Finally my boss came to me with some complaints from manage-
ment. He asked, “ ?” I said
it wasn’t my fault, and once again he laughed and said, “
.” No one believed me. Why would any-
one believe that? It was
too incredible.
Then I got the news. The manager sent word to my boss that
. The next day I got my
final paycheck. My boss said my work had too many mistakes and
. He told me to
. I went home and felt
.
Two days later I got a telephone call. It was the manager. He said
that and that I could have
my job back. It turned out that the computer
; it had a defective motherboard. I was so happy
that I.
I returned to work the next day and sat down to a new computer.
This one was friendly, and we.
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