tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post1603271380055648646..comments2023-11-14T20:29:04.094-08:00Comments on Pearl, Why You Little...: Thank You for Coming. Please be Seated.Pearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-79569498070795103172009-04-13T13:07:00.000-07:002009-04-13T13:07:00.000-07:00This made me smile. I've been out of corporate lif...This made me smile. I've been out of corporate life for more than five years now, and I'm glad I'm not swinging my legs on a meeting-room chair wondering if I'm next.Louise | Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463696606000861953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-73872835240157496902009-04-08T06:16:00.000-07:002009-04-08T06:16:00.000-07:00De Campo, I’ll put in a word for you. He and I ar...De Campo, I’ll put in a word for you. He and I are having lunch today at Chipotle’s. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I’m Still Here – it’s just one thing after another. First they let people go, then there’s no cake. It ain’t right!<BR/><BR/>Adrian, the Universe is telling you not to buy that expensive shampoo anymore and to cut down to just one can of smokehouse almonds a month. At least that’s what the Universe has been telling me…<BR/><BR/>Jeanne, thank you<BR/><BR/>Pseudonymous, thank you. Love the pic, btw. <BR/><BR/>Hit 40, in our neighborhood, there are more people home as well. Some of these people are “trying” back doors and garages… Theft is up: bikes, gas grills, tools, copper pipes…Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-39582505286249748172009-04-08T06:06:00.000-07:002009-04-08T06:06:00.000-07:00So sad. I teach. And, when I call home now with ...So sad. I teach. And, when I call home now with a question, there is usually someone there :-( I am trying my best to keep the kiddos spirits up.Hit 40https://www.blogger.com/profile/18043350255090631652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-35169334068970245322009-04-08T05:46:00.000-07:002009-04-08T05:46:00.000-07:00I like the way you captured this with a little bit...I like the way you captured this with a little bit of satire.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-66925590274840437422009-04-08T05:04:00.000-07:002009-04-08T05:04:00.000-07:00Awhile back, just after I got canned, I did a post...Awhile back, just after I got canned, I did a post on NOT going quietly into that good night when you're laid off. This creates a nice bookend -- the other side of the story.Jeanne Estridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096521122802823385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-60730444604577514282009-04-07T23:33:00.000-07:002009-04-07T23:33:00.000-07:00Goodness, I'm starting to get a little paranoid. ...Goodness, I'm starting to get a little paranoid. That's about the 4th time today I've heard about someone getting laid off. Think the universe is trying to tell me something?AdriansCrazyLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463022076036044242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-48685710378044449732009-04-07T21:13:00.000-07:002009-04-07T21:13:00.000-07:00Oh, poor little man, it really does make you stop ...Oh, poor little man, it really does make you stop and think... hey where's the cake?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709716069713573691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-24404844032870137372009-04-07T20:39:00.000-07:002009-04-07T20:39:00.000-07:00Excellent in a horrible ‘these are uncertain times...Excellent in a horrible ‘these are uncertain times we live in” type of way! <BR/> <BR/>Personally, I pleaded with Secretary Gates to cut me loose in order to help him with defense cutbacks. He has yet to return my calls.De Campohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02692082434858303337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-62267655650451194882009-04-07T20:31:00.000-07:002009-04-07T20:31:00.000-07:00Darsden, awwww! I’m picturing your little legs a’...Darsden, awwww! I’m picturing your little legs a’swingin’! I’m 5’4” myself! I’m afraid we’re both standing in front when the parade goes by or we’re seeing nothing but elbows and butts…<BR/><BR/>Lisa, thank you. It’s all really rather poignant around the work place these days.<BR/><BR/>Mbuna, that would work very well!<BR/><BR/>Michelle, it’s not bad when you don’t know them, not really, outside of the realization that someday someone could be cleaning out YOUR drawers…<BR/>Which actually sounds somewhere between really interesting and really obscene, now that I think about it.<BR/>Funeral for a Friend. Great song. <BR/><BR/>IB, I’m glad you think so!<BR/><BR/>Baldy, is that right? Yikes. Isn’t there a Chinese saying (or some such group known for cryptic wisdom): “May you live in interesting times.” Seems vaguely threatening, doesn’t it? <BR/><BR/>Douglas, that’s a very interesting observation. Fear of contagion. You know, I think you’re on to something. <BR/>Human beings always need to be able to look somewhere and say, “well, at least I’m not THAT person.”