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0|0|0|||||Insert obligatory dirty word here|Ebony||13:23:10|09/25/2002|Well%2C I appear to be well on the way to joining the ranks of the unemployed here on the EPU board.  Not there yet%2C but I have received the %22Look for another job.%22 speech from the boss.  Dammit%2C this sucks.%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony%0D%0A%28who doesn%27t feel like putting his sig in%29
1|1|0|||||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|pfloyd||17:43:44|09/26/2002|At least you get a head%27s up...%0D%0A%0D%0ACome to think of it... has anyone ever actually gotten a pink slip%3F %28Old term referring to getting the kick.%29 Everyone I%27ve talked to hasn%27t... someone just comes up to them and yells%2C %22Get the f--- out of here%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C last time it happened to me%2C I was in shock%2C and all I could say was%2C %22Huh... well... expletive...%22%0D%0AWasn%27t until later that the anger set it... and how did I handle it%3F My gf and I got Italian takeout... %0D%0AOh well...%0D%0A%0D%0AAll I can say is%2C somewhere out there%2C there%27s a good job for you. I%27m still trying to find mine%2C I think%2C but at least I%27m on the road...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-- pf%0D%0A
2|2|1|||||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|JFerio||20:16:16|09/26/2002|%3EAt least you get a head%27s up... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ECome to think of it... has anyone ever actually gotten a pink slip%3F %0D%0A%3E%28Old term referring to getting the kick.%29 Everyone I%27ve talked to %0D%0A%3Ehasn%27t... someone just comes up to them and yells%2C %22Get the f--- out %0D%0A%3Eof here%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AThe two times I%27ve lost a job it was a short speech. The first job they expected me to act like I had ten years experience in the industry %28fast food%29%2C and the other found an excuse to fire me because they transferred me%2C eliminated my old job%2C and realized they had a driver who was more expensive than they were willing to pay for.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EActually%2C last time it happened to me%2C I was in shock%2C and all I could %0D%0A%3Esay was%2C %22Huh... well... expletive...%22 %0D%0A%3EWasn%27t until later that the anger set it... and how did I handle it%3F %0D%0A%3EMy gf and I got Italian takeout... %0D%0A%3EOh well... %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t even swear. The shock%27s too much.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAll I can say is%2C somewhere out there%2C there%27s a good job for you. I%27m %0D%0A%3Estill trying to find mine%2C I think%2C but at least I%27m on the road... %0D%0A%0D%0AMy job %28Graphic Designer%29 is fine except for 1%3A The customers who use computers%2C doing %27graphic work%27 in MS Word and not understanding why it doesn%27t work right%2C and 2%3A My coworkers who occasionally have brain farts and pass me work better managed by someone else %28aforementioned Word files%3B my Macintosh with Word 98 doesn%27t handle them correctly %5Bno surprise%5D%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E-- pf %0D%0A
6|2|1|||1||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Shadowhavoc||01:16:47|09/29/2002|%3EAt least you get a head%27s up... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ECome to think of it... has anyone ever actually gotten a pink slip%3F %0D%0A%3E%28Old term referring to getting the kick.%29 Everyone I%27ve talked to %0D%0A%3Ehasn%27t... someone just comes up to them and yells%2C %22Get the f--- out %0D%0A%3Eof here%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EActually%2C last time it happened to me%2C I was in shock%2C and all I could %0D%0A%3Esay was%2C %22Huh... well... expletive...%22 %0D%0A%3EWasn%27t until later that the anger set it... and how did I handle it%3F %0D%0A%3EMy gf and I got Italian takeout... %0D%0A%3EOh well... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0ANever been fired before%2C but I have been laid off. One thing%27s for sure%2C if I ever am fired%2C they had best have a damn good reason.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is not good or bad%2C it%27s what you make of it. Somebody please shoot me.%22
