Not to delve deep into my worklife here on my blog, but man I'm just down in the dumps tonight.......so humour me for a moment.
Three of us....busting our asses for weeks to meet deadlines, even when more and more gets added to the plate. Trying to find the balance between doing a good job and not pulling 16 hour shifts to do it.
Finally over the past few days, we see the light at the end of the tunnel (a 4 week break for Christmas coming in the middle of the month) and they layoff the senior guy. Out of nowhere. He's put in 15 good years for the company and now - gone.
I'm stunned. I'm saddened. To be honest, I'm shocked it wasn't me (I'm the low guy on the totem pole in terms of years of service).
My whole perception of where I work changed tonight. Things just will never be the same.
I came home just dazed and winded by the news (hasn't subsided in the least). A bubble mailer sticking out of my mailbox. Linden cards.
So I'm trying to not just wallow in the crappy news. I scanned in the goods and am going to share. Let's try and lighten the mood for just a few moments.
This Linden auto drifts into the latter column. Yes, a nice hard-signed auto, but really....what's the end game here. There's nothing really special with the design or photo (again....showing clearly some airbrushing of the logos).
It's numbered to 35 copies, but (like many cards these days), that's just a forced scarcity thing. I definitely didn't pay a price indicative of a /35 card.
It was nice to cross this off the list cheap, but it was the accompanying card in the mailer that had me excited.
Numbered to just 6 copies, it's more of a 6-piece puzzle. Each one of the pieces is unique (obviously). I've seen the 6/6 on ebay but I felt it lacked the excitement that this card had. And seeing that the seller had that one priced higher....I passed.
It would be nice to build the full six pack, but only if the price is right. Having one piece is good enough for me.
Of course it doesn't rival the pinnacle piece in my collection - the full patch I obtained a few years ago. But what I do like about this card is that I can take it out of the one touch case and actually rub my fingers on the patch. Yes, it may be cheesy.....but I think if you collect cards you know what I mean.
Well......that's my show and tell......I wish I could just hang in this world for a few weeks. Thanks.
Sorry to hear about the work situation! Things are brutal out there. Timing isn't great either, is it? Right before Christmas? Although, I guess it's never good timing. Fingers crossed for all the rest of us at our own workplaces.
ReplyDeleteYeah. It's never a good time. But I am feeling better after talking to a few of the guys (especially the one I've worked with every day for 7 years).
DeleteThings happen for a reason. I just hate the transition.
Thanks for the comment. Fingers crossed for all of us.