[eavesdropper]

[quote=flu]…AND….

Sub-prime financing is back at GM via the (new) GM Financial….

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/03/gm-completes-buy-of-americredit-renaming-gm-financial/

LOL, we never learn do we?[/quote]

I didn’t get the memo. Were we supposed to?

I keep reading about how everyday American citizens lived far beyond their means for years, thus were disproportionately responsible for the meltdown. But I never read anything about how lenders (big banks, subprime merchandisers, and government-backed GSEs) can’t seem to back away from their risky lending practices. Guess it’s hard saying no to all that easy money…..

[eavesdropper]

[quote=flu]…AND….

Sub-prime financing is back at GM via the (new) GM Financial….

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/03/gm-completes-buy-of-americredit-renaming-gm-financial/

LOL, we never learn do we?[/quote]

I didn’t get the memo. Were we supposed to?

I keep reading about how everyday American citizens lived far beyond their means for years, thus were disproportionately responsible for the meltdown. But I never read anything about how lenders (big banks, subprime merchandisers, and government-backed GSEs) can’t seem to back away from their risky lending practices. Guess it’s hard saying no to all that easy money…..

[eavesdropper]

[quote=flu] Can I be in charge of the Worker’s Union Advocacy Group and Task Force for Fair Compensation (WUAGTFFC)? My first call to action would be to put in place the following efficient management structure to manage 5 people to do the actual work….

1 shift supervisor
1 shift supervisor’s supervisor
1 associate project manager
1 associate program manager
1 senior project manager
1 senior program manager
1 director of operations that both the senior project manager and program manager report to
I’m fine with the director of operations reporting to me.

I have no idea yet what the actual 5 people will be working on. But I’m confident that regardless of the work, we need 5 people to do the actual work, and the aforementioned efficient management team (EMT) to manage tasks such as encouraging 5 people to think of ideas of what movie/show to make, screwing in lightbulbs, etc.

Also, while we are at it, let’s schedule a meeting to discuss when we should have the next meeting to discuss how we should plan to run a business at the next meeting.

Thank you for your cooperation…

-Flu,
VP of Union Affairs[/quote]

Work? WORK?!? Who said anything about work?

Do you realize what it’s going to cost us to hire workers that are capable of working? We’re a fledgling small business, and once the elections are over, Congress will go back to giving small businesses the finger – and a bipartisan one, at that. No, we can only afford to hire workers who are incapable of working.

This is an important distinction, flu. As the VP of Union Affairs, you’ll be expected to make those distinctions, and also handle all of the boring business stuff that the remainder of the cabal are too busy, dumb, or bored to handle. For the forseeable future, this may include changing lightbulbs. Be sure to check on the latest directive from Washington, DC, on what size and type of bulbs area approved for use.

Given enough time, we can manage to screw up the company enough to ensure that the government bails us out. Rest assured that I have consulted the latest actuarial tables and the National Enquirer horoscope column to determine the precise month and year for this, so as to have contracts drawn up guaranteeing that all company execs and board members receive their performance-based bonuses after we’ve been fired .

[eavesdropper]

[quote=flu] Can I be in charge of the Worker’s Union Advocacy Group and Task Force for Fair Compensation (WUAGTFFC)? My first call to action would be to put in place the following efficient management structure to manage 5 people to do the actual work….

1 shift supervisor
1 shift supervisor’s supervisor
1 associate project manager
1 associate program manager
1 senior project manager
1 senior program manager
1 director of operations that both the senior project manager and program manager report to
I’m fine with the director of operations reporting to me.

I have no idea yet what the actual 5 people will be working on. But I’m confident that regardless of the work, we need 5 people to do the actual work, and the aforementioned efficient management team (EMT) to manage tasks such as encouraging 5 people to think of ideas of what movie/show to make, screwing in lightbulbs, etc.

Also, while we are at it, let’s schedule a meeting to discuss when we should have the next meeting to discuss how we should plan to run a business at the next meeting.

Thank you for your cooperation…

-Flu,
VP of Union Affairs[/quote]

Work? WORK?!? Who said anything about work?

Do you realize what it’s going to cost us to hire workers that are capable of working? We’re a fledgling small business, and once the elections are over, Congress will go back to giving small businesses the finger – and a bipartisan one, at that. No, we can only afford to hire workers who are incapable of working.

This is an important distinction, flu. As the VP of Union Affairs, you’ll be expected to make those distinctions, and also handle all of the boring business stuff that the remainder of the cabal are too busy, dumb, or bored to handle. For the forseeable future, this may include changing lightbulbs. Be sure to check on the latest directive from Washington, DC, on what size and type of bulbs area approved for use.

Given enough time, we can manage to screw up the company enough to ensure that the government bails us out. Rest assured that I have consulted the latest actuarial tables and the National Enquirer horoscope column to determine the precise month and year for this, so as to have contracts drawn up guaranteeing that all company execs and board members receive their performance-based bonuses after we’ve been fired .

[eavesdropper]

[quote=flu] Can I be in charge of the Worker’s Union Advocacy Group and Task Force for Fair Compensation (WUAGTFFC)? My first call to action would be to put in place the following efficient management structure to manage 5 people to do the actual work….

1 shift supervisor
1 shift supervisor’s supervisor
1 associate project manager
1 associate program manager
1 senior project manager
1 senior program manager
1 director of operations that both the senior project manager and program manager report to
I’m fine with the director of operations reporting to me.

I have no idea yet what the actual 5 people will be working on. But I’m confident that regardless of the work, we need 5 people to do the actual work, and the aforementioned efficient management team (EMT) to manage tasks such as encouraging 5 people to think of ideas of what movie/show to make, screwing in lightbulbs, etc.

Also, while we are at it, let’s schedule a meeting to discuss when we should have the next meeting to discuss how we should plan to run a business at the next meeting.

Thank you for your cooperation…

-Flu,
VP of Union Affairs[/quote]

Work? WORK?!? Who said anything about work?

Do you realize what it’s going to cost us to hire workers that are capable of working? We’re a fledgling small business, and once the elections are over, Congress will go back to giving small businesses the finger – and a bipartisan one, at that. No, we can only afford to hire workers who are incapable of working.

This is an important distinction, flu. As the VP of Union Affairs, you’ll be expected to make those distinctions, and also handle all of the boring business stuff that the remainder of the cabal are too busy, dumb, or bored to handle. For the forseeable future, this may include changing lightbulbs. Be sure to check on the latest directive from Washington, DC, on what size and type of bulbs area approved for use.

Given enough time, we can manage to screw up the company enough to ensure that the government bails us out. Rest assured that I have consulted the latest actuarial tables and the National Enquirer horoscope column to determine the precise month and year for this, so as to have contracts drawn up guaranteeing that all company execs and board members receive their performance-based bonuses after we’ve been fired .

[eavesdropper]

[quote=flu] Can I be in charge of the Worker’s Union Advocacy Group and Task Force for Fair Compensation (WUAGTFFC)? My first call to action would be to put in place the following efficient management structure to manage 5 people to do the actual work….

1 shift supervisor
1 shift supervisor’s supervisor
1 associate project manager
1 associate program manager
1 senior project manager
1 senior program manager
1 director of operations that both the senior project manager and program manager report to
I’m fine with the director of operations reporting to me.

I have no idea yet what the actual 5 people will be working on. But I’m confident that regardless of the work, we need 5 people to do the actual work, and the aforementioned efficient management team (EMT) to manage tasks such as encouraging 5 people to think of ideas of what movie/show to make, screwing in lightbulbs, etc.

Also, while we are at it, let’s schedule a meeting to discuss when we should have the next meeting to discuss how we should plan to run a business at the next meeting.

Thank you for your cooperation…

-Flu,
VP of Union Affairs[/quote]

Work? WORK?!? Who said anything about work?

Do you realize what it’s going to cost us to hire workers that are capable of working? We’re a fledgling small business, and once the elections are over, Congress will go back to giving small businesses the finger – and a bipartisan one, at that. No, we can only afford to hire workers who are incapable of working.

This is an important distinction, flu. As the VP of Union Affairs, you’ll be expected to make those distinctions, and also handle all of the boring business stuff that the remainder of the cabal are too busy, dumb, or bored to handle. For the forseeable future, this may include changing lightbulbs. Be sure to check on the latest directive from Washington, DC, on what size and type of bulbs area approved for use.

Given enough time, we can manage to screw up the company enough to ensure that the government bails us out. Rest assured that I have consulted the latest actuarial tables and the National Enquirer horoscope column to determine the precise month and year for this, so as to have contracts drawn up guaranteeing that all company execs and board members receive their performance-based bonuses after we’ve been fired .

[eavesdropper]

[quote=flu] Can I be in charge of the Worker’s Union Advocacy Group and Task Force for Fair Compensation (WUAGTFFC)? My first call to action would be to put in place the following efficient management structure to manage 5 people to do the actual work….

