Laying off George

Re:Laying off George by davidw on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @03:29AM (#400699)

Yeah, I don't know much about this person, but flying a guy (edit: oops, sorry, girl! that's what I get for writing first thing in the morning) around the world to talk about "the commons project" sounds like lots of money that could be better spent elsewhere. That said, if she's bright and a good worker, why not at least give her the chance to do something else in the company?

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Re:Laying off George by zaius on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @03:53AM (#400710)

George is a girl http://www.flickr.com/people/george/

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Re:Laying off George by 3pt14159 on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @06:47AM (#400799)

That explains the crying, etc... Thank you for clearing that up.

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Re:Laying off George by gruseom on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @11:43AM (#401095)

That explains the crying, etc.

I can see this got downmodded into oblivion, yet I don't think it's so far from the mark. I noticed some cognitive dissonance in myself while reading the original post under the assumption that George was a he. It dissipated when I figured out she's a she. Such a clear little "experiment" doesn't come along very often so I think it's worth paying attention to.

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Re:Laying off George by noonespecial on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @03:47PM (#401426)

I knew a French guy in High School named 'Michelle'. He was like a walking sociology experiment. It was highly enlightening.

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Re:Laying off George by gruseom on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @06:13PM (#401584)

I'm assuming you mean "Michel" and it was at an English-speaking school?

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Re:Laying off George by michaelneale on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @08:32PM (#401683)

Hey I am a bit sensitive about my name being "Michelle" in french - or at least pronounced that way ;)

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