Quitting Time

This day was a long time coming. The day I quit Dunkin Donuts. Now, I know that I had said that I put in my two weeks notice. I was even going to be given a letter of recommendation but there was just something inside of me that made me say fuck everything. I already had a shitty day at work Monday. The district manager was visiting the store so my boss was throwing a fit over the upkeep of the store. I was suppose to be working with this other guy but he fucking ducks out on me without any explanation. So I got left to bake the donuts, deliver to the stores and clean the kitchen all by myself. I don't know how but I managed to stop myself from walking out of there forever.

Then, wednesday night came. They were sending me over to another store to replace a guy they had fired. A guy that was really fucking good as his job. I get there and I have to do everything all by myself just like monday night. I grit my teeth and get to work, thinking will pull through. But then I realized that I had to make jelly munchkins. JELLY MUNCHKINS! I FUCKING HATE JELLY MUNCHKINS!

I stood in the freezer for a good ten minutes, deciding on whether or not I had it in me to get through the night and the next few nights. I was just like the prisoner with only a week left on his sentence. All I had to do was grit my teeth and clench my fists and I would've been out of there. But those jelly munchkins were the guy with a shiv that had it out for me. If I didn't make a break for it, I'd be dead and my freedom wouldn't mean shit anymore.

This was a 24/7 store so I walked up to the only other guy there and said this. "I'm sorry to do this to you on your shift. Call up whoever you need to call and let them know I quit. I'm tired. I'm going home." Just like that I was out the door and soaking up my freedom. I keep expecting to get a down pour of phone calls and voice mails but nothing yet. It seems they took the hint and I can make a clean break. Especially since my direct deposit kicked in. Meaning I never have to walk back into that store again.

One of these days, I'm going to have the best job ever. A job where I am nobody's monkey and nobody's robot. There will be dancing in the streets that day.

"Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled."