So it appears I can now blog via the mobile. So I'd like to share a story. A girl I work with is going to be having a baby soon so there's a shower at work today. Someone I work with brought in some muffins for it. The following is the conversation that took place one cube over.

Guy: There are boy and girl cupcakes. The boys are on top.

Pregnant co-worker: What's the difference?

Guy: The boys have nuts.

You can't make this stuff up people! I'm trying to be positive for now. Prospects in the first couple days look okay. We'll see what develops.

-MtR

Back on the Hunt...I Guess

Hammer dropped Tuesday afternoon. Biomet Microfixation will be moving the majority of it's manufacturing operation up to Warsaw, IN. The remaining bits will be going overseas to China. My responsibilities are changing as my job will soon be eliminated. It's all about the power of the almighty dollar. How do they do it? I guess some have said they choose not to think about the lives they are impacting because if they did they couldn't make the decisions that "have to be made".

I wish I could turn that filter off. I just look around and see the myriad stories that are about to take a very unexpected (and in many cases difficult) turn. People have families, homes, mortages, lives. None of this matters though. Just the dollar. The rich get richer, and the saga continues.

I could go on for pages here, literally. I could spew forth venemous thoughts about capitalism, greed and how small investment firms hungry for blood will more than likely be the downfall of our economy and nation with their greed. There are only so many jobs that can be sourced elsewhere. After that, where do they go for more money? It's like a game. How much more money can we make without regard for the people we lay waste to in the process.

But I won't do it, because this is public domain and I need the paycheck. So no slanderous remarks here. If you want to know how I and others have been treated in the process, just ask.

So now, one day at a time. We'll see where it goes. Life's a journey, and mine is about to take a turn. I'll be sure it's a good one.

-MtR

It's been a while

No interwebs at home means it's difficult to keep a daily interweb journal. I felt it important to post today though.

There's a company wide meeting at 2 pm today at which a lot of us are expecting a big announcement regarding the fate of my company. A lot of things are going to China. There were a lot of meetings last week, many of which involved corporate folks who we should our shouldn't have known were in Jacksonville. There's been a lot of conjecture. Things are tense. Who knows what may happen.

I never thought at 27 I'd already find myself in this type of situation, but here I am. I'll post again later.

-MtR