My "Unprofessionalism"

I am destined to speak ill of this one woman yet again. I suppose she's creating for me moments like these; moments to have a pure, uncensored bitch fest about how ignorant, selfish, obtuse self righteous, etc. people can really be.

My first Ice Cream and Napalm blog was about a woman who had sent me an religious chain email which stated that if I denounce the Christian God in any way I would die and burn in Hell. I, as you have read, have never wanted to laugh and cry so hard at the same time. The contents of that email was burned on my brain and I doubt I will forget about it soon...sorry...

In any light, SHE HAS STRUCK AGAIN!!!

This woman has decided to give me her all powerful opinion yet again. She did not only offend me the first time with her religious propaganda, but a second time with a shot to my integrity as a professional. THAT is bullshit...bullshit I tell you!!!

The short version : I was recently laid off. The School I was working for went bankrupt and closed all 26 of their campuses. Over 1000 employees laid off all at once. My fiance' and I BOTH taught at this school (my fiance' was actually head of student administration at our campus) and BOTH lost our jobs at the same time. Not really the easiest thing to handle, especially during this shit recession. The problem was this. Collect unemployment in Charlotte, NC (where we had moved FOR the school to teach at that specific newly opened campus) where we don't know any one and have no family OR go 8 hours West to Tennessee where ALL of my family is. (not to mention my cousin lives in TN also and has a very successful production company that he desperately needs help with...JOB!!) We chose Tennessee NATURALLY. I informed everyone who I had formed professional relationships with in Charlotte and they all understood...EXCEPT this fucking chick! She owns a wedding planning company and hired me to do her videography for this spring and summer season. It was horrible to leave her high and dry...I know this...so I gave her contact info for several other videographers AND EVEN some of my former students who had their own equipment. She was set! She had someone in 24 hours! Yet she STILL emails me and calls me unprofessional!!! That I put her and her clients in a "compromising position".

Dude...I just lost my JOB. My LIFE. IN A STRANGE PLACE. We had only lived in Charlotte for 7 months! Of COURSE we're going to move!!! How many times do you hear of a couple living and working together and they get laid off AT THE SAME TIME. (granted, the school closed so EVERYONE got laid off...) Why is there any sort of room in your mind to criticize my professional fortitude, especially after I was forth coming and honest with you and did EVERYTHING in my power to fix the problem ASAP? I did her a SOLID by throwing her names of videographers, which I was NOT in ANY WAY obligated to do. How dare she ASSUME I have a "fault" in my current situation, therefore having "fault" in not being able to work for her!!

I truly am sick of the Bible Belt. I have no problems with religion itself, just problems with the kind of people it produces. People that send you religious emails and don't even know your denomination or if you're even a person of faith to begin with. People who tell you that if you don't live your life a certain way, or the way they do, that it's wrong. People that insist they are the only ones on the face of the planet, so if you don't do for them, you are a horrible person. People that have no idea what the real world is like and sit in their little bubbles of convenience and pray for luck and wealth and blame YOU when it doesn't happen.

My sister is a blunt, morbid person at times. But she said it best. "I hope they all die in a couch fire".