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Voices
desperate for a check owed to me,
the check writer inevitably has
no concept of how frighteningly
desperate I am for that money.
They say, “Next week?” or “The
accountant says two weeks.” I
plead, nicely, sincerely, “Is there
no way you could just write me
that check?” And the answer is
“no.” It’s just putting a pen to paper, but for “The Haves,” I’m just
a pain in the neck.
KATHLEEN
ANN
Despite the disappearance of
the middle class and the proliferation of the “Used-to-Haves,”
Corporate America is as cavalier
and unfeeling as they were when I
was laid off. I remember working
overtime for a New England financial firm on weekends, holidays
and New Year’s Eve. Getting my
arm stuck in a copier while fixing
a paper jam. Wearing matching
t-shirts as we moved boxes from
one location to another. You name
it, I made every sacrifice to keep
my job in Corporate America.
HUFFINGTON
02.16.14