# Just fired... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265 "2000-12-13T00:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HannibalV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@HannibalV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HannibalV)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/1 "2000-12-13T00:40:32Z")
“Business decision”. Anybody in the Chicago area need a PC Tech? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/2 "2000-12-13T00:44:36Z")
☹ I can’t help you at all, but that really sucks… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/3 "2000-12-13T00:55:52Z")
Perhaps Santa will turn all their hard drives into lumps of coal. Humbugs ! ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/4 "2000-12-13T00:59:50Z")
Aww…that’s too bad. ((((Hannibal)))) ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/5 "2000-12-13T09:52:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HannibalV \* > \*\*Anybody in the Chicago area need a PC Tech? \*\* They’re bound to! You guys are in demand. Good luck finding a better job - and it’s bound to be better than the one that let you go. ---
**Author:** ![HannibalV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@HannibalV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HannibalV)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/6 "2000-12-14T00:08:20Z")
The worst part is that I’m stuck here in Orange County, CA until the 21st, when they ship me back. Ah, well, maybe now I’ll be able to make [the First Dopefest of the Real New Millennium](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46239). ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/7 "2000-12-14T03:14:56Z")
No advice really, but I wanted to commiserate. The company that I worked for until last Friday has effectively ceased to be. Lack of funding. That’s the danger with these start ups. So I’m looking for a job too. But I’ve already got an interview tomorrow. Somebody wish me luck. And good luck to you too Hannibal. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/8 "2000-12-14T03:18:16Z")
{{{{{{{hannibal}}}}}}} Sorry, I can’t give you a job involving computers, and even if I did hire you for services, I wouldn’t be able to pay you. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/9 "2000-12-14T03:42:34Z")
You sending out apps? Try World Com ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fired/45265/10 "2000-12-14T03:47:13Z")
Hannibal, Sorry. That does suck. But look, techs are in demand, at least they are around here, so hang in there this door is shut but another one is gonna open for you.