1 shift supervisor
1 shift supervisor’s supervisor
1 associate project manager
1 associate program manager
1 senior project manager
1 senior program manager
1 director of operations that both the senior project manager and program manager report to
I’m fine with the director of operations reporting to me.

I have no idea yet what the actual 5 people will be working on. But I’m confident that regardless of the work, we need 5 people to do the actual work, and the aforementioned efficient management team (EMT) to manage tasks such as encouraging 5 people to think of ideas of what movie/show to make, screwing in lightbulbs, etc.

Also, while we are at it, let’s schedule a meeting to discuss when we should have the next meeting to discuss how we should plan to run a business at the next meeting.

Thank you for your cooperation…

-Flu,
VP of Union Affairs[/quote]

Work? WORK?!? Who said anything about work?

Do you realize what it’s going to cost us to hire workers that are capable of working? We’re a fledgling small business, and once the elections are over, Congress will go back to giving small businesses the finger – and a bipartisan one, at that. No, we can only afford to hire workers who are incapable of working.

This is an important distinction, flu. As the VP of Union Affairs, you’ll be expected to make those distinctions, and also handle all of the boring business stuff that the remainder of the cabal are too busy, dumb, or bored to handle. For the forseeable future, this may include changing lightbulbs. Be sure to check on the latest directive from Washington, DC, on what size and type of bulbs area approved for use.

Given enough time, we can manage to screw up the company enough to ensure that the government bails us out. Rest assured that I have consulted the latest actuarial tables and the National Enquirer horoscope column to determine the precise month and year for this, so as to have contracts drawn up guaranteeing that all company execs and board members receive their performance-based bonuses after we’ve been fired .

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eavesdropper: You’re getting a little ahead of yourself here, Sunshine. Before you start handing out jobs, willy-nilly, I think we should form an executive group first. [/quote]

I’m a woman, Alan. Willy-nilly is what I do. Although I’m looking at things a little differently ever since reading “Going Rogue” last spring (all forty-two pages of it. Twice! And, yeah, pictures do so count.) I prefer to term my impulsive offer to Scaredy as “estrogen deficiency-induced decisive executive action.”

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Actually, I think we should form a junta (or a cabal; I’ve always wanted to be part of a cabal) and start appointing various minions, cohorts and henchpersons. [/quote] Alan, given your education, background, and professional experience, and keeping in mind your breathtaking linguistic skills, I feel confident in leaving the nomenclature up to you. However, I wanted to be sure that said appointment-making will require all appointees to submit tastefully understated white linen envelopes stuffed with cash. Mama needs a new pair of leather chaps since my last pair suffered third-degree burns on hot exhaust.

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] For the record, I have no issue with Scaredy being in charge of HR, although I remain concerned about his various, changing monikers. That might presage some sort of psychotic break with reality….[/quote]

Hell, this is a daily occurrence in Congress, and those people still manage to hold on to their jobs.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eavesdropper: You’re getting a little ahead of yourself here, Sunshine. Before you start handing out jobs, willy-nilly, I think we should form an executive group first. [/quote]

I’m a woman, Alan. Willy-nilly is what I do. Although I’m looking at things a little differently ever since reading “Going Rogue” last spring (all forty-two pages of it. Twice! And, yeah, pictures do so count.) I prefer to term my impulsive offer to Scaredy as “estrogen deficiency-induced decisive executive action.”

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Actually, I think we should form a junta (or a cabal; I’ve always wanted to be part of a cabal) and start appointing various minions, cohorts and henchpersons. [/quote] Alan, given your education, background, and professional experience, and keeping in mind your breathtaking linguistic skills, I feel confident in leaving the nomenclature up to you. However, I wanted to be sure that said appointment-making will require all appointees to submit tastefully understated white linen envelopes stuffed with cash. Mama needs a new pair of leather chaps since my last pair suffered third-degree burns on hot exhaust.

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] For the record, I have no issue with Scaredy being in charge of HR, although I remain concerned about his various, changing monikers. That might presage some sort of psychotic break with reality….[/quote]

Hell, this is a daily occurrence in Congress, and those people still manage to hold on to their jobs.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eavesdropper: You’re getting a little ahead of yourself here, Sunshine. Before you start handing out jobs, willy-nilly, I think we should form an executive group first. [/quote]

I’m a woman, Alan. Willy-nilly is what I do. Although I’m looking at things a little differently ever since reading “Going Rogue” last spring (all forty-two pages of it. Twice! And, yeah, pictures do so count.) I prefer to term my impulsive offer to Scaredy as “estrogen deficiency-induced decisive executive action.”

