Your plan for economic disruption. - Page 3

lookout123 · 12-16-2008, 02:51 PM

I remember seeing signs on the side of the road promoting that movie, but I didn't know it was something someone would take seriously.

Shawnee123 · 12-16-2008, 02:57 PM

What movie?

Shawnee Does Dallas?

edit: sheesh I am a MORON today. Nevermind.

lookout123 · 12-16-2008, 03:03 PM

Don't tell Mrs Dallas. Sleeve you naughty boy.

uh, the movie "The Secret".

Shawnee123 · 12-16-2008, 03:25 PM

I was thinking it was a book. Shows how much attention I pay to that crap.

OH, sorry Mrs Dallas...I meant nothing by it.

classicman · 12-16-2008, 03:55 PM

Ahhh "The Secret" that book/video/whatever needs a thread of its own.

Aliantha · 12-16-2008, 03:58 PM

It's also on CD rom.

Elspode · 12-16-2008, 04:15 PM

My plan for economic disruption is to continue to pay my bills, as close to on time as possible. I figure this will confuse things to the extent that the entire world will grind to a financial halt.

What? It has already? Whoops. Sorry.

wolf · 12-17-2008, 12:39 AM

Don't worry, everybody. The Secret is the answer. You know, if you go to The Secret website, there's a place where you can print out this fake check, and fill in the amount that you want to have the Universal Forces of Greedy Goodness give you, and you just hang it where you will look at it every morning and you'll get what you asked for. Just so long as you don't have any doubts whatsoever, because that will, like, make these negative attachments, and then you'll just stay in your same, old, unenlightened rut.

smoothmoniker · 12-17-2008, 06:49 AM

Isn't that pretty much word-for-word what got us into this mess?

Pie · 12-17-2008, 07:55 AM

My brother-in-law lost his IT support job last Friday. The whole IT department at his mid-sized company was let go.

He had been through the layoff process once before (in 2003) and he worked with a recruiting agency to get the very good job he just lost. He called the agency back, and they hooked him up with an interview, "something to get you through the new year".

He had an interview the same day he got laid off, got the job, started on Monday. It's a pay-cut, but he's still interviewing for a better position. He does clean up very well, and is rather extroverted for an IT guy. Just sayin'.

His wife (my husband's sister) doesn't work, and they have a 13 month old baby.

I am so relieved. But I am waiting for the other shoe to drop.

ZenGum · 12-17-2008, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

The whole IT department at his mid-sized company was let go.

Cue chaos in 99, 98, 97, 96 ....

Undertoad · 12-17-2008, 08:42 AM

Heh yeah. To spreadsheeting upper management, IT looks like nothing but a big drain of funds.

"Those assholes don't do anything but yell at us when our PCs break! They don't sell anything, they don't have direct contact with any of our products or any of our customers, yet for some reason they make big bucks. Screw them!"

One year later

"Oh no! The IT outsourcing company raised the price again, now that we're dependent on them, and now it looks like they are sending us their shittiest people! What can we do? We'll have to hire expensive contractors to get our quality back up!"

One year later

"Thank you for coming to the company meeting. We have just sold the company to Inglomco. They think they will see cost savings by rolling our IT into theirs."

sweetwater · 12-17-2008, 09:02 AM

Will anyone be consulting the Ouija board to decide the best path?

HungLikeJesus · 12-17-2008, 09:12 AM

Was that sarcasm? I'm never sure.

sweetwater · 12-17-2008, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Was that sarcasm? I'm never sure.

Yes, kinda. I was testing for Alzheimer's, or whatever that was, that uses sarcasm as a dowsing tool to diagnose. Oh, wait!

12-16-2008, 02:51 PM	#31
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I remember seeing signs on the side of the road promoting that movie, but I didn't know it was something someone would take seriously. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-16-2008, 02:57 PM	#32
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What movie? Shawnee Does Dallas? edit: sheesh I am a MORON today. Nevermind. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-16-2008, 03:03 PM	#33
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Don't tell Mrs Dallas. Sleeve you naughty boy. uh, the movie "The Secret". __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-16-2008, 03:25 PM	#34
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I was thinking it was a book. Shows how much attention I pay to that crap. OH, sorry Mrs Dallas...I meant nothing by it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-16-2008, 03:55 PM	#35
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Ahhh "The Secret" that book/video/whatever needs a thread of its own. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-16-2008, 03:58 PM	#36
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It's also on CD rom. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-16-2008, 04:15 PM	#37
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	My plan for economic disruption is to continue to pay my bills, as close to on time as possible. I figure this will confuse things to the extent that the entire world will grind to a financial halt. What? It has already? Whoops. Sorry. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-17-2008, 12:39 AM	#38
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Don't worry, everybody. The Secret is the answer. You know, if you go to The Secret website, there's a place where you can print out this fake check, and fill in the amount that you want to have the Universal Forces of Greedy Goodness give you, and you just hang it where you will look at it every morning and you'll get what you asked for. Just so long as you don't have any doubts whatsoever, because that will, like, make these negative attachments, and then you'll just stay in your same, old, unenlightened rut. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-17-2008, 06:49 AM	#39
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Isn't that pretty much word-for-word what got us into this mess? __________________ to live and die in LA

12-17-2008, 07:55 AM	#40
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	My brother-in-law lost his IT support job last Friday. The whole IT department at his mid-sized company was let go. He had been through the layoff process once before (in 2003) and he worked with a recruiting agency to get the very good job he just lost. He called the agency back, and they hooked him up with an interview, "something to get you through the new year". He had an interview the same day he got laid off, got the job, started on Monday. It's a pay-cut, but he's still interviewing for a better position. He does clean up very well, and is rather extroverted for an IT guy. Just sayin'. His wife (my husband's sister) doesn't work, and they have a 13 month old baby. I am so relieved. But I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-17-2008, 08:42 AM	#42
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Heh yeah. To spreadsheeting upper management, IT looks like nothing but a big drain of funds. "Those assholes don't do anything but yell at us when our PCs break! They don't sell anything, they don't have direct contact with any of our products or any of our customers, yet for some reason they make big bucks. Screw them!" One year later "Oh no! The IT outsourcing company raised the price again, now that we're dependent on them, and now it looks like they are sending us their shittiest people! What can we do? We'll have to hire expensive contractors to get our quality back up!" One year later "Thank you for coming to the company meeting. We have just sold the company to Inglomco. They think they will see cost savings by rolling our IT into theirs."

12-17-2008, 09:02 AM	#43
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Will anyone be consulting the Ouija board to decide the best path? __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

12-17-2008, 09:12 AM	#44
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Was that sarcasm? I'm never sure. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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