Hello, my Street Sense Media family. I have returned to the paper because of a job loss. I’ve been out of work for four months. I enjoy seeing my Street Sense readers. I always tell them I am okay. But no one is okay without income. My baby girl looks up to me. I can’t fail her.
I am holding on because sometimes I get frustrated with the streets, knowing every day I’m going out hustling this paper.
I do not understand the job market. It is as if the people that work the hardest get the worst treatment, while the people that do only what they must to keep their jobs are rewarded. I have never been that type and never will be. I think that is one of the reasons for losing some of my jobs.
For example, when I worked at a restaurant as a cook, I had an incident with haters on the kitchen staff, so I asked the manager to put me in charge of the kitchen. Two weeks later I had the place reorganized and it was in better shape than it had ever been. I even got noticed as the employee of the month. The next week, I was fired – for no reason that I ever found out.
Now, I am back studying for my CDL license. I won’t fail as long as I keep trying. Thanks to my customers for asking how I am doing.
