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I just got one of those "oh shit" notices... the CEO here wants to meet with the engineering department, outside the VP's office in 15 minutes. We have big meeting rooms, but this isn't going to be that kind of meeting.

They won't give us a clue what it is about... I may not have a job in 15 minutes, or I might have a raise. Or something else entirely. I hate when companies pull crap like this. All I do know is that the old acid pumps in the belly are pegged at full power right now.

Blah.

Go eat a bagel and you'll feel better....really. Always worked for me...

If the CEO is calling the meeting, you are probably safe. Most CEO's don't have the nads to look people in the eye when they fire them - they get a lowly VP to do it. The lowly VP then calls security who then show up at your desk and escort you out the door sans key/badge/insprirational poster, etc.

Probably just a good brow-beating.

If we don't hear from you, we'll assume he gassed the room because y'all knew too damn much and got Wayyyy to close to the TRUTH!

Somebody check on Pastrami's cat once in a while :D

Seriously, tho - hope its good news. If not, hey, you can just hang with us all day. :)

Well, I was worried because every time the CEO has called meetings like this in the past, it was to announce layoffs. Of course, it was always to announce the layoffs to the employees who still had jobs, and those without jobs had been quietly informed and escorted from the building prior to the meeting.

But... this one was no big deal. Beestie was right, it was just a brow-beating, and one which doesn't even apply to me. But the CEO chose to stand directly in front of me for his little speech, and I think my unwavering direct eye contact made him a bit uncomfortable. Heheh.

So, no biggie. Of course it took years off the life of my stomach lining... right now would be the worst time in history for me to lose my job, my life would quickly become a financial disaster... so the pessimist in me feared that Murphy's Law was at the wheel. But I lucked out again.

Hot Pastrami... layoff-free since the year 2000!

GOOD!!!

Now, go get rip-snortin' drunk and treat yourself to some mother-fuckin' PAD GAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and thank GOD you're still alive! :D

Did I forget to mention how swell you guys are? Really, really swell. Really.

Shit, I think I would get drunk tonight if I could afford it... for some reason it takes a lot of liquor to get me buzzing. By the time I've bought 2-3 long island ice teas, the drinks cost more than the meal.

Oh, and thanks for the karma loan, guys.

At my last job, when we arrived at work and received word that there was a mandatory all-hands departmental meeting at 9:15AM, we knew somebody had handed in their resignation! (Or been fired. but that only happened once.)

Glad everything was OK. I'll have a glass of Scotch in your honor tonight! :angel:

hot_pastrami, I'm getting *really* sick of you complaining about your job. I mean, no one really cares.

I really care.

I've not been here a week and I'm already getting very sick of these 1 post wonders.

How about a forced email validation? Maybe they'll run out of email accounts...hell at least make it a pain... (yes I know all the ways to get around that..still)

Yes, because everyone who reads these boards posts. Right. Excellent logic.

Most lurkers don't have problems with posters.

Your first post being just a troll seems to point out that this account was created just to make that single post.

Further your account is pretty much blank, once again this means this is probably a temporary account meant to troll.

No it's not 'fact' but it's fairly sound logic.

You've been here less than a week and now you're the expert, eh?

I have posted very little about problems relating my job. And when I do, it is because it's important to me, and that's what communities like this are for... communicating about what one finds important. Difficult concept, I know. Sorry I used so many big words.

Nobody forced you to read it, dimwit. Try and wrap your brain around this... If my problems and thoughts don't interest you, then don't read the threads that I post. Christ, if stupid was contagious I'd have fled this site for good the second I read your post.

The beauty of a troll account is that you can be a dick to anyone with no penalty...

Obviously the way to beat that is to ban the IP of the troll as that also knocks out his main account.

This isn't the first message board that I've visited or been a member of during my life.

You know what causes accidental posts like this? Someone with two accounts pretending to argue with themselves, forgetting tochange logins before posting again. Or a dumbfuck who can't use the simple interface.

I copied the whole post, along with the self-quoting bit, so if megmeg edits it, a copy will be intact.

I'm tired of hearing about your job, too. So there. In fact, there is a group of us who read these boards and don't post, but discuss everything in detail and we all think that.

Where do you discuss it in detail?

I don't recall HP complaining about his job. Expressing concern that he may not have one much longer, yes, complaining, no.

Now, if you can provide proof of constant complaining, perhaps I'll believe you.

But you won't find it.

Jesus Christ, this has to be the weirdest week since the Unholy Alliance took on Maggie.

In a private place you will never find.

"Who the FUCK is this asshole?!"--Samuel L. Jackson's character in Coming to America

Ow! My feelings!

