanks to Khaki our last pig) We don't have any fish, but with being unemployed and all I can do some fishing and remedy that!
So if you read this, please do not feel sorry for me that I lost the job working at the hospital. It was stressful for my whole family. There was soooo much I could not discuss with Jen,(HIPPA) not that she wanted to hear about all that mess anyway. It separated us for 8 hours a day 5 days a week and then when o got home I often was still focused on the office and not on the family. So it was a good thing. I should probably write a thank you note to those that conspired against me. And I did learn a lot from the experience.
Well that is the update for now. I have more to say but will save it for latter.
Thank you and have a great day!
I know I am!!!!