And Now For an Actual Entry

[the_gneech]

Starbucks went well again today; manager told me I did a good job at the end of it. I was on the Drive-Through most of the day, saying, "welcome to Starbucks, I'll take your order whenever you're ready," into my little headset.

One of the shift supervisors there used to work for AOL, before layoffs claimed him. And one of his relatives manages the building that LifeMinders used to be in ... so he got to see all that money they spent on acquiring the "dot-com look!" We had fun trading dot-bomb war stories. :)

The VEC sent me a strange letter out of the blue, about some variety of hearing associated with my unemployment benefits ... apparently LifeMinders is contesting my eligibility or some such crud. Laurie was more bothered about it than I was ... she got pretty upset. So we went over to some friends' house to play games and relax, which helped her immensely.

That's all the news for now.

-The Gneech

Comments

[graveyardgreg.livejournal.com]

I know how working in a Drive-Thru can be, Gneech ol' buddy! Add some humor to it, and you'll be a winner.

Then they'll never free you! You'll be working in that area forever!

I know, for I am ALWAYS in Drive-Thru.

I wouldn't trade it for anything :)

go kick the VEC and Lifeminders

[mammallamadevil.livejournal.com]

in a certain vulnerable spot...tickey tack bureaucratic rigmarole

[spikedpunch.livejournal.com]

I think that it will become a part of our generation that so many of us had worked for a dot.com at one point in our lives. Guess kinda of how avoiding the draft was a part of so many in the 60's...

Dot coms

[level-head.livejournal.com]

Hello, Spiked Punch!

Dot coms are not gone. The exterior effect you now see is closer to a pupae than a coffin.

I think that, by the end of this decade, most will not remember the "momentary" bobble in the rise of the information industries that happened in 2000 and 2001. It may be gone from most memories by 2005. The comeback will begin in the next few months.

I haven't seen this prediction before, and I confess to being less than happy about aspects of it.

===|==============/ Level Head

Re: Dot coms

[mammallamadevil.livejournal.com]

I agree with your assessment that many information based companies will eventually rebound, but I am not sure that most people are going to forget the massive crash that occurred. It is a seminal growth spurt and black mark that will forever define the industry. No one is ever going to be returning to the general financial insanity of 1997-2000 and will be judged harshly by rank and file analysts/communities if they try. "lean and mean" is the common buzz I hear when I talk to dot-commie friends now about new investments and projects. I've been on both sides of the fence, and am glad that I chose a path that put me on the latter track, at least for now....MLD