like a cannon

[rone]

Yep, got fired.  I saw it coming, too, after something broke on my way in to work.  I said to myself, "I bet he's going to turn this into the excuse he wants to fire me."  Sure enough, he thought that i should have handheld the project manager (who called me) to troubleshoot the issue, and to guide him on the phone to power-cycle the machine.  I thought, "Why the hell would i assume the project manager has keys to the server room?"  He grumbled about the train delaying my arrival to work and i pointed out that, had i been driving, i would still have been far from work.  He responded by pantomiming himself troubleshooting the problem on the phone while driving.  I tried not to stare too much.

Anyway, i already have résumés out at Apple and Danger.  I think i'll spend next week having lunch with erikred and cleaning the garage so we can close our storage locker.  Anyone else want to spend some time with me?  Just drop me a line.  After all, i have no pressing engagements!  LOLOLOLOL*BANG*

Comments

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

FARG! And good riddance, it sounds like.

Good luck landing on your feet, mang!

[erikred.livejournal.com]

GODAMMIT.

OTOH, damned good for you. Lunch is on me. Pick a day.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Monday with matrushkaka. MAKE IT SO, NUMBER ONE. You pick the place.

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

At least you won't have to deal with that asshole again. I wonder how many underlings he'll go through in the next year? As an aside, using a cellphone while driving is now an offense over here.

Good luck in finding something better.

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're out of that shitty situation. I'm certain you'll find a place to showcase your considerable talents in no time at all.

[matrushkaka.livejournal.com]

Your boss is a major, grade-A smegma head and he doesn't deserve you as an employee.

I'll be getting in SF on Monday, let's have lunch!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Let's have lunch with erikred! ZOMG LIVEJOURNAL GATHERING!!1

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

Congrats on ditching your terrible boss.

And for being prepared for it.

[bryant]

Interested in relocation?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

There is a marginal interest in relocation, but it's all contingent on the missus's post-graduation plans, and anyway, i'd be hard-pressed to move somewhere with real winters.

[whipartist.livejournal.com]

Did you ask him for a reference?

It's an awesome job market right now... I'm sure you'll have no problem at all. And congrats on getting rid of the asshole boss.

[manfire.livejournal.com]

Apple should be so flattered that the legendary rone, the rone, is using Macs now that they should be offering you a job as a highly paid figurehead already.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Adequate pay and a free computer should appease me.

[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

Yeesh. Sounds like congratulations are in order for getting away from the asshole boss.

[stoat.livejournal.com]

crikey, the shit that happens when i forget to log into lj and then remember and then have to catch up on 120+ entries and all of a sudden WTF just happened, etc.

i agree with the sage comments of those who have come before me: good damn riddance. he sounds like a filthy asshole, and while my cats seem intoxicated by that sort of thing, 'intoxicating to cats' hardly makes for 'good manager.'

and, we're, uh, free a lot. we'll do stuff with you.

Maaah. Waahh.

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

Cell phone while driving? Lots of places are making that one a firing offense.

Getting fired sucks though. If you were closer, I'd invite you to my Kentucky Derby Party.

[asienieizi.livejournal.com]

Goddamn congratulations!-IFKWIM & AITYD-You just saved a bunch of money on ulcer insurance!

[kjc007.livejournal.com]

Wrong coast for lunch.

Sympathy on the firing. Getting fired sucks in so many ways - the assault on your dignity, your ego, your wallet, etc.

But the dude sounds like a Grade D Flatulent AssHat.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

I was going to say, if the project manager needs handholding to power-cycle a machine, why the blue peepin' hell does he have keys to the server room? YAY I PUSH TEH BUTTONZ!!1

Anyways, congratulations and commiserations, stirred not shaken.

[boutell.livejournal.com]

Fuckin' A. You'll rise to better things.

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

hokay - how about we finally meet up in person? I'm not starting my new job until 5/1...

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Wanna come to lunch on Tuesday, too?

[sagespot.livejournal.com]

Congrats on getting rid of the freak. What a dickweed.

[opadit.livejournal.com]

Everybody needs a good firing. Puts hair on your chest. Wish I could make it out there for geekly livejournal lunch!

[peglegpete.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that you're out of a shitty situation -- I just wish it could have been your boot up his ass.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Their loss, by the sound of it.

[dagbrown.livejournal.com]

Muwahahahahaha!

Well, be sure to let us all know if anything, y'know, bad happens to you, 'kay?

The last time I got actually honest-to-God fired (rather than simply being made redundant, or being an unfortunate victim of a RIF), the (shiny! fresh new hire) PHB who did the deed wound up being honest-to-God fired herself less than six months afterwards--those folks in the team that she didn't manage to fire, found employment at other companies. The corporate masters noticed this and realized that a 100% turnover of an entire department within the space of four months means that the boss they hired actually doesn't know squat about how to deal with this whole "team" thing.

I love being able to say "NEENER NEENER NEENER! I TOLD YOU SO!"

[zadcat.livejournal.com]

The last person to fire me is now dead.

Just sayin'.

[coldsleep.livejournal.com]

What the hell. Sweet merciful crap, it's good that you're out of there.

[thedarkages]

I have been fired for a number of reasons over my working life, but, compared to your ex-boss's, every one of them seems coherent, if not just.

Happier days are in front of you.