Still not fired!

Here's some shocking news: when the big news is "Economy in crisis!", oddly, most people's first instinct is not to go running to the casino. I would've suspected otherwise, but if the election has taught us anything, it's that the American people are not as stupid as I generally believe them to be.

So business at work is down. A lot. And though we were expecting a drop off in attendance following our grand opening two months ago, I don't think anyone foresaw it plummeting this much. This has translated into a really tense air in the workplace - no one has been "laid off" yet technically, but people are being "repositioned" (ie, demoted), hours are being cut, the random drug tests are now a weekly event, and everyone is sweating bullets.

I got the news today that my hours are being cut by 25%. That's a hefty chunk of change. I'm not sure I can afford to keep the goatee.

I may be looking for some extra part time work, if anyone has any ideas. I can only sell so much blood.

But, in the plus column, I haven't been fired. My hours have not been cut 100%. And as they say ...