so my husband got fired last Thursday...so you know what we did tonight?

[MrsBrady]

this may sound a little weird.

but we took all of his work shirts with the company logo and burned them in the back yard.

very therapeutic.

And now we're toasting it with Dublin Dr. Pepper.

:toast:

We heard the customers are mad since my husband was fired. Life is good. :evilgrin:

[Captain Hilts]

1. Ooooh yeeeaaaah. nt

[MrsBrady]

5. yeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaw n/t

[graywarrior]

2. I love it!

[MrsBrady]

6. it felt good to watch the logo burn! n/t

[graywarrior]

8. We used our former company shirts to clean up cat puke

[MrsBrady]

10. damn...now that's funny

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear MrsBrady!

How very therapeutic!

What a smart thing to do!

:patriot:

[MrsBrady]

7. my husband had a great time.

man make fire...burn...good!

[old mark]

4. Good for you! Once when I got laid off, I bought a large sack of crabs

and a case of beer on the way home, and had a party till it was all gone.
Enjoy life - fuck the bosses.

mark

[MrsBrady]

9. we sort of did that on Saturday.

I made him go to the Irish Festival with me...
I demanded that he have a good time, and drink beer! and so we did!
Saturday took the edge off...

but tonight was cathartic.

and yes, that old boss can go f' himself.

[texanwitch]

11. The way things are going most everyone will be in the same boat.

I know to many people without jobs or working part time for far less pay.

There are two living ( a couple) living in our RV, a nice RV.

They needed a place to live after they lost their house.

They both have jobs now but the pay isn't the same, so with us they stay.

This is will become the future, lots of people living together just to make it.

The bottom will fall out of this old rusty bucket called America onless something gets done real fast.

I am sorry your husband lost his job.

I love real Dr. Pepper.

[MrsBrady]

13. I'm sorry about your friends

but that's good that you can help.

Real Dr. Pepper can make almost anything better.

[texanwitch]

15. I was almost homelss myself years ago.

Somebody helped me out

I just watched a show on netflix about people in New York, people who had been making good money.

The jobs are gone so 4 people are renting rooms in this woman's house so she can keep the house.

This may be the future.

I love real Dr. Pepper, need to get some more bottles.

I just wonder what it will be like when the bottome just drops out.

Will the last person with a job turn off the light.

Try to stay positive if y'all can.

[MrsBrady]

16. thanks...

will do :)

[Withywindle]

12. Good for you and him!

It's happening to SO FUCKING MANY of us. It's a fact of life in this country today.

I approve of celebration, very much. Why should we let it beat us down? Or make us question our own worth--fuck that!

There is a certain magical-thinking industry that makes its money from victim-blaming self-help books. You know the kind. The ones that tell you to THINK POSITIVELY enough that you won't get laid off, won't die of cancer, won't ever be lonely, etcetera ad nauseam. Fact is, that shit happens to good people all the goddamn time, and it is NOT within their control, and it's cruel to pretend that it is. It's the same kind of shit that makes women say about other women, "Well, if she hadn't been dressed like that, she wouldn't have been raped." As if there is a list of rules they can follow that will actually guarantee it will never happen to them, and they get karma points towards their own safety for "enforcing" those "rules."

Bullshit. Bad shit happens to good people. And when it does, IMO the healthiest reaction is to say, "Fuck them. Their loss." And have a cathartic ritual burning, if necessary.

[MrsBrady]

14. it's not what happens...

it's how you handle it.

it is their loss.

Because we have each other.


And like I said before...f'ing boss pissed off his customers...:rofl:

[BlueIris]

17. Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha. May the wrath of the angry customers consume them. nt

[MrsBrady]

22. thanks...

:hi:

[TommyO]

18. You know what, since I was laid off in December, I haven't done anything to "celebrate"

I think it's time for that cross-country road-trip that I've always wanted to do.

Thank you, AT&T (and don't buy their crappy service).

[MrsBrady]

21. you should have fun.

might as well.

:hi:

[TommyO]

24. What's rather interesting, is that between unemployment

and my severance package, this is shaping up to be the best-paid year of my life, you're right, I should enjoy it just a bit while job/career hunting.

[MrsBrady]

26. exactly...

my husband's planning on enjoying a little bit of uninterrupted time
to enjoy working on both of his car restoration projects

:hippie:

[TommyO]

35. I've been working on my photography

and once the threat of snow has passed, I'm going to take off for a few weeks random driving around the US.

[chemenger]

19. Could there be an opportunity here for your husband?

The husband of our pharmacist(an engineer with specialized skills and knowledge)was laid off from the local company where he worked for 15+ years. Clients of the company were upset so they approached him to provide them with his services directly. He's now making more than he ever did working for the company that laid him off.

[MrsBrady]

20. that is possible, but I don't know if that would happen

BUT I would LOVE THAT.
In fact, he's having lunch with one of them tomorrow....would be awesome.
I think they had even talked about it in the past...so who knows.

the kind of business he is in though, the bond would have to be so big...I don't know if we have that kind of insurance capabilities.
He'd have to be somebody's employee. I certainly wouldn't mind it if he worked for them.

Guess we'll just have to see what happens.
:fistbump:

[rcrush]

23. The best part about me getting fired

Was finding out that the guy who fired me was indicted for embezzlement!

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Ex-Santikos_exec_indicted_in_fraud.html

[TommyO]

25. Now that's a good healthy attitude.

[MrsBrady]

34. +1 :)

[nickinSTL]

28. heh - I had a similar experience

The only job I've been laid off by, I was working in the accounting department (which consisted of the Controller, one accountant, and me- when they hired the accountant, they decided they didn't need me anymore).

A couple years after leaving, I looked them up because I couldn't remember their address/phone number for a job application - found out the company had gone under because the steel mill they provided repair services for had sued them for over-billing of time worked and fraud. :)

[MrsBrady]

33. it's the little things in life

:silly: :evilgrin:

[MrsBrady]

32. only in our wildest dreams!!! :) n/t

[Dulcinea]

27. Good for you!

I sold all my old company-logo stuff on eBay, though.

[MrsBrady]

31. ha ha...that's cool

wish we could have done that...no one would recognize his firm anyway.

That must have felt like at least like a little piece of "payback". lol

[Shell Beau]

29. I am sorry.

But I love the idea of burning the shirts.

[MrsBrady]

30. we had so much fun...

Thanks....we'll be ok.

Hubby's doing better today.