A friend of mine told me a story this morning that I have to share with you. She is sure that her actions have sealed her fate and that she is indeed going to burn in hell. To which I say, “oooh company”.

This friend, who under threat of physical pain has forced me to promise that she remain nameless, made her boss cry. Her boss recently transferred into the Chicago area from a foreign country (think - Land where Lord of the Rings was filmed) due to a relationship meltdown and parting of ways. Before she left, she took her dog to a “reader” and was informed that the dog thought it is too old to travel that far, and would therefore remain in this very green land down under. Her boss, let’s call her Sue (no its not her name, I don’t like pain), well Sue, left New Zealand minus dog and relationship and returned to the US broken, saddened, and defeated in life. (I added the emotions, I think it adds to the tragedy of her life, and this story)

She took a position in my friend’s, um, establishment as my friend’s very demanding boss. Personally, I think she is taking her frustrations out on her staff, but who am I to speak. Well, she has been forcing my friend to work late a lot the last few weeks and last night, while they were once again pulling a late evening, (fake name) Sue took a moment to talk to said friend and the topic of New Zealand and the dog were breached. My friend, angry about all the late hours and frustrating working conditions made the decision to push the subject and keep talking about Sue’s dog, sort of turning the handle of the knife in her back, so to speak.

Sue started crying, remembering her dog, her life, her love lost, and my friend left the, um, establishment a little happier that she had taken just a touch of revenge on Sue.

Well, Sue phoned my friend this morning. The dog passed away last night, and Sue was thanking this friend for bringing up the subject last night and allowing her to remember fondly the dog that she adored so much.

My reaction was to question how much she’s been talking about my dream of moving to the West coast, or my career, or my love life. Hell, she killed a dog a world away, with that amount of power; I just want to make sure that she isn’t sabotaging my life as well.