Gotta Get a Rabbi

I was talking with my dear mother yesterday. My convos with her are
always interesting. Last nights, had me thinking and looking at my
mother in a whole different way. By the way, she turned 76 in December.

I asked her about my little brother who is a lawyer. She told me that
his firm just purchased two additional floors in this building in
Manhattan, and that he has quite a large office. And..that he is
surrounded by 4 Rabbis. Now I know what a rabbi is, both religious, and
other wise. Then she dropped something on me. She asked me did I have a
Rabbi.

Found out that.. My Grandmother who worked for the Post Office, had 2.
My mother had one, when she was a Chief Social Worker for The State of
New York, Office of Mental Health, now my little brother has 4. She
wondered why or when was I going to attain one. And that had me
thinking.

A Rabbi is a person who looks out for your behalf at the work place. I
think its the work place,but it could be work related, at another
location that's attached to your job location. At my place, where I
work, these people there are 'sheep',that's what I call them. It seems
to me that all they do is what they are told to do, even if its not in
their job description. Not me, I mean I do what I'm told to do, but...
If I feel its not what I'm being paid to do,I question it. My co workers
don't, they just go ahead and do it. Also, they come to me for advice.
So, I'm the Rabbi, no one to look out for me,but myself and THAT has me
worried.

I'm not being threaten of being fired, no, nothing like that. Its just
that I KNOW about all the bullshit, under the table, sneaky shit that
goes on there BY the Powers That Be, and THAT'S what has me worried. I
asked the store manager, did he know what a Rabbi is, he gave me this
look, and his face first drained of color, then turned red. I said no
more.

I'm sure he went back and told the owner who's office is downstairs. I
saw them talking on the side too. But at least it was out on the floor,
by the registers, where they normally talk. The the owner had a talk
with the manager of one of the departments. The department manager son
works in the same department, so I asked him what was all the talk
about. He said it was about payroll. Didn't I have a good talk with the
store manager, and my deli supervisor about if my department is doing so
well, why is my hours slowly being decreased. Its a trickle down effect,
or, I hit on something that they are trying to readjust, trying to say
that they are doing it thru out all departments...I don't think so.
Then, I heard something...

Our Union Rep quit, he doesn't work or our Local anymore. Like this is
the 4th one in 2 years. Shit isn't right. Sooooo, I NEED me a Rabbi, for
then I will feel safe.
--michaelchappell