Eric had been a faithful worker at the "Jones & James Corporation" for the past 8 years. Him and his wife have been around the company since his father, Aaron Rogers, worked there.
There has been new technology coming into the industry that he has worked in. One morning. he walked into the office and saw tall metal machines standing in the main office. He walked around the corner to see what was going on. As he approached the front desk. one of the metal machines turned and looked at him. Startled, Eric quickly back up from the desk.
"What is this," Eric asked the secretary.
"Oh, these things," the secretary replied. "They are robots. These machines will be programmed to do everything around the office. Unfortunately, we have to cut some people around because of our budget. These machines will help us save money because we don't have to pay them every two weeks.
Eric looked puzzeled.
"When are we going to find out if we are laid off or not," Eric asked.
"There is a list on the boss' door," the secretary said. "I haven't went back there yet but, a lot of people are really upset."
Eric left the desk and started to walk toward the office door, the boss' office. Scared, sweat started to drip down his face as he inched closer to the door. There was a crowd standing in front of the sheet of paper, so he couldn't see it.
"Excuse me, excuse me," Eric said squeezing is way through the crowd.
There it was, the list. Eric took a deep breath and started to look down the list. There it was. The last name on the list was Eric's name. He stood there staring at the paper for a minute.
"I can't-," Eric stuttered.
Eric couldn't believe he was fired from the job that he has been loyal to for the longest. He looked into the boss' office to see if he was in there. He was no where to be found.
Eric walked into his office to collect his things. When he walked in and turned the light on, they were already packed and ready for him to take them.
"Wow, so they really didn't care," Eric said.
He grabbed his things and rushed out of the building.
"How am I going to tell my wife," Eric said to himself while sitting in his car.
Driving home, Eric had a lot of thoughts going through his head.
"How is she going to react, what is she going to say, how am I going to tell her," he was saying to himself.
He approached the driveway of his house and his wife was outside watering the plants in the front yard.
She walked up to the car.
"Hey honey, you are home mighty early," she said.
"Yeah, I know," Eric replied. "They told me to go home and rest up for a big day tomorrow."
"Oh okay," she said.
"I am going to go in the house and take me a nap," Eric said while walking away from her.
He reachged the bed room and through all of his stuff in the closet, sat on the bed, and stared into space.
"How could they do that to me," he said to himself. "I am the most loyal person they have ever had and they just, let me go. What am I going to do."
Eric laid down and rested until dinner time. His wife walked into the room and woke him up.
"Hey, wake up," she said. "I need to talk to you."
Eric sat up in the bed.
"What is going on," he said.
"Your office called and wanted to check up on you top see if you were okay after the news," she said. "What news did you get?"
Eric started to sweat bullets.
"Um, um, I have something to tell you," he said.
"WHat is going on Eric," she said.
"They did not send me home to rest, they actually fired me today," Eric said.
"Fired, what do you mean," She replied.
"I am no longer working there," he explained.
They both sat there in an awkward silence for a couple minutes until she hugged him.
"It is going to be okay," she said. "We will get through this together, I promise.
Eric thopught that she was not going to accept it biut she did.
"Thank you," Eric replied.
"Through thick and thin, I'll be there," she said.
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