I mentioned in several posts that I am retiring soon, and that date is now only two weeks away. My boss told me that they will throw me a retirement party on my last day, and I found out it will be lunch from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. I told this to a former co-worker who also worked twelve plus years at the same company. She quit right after maternity leave so she did not receive any going away party. She said she wanted to come so I asked my boss’s assistant, and they said okay. My first ex-coworker friend said we should also ask another ex-coworker to come. She also worked at the same company for twelve plus year, quit after maternity leave, and did not receive a party either. I actually met the second ex-coworker from a previous company, so I have known her for nineteen years.
I hope that was not too confusing. I really did not want a farewell party, but now I am looking forward to it. I hope there will also be some acknowledgement of my two ex-coworkers since we were really the foundation of the current department, and it was kind of sad that they left after maternity leave without coming into the office again.
There are a lot of recent hires so most of them probably will not know who we are anyway. Just come for the free food!
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