Paul, you've always got buccaneering to fall back on...;-) 555

Exactly what I was thinking, Kristof! I'm so glad I don't have to deal with the working life yet...

Seems it always happens a month short of retirement. Good job, Paul . You're fired!

clever and well-paced...loved the "shoo"....5s

I bet you feel 2 stone lighter, Paul - funny one - 555

ARRRHHH, matey, Har-HAR !!! Ooops, sorry....thought this was another pirate parody. ;-)

Thanks, all! JD - Corp'rate Raidin' , aye, that be Piratin' in me book, ARRRHHH!!! Hey, how about "A Har-Har Day's Night" ?? or something like that ~ ~ ~

good job on this parody, Paul

Thanks, Royce...

David Chrenko - Jeez! I missed part of your comment when I saw it late last night. You really nailed the situation! That's EXACTLY what they told our Department. Called a meeting April 29th, 2003..."Well, you guys just had your best season yet! 96%!! Congratulations!!...Uhh...but were moving Central Support somewhere else...but you are welcome to APPLY there...". No offer of moving expenses, bonuses, perks or even an indication that they really WANTED you there..."You are welcome to apply"...and it was because they wanted to cut loose middle-aged, relatively high-salaried (for the field) folks and hire less-experience people at lower starting classifications (lower ceilings) in a State that conformed to FEDERAL Labor Laws...looser Overtime Pay rules than California. And they got what they wanted. I hear there rating got down below 80% and at that point they started hiring some of the former reps back as "Outside Consultants"...Temps, with no benefits...to handle the calls their new "Central" Support couldn't. So glad not be there anymore...I'd say words cannot express but I think I just did...

I too was once laid off from a job in the past, I know how one feels when it happens! I can understand, did this happen to you, and is that what inspired you to write the song? I wrote one parody on this site because of a situation really happening to me that did not feel good - "Segregated", which is a Ramones parody. I think this one is definitely funny! You cannot depend on employers keeping you! As a matter of fact, because of my disability, it's been hard to keep a job, but I have two employers who understand me and make accomodations. They know what my illness is and they have more tolerance than most people. My supervisors from both of my jobs even came and testified as witnesses at my hearing to get approved for Social Security Disability Benefits!

David P. - Yes, pretty much, although you must allow for the fact that I often embellish circumstances and "borrow" things that happened from others around me and assign them to my 'protagonist'...Actually, I lot of my work here is based on actual personal experiences...I write pieces to things I experience at every opportunity if I can find a way to...Jobs, odd encounters in public, dental work and other torture-derived activities - my travels - a couple of experiences performing my parodies while I was up in San Jose, CA. I usually try and write those as soon as possible...I wrote "Out By The Dumpster" the same evening as it occurred...I had the idea while the picture was being taken of the the Duncans, John Barry and myself out in back of the Espresso Gardens Cafe (you can see it over in the "MessageBoard" section, by the way...it's in the "2nd writer's Photo thread" started by Mari Duncan back in November of 2004 - Yes, we were indeed in very close proximity to ALL the dumpsters from the mall the Cafe was located in...although it did not really smell bad, I could picture and project how it COULD...and then had to access a song in my mind that would be able to supply me with the right phrasing/pacing for a "hook" line...It is fun for me when I can do this and actually come up with something that works. I just wrote one Monday night on an experience I had getting the autograph of a musician/composer I really admire....the first autograph I ever sought in my 54+ years. I started writing it while standing in a VERY long line in the Tower Records parking lot talking to some of the people standing nearby...I've made one or two small changes since Monday night to polish it up, but the bulk and tone of what I wrote is intact from that evening. Haven't posted it yet, want to take a little more time to parse it out...besides, almost no one here will probably know the OS...Anyway, to boil down the last couple hundred words...Yes, I do write from actual experience quite often...I think it is one of my favorite writing activities and I think it really stretches your writing chops to try and do it. Thanks for stopping in...