<BR/><BR/>Jess, Drunks of the Square Table! Can I use that?! <BR/><BR/>Jodie, you’d think a SPECIAL cake would offered: lots of the good frosting and a heavy moist cake you can moosh up with your fork.<BR/>Mmmmm. Lay-offs.<BR/><BR/>Mary, gloomy, iddin it? And they say we’re a long way from the worst of it. <BR/><BR/>U, so feel free to take some time off if you must, but we can’t guarantee your job will still be here when you get back. <BR/>Bodes well for the future of the American worker, huh?<BR/><BR/>Vic, a staccato salute. Perfect. Click-clickety-click-click. <BR/><BR/>iNDefatgable, no leprechauns, but I suspect we have trolls in IT…<BR/><BR/>Roshni, but perhaps we’ll find unopened snacks? Maybe?!<BR/><BR/>Kavi, what will happen to people like you? They’ll be given the work that the departed workers used to do!<BR/><BR/>Sweet Cheeks, I think he used to bring brownies, too, the kind with the chocolate chips in them.<BR/>Poor X. I miss him.<BR/><BR/>Troutay, that’s sad! I know what you mean – when I was quite a bit younger a number of people were let go at once and I hid in the bathroom and cried, too…<BR/><BR/>Eskimo Bob, the American Idol comment was perfect! <BR/>We can stop holding hands now (especially since it looks like it’s going to hit 60 on Saturday!!!!)<BR/><BR/>Christine, there’s a nice piece with a flower on it for you. (And it’s the good frosting!)<BR/><BR/>Retired One, we’re crawling with short employees. It’s the Hmong, you know! They skew the average by pretty short, generally! (And Ma, if you’re reading this? I kid because I care!)<BR/><BR/>Sweet Cheeks, yes he is. <BR/><BR/>Daisy, I wonder? That’s a nice thought.<BR/><BR/>Mandy, I know a guy at Macy’s that that keeps happening to. <BR/>I hope you weren’t too freaked out by the lay-off and got to enjoy your time off…<BR/><BR/>Lisa, it’s hard being Employee X. I was in those shoes in ’94 and was unemployed for three months before I freaked out and accepted a job supporting a total maniac…<BR/><BR/>Ian, thank you. Honestly, walking by some of these empty offices and cubicles (we no longer need three floors) is pretty sad. We give directions by where people USED to be, “remember where Sue used to sit? Use that printer”. <BR/><BR/>Ann, oh, it was fine Bic. A fine Bic.<BR/>:-)Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-56461857786551415632009-04-07T17:11:00.000-07:002009-04-07T17:11:00.000-07:00Haunting, really. Was he a medium or a fine Bic us...Haunting, really. Was he a medium or a fine Bic user?<BR/><BR/>I bet it was fine.Ann Imighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383249597505013239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-18003878101639676452009-04-07T16:59:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:59:00.000-07:00That was actually very touching and sadly apt thes...That was actually very touching and sadly apt these days.Ian Lidsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106994463366766471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-50846816930152224092009-04-07T15:19:00.000-07:002009-04-07T15:19:00.000-07:00My husband has been Employee X - twice and he neve...My husband has been Employee X - twice and he never got a pen or a tribute. Cheap Bastards!<BR/><BR/>We never want to be Employee X again.<BR/><BR/>p.s. I'm also short.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-3868249581486065442009-04-07T14:55:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:55:00.000-07:00I was Employee X four months ago.But then they re-...I was Employee X four months ago.<BR/><BR/>But then they re-hired me a month later. I keep waiting to get escorted out by security. Again.<BR/><BR/>Ha ha.<BR/><BR/>*Looks over shoulder*Mandy_Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561598721266208665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-34453637723152566092009-04-07T13:51:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:51:00.000-07:00Is there no way HR can send Employee X your moving...Is there no way HR can send Employee X your moving tribute to his forwading address? I for one would be touched someone cared!Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235077158774802615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-79886729943593960042009-04-07T13:31:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:31:00.000-07:00Eskimo Bob is freakin' hilarious!:)Eskimo Bob is freakin' hilarious!<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-31073698048509040622009-04-07T12:22:00.000-07:002009-04-07T12:22:00.000-07:00Is it possible he kept his desk tidy because he di...Is it possible he kept his desk tidy because he didn't have enough work to do? No employee worth his salt has a neat desk unless they are underworked.<BR/>ha<BR/>Seriously, you do bring up a poignant part of what offices are dealing with now. It is sad. <BR/>And now, stop picking on us short employees. yes.I. was. one.<BR/> <A HREF="http://myretirementchronicles.