Dear Authentic Chick!
Never in a million years could I have seen this coming. I worked with a company for nearly ten years and they fired me without warning. In this country, we either do or die. True, my children were hungry one day and I took several packets of sausages and hid them in my underwear. Bear with me here. I didn’t mean to, but I had forgotten that the “supervisors” would randomly search people as we leave the compound.
This company (I will not call their names) were accustomed to throwing away thousands of packets and warned us not to take them after they were thrown out. I guess it was my stupidity that made my search even more embarrassing. I had worn three pairs of underpants (panties) that morning. Cut a long story short, I was caught.
I mean, look, why waste the sausages? Why prevent us from taking those that they were going to throw away? Of course I was sorry that they caught me but my children were hungry. The company did investigate what I was saying and gave my children a voucher for food that lasted a month. I lost my job because I should have told them what was happening at my house. Simply stupid!
Dear Simply stupid,
I hate to call you that. Yet, you did this to yourself and you have no one else to blame but you! I am happy to hear that your children were taken care of by the same company. The corporation does have a soul and this is to their credit. Well done nameless company. Getting back to you with your three pairs of underwear! Red or black underwear?
What could have possessed you to do such a thing as this? Research does show that this is common practice in some places but to be caught “red handed” like that!! Oh my! I am not sure why you wrote this column because I cannot condone stealing even if you stole to feed your hungry children. Wouldn’t it have been fit and proper to just speak with someone in management and get a supply of sausages for your children?
Please, I can’t sympathize with you on this score. Ta, Ta … Authentic Chick
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