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It had been over three weeks since my last interview and I continued to receive notices from the Civil Service for job openings for which I was qualified. I could pick and choose what interviews I wanted to apply for. I tried to do some research on the positions before making a choice. I hadContinue reading “Baptism”

I called the two contacts the officer had given me, and they gave me an earful on the “Napoleon Complex” the director displayed on a regular basis. He was just as the officer described, “a political hack.” They felt lucky to find other jobs in the state government, and felt the administrators’ job working forContinue reading “Clarity”

My interview went well, I thought, and on the way back to the prison school I received a call on my cell phone. I let it go into voice mail because I didn’t want to answer it while driving. However, they were relentless and my phone kept ringing from the same number. I had toContinue reading “The Uncivil Service”

Dressed in my best pinstriped New York made blue suit, matching silk tie and shirt, this yuppie was on his way to an interview. I would not be wearing my levies, polo shirt or lab jacket today. It had been awhile since I had to leave healthcare at the university because of a failed coup-attemptContinue reading “Transmogrification”

Armed with my new classification, and being graded at the ninety fifth percentile on the Civil Service Administrative exam, I felt invincible. I had received a letter in the mail from civil service telling me about an open position, Bureau Administrator 18, and telling me I was qualified to apply. I couldn’t believe it. MyContinue reading “Reclassified”

“Stop right now!” I gave a direct order to two prisoners, one in a wheel chair the other pushing, as they struggled to move out of the prison school garden and roll back to their housing unit. It was not the first time, and would not be the last time I would catch prisoners stealingContinue reading “Praedial Larceny”

This was not going to be easy, but I was determined to be healed. Walking up stairs was probably the hardest, and most challenging. By the time I reached the top stair I was exhausted. I now realized I had some serious surgery. The hospital sent to my home a physical therapist 3 times aContinue reading “Recovery”

I had an exceptional team of Doctors, Nurses, and therapists who brought me back to life. I stayed on the ventilator for a day, and when I awoke my hands were restrained. I kept falling in an out of sleep but my nurse informed me they will be removing the breathing tube. They wanted meContinue reading “The Team”

Life for me comes what seems to be in triplet. The three unproductive employees no longer affected the decisions made in our school. The mismanagement and harassment was gone. I was informed by my colleague that there were only three Horticulture Instructors left teaching in the DOC and when Instructors left they were not beingContinue reading “Trifecta”

She thought she was protected. She had friends in all the right places. The department’s manager was her best friend, the Warden in charge of the other prison she reported to thought highly of her professionalism, and the new Warden at our facility was friends with our department manager. He too thought she was exceptional.Continue reading “Explode”