Freewriting Friday — You’re Fired

Summary

The author expresses a desire to evict a nosy and inconsiderate housemate, recounts a past experience of being unfairly dismissed from a job, and discusses the cathartic nature of writing rants that they have not yet published.

Abstract

In a candid piece titled "Freewriting Friday — You’re Fired," the author shares personal grievances related to cohabitation and employment. They convey a strong urge to kick out a live-in border due to his intrusive questions, excessive alcohol consumption, and lack of household responsibility. The author also reflects on their own experience of being fired from a furniture store after a probationary period, expressing frustration over not having the chance to quit on their own terms. Additionally, the author reveals a habit of writing therapeutic rants as a means of stress relief, contemplating the possibility of publishing these pieces in the future.

Opinions

The author is irritated by the border's intrusive behavior and lack of contribution to household chores.
There is a sense of injustice regarding the author's dismissal from the furniture store, feeling used during the busy period and discarded afterward.
The act of writing rants serves as an emotional outlet for the author, providing a sense of relief and considering sharing them publicly in 2023 or later.

My response to the three writing prompts

Prompt 1: I’d like to give my boarder the sack. Well I don’t actually employ him but I’d love to give him the boot. Kick him out. I could write a long list of what he does. And doesn’t do!

Every time I walk out the door he asks: Where are you off to? He’s not my bloody husband. And 99% of the time I’m just going to my daughters and I tell him so. I want to say it’s none of your f****** business, but I’m too nice.

He drinks 6 cans of craft beer every night and fills up the recyclable bin and never empties it. Well, rarely and not until it’s literally overflowing! And he watches the TV in the lounge room at least 6 hours a day. 12 on weekends! Yes, I’d definitely give him the sack.

Prompt 2: The only time I’ve ever been sacked was from that terrible furniture store I was locked in. I was on probation for 3 months. On the Friday afternoon at 5pm, without any warning, the boss asked to see me and told me I was finished.

I was so angry not because I got the sack — I hated that place — but because I was denied the opportunity to walk into his office and tell him he could stick his job up his arse. I used to go home from that shitty job every afternoon and apply for jobs. I was the most efficient employee they had, but they used me over their busy Christmas period and then got rid of me as soon as my probation period finished.

Prompt 3: I write rants a lot. I don’t publish them for fear of recrimination, but gees, the writing of them makes me feel better. I think it’s just letting off steam. And it works for me. I’m still considering publishing them in 2023. It doesn’t seem so far into the future now. Maybe I’ll have moved on by then and they can sit on my computer to be published posthumously.