ENGL 1121
January 23, 2013
Weihe
Moment Analysis My heart sank as we heard about the terrible news. We knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. The longer it took for us to find our names; the harder it became to flip through the pages. We flipped to where our department was located and my heart nearly stopped. The page was more blank than expected. Two names remained on the page that was once filled with dreaded long hours for the upcoming week. There it was, my name, all by itself next to a co-worker of mine. Whatever it was I was doing; I was doing it right. It was just another morning at Majestic Oaks Golf Course and there I was arriving before anyone else. The parking lot was empty and not a single sound could …show more content…
I have talked to my coworker, but we haven’t thought of what could be going on. Maybe there was really nothing to worry about. Everything was still just as normal. We were given a letter after a shift one day. The letter was thick and heavy. I had no idea what it could as it seemed important. My coworker and I couldn’t wait to get home to open the letter to read it. We went and sat down in the restaurant to read our letters. We joked about how we needed knew work uniforms and how maybe we were getting a raise. Of course we joked about how we were being fired. We unfolded the letter. The papers were still warm from the printer. As we started to read the letter to ourselves we both started to read sentences over again. Almost like we didn’t believe what we read the first time. The letter confused us more than anything. The letter explained that a new company would be taking over the golf course. We weren’t sure to be excited or fearful. We walked straight from the table to our manager. She said she didn’t have much information herself. She slowly explained that there would be a meeting for all employees later in the week. She spoke in the tone as she did months ago. It was almost like we reminded her of a terrible incident that was nearly