I couldn't agree more.  Now, please pull forward to the first window and pay
the cashier.  Thank you and please come again.

-----Original Message-----
From: Donna Garverick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:40 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Contingency Planning

Jim Phillips wrote:

> 4)  Get another job.
>     *    Let's see "Do you want fries with that?" or "Paper or plastic?"

<grrrr>  i am going to try to say this as clearly as i possibly can:

just because we've spent 10-15-20+ years with mpe does NOT make us morons or
the
equivalent of the village idiot!  we've eaten the rest of the world's
criticism
for so long that it sound like we believe it.  that's wrong, wrong, wrong.

having so much work experience in the computer industry is valuable and
marketable.  there may be issues of further training required for many of us
but
that's not an insurmountable problem.

i know how this announcement is effecting all of us emotionally.  the
ranting
and raving may feel like it's helping but it's really not.  it's time to
demonstrate to ourselves, our families and our companies that this is a
manageable situation.  i'll say it again -- we've spent a long long time
learning how to be computer professionals -- and this is exactly when we
need to
demonstrate that we are *professionals* with valuable skills and
know-how.         - d

--
Donna Garverick     Sr. System Programmer
925-210-6631        [log in to unmask]

>>>MY opinions, not Longs Drug Stores'<<<

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