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My Chippy Job
by Steve Cherring → (All Poetry by Steve Cherring)
Wednesday, June 12, 2019    Rated "G" by the Author.
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A workers all but last experience behind the secretive doors of a fish and chip shop. As he gears down towards retirement.


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The interview went well enough
And no one would have thought
That quickly after the pleasantries
Cheap Labour's what he'd sought.

So then apart from learning all
The simple frying skills
The boring batter mixing
And potato peeling thrills.

A secret plan was put in place
To keep him on the hop
To pass his skills to the new guys
Then boot him from the shop.

The owner said "it costs me money
To have you leaning about"
Although there were no customers
To bloody scream about.

"Now don't ask me to sack you
Because sneaky is my way
But take your bike go take a hike
Blow a Kiss to your holiday pay."

My loyalty meant nothing
Retrospective just a tool
This fish and chip shop has no room
For the kindness of an old fool.

Mindless unimaginative methods
Yet the shop had started well
But soon the customers limped away
The Chef too you can tell.

A bad employer never shows
His cards before the game
I wonder if he sleeps at night
Ignoring all that shame.

I'll soon forget that backstreet
Where the two Bob chippy hid
But I wont miss my holiday pay
Cos I just won a few Quid.

So no I never went quietly
Though old I'm unafraid
To lift my pail of rainwater
And ..piss on your parade!

Especially for you. H










    

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Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on June 12, 2019
Cool write. Through my working years, I had bosses both good and bad, and I earned from both of them. Then when I decided to buy a fast food restaurant, I put into practice what I learned as to how and how not to be a boss, and as a result, I had some very good employees who stayed with me for quite awhile. The lesson, just treat people right, and value your workers.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 12, 2019
What a delightful poem of revenge! So craftily written that it could be about any job anywhere where the employee has been maligned. Too often these days in this country, experienced employees that are aging are easily replaced by lower paid youngsters without a clue. It's also easy for businesses like this to quickly go under when the boss doesn't understand what it takes to treat the human element properly.

Ron

Here in the US these days, they don't know how to write a poem. They do know how to get an arsenal of guns, load up with ammunition and return to the shop for a good old-fashioned shootout like they see in the movies or their video games. I much prefer your method.


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