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View Poll Results: If you got a pink slip on your birthday, would you be:
Offended? 6 18.75%
Appalled? 19 59.38%
Grateful? 7 21.88%
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Old 08-01-2003, 02:09 PM
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Pure curiosity...

Serious replies only.
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Old 08-01-2003, 02:33 PM
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Well, pink is really not my color. Shocking green brings out my eyes....

Oh, you're referring to a termination notice. Forget what I just wrote.

Oh, you wanted serious replies. Forget what I just wrote.


You are placing too much emphasis on a person's birthday. What's so special about it? Sure, if you're a child and don't know any better, that's an almost acceptable excuse.
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Old 08-01-2003, 03:10 PM
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I wouldn't take it personally, but then again, I try not to take anything personally.
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Old 08-01-2003, 03:17 PM
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I wouldn't take it personally, but then again, I try not to take anything personally.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever read. You must be an idiot. Detachment is a terrible pathetic quality. Loser. Get your head out of the mud.

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Old 08-01-2003, 03:49 PM
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EK,

Thank you for setting me straight. It truly was a thing to say. All right, then. Here's my real response.

If those *******s hand me a pink slip on my birthday, I'm going actuarial on them!!! If they think "Postal" is something to worry about, just wait 'til I'm finished working on them. Man, oh man, the life guys are gonna have to update those mortality tables for some weird spikes in the decrements!!

Watch out, baby !! Don't even think about handing me a pink slip!
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"One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms."
-- Constitutional scholar and Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1840

"The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples' money." -- Margaret Thatcher

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Old 08-01-2003, 04:05 PM
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I'm going actuarial on them!!!
Not as flashy and dramatic as going postal, but maximizes death in the most boring fashion. Don't drink the Kool Aid!
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Old 08-01-2003, 04:37 PM
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That would only happen if you worked for a really crappy company. Do you work for a really crappy company?
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Old 08-01-2003, 04:41 PM
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That would only happen if you worked for a really crappy company. Do you work for a really crappy company?
I don't know. Really, I don't.
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-- Constitutional scholar and Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1840

"The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples' money." -- Margaret Thatcher

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Old 08-01-2003, 04:48 PM
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I would'nt be offended. I'm assuming I would be able to find another job.
Would'nt it just be coincidence anyway? Assuming it was coincidence, why take it personally?
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Would'nt it just be coincidence anyway? Assuming it was coincidence, why take it personally?
I wouldn't think it was a coincidence. If it truly was a coincidence, then I'd be even more offended. Hate is better than indifference.
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