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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:06 AM
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Signs you're about to be fired
This was on the apple live page or whatever.... but look at these "clues" could they be any more obvious? What kind of uncreative fuck came up with this shit? I like number 9 the best, yeah, they've told EVERYONE except you you're gonna be canned.


1 You are asked to compile a report on all your ongoing projects.
2 You are pushed hard to finish one or two specific projects.
3 You are encouraged not to do your usual long-term planning.
4 You're neither informed of nor invited to meetings.
5 You receive a critical review for the first time.
6 Your expense reports are questioned.
7 Your typical expenditures are criticized.
8 Your direct superior keeps his or her distance from you.
9 Conversation stops when you enter a room.
10 You have a vague sense of unease.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:07 AM
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1. 10 You have a vague sense of unease.
But maybe you're just...insane.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:08 AM
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2. haha
Yeah, did they just throw that one in for fun?
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Surf Cowboy Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:23 AM
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4. You find that your impromptu
"Puppetry of the Penis" show at the company picnic was not the breakaway hit you expected...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:25 AM
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6. exactly
Especially that trick with the coleslaw
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:28 AM
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7. HAHAHAHA!!!
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:52 AM
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17. Given that we all have a "vague sense of unease"...
I think they throw that one in to keep us all perpetually worried that we're next. *sigh*
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Surf Cowboy Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:22 AM
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3. It's 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning
and you roll over to find the boss's wife next to you in bed.
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VoteDemocratic2004 Donating Member (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:25 AM
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5. Conversation always stops when I enter a room
People wouldn't have anything to talk about if it wasn't for me. LOL
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:30 AM
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9. what doesn't that surprise me
:hi:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:30 AM
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8. Oh shit!
*gets resume updated*
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:31 AM
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10. OH, did they tell you not to worry about longterm planning?
You: "I've got a great idea I think would really fly in September"
Boss: "Don't worry about it."

Yeah right eh? :eyes:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:32 AM
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11. Actually, my evaluation is due...
:scared:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:33 AM
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13. show up to work naked the week before
then on the eval day wear clothes - tell them you're putting in the effort
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:32 AM
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12. Excuse me, Mr. Bush? Could you please write up all your ongoing projects?
And don't worry about that RNC platform.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:34 AM
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14. haha
AS well, we'd like to go over some of your "travel" expenses
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drumwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:40 AM
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15. and while we're on the subject of expenses, Mr. Bush....
We'd also like to go over your "pharmaceutical expenses" as well.... :evilgrin:
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:51 AM
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16. 11. When your boss...
comes to your cubicle and shouts, "Get the fuck outta here!"
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Surf Cowboy Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:57 AM
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18. That nasty rash just won't clear up...
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Surf Cowboy Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:58 AM
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19. On a drunken bet,
you knocked up your boss' teenage daugher...
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VoteDemocratic2004 Donating Member (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 12:14 PM
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21. That's sick
Real sick!
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Surf Cowboy Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 11:59 AM
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20. You parked the company car
in a roadside ditch at 4:00 a.m. on a Thursday...
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forgethell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 12:28 PM
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22. 4 & 10
are dead giveaways. How about, a big project is coming up and everyone knows what they are going to be doing but you??
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 12:43 PM
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23. How about when they meet you at the door with all your stuff
boxed up and say - Nothing personal, give me your badge Stevo.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 12:45 PM
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24. You find a stack of empty boxes sitting in your office Friday morning and
a note on your desk to report to your supervisor asap.
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