24.021709

CASE NO.: 100127845
ITEM NO.: 24.021709

DATE COLLECTED: 02/17/09
TIME COLLECTED: 10:00 - 10:30 pm
LOCATION OF COLLECTION: cubicle, work + laptop, kitchen
COLLECTED BY: Officer MC

DESCRIPTION OF EVIDENCE:
F5 / F5 | Swatches Palette

My heart skipped a beat in the flash-of-a-moment I saw a email alert pop up in the bottom right-hand corner of my computer screen and read the subject line: 'Terminations due to decreased sales.'

But my heart dropped when I read the email. Three more of my coworkers have now lost their jobs - two of them from my fast-shrinking department. I thought I heard someone within my earshot gasp out loud as I was quickly scanning the office-wide memo.

It totally sucks because one of the laid-offees literally just moved into a new place, and for another person - his birthday is this coming weekend. And of course, none of them deserved to be laid off. And I was this [ ] close to losing my job too, I am sure - I was mere inches from the axe. I was saved because of, well, simply put without saying too much: I didn't affect the bottom line as much as someone else did.

That's 'J' terminations now. And you cannot say that my department does not have a target on it's back because F or G of the J terminations have been from _________. Do the math - the numbers speak for themselves.

All signs point to the fact that I should keep holding my breath, and having an iron-fist grasp on my spending. (But it's in-between seasons clearance February - that combined with the recession results in fantastic sales....where art thou, Oh Mighty Willpower? Save me and my wallet from taking a bite out of my savings!)

Who are the safety reps again?? I have a workplace hazard to report: razor-sharp axes are precariously dangling from the ceilings, over and above everybody's cubicles - what, you don't seem them?!? It might help if you remove your blindfold of false-security first.

I keep forgetting the shortcut to view the Swatches palette; I will never forget these scary economic times.

Quote of the Day:
"I am a sitting duck. And Peking Duck is on the menu."

TYPE OF OFFENSE: no comment - I've already said more than I should have. I certainly don't want to set any fired-by-Blipfoto entry precedents.
SUSPECT: no comment.
VICTIM: no comment.