I’ve been swamped of late and am still trying to catch up on my RSS reading. I did just read this hilarious post from GL over at What Would Dad Say. You have to read the whole thing – it is excellent. I’m still laughing as I type. The content primarily discusses what not to do in a layoff The post is written from the recently laid-off employee’s perspective.
The line that got me laughing (emphasis mine):
1. Include an obvious misspelling or two in the letter €” ideally, something that would slip past a spell checker but be caught easily by anyone who bothered to proofread it. Suggestion: €œIf you have nay questions . . .€
Unemployed people like to see the kind of flamboyant incompetence that still draws a paycheck.
Oh man, have I been there. I know exactly what the author is experiencing.