How To Tell If The Robots Have Won

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How To Tell If The Robots Have Won

Here is one way:

RadioShack Corp. notified about 400 workers by e-mail that they were being dismissed immediately as part of planned job cuts. Employees at the Fort Worth headquarters got messages Tuesday morning saying: "The work force reduction notification is currently in progress. Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated."

That first sentence is pure gold or, I suppose in the values-system of our new robot friends, pure aluminum. Note to future: remember to enter my secret magic cave when I receive email starting with "The population reduction notification is currently in progress..."

Comments

Hans - August 31, 2006 9:36 AM

Reminds me of that legendary Simpson's episode when a German consortium takes over the Springfield nuclear power plant [ed. Geez. How 1990s is that plot?] After a thorough review of the operations, The new German managers announce the expected staff lay-offs, but do it over the plant-wide public address system: "We regret to announce that the following personnel have been terminated: Homer Simpson. That is all."

cm - August 31, 2006 10:19 AM

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

Hans - August 31, 2006 10:28 AM

Mr. Brockman, I presume. What would we do without the Simpsons?

gorthos - August 31, 2006 9:38 PM

http://www.gorthos.com/blog

Damn you cm, you beat me to the reference.

Yo AM, I wonder if that is how they deleted a certain person we.. oh, never mind.

littlelatedear - September 1, 2006 11:52 AM

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Thanks, that was great.

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