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Actually, I think we should form a junta (or a cabal; I’ve always wanted to be part of a cabal) and start appointing various minions, cohorts and henchpersons. [/quote] Alan, given your education, background, and professional experience, and keeping in mind your breathtaking linguistic skills, I feel confident in leaving the nomenclature up to you. However, I wanted to be sure that said appointment-making will require all appointees to submit tastefully understated white linen envelopes stuffed with cash. Mama needs a new pair of leather chaps since my last pair suffered third-degree burns on hot exhaust.

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] For the record, I have no issue with Scaredy being in charge of HR, although I remain concerned about his various, changing monikers. That might presage some sort of psychotic break with reality….[/quote]

Hell, this is a daily occurrence in Congress, and those people still manage to hold on to their jobs.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eavesdropper: You’re getting a little ahead of yourself here, Sunshine. Before you start handing out jobs, willy-nilly, I think we should form an executive group first. [/quote]

I’m a woman, Alan. Willy-nilly is what I do. Although I’m looking at things a little differently ever since reading “Going Rogue” last spring (all forty-two pages of it. Twice! And, yeah, pictures do so count.) I prefer to term my impulsive offer to Scaredy as “estrogen deficiency-induced decisive executive action.”

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Actually, I think we should form a junta (or a cabal; I’ve always wanted to be part of a cabal) and start appointing various minions, cohorts and henchpersons. [/quote] Alan, given your education, background, and professional experience, and keeping in mind your breathtaking linguistic skills, I feel confident in leaving the nomenclature up to you. However, I wanted to be sure that said appointment-making will require all appointees to submit tastefully understated white linen envelopes stuffed with cash. Mama needs a new pair of leather chaps since my last pair suffered third-degree burns on hot exhaust.

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] For the record, I have no issue with Scaredy being in charge of HR, although I remain concerned about his various, changing monikers. That might presage some sort of psychotic break with reality….[/quote]

Hell, this is a daily occurrence in Congress, and those people still manage to hold on to their jobs.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eavesdropper: You’re getting a little ahead of yourself here, Sunshine. Before you start handing out jobs, willy-nilly, I think we should form an executive group first. [/quote]

I’m a woman, Alan. Willy-nilly is what I do. Although I’m looking at things a little differently ever since reading “Going Rogue” last spring (all forty-two pages of it. Twice! And, yeah, pictures do so count.) I prefer to term my impulsive offer to Scaredy as “estrogen deficiency-induced decisive executive action.”

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Actually, I think we should form a junta (or a cabal; I’ve always wanted to be part of a cabal) and start appointing various minions, cohorts and henchpersons. [/quote] Alan, given your education, background, and professional experience, and keeping in mind your breathtaking linguistic skills, I feel confident in leaving the nomenclature up to you. However, I wanted to be sure that said appointment-making will require all appointees to submit tastefully understated white linen envelopes stuffed with cash. Mama needs a new pair of leather chaps since my last pair suffered third-degree burns on hot exhaust.

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] For the record, I have no issue with Scaredy being in charge of HR, although I remain concerned about his various, changing monikers. That might presage some sort of psychotic break with reality….[/quote]

Hell, this is a daily occurrence in Congress, and those people still manage to hold on to their jobs.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=walterwhite]You guys are making me feel bad for not actually producing anything. But at least I’m not blaming any particular group for anything. I like me life; I’m just maybe perhaps useless.[/quote]

Don’t feel bad. You keep us entertained AND informed. And we’re a tough room.

You can be the Human Resources Director at the new network. How’s that sound?

[eavesdropper]

[quote=walterwhite]You guys are making me feel bad for not actually producing anything. But at least I’m not blaming any particular group for anything. I like me life; I’m just maybe perhaps useless.[/quote]

Don’t feel bad. You keep us entertained AND informed. And we’re a tough room.

You can be the Human Resources Director at the new network. How’s that sound?

[eavesdropper]

[quote=walterwhite]You guys are making me feel bad for not actually producing anything. But at least I’m not blaming any particular group for anything. I like me life; I’m just maybe perhaps useless.[/quote]

Don’t feel bad. You keep us entertained AND informed. And we’re a tough room.

You can be the Human Resources Director at the new network. How’s that sound?

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