Fifty Pence Might Buy A Mars Bar

This is the email I received from Lynn this morning regarding Jamie's collection:

"I cannot f*ckin believe it. £2.50 between V,M,T & L."

I guess V put in £1, but considering her circumstances, that's fine. M, T and Lisa therefore managed to donate a grand total of £1.50 towards the leaving collection of their boss.

Jamie has looked out for them for the last two years, protected them from themselves, developed them, and held their hands when they've been bitching to him. Most bosses would have slapped them down after about 10 minutes. We all know that they don't like him very much - for no good reason btw. But fifty pence each is an insult. Lynn and I are disgusted. They couldn't even be bothered to write anything nice in his card either. Mandy wrote "It's been interesting!". WTF does that mean?!

It's not even as if he's chosen to leave of his own accord: he's been forced out through redundancy. He's been cast adrift with no job, and at 53 he is understandably concerned at what the future now holds.

Fifty f*ckin pence.

This is another chalk mark on the "Reasons to Leave" blackboard for me. I'll be lucky to get 20p each out of them.

F*ck em as Lynn would say.