This is the TRUE story of the little secretary named *Lalina.
Lalina is a very happy person.
She likes:
People
Cats
Church
Quesadillas
Vacations
Cherry Jello
Reading Blogs
and
Love.
She is a very simple girl. Not to look at, but her life is simple. She is easy to get along with, friendly, and knows just what to say when awkward silence comes to conversations.
She is married to a wonderful man, just celebrated a birthday, and got a new job!
Things are looking up for Lalina.
Since she loves people, this was a perfect job for her. She's a secretary working for a popular company in her town. She talks on the phone a lot, works with customers a lot, and seeing a lot of people come in and out of the office.
Workers in her office know how great she is and how much she loves her job.
Things are looking up for Lalina.
Lalina covers shifts for the other secretaries. She knows how hard it is to find a replacement, what better way to help? She takes extra time to keep things organized and clean. People seem curious as to why she is such a nice person.
She receives many smiles, and have-a-good-days.
She is comfortable and happy.
Knowing she has a job leaves her grateful in bedtime prayers.
Things are looking up for Lalina.
As Summertime came, she missed her family vacation.
She didn't want to that is for sure.
But *Margaret knows best.
Margaret is the boss.
She isn't mean.
She certainly is NOT nice.
She just is.
Lalina tries very very hard to win Margaret's friendship.
To no avail.
Margaret wants nothing to do with Lalina, and makes it very obvious.
Things are getting difficult for Lalina.
As the Summertime sun started to get colder, Lalina heard the piercing words.
"They don't know what happened. He's not waking up."
Lalina was numb planning for the funeral.
She knew she must be brave for her husband and his family.
"I need to leave," said Lalina.
What should have happened was Margaret saying, "Of course Lalina, take as much time as you need to be with your family. This must be such a difficult thing for you."
What she heard was, "So can you come back on Saturday so you can work the weekend shift?"
Things we getting worse for Lalina.
She tried her best to be a good worker for her boss. She stayed extra hours, more than required just so they would have someone reliable there. She thought many a nights about doing more, doing more, doing more than she could give to be a great employee.
"I know this will get better, it has to."
Poor Lalina.
About two months later, things seemed to be better. There were no arguments, everything was running pretty smoothly. Margaret even cracked a smile or two, when she didn't think Lalina was looking.
Lalina still heard how people adored her. How they were so happy she worked there.
What would we do without Lalina?
Things were looking up again for Lalina.
The weather started to get colder, the snow began to fall.
Lalina could hear Christmas music in her head as she thought of all her family far away.
This will be the best one yet!
The office would be closed a week, during this week in December, "said Margaret as she pointed to a calendar.
Lalina's ear perked as she heard the wonderful news.
She knew she had a week of comp time to take, oh how great to have two weeks off!
Things we looking up for Lalina.
"Oh dad, I'm so excited to come home too!"
The flights were booked.
They were going home.
Lalina got to the office the next day to tell Margaret the news.
"You can't do that. Call the airline to change it," was all Margaret said.
What?
Things were confusing for Lalina.
She called her husband crying.
"Honey, they told me when they were closed! And now they say they aren't. Why would they do such a thing? What are we going to do?"
Lalina sat in tears thinking about Margaret's words.
But her husband was a wise man.
He saw through the details, and he saw through the emotion.
He saw that his wife was a great employee with a horrible boss.
Things were looking up for Lalina.
Lalina went over the situation in her head.
Again and again.
She was right, no doubt about that.
Margaret was wrong, she knew it to be true.
There was no telling what would happen the next day.
She didn't want to face her boss, but family means everything to her.
Things were looking up for Lalina.
She sat in the office chair.
She gave her heart and soul.
She told her boss, and her boss's boss about their mistake.
They tried to convince Lalina it was her fault!
"No," said Lalina, "this situation is your fault, and I will tell you why."
And she spoke stronger and braver than she ever had in her life.
The conversation was over.
Both parties had made up their minds.
Lalina and Margaret's boss cried.
She hugged them both and said thank you.
And was escorted out.
She didn't even get to say goodbye.
Lalina walked to her car.
She wasn't crying anymore.
She was happy.
Things are looking up for Lalina.
She picked up her husband and told him the whole story.
Most husbands would be upset about their wives getting fired, but not Lalina's husband.
He couldn't have been more proud.
"Lalina, you were strong. You were brave. You said everything you had to say because you were in the right.
You did everything I could have asked for.
And you don't need them anyway."
Things are looking up for Lalina.
Lalina heard about the outrage.
She heard of so many good people missing her. She heard of so many angry over the situation.
But she didn't care.
She was free.
Never again would Lalina feel bad about going home to see family.
Never again would Lalina have to put up with an unemotional villain of a boss.
Never again would Lalina have to compromise herself for her family.
Things look great for Lalina.
*Names have been changed because I'm a nice person. But boooy did I want to keep them the same.
