Alex

you said:

Re: I'm sorry I know this is off topic but i have to send this

No -- you did not have to send it. Please do not do so again.
Thank you.

Harry

Alex wrote:
> Best Resignation Letter Ever Written
>
> Following is a supposed letter of resignation from an employee at a computer
> company, to her boss, who apparently resigned very soon afterwards! It's
> Funny, but a bit harsh
>
> Dear Mr. Smith,
>
> As a graduate of an institution of higher education, I have a few very basic
> expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have an
> intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel. After your
> consistent and annoying harassment of my co-workers and me during the
> commission of our duties, I can only surmise that you are one of the few
> true genetic wastes of our time.
>
> Asking me, a network administrator, to explain every little nuance of
> everything I do each time you happen to stroll into my office is not only a
> waste of time, but also a waste of precious oxygen. I was hired because I
> know how to network computer systems, and you were apparently hired to
> provide amusement to myself and other employees, who watch you vainly
> attempt to understand the concept of "cut and paste" for the hundredth time.
>
> You will never understand computers. Something as incredibly simple as
> binary still gives you too many options. You will also never understand why
> people hate you, but I am going to try and explain it to you, even though I
> am sure this will be just as effective as telling you what an IP is. Your
> shiny new iMac has more personality than you ever will.
>
> You walk around the building all day, shiftlessly looking for fault in
> others. You have a sharp dressed useless look about you that may have worked
> for your interview, but now that you actually have responsibility, you pawn
> it off on overworked staff, hoping their talent will cover for your glaring
> ineptitude. In a world of managerial evolution, you are the blue-green algae
> that everyone else eats and laughs at. Managers like you are a sad proof of
> the Dilbert principle. Since this situation is unlikely to change without
> you getting a full frontal lobotomy reversal, I am forced to tender my
> resignation, however I have a few parting thoughts.
>
> 1. When someone calls you in reference to employment, it is illegal for you
> to give me a bad recommendation. The most you can say to hurt me is "I
> prefer not to comment." I will have friends randomly call you over the next
> couple of years to keep you honest, because I know you would be unable to do
> it on your own.
>
> 2. I have all the passwords to every account on the system, and I know every
> password you have used for the last five years. If you decide to get cute, I
> am going to publish your "favorites list", which I conveniently saved when
> you made me "back up" your useless files. I do believe that terms like
> "Lolita" are not usually viewed favorably by the administration.
>
> 3. When you borrowed the digital camera to "take pictures of your Mother's
> birthday," you neglected to mention that you were going to take pictures of
> yourself in the mirror nude. Then you forgot to erase them like the
> techno-moron you really are. Suffice it to say I have never seen such odd
> acts with a sauce bottle, but I assure you that those have been copied and
> kept in safe places pending the authoring of a glowing letter of
> recommendation. (Try to use a spell check please; I hate having to correct
> your mistakes.)
>
> Thank you for your time, and I expect the letter of recommendation on my
> desk by 8:00 am tomorrow. One word of this to anybody, and all of your
> little twisted repugnant obsessions will be open to the public. Never f***
> with your systems administrator. Why? Because they know what you do with all
> that free time!
>
> Wishing you a grand and glorious day,
>
> Cecelia
>

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