There was a great disturbance in the force and LLOG did not mesh well with me at that time in my life. It was the only job I have ever been fired from, it was a horrible, horrible experience and I do not wish it on anyone. Two things I have been able to take away from this experience are a great friend and knowing that money does not buy happiness.
My friend/coworker Sandra caught me doing the death march down the hallway with my box of personal belongings, holding back tears in my eyes, and being escorted by Jabba herself to the elevator and off to the rest of my life.
I don't know when it was that Sandra presented me with the following top 10 list, but I found it when cleaning out some files at home the other day. It still makes me laugh once I figured out what it was and I hope she remembers too.
It went a little something like this.....
Top Ten Signs that You're Getting Fired from LLOG: (think Dave Letterman)
Keep in mind for each line there is a hidden joke that only the writer and I will ever get, one of those things that happens when you spend a good quanitity of time working with people.
Drumroll
10: They run out of invoices (I was in a division of Accounts Payable)
9: The door code has been changed and you can't get in.
8: You loan Anne Connell a VHS tape at 12:01, she gives it back at 12:02 stating "I may not see you later."
7: Heather Tollin gives you your Christmas present in July.
6: They start paying you in I.O.U.'s written on little scraps of kleenex.
5: Bob McMann flirts with Kem Ducote instead of you.
4: Carol Eaton keeps asking, "When do I meet the new receptionist?"
3: Harold Garic gives you the number to the suicide hotline.
2: Conversations at the water cooler are mainly with yourself.
And the #1 sign that you are getting fired from LLOG:
1: When you say "See you tomorrow", Kem Ducote laughs uncontrollably.
Good Times! I wouldn't change a thing!
Thank you Sandra for still making me smile after all of these years.
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