International Brotherhood of Sewage Workers (standard:Flash, 744 words)
Author: Juggernaut	Added: Nov 01 2010	Views/Reads: 3708/2051	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A story on workers at a city sewage plant in Midwest.

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Stormy days are bad for treatment plant 

Sunny warm days are good for treatment plant 

Dormant bugs are bad for the process 

Dormant workers are bad for business 

The operation is a lull 

That turns everybody here dull 

“Am I a poet or what,” thought Juggernaut. 

Dear Rob, 

Since you asked me to put in writing the reasons for my decision to
leave the position just after few months on the job, I am writing this 
note. 

The entire operation at the facility is on auto-pilot, we just sit
around week after week, and month after month. What happens next is 
nothing.  The bugs do their job. The active bugs feed on the poop, get 
fat and die to become manure to be added to farm land or dumped at a 
landfill. But we at the facility were dormant and I am not used this 
dormancy. 

You asked what I think about the staff.  I don't want to hurt their
feelings, so I will be brief. Maloney though live in South Dakota talks 
with a foreign accent for whatever reason was a great annoyance. Ray 
thinks I am a cheapskate because I don't go out for lunch. Sharon was 
always trying to get demoted in the job to get off her 
responsibilities.  Mike always gets sick either on Friday or Monday to 
get a 3 day week end.  Aaron spends more time reading novels on the 
job. Kelly was always on the internet. Silent man Bob didn't say one 
word to me since I took up the job.  I heard enough from Tom on his 
fantasy sex dreams. Jake spends extended lunch breaks at the casino to 
pass time. Crazy man Brent thinks he is an electronic wizard and wants 
everybody call him Bionic Man. The other day to get away from boredom 
at the office I drove to nearby cemetery to see if there were any fresh 
graves being dug so I can study the soil profile since I have Soil 
Science background but there were none. 

While I don't regret leaving the position, I do regret not fulfilling my
wish of becoming a union member of International brotherhood of sewage 
workers. 

Sincerely, 

Juggernaut Director of Environmental Compliance 


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