Brie & sun dried tomato baguettes today.
Poor dad. He's worked at this small lumber yard since he moved to the area in 1974 (give or take a year). It's about 3 minutes from his house & he worked his way up to manager. The owner sold it a few years ago, as he was getting quite old & his health was failing. The business was quite the money maker, but the man never invested it back into the business, just into his own pockets. The lumber yard was appreciated by local general contractors & would go the extra mile for it's customers.
The new owner bought this lumber yard & a few others in the area. He already owned an office supply business that was doing fairly well. Nobody really knew what to expect.
Within three years, the new owner had sucked all the money out of two lumber yards to finance his office supply business, which had taken a nose dive. Pretty soon he started pulling money from my dad's lumber yard. All the sudden they didn't have money in the account to pay invoices. Suppliers were pissed, their credit was ruined with many of them & there was barely money for payroll. Hard to keep customers happy when their suppliers were delaying shipments due to non-payment. So my dad has been miserable. A few weeks ago, the employees were given notice that the place was closing in 60 days. Sad, but at least that gave them time to find a new job.
Then, wham! On Friday they were called by the bank & told to lock the doors & close until at least Monday. They were advised to remove all of their personal belongings. Today is Wednesday & still no news. My dad is getting called at home by contractors & customers saying "WTF?" None of the employees have any clue what's going on. The owner has "cut & run, " and the business is now held in the custody of an attorney. So now he sits, entertains low ball job offers (at least he's getting some offers), and is miserable. 4 years away from possible retirement.
I'm going to visit him tomorrow.
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Wow, that truly is horrible news Kim. Fuckin' greedy bastards! They just don't give a fuck about people's lives.
*HUGS* for your dad. I wish him the best of luck. Terrible timing!
You know, the proceeds from selling off Nolay's JD mower can probably sustain your dad for a long while. *grin*
Nookie has the best ideas!
*hugs* for Kim and her Dad. *smooch*
Ack! That's terrible news! *hugs* and *smooches* for you Dad.
Oh and check your yahoo junk mail folder.
How awful! *hugs* for your dad.
Ugh.
That's just awful. *hugs* for your dad and you.
Oh crap! This sucks! {{{hugs}}} for your dad.
So sorry. (((hugs))) to your dad.
Sorry to hear this. It is so frustrating to put years into a business, doing everything you can to offer good service to both the customers and your employer, only to have the employer not appreciate any of it.
So sorry to hear about your dad's work. That really sucks!
Whoa. That really sucks! And only 4 years from retirement? *shakes head*
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