Dear John

This piece was written especially for my boss, as a very special dedication. Needless to say, he no longer signs my pay cheques!

 Dear John,

 

I can't wait for Monday
so I can tell you where to go
It will be such a fun day
I look forward to it so!

When you bought my boss's practice
You said we'd all be fine
then promptly fired half the staff
to protect your bottom line

Those of us that made the cut
have had to live in fear
for the day that it would be our turn
to take it up the rear

So you lopped off all our benefits
cut my hours, then my pay
changed all conditions of employment
and I didn't have a say

You've made my life unpleasant
and caused me so much stress
created financial hardship
but you couldn't have cared less

You only see the dollar signs
and want to save a buck
that I can't afford to pay my rent
who really gives a f**k?

Well listen to me Doctor
I think you're quite a dope
And what I really want to tell you
is to go piss up a rope

You can think up some good story
to tell the patients when they ask
what's happened to our favourite nurse
the one who has always run the back?

The new regime is here it seems
but it certainly lacks a heart
and if this is how you do business
well, I really want no part

I've found myself a new boss
one who appreciates good staff
and I'll be filing with the labour board
and then I'm gonna laugh

We're in the business of making smiles
so it's only apt I grin
for you'll be paying me some severance
And I'll relish when I win

You're not the only gig in town
and I will not let this pass
so kindly take your crummy job
and shove it up your a*s

 

Sincereley,

LA Lorena

 

Reviews

[David Scott]

I really understand this! I know that often the "new" doctors can treat staff like an expense item and try to get by on the cheap...
Our staff is our greatest asset! You invest in an assest and that is an expense that will pay off every single time! Also, a "boss" should never forget that lives depend on his good judgement. It is always about more than money.
I'm sorry if this really happened to you and I know you love your job now.
Be happy to know that the old boss will get their due if they have not already gone under...

[LA Lorena]

This is in actuality, a true story. The new dentists had the option to not bring on the current staff, but made a big to-do about how they wanted us all to stay on. Within 2 weeks, they fired half the staff and replaced them with their family members, and cut off all our benefits. Within 2 months of them taking over my salary was cut in half between decreasing my work hours and cutting my hourly salary by almost 25%. I did take them to the Labour Board and won my settlement, including back pay and severance. I bought all new bedroom furniture and re-decorated the room from top to bottom, buying every item I had my heart set on. I did a boutique hotel theme, and it's spectacular. Really, you'd be quite impressed with my boudoir, if you saw it. ;)

[Judy Ponceby]

Most Excellent and Hurrah for you! :)

[northern monkey]

Brilliant. Anthemic rallying cry for all of us. Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your employers' indifference.

[FJ Davis]

Whew!--hoping never to get a "Dear John" letter, or poem, from you. Your previous misery and lingering anger were, however, great fun for the rest of us.
I like the way you deal with adversity; you take lemons--and simply crush them.
LA Lorena, visiting your webpage is always rewarding and, often, thoroughly amusing.

[E.H. Monroe]

even though some of the lines are rhyme predicatbale (which lets face it..who gives a s**t as long as its entertaining) this thing does in fact read like a nursery rhyme from hell. it does paint a fascist, goose stepping boss as a kind of childhood character that gets thrown off a f*****g building at the end. f**k him and his stupid job. WHen all else fails..theres always porn..for those of us with sweat stains and no morals..ho ho
nice work

[SpokenWord]

Well Okay now I bet the boss didn't expect to hear all this on any day of the week. It is true how employers today are not as faithful to employees as they use to be. It is always about the money and never about the person or their family. This was a great read, powerful, plus I love poems where people are standing up for self and saying enough, go piss up a rope (never heard that one before) and of course shove it up your a*s is everyone's favorite. :)

[Robin]

Right on! A poem I can relate to on every level ..

it was a sad day when Doctors became corporations ..