Re: My decision

March 5, 2004

Way to go Pam! I would not change anything in your letter. I will pray

that you have the strength to deal with all of this : )

Love & Laughter,

Andie

My decision

Well. in the last 48 hours I wrote 2 letters. The first was to my mothers

doctor advising him on how much pain killers she was taking and asking for

the practice's suggestions on how to deal with her increase in pain.

The second letter was to my boss. This will be left on the front counter of

the store on Sunday evening when I go in to pick up my personal belongings.

Wen she reads it on Monday morning, I will be at the country's court house

filing a civil suit against her. After I leave there, I head to the labor

dept to file for unemployment benefits.

I am going to attach a copy of the letter I am sending her to the bottom of

this note and should anyone recommend any changes, please let me know. My

best friend told me I needed to say what I said. One of the gals I used to

work with just called and congratulated me for spitting out the trust to my

boss.

Dear

This is going to be one of the hardest letters for me to write and for you

to read but I am going to spill it out just as it is.

When I first started working for you in 1998, you became a friend and not a

boss. I so enjoyed coming to work each day.

But now fast forward six years, coming to work is something I dread.

Things I am going to say are going to hurt, but I only speak the truth and

you have a hard time accepting the truth.

Don't blame POSR and the rebuilding on what is wrong with business, blame

yourself.

You honestly have no sense of what people are looking for in merchandise and

therefore that is why you have all these things sitting on your selves

collecting dust. You have no sense to put it on sale or donate it to

charity. Things customers were asking for, you did not even consider

getting; instead we sent them to other store who the customers now know have

the merchandise, thereby loosing not only the sale, but a customer.

When the economy was hitting its worst that is when you should have gotten

out. Honest to God, you should never have negotiated your last lease

yourself. That was the most foolish thing you have done and has helped to

cause more of the problems you are now facing.

You have a sick stigma of bankruptcy. In your case it would have been the

best thing since it would have given you a chance to start over again. But

even for you starting over again would have meant you went back to your old

habits.

When you told me that made the comment you should have gotten therapy

after the divorce it was not such a bad idea. You so tend to live in the

past. Your world is fantasy not reality. Fantasy is that the economy is

going to turn around, people will stop shopping with you again and the store

will go out of business successfully in November when your lease is over.

REALITY is that people have stopped shopping with you because you never have

anything in stock they need or are looking for and that you should have

bailed out years ago and not sending more money into a lost cause.

Unfortunately thought your sense of reality and fantasy affected me in more

ways than you know. I believed that things would get better even though it

was apparent that there was no way it was ever going to happen. When the

new shopping center opened, there was where everyone headed. ding

Commons is an eye saw and that is why people are shopping across the street.

With all the possible evictions you faced, you managed to pull yourself

deeper into dept so that you could keep the " money pit " going. I was so

thrilled last May when the sheriff showed up right before Mother's Day to

evict you, but once again you got out of that. That was when I started my

action to try and end some of the madness.

I contacted on three occasions the US Dept of Labor to assist me in getting

me in getting my salary out before you continued the path of self

destruction. During that same time, I also contacted several other state

government offices to assist me, but only one came out but I did not get the

help.

The madness of all this has caused me more stress and financial problems

that honestly you did not seem to care about. You figured that since I had

Phil's salary I was ok. Wrong. My lack of salary has caused more problems

than you could ever know and honestly I believe you really did not care.

I did care that you did not have a salary but for someone with no salary and

with no other means of support, you also seemed to get your food, gas,

cigarettes, and other needs meet each month, including the two mortgages you

were paying.

There were so many times I wished you would fire me but you know you would

then have to pay unemployment claims. You knew by owing me all this money,

it was your hold on me.

As you read this, I am now at the ding County Magistrates Office putting

a civil suit against you and the store. This was truly a hard decision to

make but you honestly have made it necessary. I have already been warned

that this action is going to be put on your credit report both business and

personal and should anything happen to you or the business this will be a

document that will be attached to your estate. My next stop after this

will be to the GA Dept of Labor to start my unemployment compensation.

I have removed anything in the store that is my personal property. I have

also blocked your telephone number on my system so that you will not be able

to contact me. I am already feeling enough guilt for doing this but you are

the one who made it necessary.

March 5, 2004

Thanks Andie.. I pray I have the strength also..