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..."
How To Tell If The Robots Have Won
Posted by on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in - 5 comments
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
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.