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What Could Possibly Close Next?

July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Losing a job, New members, War stories

YIKES. This was the prescient license plate of a former investment broker who can’t afford the car anymore. It’s my G-rated exclamation when I read about the growing stacks of worthless stock certificates, old employee IDs and the latest additions to the club.
American pastimes closed indefinitely
Closings have gone way beyond what you read in the [...]

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Circuit City’s Mushroom Cloud

June 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Coping, Series, War stories

“I didn’t say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.” — Anonymous
Former Circuit City employees took a direct hit when the company closed. But the fallout is still spreading far beyond the walls of Circuit City’s echoing stores. If you think you aren’t affected, think again.  Here [...]

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Hell or Heller Ehrman?

May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Losing a job, Series, War stories

“Life’s a fragile thing Harry… One minute you’re chewin on a burger, the next minute you’re dead meat.”                                                                                           [...]

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So You Think You Have It Bad? The Circuit City Story

May 4th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Losing a job, War stories

“Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘This is going to take more than one night.’”                             – Charles M. Schulz

Prime Parking Available
I was just in time today to see absolutely nothing happen at Circuit City’s headquarters. The parking lot didn’t look this massive [...]

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Too Many Members

April 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Coping, Losing a job, New members

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”   C.S. Lewis

I was shocked and saddened by the number of companies I added to the Memorial Garden (below) during routine blog maintenance today. What has happened to all these former employees? What about their families? Their sanity? Mortgage payments? Health insurance? The extent of [...]

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