The jillaroo that gave me the phone called me on Sunday. Apparently Ross called jonno (farm manager where we were working) on Thursday and said that he sacked me (fired me) and also the following:
- I drank 2 cases of his goon
- I never wanted to move the trailer
- I took an 8-hour nap and then went for a walk
- I had stolen a phone with loads of credit on it.
Now I was gonna leave what happened between us and not ring the farm to tell them, but shit just got real. I told Tam what really happened, up to believe it or not, but she told jonno that those things didn't really describe me. It's true that I didn't wanna drive with the trailer on because I had never done it before and he had me paranoid I was gonna jackknife and bust it. Also true that I took a nap on Wednesday, during our lunch hour when we were at the house, as did he in his room, because I had a headache. I went for a walk that night, after he had said there was no-one at the house. I only drank three beers, which he offered me, and quite frankly the stolen phone lie is just plain laughable. He also mentioned to jonno that we had done fencing on ross' property the Monday morning before driving to the farm (false) and during another conversation with jonno, Ross mentioned how backpackers were the best chicks to sleep with (creepy, even when I change the language!!).
Gross gross gross creepy gross.
We agreed he was a nutter, and my friend Steve was talking with his roommate from Mitchell and she asked if it was Ross Tully because he's crazy. Good to know! Still figuring out how to word my email to Gumtree....
Please e-mail Gumtree, if only to warn/advise them of your situation. The next one (girl) who applies for the job may not have your savvie. We would hate to see something happen ...
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ReplyDeleteEmail Gumtree and I will take the matter further. Your allegations are groundless, and unless you remove my name from this blog I will be forced to take action.
Firstly, my drinking habits are no business of yours and have no effect on my work, nor my reputation in the working community. I have been a fencing contractor in this area for over 30 years, that’s how old you are – you have no life experiences. I have read all your posts and you have a tendency to find fault in lots of things. Is life being a drama a form of your enjoyment? Obviously it is, because you see nothing but fault in most things you do.
I asked you a simple question, where did you get the phone. You said it was a gift… from who? You were miles from nowhere, no shops, limited people and you tell me a gift! What was I to think since you spent most of your time over at the manager’s house, which I don’t encourage or consider to be appropriate. I will be honest, I thought you stole it, and you could have made this far easier on yourself if you had straight out told me the truth and I would have left it. My job requires a lot of trust to be placed on who I work with, the last person I need on my job is to have a thief or someone who can’t be decent enough to be up front about their behaviour.
The yelling you refer to was explained to you, because of the noise I have to speak loudly over the machinery. Having worked with machines all my life, I have industrial deafness.
Everything you wrote was all about you, not taking into consideration someone who is different than you are and comes from a different culture than you. I talked to you about what was in the country around you, things I thought you would be interested in – sharing with you the country I know and understand. But you saw this as aimless chatter!
I get on with most backpackers. The reason I choose to employ backpackers is that I like to share my country with them, the real Australia, the nature around them. The reason I choose to employ women is because I prefer their company and because unlike you, most of them have many questions and what to know as much as they can about the land and the environment. It isn’t often that I have to deal with someone like you who has little interest in the land other than wanting to make a dollar and go off and get pissed and party.
I would have fired you before the phone situation anyway. Someone who can't follow directions and count to 6 isn't worth my time, especially when their behaviour indicates that the only person they think of is themselves.
You might have got your 88 days, but you have not embraced this country. I feel sorry for you, you will get back to your country and have a million stories to tell about the ‘hicks’ you met, the idiots, the fools and not once will you have learnt to embrace the real people you met, unless they were of the same social status as you, unless they were like you. What a boring little world you live in!