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Fired Ford employee rants on eBay
How can something be so funny and so sad
at the same time? A former Ford engineer who was left behind when the company announced its “Way Forward” plan resorted to posting an eBay auction for his Dual Alarm Clock that he won’t be needing anymore. Though the wake-up device helped the man earn four Perfect Attendance awards during the seven years he was with the company, his days are now filled with watching The Price is Right and visiting the tanning salon, which doesn’t require waking up to a buzzer.
The auction ended February 8th with 83 bids having been made, the largest of which was an impressive $152.50. While that may not be enough to buy healthcare, at least this guy’s tan will be a healthy bronze.
[Thanks j-dawg for the tip]
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Skip 10:55AM (2/13/2006)
how about using the Tanning salon money for a RESUME SERVICE you DOLT!! Gee, maybe it's a SERVICE TO FORD to get rid of such a dunderhead!
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B 10:57AM (2/13/2006)
If all his written coorespondance is anything like his eBay post, I think I know why he was laid off.
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Finished.Law.School 10:57AM (2/13/2006)
Tanning is ghey
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Phil L. 11:31AM (2/13/2006)
Hmmmmm... A glance at some eBay feedback reveals that his last two purchases were for a pair of Hunter S. Thompson aviator sunglasses - and matching "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" visor!
I'm not sure I want to know where this is heading...
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Tmoney 11:42AM (2/13/2006)
Is he also selling the towel he threw in? No wonder Ford is in trouble and why this guy was 'shed'. Bad news, not the right outcome...screw it, that's it, I'm done, no way I can every recover...so I will just sit on my lazy (bronze) ass and watch TV.
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Noah 12:02PM (2/13/2006)
I think Toyota is staffing up aren't they? Heh heh but really.. GET A JOB YA BUM!
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Matt 12:09PM (2/13/2006)
You want to talk about sad.... You guys know that the eBay seller is John Coletti's kid, right?
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060201/BUSINESS01/602010464/1014
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jrhmobile 12:44PM (2/13/2006)
You'd think some of these commenters could take a joke ... or at least be bright enough to recognize one ...
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Mike 12:50PM (2/13/2006)
The freep article says he has "only" five months of severance coming. Only?! I'd like to get laid off like that sometime.
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Chuck 1:03PM (2/13/2006)
Geez, a few of you guys are real idiots. I bet you're always the last to get the punchline of a joke - if ever. Try looking up the word "sarcasm".
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B 3:59PM (2/13/2006)
I thought sarcasm was supposed to be funny.
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Richard Warren 4:39PM (2/13/2006)
Know what's really sad? The jerks bidding on the thing.
Ah yes, E-Bay, the junk hunters paradise and a new way for us all to make a couple of bucks.
Got a potato chip with a picture of Moses on it want to bid?
Sorry, HSN just offered more for it.
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superjeff 6:05PM (2/13/2006)
Wow... i have that exact same alarm clock. I'd love to get $150 for it. I wonder what sort of sad story I could come up with.
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JohnV 10:06AM (2/14/2006)
Too funny...even funnier are the clowns on this blog who NEVER get a joke...or for that matter know cars ;-)
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iQuack 3:02PM (2/14/2006)
Superjeff is correct. That clock radio with slide-rule tuning for $152.50?
Ford will probably hire the dummy who paid that price to replace the smarter fellow who sold his Timex clock radio for a huge gain.
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