
Dumb And Dumber
There once lived a lady quite jobless
Accepted an offer, felt so blessed
A title, desk, business cards too
Livin' the good life .. she pulled off a coup
Didn't take long for the lady to learn
Co-workers were chatty .. rumor mill churned
Seems the owners marched to the beat of their drummer
Known near and far as the Dumb and the Dumber
No chance for that lady
Utterly naive and so trusting
In time she would learn
They were truly disgusting
No work ethic to mention
Lazy, pompous and pretentious
Their workplace was toxic
They were really obnoxious
But she needed the income
First rule of thumb
Never leave a job without having another
Best advice tendered by her very bright mother
Look for another while taking their money
A brilliantly simple solution
Dumb and Mr. Dumber slogged through each day
In a perpetual state of fog-brained slow motion
Then came a day when they pulled her aside
Escorted her into their smarmy man-space
Began their short speech with expressions so phony
Recited these words to her crestfallen face
"You are like a big blob of soft gooey jell-o
No ball of fire and woefully mellow
If we tossed you against that wall where you stand
It's any body's guess just where you might land"
It didn't take long to land on her feet
A bit worse for the wear but with psyche intact
She sucked up her pride forgave her own blunder
Learned in due time Dumb and Dumber went
UNDER!!!!
This could be a "story" of life, we can't know, what we don't know. And these are just lessons. Maybe Mr. Dumb and Mr. Dumber were in on "it" all along, helped you on your way, lot's smarter!
ReplyDeleteHi Helen, Nice rhymes there and nice self-deprecation.
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Oh, have I been there....let's see - I was about 20 hrs old. And that rejection ended up being the best thing for me. They were foolish to let you go!
ReplyDeleteGood one.
ReplyDeletePeople can be so foul! Glad you got away from them!
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Dumber and Dumb, Helen wrote,
ReplyDeleteWere probably born to a goat!
How stupid they were
To show her the door!
So nice to be able to gloat!
Great story in rhyme.
ReplyDeletehah! Excellent!
ReplyDeleteexcellent is right, places like that can't expect to last!!
ReplyDeleteToxic people! Can't live with 'em.... and that's all she wrote.
ReplyDeleteA fitting end!!! for D&D. Glad she got out
ReplyDelete"with her psyche intact"
Love the rhyme.
What a fun piece! thanks-
ReplyDeleteYou've worked for the Seattle Symphony?
ReplyDeletepolitely put i laughed my patootie off !
ReplyDeleteHell is other people - sometimes. this time!
ReplyDeleteDear Helen,
ReplyDeleteAs I am working with Zombies at the moment, I call this a large sign of HOPE!!!
Thank you!
Ann T.