The Adnostic

Last night I had dinner with a few of my former coworkers at the Farmers Market. I love the Farmers Market. It's probably the only place on earth where you can get together with any number of friends, eat a plate of nachos, wash it down with German beer, walk a few feet and sit down for some French food, and gently sip on a good glass of Beaujolais while talking boisterously amongst each other. If you can't love that then you have no sense of casual adventure.

I talked with Jay about a possible freelance gig I may have lined up. I asked him how much I should charge and what I could expect. I also discussed the possibility of working as his assistant on some of the freelance market research projects he takes on from time to time. He seemed to like that idea, especially after I told him that I could help him remove bunnies from hats and he could saw me in half from time to time as long as he didn't make me wear a sequined bikini or a feathered headdress. They make me itch.

I exchanged phone numbers and email addresses with some of my old colleagues whom I never got the chance to say goodbye to as I was unceremoniously hustled out of the building (btw - unnecessary and rude).

I got to kvetch to another person who was kicked out with me about the whole process and how if we were in charge we would have handled it much better. She had the brilliant idea of giving the person you are about to fire a choice:
A) Leave now and enjoy so much severance
B) Leave a week from now, say goodbye to people, finish your projects, behave, and receive an ample severance
C) Leave a week from now, do something stupid, and get paid only for the time worked. No severance.

Doesn't that sound so much better than simply kicking someone out the door without so much as a nod? I hope she runs her own company one day, because she would make it a great place to work.

Anyways, I'm really going to miss those people. I'm sure I will run into them again, either professionally or socially. Advertising is a small word and we tend to bounce around a lot.