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">The Retirement Chronicles</A>The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-33161308256031944862009-04-07T11:45:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:45:00.000-07:00Holy-Crap-Not-You-Too Cake... I'll take a slice!Holy-Crap-Not-You-Too Cake... I'll take a slice!Christine Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783180729146518061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-11361783151318178522009-04-07T11:33:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:33:00.000-07:00Can we stop holding hands now?It's been three hour...Can we stop holding hands now?<BR/><BR/><BR/>It's been three hours.<BR/><BR/>No - I don't have anything I'd like to say. . . ok FINE.<BR/><BR/>Employee X - you were fired because you smelled like broccoli and would say "Oh - the leprechauns are out!" every time you farted. EVERY. TIME.<BR/><BR/>I won't miss that.<BR/><BR/>I won't miss how you would tell me about your World of Warcraft exploits and go into gruesome detail about the battles.<BR/><BR/>I won't miss how you would tell me how upset you are each week with the dismissal of another contestant on American Idol - because it just means it's a week closer to being over.<BR/><BR/>Now can we stop holding hands?Eskimo Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620064453780055916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-19701698093545366332009-04-07T11:27:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:27:00.000-07:00I love everyone I work with. I am the receptionis...I love everyone I work with. I am the receptionist and I see them go when the lay-offs happen. I always think "it could be me".<BR/><BR/>These people are like family, and when one is "escorted to the door", I have to hide in the bathroom so no one sees me cry.<BR/><BR/>And I have cleared my share of desks, etc, and it is haunting to see someone's little treasures left behind.<BR/>Good posttroutayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890447950305607314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-90900608226041926172009-04-07T11:16:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:16:00.000-07:00Employee X...I feel for him. We all could be him. ...Employee X...I feel for him. We all could be him. It gives me the urge to clean out my desk drawers a bit though...hopefully warding off my turn on the chopping block.<BR/><BR/>Very nice of you to tribute him. I'll bet he told really good jokes and never sent spam chain letters to co-workers...<BR/>~sniff sniff~ :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-42775639172249275752009-04-07T10:52:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:52:00.000-07:00The times are tough. and if this is what Empl X ge...The times are tough. and if this is what Empl X gets for keeping his desk tidy, i wonder what comes of other people like me !Kavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11426040093753611098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-18549912560674878292009-04-07T10:07:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:07:00.000-07:00they'll never say that about me...the clean desk b...they'll never say that about me...<BR/>the clean desk bit, I mean!Roshnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107573625336456428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-48387484629357822132009-04-07T09:44:00.000-07:002009-04-07T09:44:00.000-07:00Wait a minute...Ireland calendar...short man worki...Wait a minute...Ireland calendar...short man working...impeccably neat...fancied the black bic...difficult to catch and when you did, he gave you three wishes and a pot of gold?<BR/><BR/>Oh, that last part I made up on my own. Okay. For a second I thought you were employing leprechauns.MJenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-72696627544883760962009-04-07T09:42:00.000-07:002009-04-07T09:42:00.000-07:00Scary times. Poor short man. I raise my stapler t...Scary times. Poor short man. I raise my stapler to you in staccato salute, like Taps...Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714719295648072474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-11002115537402299132009-04-07T09:21:00.001-07:002009-04-07T09:21:00.001-07:00Hi Pearl,Last November was the first time our comp...Hi Pearl,<BR/><BR/>Last November was the first time our company-mandated RIFs affected a member of my team (<I>he's still out of work</I>). We go through this game of musical chairs at the end of every quarter. Recently, the company started sending out surveys to employees who take time off.<BR/><BR/>Now although the email subject heading reads "<B>Vacation Survey</B>", its contents indicated that there is a "<B>Quality of Life Initiative</B>" (<I>which no one knew about</I>) to determine what employees are contacted (<I>about work-related problems/issues</I>) when they take time off from the job.<BR/><BR/>The message here is that, "<B>we know and care about you needing to take time off from zoo-related activities</B>". But since the zoo-keepers care about the bottom line more, you can come back to work feeling quite refreshed and "<B>BAM!</B>", you're told, "<B>Please follow the gentleman to the room labeled <I>Exit Interviews</I></B>".<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://underovr.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">U</A>underOvr (aka The U)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09241293702725984736noreply@blogger.com