eye-rollingly insulting to an entire gender

Oh good. I can usually take something in stride that was intended humorously- I was worried I was being overly sensitive. I wonder who they were hoping to reach with that one.

JZ, I think craigslist buyers understand that the first person to physically lay hands on the item in question is its owner, no matter who emailed you about it first.

At least, I wouldn't expect a seller to keep something for me at the expense of other people if I were dragging my feet at communicating.

OMG massage was the best idea ever! I feel so much better. And yeah, yay cheap LA massages! Next time anyone visits and has an extra $40, we're going back. I may go back sooner. Because yay.

Also yay auntie askye seeing the ultrasound! And boo craigslist slacker.

I remember being really shocked when Kirk said "Damn" in the first Star Trek movie and rationalizing to myself that it was an emotional moment.

Yeah, but it was getting kind of old hat by Star Trek IV, when Kirk said, "Well fuck me sideways with a tricorder!"

I apologize for continuing to vent about my current obsession, I'm nearly faint with rage and have to express it in some kind of constructive way or I might do something stupid.

In the ongoing saga of Company X. I had a couple of conversations with people today that really encouraged me to look into moving forward with some sort of action. As I said earlier, I'm not sure what steps to take, so I need to find someone in the know.

This evening, I finally went to the company's website to see how they have positioned my product.

Turns out they are not positioning the product as part of their business model. They have changed their ENTIRE business model to focus on ONLY my product. They don't even do what they were doing before I met them anymore.

The 'technology that they created' is my model with a service marked name and...as far as I can see, one minor change.

While the aneurysm I'm having right now has prevented me from doing a close comparison yet, I believe that some of the language in their product description is word for word mine. Or maybe a few different spellings.

I can't believe it. I'm so far beyond gobsmacked, I can't even decide what to do next. Take a bath? Get drunk? Scream in the streets?

Seriously. I don't know what to do.

eta: My self-righteous indignation compels me to add that this is a company that does upwards of 50 million dollars per year in revenues. I have trouble paying my rent. I just want to die.

Holy shit, bonny. Lawyer 'em in the ass!

bonny, did you not sign anything that essentially said that whatever work you do at the Company becomes property of the Company and you can't take it with you to another organization? I think I've signed something like that. I don't know if this situation would be under that sort of thing.

what P-C is describing is a "work for hire" agreement, where you assign all rights to your products to the company. However, as you describe the situation, you never actually worked for them, you talked with them about a working situation, and showed them some ideas, and could not come to an agreement.

No P-C. I wasn't working for the company. I was an organization development consultant at the time and put this product together as a way to combine all my interests into a service that would make companies work better.

In fact, the 'motto' of the product they are peddling is a direct quote from me. The language, however, is pretty generic, so...hard to claim it as my personal genius. The other stuff though? Yeah, identifiable.

eta: Right Vortex. The two principles loved the idea and praised me highly for it. After a number of discussions, they suddenly stopped taking my calls.

insent, bonnie.