Happy Valentine's Day... Now Get Out!

Today at Jackass Inc, Stoner and Carl both came over to my desk in the morning to deliver the bad news.
There hasn't been enough design work coming in and they had to lay me off.
It's all of the emotions in a split second: Fear, Anger, Bitterness, Joy, Acceptance, Resentment, Panic, and a few others I'm sure.
In my mind I kept thinking "Why couldn't you have waited another week or two? By that time I would have gone to my interview on Wednesday and might have possibly accepted a new position".

But now I get to worry if they'll give me my last paycheck (which they owe me this Friday and I fully plan on going in to pick up... just to make sure of it).

I also get to worry if Carl will fight the unemployment (as he's been known to do).

I laughed as Carl kept saying things like he would give me a referral or that if I brought him a print job he'd give me an 8% commission on the job. Knowing that he had made similar offers to people I've worked with only to never pay them a cent, I had to smirk.

Through the painful morning Stoner seemed to actually show remorse. He told me that I was the best thing that happened to his design group, that I was the best designer he's had in there and that we worked well together. Apparently, he had been taking smaller paychecks to make sure that I was paid. Who knows how much of it was true, but he seemed genuine. I don't hate Stoner. He's just a dumb guy.

I do hate Carl & Connie though. Those two are a rare kind of retarded evil. Ones with horned safety helmets and winged-seeing-eye-monkeys. Those two are due to get their butts reamed by the hounds of Karma.

So, I guess most of this blog's entertainment will be different from here on out.
But don't worry. I have a knack for finding horrible design jobs with horrible people.