FROM MY EMPLOYER'S ONLINE GLOSSARY-

[prufrock451]

"Layoff- Click here to see Employer-Initiated Event."

I'm encouraged to discover that I still have a capacity for surprise.

EDIT: I mean I'm surprised to find a euphemism more bloodless than "downsizing", not that I'm surprised by a layoff or anything. I'm fine. Everything's fine here. How are you?

Comments

[magdalene1]

Oh, I get it. It's ridiculous language, just ridiculous.

[prufrock451]

I'd argue it's barely "language".

[bassdrumdream]

i was fired once; my boss pulled me into an aisle (it was a bookstore) and said, "ryan, we need to... sever."

that's right. "we need to sever."

i had to suppress my laughter.

[prufrock451]

Ha! I actually did laugh when my Rhetoric TA told me "we need to dialogue."

I got a D-.

[lucre]

Am I missing a joke? There's nothing to click.

[prufrock451]

No joke. I just imitated the original formatting. Shoulda made that clearer.