You're obviously a multi-account troll, therefore one of the stupidest things to ever smudge the universe. You're the social equivalent of a mass of hair stuck in the bathroom drain. I pity your unrewarding, envy-filled existence.

Thanks Syc, I was just wondering if I was the only one that felt that way.

I love the smell of IP bans in the morning....smells like victory.

Seriously. It's like the Truman show. You'll never know what we say, we only post here when we feel it is truly necessary to let you guys know. We've posted before.

I've been here almost 3 years now, and I think this passes Unholy Alliance vs. Maggie as the weirdest week ever on Mk V: FNF, Dave vs. FNF, Dave vs. Juju, the goofy kids at the HS in Houston, and now these two chuckleheads. Goddamn...

Wow it must be really dull here most of the time then...

But you know what? HP does bitch too much about his job. Why don't you shut the fuck up already, you whiny bastard?! :)

...And you know what the hardest part about being part of this mysterious, exclusive group is?

Having to tell your parents that you're gay.

Ditto, and megmeg (obviously the same person), it is laughable that you try to act smug about being too chickenshit to share your thoughts here, publicly. But in a way, I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

It is usually pretty boring here. It only gets good when we break our vow of silence and influence the threads.

Because I have no friends, and I live an empty, unfulfilling life. Weep for me.

Influence?

Ummm, nope.

Draw the spotlight to yourselves because you're feeling left out?

Possibly.

Annoying?

Defintely.

Hot Pastrami, you remind me of when I was tired and constipated.

You don't know when we are here and influence. It's usually not this blatant. We don't pull stupid stuff like April. We use gentle clues, except when you all are too dense to get it.

Damnit slang, this better not be another one of your brilliant ideas...

Wow the Illuminati of the cellar....Oooh

we're not the same person. Why do you automatically assume, when two people share a veiw that you don't, that they are the same person. Look up our IP addresses. Ask to e-mail us and talk privately.


and yes, calling me gay, oh please, no, not that, anything but that.

Sad. really.

Shit, if these tards were that influential, Dave and I would have been shut down long ago.

Zing! All of these devastating, smarmy comments are making me sweat like a baby in a microwave.

Ditto is IP banned.

Okay, you nailed Dumb...what about Dumber?

megmeg is not ditto.

Were they on the same IP or atleast same range?

Ok, so maybe you're not the same person. All that means is that instead of finding one person who demonstates intelligence much lower than my own, I've found TWO! It's great for my ego, thanks for chiming in. Have a great day!

I'm sorry, but you've failed to demonstrate my lack of intelligence.

What has been established:

1. You read the boards.
2. I read the boards.
3. Someone else reads the boards.
4. I expressed an opinion.
5. It was not well recieved.
6. Name calling ensued.

We can agree on those points, no?

Make that three! And there's more... just wait.

Bored in a computer lab?

How about knock down the subnet for a week? That might cool them down...

To whom are you talking? I'm not in a computer lab? Someone else must be, or you must be mistaken.

You probably are but just too stupid to realize it...but thats alright.

Is Aspen the slow one? Why isn't he posting?

Very well, new users are email-verified and moderated.

I assume you were implying that I, megmeg, am also ditto, because in a computer lab I could be using multiple computer, and thus multiple IP addresses. I believe, if you look at the IP addresses and the locations from which we are communicating, you will discover that we are not only different people, but we are in different time zones.

If it is something else I am failing to realize, it may be a fault of mine, but it also may be due to a failure of yours to communicate effectively.

The funny thing is...
The more effort you put into this the dumber you are...

I wasn't attempting to demonstrate your lack of intelligence, you took care of that for me. It is indicated by several behaviors:

1) You say that you are sick of my job-related complaints, but other than this post, you won't find much relating to my job woes. Nothing recent, anyway.
2) Your mysterious group claims that the forums are "boring. " Yet the forums are interesting enough to create your own community on the side to discuss us in detail? Please. If it's true, it's like living vicariously through people you meet on the Internet... that's multi-layered pathetic.
3) At the bottom of the first page of posts, you posted a message challenging one of your own previous posts. Hayuck!
4) You use a really long, awkward sentence to tell someone they're not communicating effectively:
Yeah, you're dumber than a bucket of hair.

What the hell is in the water???

ok. i'm obviously new to the boards. can someone tell me if these kinds of mysterious spurts of idiotic behavior from random new people are the norm? i was under the impression that everyone here was just here to discuss things......

This is most certainly *not* normal. As Syc pointed out, it's been a wierd week.

I would just like to point out that this is not a word. :)