11|2|1|||1||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|remande||06:53:22|10/01/2002|%3EAt least you get a head%27s up... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ECome to think of it... has anyone ever actually gotten a pink slip%3F %0D%0A%3E%28Old term referring to getting the kick.%29 Everyone I%27ve talked to %0D%0A%3Ehasn%27t... someone just comes up to them and yells%2C %22Get the f--- out %0D%0A%3Eof here%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E-- pf%0D%0A%0D%0AI remember talking to one guy who had gotten a pink slip.  Sadly%2C he was an unemployed lumberjack...%0D%0A%0D%0A     --rR%0D%0A%0D%0AEyrie RCW %23625%0D%0AFormer co-author%0D%0A%0D%0A
12|3|11|||1||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Laudre||12:09:38|10/01/2002|%3E%3EAt least you get a head%27s up... %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ECome to think of it... has anyone ever actually gotten a pink slip%3F %0D%0A%3E%3E%28Old term referring to getting the kick.%29 Everyone I%27ve talked to %0D%0A%3E%3Ehasn%27t... someone just comes up to them and yells%2C %22Get the f--- out %0D%0A%3E%3Eof here%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E-- pf%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI remember talking to one guy who had gotten a pink slip.  Sadly%2C he %0D%0A%3Ewas an unemployed lumberjack... %0D%0A%0D%0A%2Arimshot%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C I got an honest-to-goddess pink slip when I was dismissed from my first full-time job.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean -- %0D%0A%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22  -- Terry Pratchett %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CDrelau Productions%5D %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A
3|1|0|||1||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Xervis||08:17:42|09/27/2002|well%2C at least you%27ve HAD a job%2C God seems content to leave me with my head %22underwater%22. my resume is short with very little o interest%2C and dont anybody say %22go work at McDicks%22%2C I get enough of that from my parents.%0D%0A%0D%0AI Am No One%2C I Have No %0D%0AName.%0D%0AI Am Nothing%2C Yet I Am %0D%0AEverything.%0D%0AI Am The Darkness%2C I Am %0D%0AThe Light.%0D%0AYou Will Learn To Fear My %0D%0AMight.%0D%0A%0D%0AXervis%0D%0A%0D%0A%28sorry about the short sorta-rant%2C but I%27ve only been up for an hour and my day has already fallen to sh%21t%29
4|2|3|||||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|drakensisthered||19:03:50|09/27/2002|%3Ewell%2C at least you%27ve HAD a job%2C God seems content to leave me with my %0D%0A%3Ehead %22underwater%22. my resume is short with very little o interest%2C and %0D%0A%3Edont anybody say %22go work at McDicks%22%2C I get enough of that from my %0D%0A%3Eparents. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AAbsolutely not. I wouldn%27t recomend McD%27s to my worst enemy as an employer... probably. And That%27s just on what I%27ve heard.%0D%0A%0D%0ACall Centre work has redeeming factors%2C like the occasional chance to say%3A %22No%22 to customers. Heck%2C I got away with%3A %22Someone has to stop this and it%27s me. I%27m not going to do ANYTHING else until you %5Bdo what I said%5D%22 just today. Can%27t do that in McD%27s.
