Horrible monstrous beast

(title inspired by Beauty and the Beast) Today I felt like about the meanest person in the whole world. I had to fire a girl at work. This was a first for me, and let me tell ya - I think I felt worse than she did. She actually took it pretty well and just asked if she left anything there and that was that. I had to prep myself to call her...repeating in my head what I would say and how I could phrase it to be as nice as humanly possible and then wait till I was calm enough to call her without breaking down. Call me sensitive, but it was hard! I hope I never get asked to do that again, 'cause let me tell ya. I am not cut out for it.