Normally I look forward to talking to all my 2nd shift people; today I did not. This would not be the normal smiles and small talk; yes, I still do smile underneath the mask… I think people can still tell. No, today would be different. This past Friday we found out that one of our very own had passed away.
26 years ago I started at this very job that I am still at today; some may say I’m a sucker for it. 26 years ago a 17 year old kid walked into this job not knowing what to expect. What I found out that day, and many days since then, is that I would meet many great people. The coordinator/supervisor of our team at the time was a mess. I would look at what she was doing, and not knowing anything because I was brand new, think what the hell is going on? I was told a few days in that she did this because she wanted to create more work for herself so that she could work more hours… ah, ok, I get it now. There were those people that I met along the way too, but many more of the other ones. The “2nd in command” was this lady named Tina. She would turn out to be one of the other ones…
She probably thought I was annoying as hell back then. Starting working weekend shift at that time, meaning I had to be at work 7am every Saturday and Sunday, I would show up to work drunk half the time; there were many of us in that category. I would fall asleep repeatedly; somehow I still managed to keep the job. I was pretty good at it when I was awake. She would always be nice about it; never getting pissed at me. In fact, she would cover for me and the rest of our team when we would have to take a nap for a minute; we would rotate, grabbing a few winks at the workstation… jackets over our heads. I mean, there were some people that would have probably kicked my ass; some people who would have gotten me in big trouble. She never did. She was always the nicest person. We were never as close as we were back then, but always spoke, whether it was just hello, goodbye, or small talk; I always liked her. She was very quiet, soft spoken. In fact, sometimes, you forgot she was even there; now she won’t be there…
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She is definitely in a better place. This world has gotten so cruel; people are so mean. Yet, I believe there are many, many good people out there; in fact, I know this. And even if they are quiet or soft spoken, and you don’t hear nearly as much about them as we do the bad ones, I know they are there. I just know that now, there will be one fewer of these good people in our world.
Thank you Tina. Thanks for always being nice to me. Thanks for everything that you have done over all these years; her 30 year work anniversary would have been tomorrow. Rest in Peace; you will be missed.
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