Pink Slips Aren't Pink

They aren't pink. I really thought they would be. I have imagined being handed a pink slip of paper by some rude tall man wearing a hat. But the notices.... they are just plain letters on letterhead in an envelope. That was the most disappointing part about getting the slips today - they aren't pink.

The letter stated our last day of employment will be May 22nd. With the financial trouble the College is in, it is difficult to tell when the money to pay for our work will run out. We have been living in an alternative universe for several months now, where things that must happen absolutely cannot, and expectations even about the smallest things can be eliminated in a long sad meeting.

This day of pink slips has been another day I have been dreading. I have been dreading reading that letter. I think I have even cried about the thought of receiving the letter. But the letters were delivered very unceremoniously by a poor work study student and they were ripped open with the full expectation of what information they contained.

I am relieved to have this letter. While these issues have been made clear to us over a period of months, the letter really makes things clear. The relationship has been ended and it is time to move on.