I once helped a newly met "friend" (a 30 year old woman with 5 children, who was working as a telemarketer) get a MUCH better job as a jr. loan officer for the mortgage broker i used to work for. On my recommendation alone, he hired and trained this woman, who was then able to get a loan officers license and is now making 5 times what she used to, and working half the hours she used to.
Notice i said the mortgage broker i "used" to work for? A few months after she was hired, i was considering going to work for a different company, one of his competitors. I hadnt really made up my mind, though, and was hoping that the issues i had with this broker could be resolved without me taking the drastic action of quitting. I did, however, work for this other company for TWO WHOLE DAYS, (days i wasnt scheduled to work for him, btw, so its not like i took time off to do this.) I then decided i was better off where i was, and gave up the notion of quitting for "greener pastures." I made the mistake of trusting this co-worker, (and friend, or so i thought) with this information.
About 2 weeks later, someone repeated something i had said to the boss about her out of context. It was said in a joking manner, but repeated by this third party as a serious allegation. I wont bore you with the details, but needless to say, my so called "friend" took it the wrong way. Did she call me about it? Nope. Did she ask me to clarify the comment? Nope. Did she even ask the boss if i had really said what this other employee claimed i had said? Nope.
She told the boss i had been working for a competitor behind his back. I was terminated.
Now heres the real kicker. When i applied for unemployment, they agreed that my boss had no good reason to fire me for that, and my claim was allowed on that portion. However, they also said i had "no good reason" to quit the OTHER job, the one that i worked 2 days at, and my claim was disallowed because of that. I am in the process of appeal on that, but who knows...all i know is that she kicked me when i was down, i have serious health problems and this left me with NO income for a time.
I hate to come off as bitter, but i am. I have come to despise people in general, in my entire life i can think of only 4 or 5 individuals who have even remotely been worth the effort ive made to befriend them. With those few exceptions, everyone ive ever done favors for or went out on a limb for has kicked me in the teeth. Ive had "best friends" fuck my husband. (my first husband.) Ive had so called friends steal from me. Lie to me and about me.
random acts of kindness?
i'll pass, the last act of kindness i performed got me backstabbed and fired from my job.
