The Stones had it wrong

I recently began to ponder the lessons learned from the wide variety of jobs I have already had in my life. Everything from public policy at an AIDS organization to managing a guesthouse. I noticed something a'la Carrie. My past jobs are like my past relationships: some I look back at with fond memory, for others I maintain a bitter hatred, and still others I hardly remember.

The pattern is the same as well. Remember the days of simple and uncomplicated jobs? All you had to do is show up on time and you were in the clear. Then came the days of "Getting out what you put in." And the break-ups never seem to get any better either. Some I still wonder why I left, and others I wonder how I ever stayed so long.

What brings this all on? Well, thanks to Amanda's comment on the last post, I discovered one of my "bitter ends" is in some trouble. Not that I could ever really gain satisfaction from the failure of others, but it's nice to know they finally got what was coming to them.

Jeff Lillemoe and Tom Schmidt of Urban Retreat were easily the most abusive and incompetent employers I have ever had. They treated their employees like slaves, binding them into unrealistic contracts and reacting with the most infantile and melodramatic behaviour when their authority was questioned.

At any rate, their new brainchild, Pagoda, is being forced to close. They finally got caught "moving" money, and their partner investor pulled out. Hee. Ok, enough. Here's the LINK.

Flown by mariposa at 01:29 PM on June 23, 2004