From: Norman Palardy (palardyn_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Tue Mar 23 2004 - 23:04:52 PST
On Mar 23, 2004, at 11:23 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
> You know what's funny? (well, not really funny for the
> 30,000 people laid off in the last 2 years)
> I work for WorldCom (actually, it WAS UUNET, then
> became Worldcom and now is MCI...)
> When I go to gatherings and people talk about where
> they work, I mention Worldcom, and there is a sudden
> hush, and a sympathetic shaking of heads..then I
> become a pariah..like I'm personally responsible for
> the billions of lost dollars...
> I swear...it wasn't me! Heck, I lost my entire 401k in
> that mess! Over 30 thousand dollars!...
> yup, I know how it feels!
> Ed
> web/gadget guru
I think they shake heir head because they're all thinking "You poor
bugger" cause they know you likely got hosed
AFTER causing the downfall of the company of course ... :-)
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