two weeks later

so on the following sunday after i parted ways
i got a phone call from the guy
his voice is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard
he insisted i needed to bring in my keys right then
i said it was sunday and that wasnt going to happen
he called the next day
and was like when are you coming in
i said its st patricks day dude
i am not coming in
and he was like well uh uh uh uh
dude i will not steal anything you will get your keys

so i went in on tuesday
and i asked her when i was getting paid
and she said it wasnt up to her but her accountant
seriously
what

i told them no stories for the next week
as i would be out of town

sure enough the guy calls
on monday night asking where the stories were
i did not even answer the phone

today i sent an email
the email basically said
i told you i was on vacation and you didnt listen
i will not send any more stories until i am paid
what i am owed
and if they wanted more stories after that
the cost of those stories

so like an hour later the guy calls
and says
they cant pay me until i send a letter of resignation
i said bullshit
the guy says our legal department
i was like you do not have a legal department
and what you are saying is illegal
he puts the woman on the phone
and she spews the same
i say that i will not be sending such a letter
since it is illegal and she said she would have the lawyer call me

a little later they call back and i let it go to voice
now they claim
i have to send a letter saying i am self employed
or i will not be paid
so i send an email stating
i am self employed and i am only saying that
because i was told i cant be paid unless i say that
but i was giving up no rights

maybe i am paranoid
but i think i have reason to be

so i go in
and they have a check with all the taxes taken out
and i am like why do i have to sign something
if you have already taken out the taxes
and she goes on some rant about something
anyway she tears up that check
and writes a new one with no taxes taken out
whatever
while the guy types -- seriously types up the check-
she criticizes me for a wrong date in a issue
and how some ad was wrong on the easter page
a page i asked her over and over what she wanted
and she said to leave alone
and then just left
and she wanted to argue about it

so i walked into the other room
where her son was
and he was at the computer
and he said
didnt you work here

i said
briefly

and he said i told you what you were getting into

so while i waited for the check
she said
well you will have to be more careful
about the errors

i told them if they wanted me to write more
i sent an email with my terms
and they said nothing

i took my check and went straight to the bank
to cash it

i plan on never going into that office again

i will write if they agree to pay what i asked
but
i so made the right call to leave there