Have you ever noticed how, when you need to learn a lesson about something, that point will be driven home time and time again, until you fucking get it?

Yes, yes I see you have.

Whether you believe that cosmic 2×4 is delivered by “God” or “The Universe” or “The Great Cosmic Dustbunny in the Sky,” is really irrelevant. When we have a life lesson to learn, we’ll get hints, reminders,  outright lectures, or one painful experience after another until we have learned it.

Such is what has happened to me, recently.

A couple of days ago, I experienced an incident at work. One of my co-workers, a lady I relieve from the 11-7 shift, literally - tried to set me up to take a fall. It was nothing serious, but without saying anything to me about it, she brought it to the attention of out boss, who pretty much reemed me a new asshole for it. Why did she do this? I have no idea. She’s a new nurse, working nights, and I’ve never had issue with her before. The only thing I could figure out is she wanted me to get pissed so I’d quit and she could slide into a nice day position.

I was able to prove later, without a shadow of a doubt - that she was completely wrong in her accusations, and that should have been the end of that. But it wasn’t. What did I do instead?

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