re: Getting laid off tomorrow

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Getting laid tomorrow

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I better way to look at what to do with the new free time

What kind of business are you in, Mr Stream?

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Don’t burn any bridges.

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Generally good advice but I have burnt a bridge to the waterline twice and both times it worked out very well.

One time the man who fired me (not laid off, fired) came to work for me and was a fantastic hire. He and I got into what passes for a fist fight for 35 year olds who had just worked 12 hours in August in a steel mill in Darlington, SC because I dumped my lunch cooler out on his new boots. About 20 years later I am interviewing him for a project in the Caribbean and he asks if I remember him. I did, although I did not remember his name or where I knew him from. We had a laugh about it and I offered him the job. Worked out great. I had partnered with the company that fired me on another project prior to this so "burnt" bridge might be over the top but usually a fist fight with your bosses boss is a burnt bridge.

The second time happened after my father was almost killed on a job in Chicago and the owner of the company took us to task for leaving a derrick digger on the job site at midnight in a bad neighborhood. We had gone to his office to get our money because we were dragging up but he wanted to act a fool and called us into his office and started in with haranguing us about his truck, which was worn out and quit running with the auger in the hole and when we managed to get the auger out the cable snapped and it missed knocking my dad into the Chicago river, about 30 feet below us, in late January. After listening to this shite for all of about 3 minutes I calmly got up, walked to the door, locked it and returned to his desk and flipped it over and proceeded to beat the shite out of him until his shop hands managed to get in the door and break it up. I was arrested but never charged and let go about 3 hours later. The IBEW Business Agent intervened on my behalf. I wouldn't have done it but I saw in my Dad's eye that he was on the verge of it and he'd have cut that bastard from a-hole to appetite before anyone could get him off him....he was mean that way. I saved that man's life. The upside to this story is I never worked in fricking Chicago in January again....its all good!

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Getting laid, off tomorrow.

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You inspired me to make a meme.

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You inspired me to make a meme.

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Nice, we can split the royalties when they start flowing in.

Last layoff before I retired, security came in with a VP and HR and told people to just go downstairs and get cabs. They had the stuff packed and sent home.