So as I wrote in my previous blog there is a buyout going on at my company. I am excited about the new company that is going to be taking us over eventually. I don't however like that in a meeting the other day they decided to softball us on a bunch of terms. I am one of the younger people at my company and considering that I am 31 I don't consider that to be a child. Well this woman is telling us what is going to happen if our position is eliminated & then back-stepped to say - umm that's too negative - let's say when you are seeking new employment. I laughed. Now I am not new to the merger/lay off process but that seriously made me giggle. I mean come on... We aren't stupid. We all know what is ultimately going to happen here & if anyone is unwilling to accept that it's all going to be done eventually then I have bridge to sell you... I just can't believe that she was so unbelievably corporate & PC in saying that. I just don't get why they have to tip-toe around that & yet we had a bazillion questions about layoff dates & severance packages... Odd.
In saying that, what I really wanted to talk about on here today is they whole recession. Not sure if you know this, but I have a horrible shopping addiction. I am 12 steps away from a SA meeting... I always joke around that if I am working then I can't shop. Truth is it's only when I am away from a computer or even internet access on my phone am I completely safe. I had to send an email last week saying that I was expecting a few things to be shipped to my office this week. The barrage of packages that followed caused people to ask me if I had hit the lottery. Alas, no, I just am a strong believer in retail therapy. My favorite days of the week are Sundays - for the circulars, and Tuesdays - for the new releases of DVDs! I have 740 DVDs as of today & I don't plan on stopping. This week brought on a new new comforter - which looks amazing, calendars - for my desk & home, and my new Sirius receiver cause after 4 years of amazing times my old one shit the bed...
Holy crap is this new one amazing. It is the new Sportster 5 and it is beautiful. It makes my other one look like a BetaMax next to a Blu-Ray player. It even won my heart because I now have a backdrop & buttons that are purple... =) I am most happy about it because I paid attention enough to the make of them to realize that I didn't have to pay to have it installed! I hooked it up in quite an interesting fashion - but it works! I couldn't bear another day of driving in to work without listening to Howard Stern! It's horrible without it, I honestly went right from losing the signal of Sirius to listening to NPR... I couldn't take all those commercials on regular channels. Then it was iPod only for a bit - thank you technology!
Anyway - I guess I just wanted to share that I am ridiculous about purchasing things when most people are saving & complaining about the recession. I guess the economy needs people like me so that everything doesn't completely collapse...
1 comment:
I hear ya on the spending money and a shopaholic! I want to spend money so much but my parents get in the way. I guess that is what happens when you recently graduate from college and still living with your parents. lol I love your blogs, I read them all. :) Glad your receiver is working great! I am bored once again (story of my life lately with no job and no one to talk to) but your blogs brighten my day and don't make me bored. You always make me smile. Love ya. <3
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