Cowards

Alarmist, baby, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, funk, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, malingerer, mouse, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, recreant, scaredy cat, shirk, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, white liver, wimp, yellow belly, yellow.

What do all of these words refer to?  A coward of course.

Do we all know at least one coward?  Yes.  Are some worse than others?  Yes.

What has brought on this vocabulary lesson you might ask?  Well, it is brought on by my encounter with a HUGE coward recently.  In fact, he is such a coward, that it was brought on indirectly because he did not have enough courage to tell me the facts straight to my face.

If you have been following, you already know that I'm on an extended "vacation" from work.  I had every intention of going in for a meeting next Tuesday to sit down with both of my bosses and discuss when and how I would come back to work.  However, apparently, a decision has already been made, but neither of my bosses could be bothered to call me and let me know.  I had to find out from a friend and co-worker, or should I say former co-worker now.

I have to say, after putting 2 1/2 years into this establishment, I'm very disappointed in the way they have handled this situation.  First off, there was no good reason to be suspended, especially since I've been there long enough and seen people do things that they should have definitely been suspended for, but never were.  Second, communication with me from the boss who actually handles the front end employees (not the boss who suspended me) came a little too late -- two days after the incident.  Third, they can't even communicate their decision to me themselves!!

I'm very angry and a bit flabbergasted at the moment, so I'd better just stop writing right now because it is already rambling and I'm not sure if you will even be able to understand it.  I'll try writing again when I've calmed down a bit.