Lalina is a very happy person.
She likes:
People
Cats
Church
Quesadillas
Vacations
Cherry Jello
Reading Blogs
and
Love.
She is a very simple girl. Not to look at, but her life is simple. She is easy to get along with, friendly, and knows just what to say when awkward silence comes to conversations.
She is married to a wonderful man, just celebrated a birthday, and got a new job!
Things are looking up for Lalina.
Since she loves people, this was a perfect job for her. She's a secretary working for a popular company in her town. She talks on the phone a lot, works with customers a lot, and seeing a lot of people come in and out of the office.
Workers in her office know how great she is and how much she loves her job.
Things are looking up for Lalina.
Lalina covers shifts for the other secretaries. She knows how hard it is to find a replacement, what better way to help? She takes extra time to keep things organized and clean. People seem curious as to why she is such a nice person.
She receives many smiles, and have-a-good-days.
She is comfortable and happy.
Knowing she has a job leaves her grateful in bedtime prayers.
Things are looking up for Lalina.
As Summertime came, she missed her family vacation.
She didn't want to that is for sure.
But *Margaret knows best.
Margaret is the boss.
She isn't mean.
She certainly is NOT nice.
She just is.
Lalina tries very very hard to win Margaret's friendship.
To no avail.
Margaret wants nothing to do with Lalina, and makes it very obvious.
Things are getting difficult for Lalina.
As the Summertime sun started to get colder, Lalina heard the piercing words.
"They don't know what happened. He's not waking up."
Lalina was numb planning for the funeral.
She knew she must be brave for her husband and his family.
"I need to leave," said Lalina.
What should have happened was Margaret saying, "Of course Lalina, take as much time as you need to be with your family. This must be such a difficult thing for you."
What she heard was, "So can you come back on Saturday so you can work the weekend shift?"
Things we getting worse for Lalina.
She tried her best to be a good worker for her boss. She stayed extra hours, more than required just so they would have someone reliable there. She thought many a nights about doing more, doing more, doing more than she could give to be a great employee.
"I know this will get better, it has to."
Poor Lalina.
About two months later, things seemed to be better. There were no arguments, everything was running pretty smoothly. Margaret even cracked a smile or two, when she didn't think Lalina was looking.
Lalina still heard how people adored her. How they were so happy she worked there.
What would we do without Lalina?
Things were looking up again for Lalina.
The weather started to get colder, the snow began to fall.
Lalina could hear Christmas music in her head as she thought of all her family far away.
This will be the best one yet!
The office would be closed a week, during this week in December, "said Margaret as she pointed to a calendar.
Lalina's ear perked as she heard the wonderful news.
She knew she had a week of comp time to take, oh how great to have two weeks off!
Things we looking up for Lalina.
"Oh dad, I'm so excited to come home too!"
The flights were booked.
They were going home.
Lalina got to the office the next day to tell Margaret the news.
"You can't do that. Call the airline to change it," was all Margaret said.
What?
Things were confusing for Lalina.
She called her husband crying.
"Honey, they told me when they were closed! And now they say they aren't. Why would they do such a thing? What are we going to do?"
Lalina sat in tears thinking about Margaret's words.
But her husband was a wise man.
He saw through the details, and he saw through the emotion.
He saw that his wife was a great employee with a horrible boss.
Things were looking up for Lalina.
Lalina went over the situation in her head.
Again and again.
She was right, no doubt about that.
Margaret was wrong, she knew it to be true.
There was no telling what would happen the next day.
She didn't want to face her boss, but family means everything to her.
Things were looking up for Lalina.
She sat in the office chair.
She gave her heart and soul.
She told her boss, and her boss's boss about their mistake.
They tried to convince Lalina it was her fault!
"No," said Lalina, "this situation is your fault, and I will tell you why."
And she spoke stronger and braver than she ever had in her life.
The conversation was over.
Both parties had made up their minds.
Lalina and Margaret's boss cried.
She hugged them both and said thank you.
And was escorted out.
She didn't even get to say goodbye.
Lalina walked to her car.
She wasn't crying anymore.
She was happy.
Things are looking up for Lalina.
She picked up her husband and told him the whole story.
Most husbands would be upset about their wives getting fired, but not Lalina's husband.
He couldn't have been more proud.
"Lalina, you were strong. You were brave. You said everything you had to say because you were in the right.
You did everything I could have asked for.
And you don't need them anyway."
Things are looking up for Lalina.
Lalina heard about the outrage.
She heard of so many good people missing her. She heard of so many angry over the situation.
But she didn't care.
She was free.
Never again would Lalina feel bad about going home to see family.
Never again would Lalina have to put up with an unemotional villain of a boss.
Never again would Lalina have to compromise herself for her family.
Things look great for Lalina.
*Names have been changed because I'm a nice person. But boooy did I want to keep them the same.
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