9|2|3|||1||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Fanatic||15:57:33|09/29/2002|%3Ewell%2C at least you%27ve HAD a job%2C God seems content to leave me with my %0D%0A%3Ehead %22underwater%22. my resume is short with very little o interest%2C and %0D%0A%3Edont anybody say %22go work at McDicks%22%2C I get enough of that from my %0D%0A%3Eparents. %0D%0AGot that advice from alot of people%2C I told them. You first%2C I%27lll be there after you.%0D%0AAlthough I have applied I have never heard back from them.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APattrick%0D%0A%0D%0AUnemployed Henchman%2C Goon%2C Techie%2C and Jack of all trades.%0D%0A%5Bi%5DWill%5B%2Fi%5D hench for food.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%5Bb%5DRCWL Member%23%5B%2Fb%5D 1035%5B%2Fi%5D
5|1|0|||||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Redneck||00:37:49|09/28/2002|%3EWell%2C I appear to be well on the way to joining the ranks of the %0D%0A%3Eunemployed here on the EPU board.  Not there yet%2C but I have received %0D%0A%3Ethe %22Look for another job.%22 speech from the boss.  Dammit%2C this sucks. %0D%0A%0D%0AOuch. Which variant was it%2C the %27company has to tighten its belt%27 speech or the %27company may not survive%27 speech%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ARedneck%0D%0A%0D%0A
8|2|5|||1||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Fanatic||15:54:51|09/29/2002|%3EOuch. Which variant was it%2C the %27company has to tighten its belt%27 %0D%0A%3Espeech or the %27company may not survive%27 speech%3F %0D%0AI got the %22I can%27t afford to pay you since everybody is affraid to travel and our customers need to tighten their wallets which makes it harder for us to pay our bills%22 once.%0D%0Athat and the fact that the President of the company shouldn%27t have been in that postion.%0D%0A%0D%0AStupid people make stupid decisions.%0D%0A%0D%0APattrick%0D%0A%0D%0AUnemployed Henchman%2C Goon%2C Techie%2C and Jack of all trades.%0D%0A%5Bi%5DWill%5B%2Fi%5D hench for food.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%5Bb%5DRCWL Member%23%5B%2Fb%5D 1035%5B%2Fi%5D
10|2|5|||||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Ebony||17:37:36|09/30/2002|%3E%3EWell%2C I appear to be well on the way to joining the ranks of the %0D%0A%3E%3Eunemployed here on the EPU board.  Not there yet%2C but I have received %0D%0A%3E%3Ethe %22Look for another job.%22 speech from the boss.  Dammit%2C this sucks. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOuch. Which variant was it%2C the %27company has to tighten its belt%27 %0D%0A%3Espeech or the %27company may not survive%27 speech%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ASadly%2C this was the %22You have demonstrated %28in our perception%29 that you can%27t do the job.%22 version.  The stuff they have me doing is so boring that I%27m losing focus.  Time to move on.%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0Aaka Draco Draconis Ebenium%0D%0Aknown to the TWC as Aaron F. Johnson%2C%0D%0ASenior Editor%2C Living Room Games%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrgames.com
13|3|10|||||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|pfloyd||14:55:51|10/01/2002|%3ESadly%2C this was the %22You have demonstrated %28in our perception%29 that %0D%0A%3Eyou can%27t do the job.%22 version.  The stuff they have me doing is so %0D%0A%3Eboring that I%27m losing focus.  Time to move on. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe that%27s what happened with me at CLARiiON %28now part of EMC%2C aka Evil Machine Corporation%29. I was the LabRAT %28Resident Area Technician... term of my own concoction%29 for the Product Support division%2C responsible for ordering materiel%2C arrays%2C servers... setting up the same... configuring servers and disk arrays to aid in problem replication%2C general lab maintenance and tidying and the like...%0D%0A%0D%0AI did manage to take some classes on the SCSI and Fibre Channel arrays%2C and a class in Storage Area Networks while I was there%2C but I was getting bored with it%2C and I think it creeped out into the general air... Oh well...%0D%0AGot to the point where I was installing NT in my sleep...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- pf%0D%0A
7|1|0|||1||RE%3A Insert obligatory dirty word here|Fanatic||15:50:13|09/29/2002|Welcome to the party.%0D%0AI%27ve been through 5 jobs since 2000 with the exception of the one which was a seasonal job %28I sold Christmas trees%29 and the Office Depot Center job I%27ve been fired by 2 temp agencies%2C 3 Temp assignments and laid off after 9%2F11.%0D%0A%0D%0AI suck%0D%0AI really truely suck.%0D%0A%0D%0ABTW IF anybody lives in Broward County I can get you a crappy part time job...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APattrick%0D%0A%0D%0AUnemployed Henchman%2C Goon%2C Techie%2C and Jack of all trades.%0D%0A%5Bi%5DWill%5B%2Fi%5D hench for food.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%5Bb%5DRCWL Member%23%5B%2Fb%5D 1035%5B%2Fi%5D