Well and truly said; however, some of us are in a more precarious position
than others. Eventually, the anger will fade, but for now I just want to hit
someone - with Winston my personal choice. How come he gets to hide in the
background and let Dave and Christine take the arrows and rotten tomatoes?

> -----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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