Bittersweet

I work in a place that I love. I love my job (mostly) and mostly quite like most of the people that I work with.


I have worked every shift for the last 18 months with one guy, and except when one of us is on holiday there we are, for 14 hours at a time working with people that you need to have a sence of humour and patience and then more humour and patience.

I have known this guy for 12 years. Though both of us moving in with people, marrying them, having children with them and divorcing them and then finding other partners.

He has literally picked me off the floor on a number of occations, both physically and emotionally, brushed me down, listened to me and set me on my way again, with issues both in work and out, and on one occation I lost it about a personal matter he did the best thing anyone could do for me...he left me alone for a while, then found me and hugged me and didnt let go, and I cant thank him enough for that. I hope that I have been there for him in what ever capacity he has needed me to be, for the times he has needed it. He has protected me from the politics that is in every work place and absolutly does not gossip. (much!)

His last shift was today. We didnt have a remarkable day, it was just me and him working together as we always do, .....with the humour and the patience...... and then we had an enormous hug and went our separate ways.

I shall miss working with him hugely. His energy and enthusiasm and ways of looking at things. I wish him the absolute best. I dont doubt that we shall meet for beers and laughs on many occations, but I wanted to say all the things here that I didnt say tonight when he left.

So now I have!


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