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- PonyBoy0
Unfortunate news kona. Not sure why you think you deserve it since it sounds like you worked hard for the company.
DrHuxtable
(Jun 5 07, 10:21)
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... he's still in 'step 1' of the 'laid off' phase...... this phase requires self-loathing... confusion and self blame...
... step 2 will hit him soon though...
... that's where you realize what a useless job it was... and now it's time to DRINK cuz you know BETTER SHIT is waiting for you tomorrow!!!!!!
*over-flows the half-empty glass w/love for k0na... :)
- leanmean0
i honest to god have no idea what to even do first.
k0na_an0k
(Jun 5 07, 09:59)--
Get drunk
Fuck your wife
Punch your cat
Tell your wife the good news of getting a check every month with out having to work for it.
They can be done in any order.
Good luck, life is crazy but it always works itself out.
- k0na_an0k0
man. this thread grew so much while i was away on the phone with the wife.
i'll read this when i get home. to much bad mojo around the office here. so far i've gotten 4 emails from other people in the company who have been let go. 3yrs. 5yrs and a guy whos been here 7 years. they told us in a matter of 5 minutes on a damn tuesday.
unbelievable.
if anyone needs to know.
i'm 70-80% designer 30-20% coder. user interface. user experience. web design and development. here i was project lead for two large products, ui and ux designer who was just putting the final touches on a working flash concept of the companies next generation media center. yesterday i showed it to my boss again and he was floored over it. hell, i even recall him saying how excited he was about the concept. haha. next day. sorry, you're fired. i just don't get it.
i gotta go home.
i'll read through this thread tomorrow. i gotta figure shit out.
thank you all for your kind words, your friendship, your laughs, honesty and compassion. i'm so blessed to have found this place and to be a part of your community.
now.
to burn this fucking company to the ground
- OSFA0
there's always that gigolo option...
- Nairn0
Hmm. well, please ignore my previous post when you get home.
Take it easy, hombre.
x
- PonyBoy0
:(
hang in there, man.
... and poop in someone's drawer when they're not looking... always makes me feel better.
- DrHuxtable0
hahah .. very true pony. have gone through those phases many times before. then once you get to something better that is another reason to go and celebrate with more drinks.
- Nairn0
Get your bosses (/whoever's responsible's) mobile number and make a point of scrawling it in bar toilets alongside lewd sexual suggestions for the next few months.
I've ..er.. heard of someone doing that somewhere else beforehand.
- Jaline0
..and that's why I'm Nairn's friend. He's very useful.
- Jaline0
I mean, Nairn is my friend. I'm not sure about the other way around...
- _salisae_0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steā¦
and don't forget to adhere the apple logo to your car so you can get job offers while sitting in traffic on the way to the unemployment office.
worked for me!
- OSFA0
good to hear matey!
- k0na_an0k0
my good-bye email.
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Subject: Farewell(Insert standard just-got-let-go good-bye email here)
(Insert standard closing here)
Doug
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If they don't have the common courtesy to treat me better, neither do i.later all.
- _salisae_0
If they don't have the common courtesy to treat me better, neither do i.
you don't have the common courtesy to treat yourself better?
it is a rough day. godspeed.
- -sputnik-0
i think you could easily translate what you have on boxofsharpies.com to a format more appropriate for a portolio with your name as url. you have great work and with just a little editing could have a sharp presence online in no time
- flavorful0
Nice!
- mg330
Kona, I know you're probably still pretty upset, but I wanted to take this opportunity to lift your spirits by telling you that I saw a girl walking all bow-legged in the subway station downtown today, she had a pretty nice butt and was dressed rather nice, and the very first thing I thought of was that story you told about your ipod going out at the gym, and you overhearing a woman tell her friend "My ass is so sore! My husband and I tried anal last night!" and you busting out laughing and trying to pretend you were laughing at the Simpsons episode on the tv.
Awesome!
- kelpie0
good luck for finding something else Kona, hope it all works out smoothly. Chicago's a big city, surely they have room for a wee Kona somewhere?
- madirish0
nice work man.
osfa- the guy i am talking about basically pioneered all tactics and practices of user experience and experience design, Clement Mok; the ECD of Sapient.
- sureshot0
sucks.
happened to me as well.
this is only temporary..things will get better.