SackedI've never been sacked (yet)... One company I worked for made everyone redundant on Valentine's Day. The boss handed out little envelopes. We all thought he'd bought us cards and were really touched.
...but I've never been sacked. What have you done that led to your dismissal? Are you still bitter, or was it a fair cop?
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chthonic, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 13:23)
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SackedThis involves an old friend. We'll call him "John".
John worked for a night-time telesales company and was pretty successful owing to his very smooth voice and way with words. He was less successful at anything to do with IT.
John liked his porn, as did his cousin in Amsterdam, Pete. One evening, Pete rang him asking if he'd like to see some of Amsterdam's finest publications. "Sure", said John, "But how do you get it here?"
"No problem; do you have a fax machine?"
John thought for a moment and checked the sinister beige box on his colleagues desk...
"Yep there's a colour one here,it's right next to me so just send it over!"
Now what John failed to realise was the FAX machine was networked; all faxes were automatically relayed to the sales office (his), the order room... and the sales directors desk. Sad to say, all 23 pages of colour, gleeful, spurting fun arrived in pristine condition to Johns desk...and not just Johns desk...
The next evening there was a memo on Johns desk, an invitation to meet the sales director early the next day.
It was a brief conversation.
"John"
"Yes?"
"The FAX..."
"Errrrrr.... yes.....?"
"You fired"
"Err... ok...."
John is now in Australia and he's very successful. He does not own a computer. Or a FAX.
(, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 17:08, Reply)
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