When it rains, it pours
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The Joseph Rank Ltd. flour mill had proudly been manufacturing and distributing flour all over the NYC area since the 20s. Yesterday, it sold its last 50 lbs flour bag.
The economic crisis had reaped all the district's factories and businesses, one by one since 2008. This monster had had no mercy for all the other manufacturers, and it was just a matter of time to hear it call to Joseph Rank Ltd.'s door. Today it is officially going out of business.
January 30th, 2011 was such a dark day that it only added a little bit more drama to the 57 workers day, who tomorrow would be one more number at the unemployment list. The sky was a grey slab that morning.
Nine hours later, Joe picked up his calendar, his water bottle, his bag and his jacket and met the other plant workers. They won't be hired again by any other company, they're too old and have not enough studies. They only knew about flour, this had been their job for the last 20 years. Most of them face unemployment for the first time in their lives.
Jenny, the accountant, picked some pictures from her desk. Most of them were from her little son. She had been looking for the words to tell him that mom would have no job from now on and many things will change in their lives. She could find a new job, but there is minimal chance of this.
Stuart Rank, grandson of Joseph Rank and general manager, was crying alone in his office. So many years fighting to keep the company alive, so many struggle, so many greedy bankers denying him a loan. There was no place for honest people anymore, the power is down at Wall Street. He watches through the window and the thick rain, all the other factories like his, who had gone out of business during the last years. Joseph Rank, Ltd. was only the next one on a very, very long list of ruined businesses. And the worst thing is that it won't be the last one.
When it rains, it pours.
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