Failing health and no job.

Current events:  What kind of people would lack the common sense and wisdom and schedule a large convention in Florida in late August?  Ans:  The same people who have created a failing fascist, barbaric system.

As a result of ten years of brutal mental/psychological torture, my physical health could not deal with the rigors of working full-time.  As my physical health continued to deteriorate, I had to take repeated rest breaks at work.  I would be working in the laboratory and I would become so fatigued that I had to go back to my office and sit down.  At times I had trouble staying awake.  It was obvious that if I continued to try to do a good job, my health would eventually fail me in some way.

Of course I was still being subjected to daily doses of harassment and the owner, Dr. Jon played a bigger and more active role in the orchestrated events.  For example, Dr. Jon had scheduled a meeting in his office around noon, three of four days in a row.  Finally, on the day I took my car in for repairs and had asked a co-worker for a ride to the shop late in the afternoon, Dr. Jon decides to schedule a meeting for 4:15 PM.  While the two actions may appear coincidental, it was a continuing repeat of creating conflicting interests and/or meetings that began with Gamma Supplies and continued at RAM.  You can go back and read about how an emergency meeting was called at RAM on the morning of my house closing.  This was a classic "no win situation" or as psychologists call it, "a psychological double-bind".

At first I wasn't too worried because Dr. Jon's meetings were usually short and the garage which closed at 5:00 PM was not far away(Rolla is a small town physically as well as mentally).  Four of us gathered in the conference room and Dr. Jon started discussions on any and every thing under the sun.  At first I thought maybe he was just trying to be a good manager by showing interests in different areas of science and non-science topics, but after about fifteen minutes, it became obvious, the he was just dragging out the meeting.  Finally, at 4:55 PM, I interrupted him and said I had to leave to pick up my car before the garage closed where my car was being repaired.  Dr. Jon acted annoyed and then dismissed the group.  I made it to the garage just as they were closing the doors - I got my car.

While my concerns about my physical health continued to grow, they were totally unwarranted.  Several days after the car/meeting incident, Dr. Jon came into my office and said he wanted to speak to me in his office.  His approach was the same as the one he had used a week earlier when he told me he wanted a monthly plan from me and then totally ignored my efforts when I handed it in to him.  I immediately became suspicious and wondered if I was going to be fired as we walked toward his office.   Once in his office, Dr. Jon wasted little time in saying "things weren't working out and that he "had made a mistake".  He then told me to pack my personal belongings in a box and then he would escort me to the door.

With that I got up form the chair, walked to my office and handed Dr. Jon a copy of a letter I was going to send to Rambo Raygun(Ronald Reagan) when I got fired.  Obviously I was prepared.  I then walked halfway down the hall and read the letter aloud.  Several employees in their offices came out to the hallway and listened intently.  When I completed reading the letter, I returned to my office and began packing my personal items.  Dr. Jon said nothing; he was like many other people before him in that it was probably the first time he had seen what a really sick fascist state amerika is.