Mean people are talking about me behind my back!

[zanana1]

10. I've been there

About 15 years ago, I worked as a retail sales clerk. You'd figure that would have to be a low-stress job, right? Wrong. Soon after I began my new job, I went on a diet and lost 20 lbs. (I have to be a braggart here and say that, at the time, I looked damned good). Apparently, some people don't like it when you lose alot of weight and look good, because a rumor was started about me. It was a wild one; it was rumored that I was having an extramarital affair with someone who worked in the store next to ours. What really blew my mind is that everybody believed it! At the time, I'd been married 11 years and had never even been tempted to be with anyone other than my husband.

When I'd worked there long enough I was up for a promotion. I was very qualified for it and it was my "turn" for it, but I didn't get it because of my "morals". Now that was a horrible place to work and people who didn't even know me hated me. Don't worry; you'll get a new job eventually and it'll all be in the past where it belongs.