Re:How Not To Sort By Average Rating
by TimothyFitz on Thursday February 12, 2009 @07:12PM
(#479214)
Evan and I worked together at IMVU, and at one point a senior engineer heard one of my (appallingly bad) ideas and replied "You're fired." and went back to work.
A few weeks later I, apparently, made a terrible joke. Seconds later this shows up in my inbox:
Dear Timothy,
After careful deliberation, it's been decided that you need to be fired.
Reason: telling not funny jokes
You may take one (1) Odwalla for the road.
Thanks,
The Firing Committee
Not only was it hilarious but while I suspected Evan, he hadn't had time to type that whole message! Over the next few weeks I received quite a few of these e-mails, but with different messages:
Reason: distracting Evan from his conversation with Luc
Reason: Asking too many questions
etc.
It turns out that not only did Evan find the need to write a formal you're fired letter; he wrote a web service to send formal you're fired letters. To me.
A few weeks later I, apparently, made a terrible joke. Seconds later this shows up in my inbox:
Dear Timothy,
After careful deliberation, it's been decided that you need to be fired.
Reason: telling not funny jokes
You may take one (1) Odwalla for the road.
Thanks,
The Firing Committee
Not only was it hilarious but while I suspected Evan, he hadn't had time to type that whole message! Over the next few weeks I received quite a few of these e-mails, but with different messages:
Reason: distracting Evan from his conversation with Luc
Reason: Asking too many questions
etc.
It turns out that not only did Evan find the need to write a formal you're fired letter; he wrote a web service to send formal you're fired letters. To me.