Comments on: Main Street, Next Day http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/ Harshing your mellow since 2004. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:38:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: vikkitikkitavi http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/comment-page-1/#comment-45454 vikkitikkitavi Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:05:34 +0000 http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/#comment-45454 I remember the last layoffs at my former company. They picked some people to escort out and some were left to leave on their own. Many had been with the company since its beginning in 1996. The managers who carried out the layoffs made the mistake of leaving the door open on the conference room after they were finished, and many of us heard them congratulating each other on what a good job they had done. If I'd had a gun that day I shudder to think what I might have done. Hang in there, baby. I remember the last layoffs at my former company. They picked some people to escort out and some were left to leave on their own. Many had been with the company since its beginning in 1996. The managers who carried out the layoffs made the mistake of leaving the door open on the conference room after they were finished, and many of us heard them congratulating each other on what a good job they had done.

If I’d had a gun that day I shudder to think what I might have done. Hang in there, baby.

]]> By: Ron http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/comment-page-1/#comment-44962 Ron Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:00:31 +0000 http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/#comment-44962 Things suck in the real world. They aren't even all that nice in my private phony world! Wish I could save everybody, as long as I didn't have to save any republicans. Things suck in the real world. They aren’t even all that nice in my private phony world! Wish I could save everybody, as long as I didn’t have to save any republicans.

]]> By: narya http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/comment-page-1/#comment-44818 narya Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:50:19 +0000 http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/#comment-44818 Add me to the chorus exclaiming that that sucks. At least they let her clean out her office and leave with some dignity, rather than frog-marching her to the door and supervising what she took from the office. The other thing about unions is that we "professional" people aren't supposed to need them or even want them. (I wrote half a dissertation about this.) I'm really sorry you're going to have to go to work without being able to see this person. And I suppose it's nearly impossible for you to find another job in this crappy economy. Add me to the chorus exclaiming that that sucks. At least they let her clean out her office and leave with some dignity, rather than frog-marching her to the door and supervising what she took from the office.

The other thing about unions is that we “professional” people aren’t supposed to need them or even want them. (I wrote half a dissertation about this.)

I’m really sorry you’re going to have to go to work without being able to see this person.

And I suppose it’s nearly impossible for you to find another job in this crappy economy.

]]> By: kStyle http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/comment-page-1/#comment-44740 kStyle Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:04:26 +0000 http://revision99.com/2008/10/15/main-street-next-day/#comment-44740 Oh, Larry, I know I said this yesterday, but: that really sucks. I'm sorry it's hitting so close to you. Oh, Larry, I know I said this yesterday, but: that really sucks. I’m sorry it’s hitting so close to you.

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