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Did you just call me Coltrane? 07-10-2015 10:27 AM
Re: Drunk girls know that love is an astronaut
 
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 496948)
I like her work, but I think she would be terribly annoying IRL. It would be like hanging out with Maude Lebowski.

Hank Chinaski 07-10-2015 10:40 AM
Re: Not Bob Expresses a Possibly Unpopular, Yet Unoriginal, Idea Episode CXXII.
 
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 496945)
II

If you don't dig Abbey Road, you Have No Soul.
I don't. I'm in the Devil's camp.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 07-10-2015 11:35 AM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 496946)
"Look I know all of you rode the short bus but I'm hoping to God at least some of you changed classrooms during the school day!"
Highly ineffective. Telling a bunch of people with As from Harvard they rode the short bus will just get you dismissed, even if As at Harvard are easier than yo mama.

Insult the idiots who made them the lazy, sloppy thinkers that they are. It will hit home more.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 07-10-2015 11:36 AM
Re: No Faith in the Moral Standards of the Players as a Group
 
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 496942)
I just had to fire a young person who is younger than my youngest kid! Fun fun!
It's good for them. A learning experience. They'll find a better place.

Hank Chinaski 07-10-2015 11:44 AM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 496946)
"Look I know all of you rode the short bus but I'm hoping to God at least some of you changed classrooms during the school day!"
they all do- I remember having to wrestle billy "drool" shots in 8th grade PE

Icky Thump 07-10-2015 11:46 AM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 496954)
Highly ineffective. Telling a bunch of people with As from Harvard they rode the short bus will just get you dismissed, even if As at Harvard are easier than yo mama.

Insult the idiots who made them the lazy, sloppy thinkers that they are. It will hit home more.
The closest any of these fuckers got to Harvard is watching The Scary Snowman all day on YouTube.

Mostly we hire from Amercan University of Samoa bottom 1/3.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 07-10-2015 12:05 PM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 496957)
The closest any of these fuckers got to Harvard is watching The Scary Snowman all day on YouTube.

Mostly we hire from Amercan University of Samoa bottom 1/3.
Great! Hank can swap Pennypacker stories with them.

ferrets_bueller 07-10-2015 12:20 PM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
1. Short Bus Jokes: No. Never. Stick to specific acts of incompetence.

2. Firing people: I have publicly stated to my 40 person staff the following upon dismissing an employee who deserved it: "Sometimes it's good to shoot somebody for morale."

3. Beatles. I prefer the Sergeant Pepper and the White Album. Stuff that Paul ended up loathing. It was experimental, novel, daring, and fun. And for God's sake he should stop performing. He had a voice in the late sixties and seventies. His performance at the London Olympics was an unmitigated embarrassment. Let it Be.

Hank Chinaski 07-10-2015 06:08 PM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by ferrets_bueller (Post 496959)
1. Short Bus Jokes: No. Never. Stick to specific acts of incompetence.

2. Firing people: I have publicly stated to my 40 person staff the following upon dismissing an employee who deserved it: "Sometimes it's good to shoot somebody for morale."
what people like ggg, who is basically in a position that is the law firm equivalent of a short bus to school, could never know is that my firing this person was necessary to protect the other 49 of my employees.

one young partner questioned my action yesterday. here was my answer:

Son, we live in a world that has realities, and those realities have to be guarded against by CEOs with the guts to fire. Who's gonna do it? You? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the girl I fired, and you curse the firm. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That the girl's firing, while tragic, probably saved jobs. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves jobs. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that task, you need me on that task. We use words like hourly goals, efficiency rates, quality reviews. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very fiscal security that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you run for officer, and fire someone. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

Tyrone Slothrop 07-10-2015 06:34 PM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 496962)
what people like ggg, who is basically in a position that is the law firm equivalent of a short bus to school, could never know is that my firing this person was necessary to protect the other 49 of my employees.

one young partner questioned my action yesterday. here was my answer:

Son, we live in a world that has realities, and those realities have to be guarded against by CEOs with the guts to fire. Who's gonna do it? You? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the girl I fired, and you curse the firm. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That the girl's firing, while tragic, probably saved jobs. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves jobs. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that task, you need me on that task. We use words like hourly goals, efficiency rates, quality reviews. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very fiscal security that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you run for officer, and fire someone. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
That little story should be good for at least fifth place at the Dearborn Moth on a Tuesday night.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 07-10-2015 06:45 PM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 496963)
That little story should be good for at least fifth place at the Dearborn Moth on a Tuesday night.
The girl reference is worth a claim in itself. God bless him for giving her that parting gift.

greatwhitenorthchick 07-13-2015 04:22 PM
Re: Appropriate to say to a Group of young lawyers?
 
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Originally Posted by hank chinaski (Post 496962)

son, we live in a world that has realities, and those realities have to be guarded against by ceos with the guts to fire. Who's gonna do it? You? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the girl i fired, and you curse the firm. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what i know. That the girl's firing, while tragic, probably saved jobs. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves jobs. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that task, you need me on that task. We use words like hourly goals, efficiency rates, quality reviews. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very fiscal security that i provide, and then questions the manner in which i provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, otherwise, i suggest you run for officer, and fire someone. Either way, i don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
you can't handle the truth!

taxwonk 07-13-2015 07:06 PM
Re: No Faith in the Moral Standards of the Players as a Group
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 496939)
I've done cubicleland and I never had a problem with it really. I'm not on the phone much (or at all) in my new life, so it was mostly listening to others on the phone and when they started to bug me, I just popped in my headphones and listened to Pandora. But creative types get away with that sort of anti-social behavior...

Now I work at home and I'd love the distraction of a coworker to chat with from time to time. I find conversations with my cat to be terribly one-sided (he talks but doesn't really listen).
Do tell. There are times I miss going to the office. But then I go to the pool or the beach instead and suddenly everything is back in perspective.

Hank Chinaski 07-13-2015 08:37 PM
Re: No Faith in the Moral Standards of the Players as a Group
 
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Originally Posted by taxwonk (Post 496973)
Do tell. There are times I miss going to the office. But then I go to the pool or the beach instead and suddenly everything is back in perspective.
A nice old man wears a shirt at the beach.

taxwonk 07-13-2015 09:35 PM
Re: No Faith in the Moral Standards of the Players as a Group
 
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 496974)
A nice old man wears a shirt at the beach.
I'm not a nice old man. But I've been told I have a nice old chest. On the outside, anyway.


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