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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Your Last Meal when you know your going to get fired


Your last meal before you know your going to get fired all depends on if you are being freed from your job or let go from your passion.

Lets start with the latter. No one has ever let me go from my passion except maybe by taking away a half full plate of delicious homemade food. But if I had to put myself in the shoes of someone who knows their passion will be taken away from them I would probably have the following meal: appetizer: None - I would be too nervous to stuff my face. Main course: I would have to think of some sort of comfort food - bowl of pasta, grilled cheese with bacon and tomatoes, or a couple slices of mom's pizza. Desert: I might as well have something good for desert since I will have more free time to hit the gym - chocolate fudge brownie explosion with chocolate or rocky road ice cream.

But what do you have if you are being freed from a prison of a job. Somewhere where you used to be happy but then every day turned in chore to complete the nothingness that you were relegated to complete. When everyone else is there crying because they just received the bad news and you kinda just sit there, look out the window or into the distance with this little smug smile on your face. Here is what I HAD before my last day in prison... I mean at my previous employer: appetizer: a glass of red wine.... not the good stuff but took the place of champagne. Main course: grilled marinated chicken and grilled sweet peppers with grated cheese on top. Desert: chocolate covered almonds - sweet and crunchy.... how sweet it was to throw my belongings in my trunk and drive away from a sinking ship.

What would you have if tomorrow was your last day at your current job? Put your answer in the comment section at the end of this post - please.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Where has the Last Meal Journey been?

It all started with rumors.

People talking about 'The Company' letting a lot of people go.

Saturday: Big Irish Uncle Joe died.

Wednesday: 'The Company' let 120 employees go - YES even the LMJ! The taste of freedom!

Thursday: A funeral.

Then the LMJ tried to get back to "normal."

We will have many posts over the next few days covering 'Your Last Meal when you know your going to get fired' 'Last Meal before the next day of the rest of your life' 'The taste of freedom' and 'Big Irish Uncle Joe's Last Meal.'

We apologize to all of our faithful readers and promise to have some interesting stuff over the next few days and weeks..... I'll have plenty of time right?

-LMJ