Nora, I think being laid off is so common these days that it no longer has much, if any, negative connotation. You could say something like "Economic conditions caused my company to cut staff based on seniority, but my supervisor there will attest to my (competence, work ethic, knowledge of programming, whatever)."
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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Ginger - Aug 14, 2008 5:13:22 am PDT #1599 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
brenda m - Aug 14, 2008 5:16:54 am PDT #1600 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nora, I think your letter sounds right on. (And FWIW, I'm right in the middle of a hiring process, so I'm in that mindset very much these days.)
I'm with Steph on the "Honorable" thing. Personally, I'd probably go with simply John Doe and Jane Smith and leave titles out entirely.
Sparky1 - Aug 14, 2008 5:17:58 am PDT #1601 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Re: my previous post with the note for the hiring people for Tom: is ot OK to tell them that he has been laid off? Is this a bad? Or just reality?
Personally, I don't think I'd tell them about the layoff, but keep in the "reorganization" bit. Spelling out the layoff might sound like he's pressuring them for an answer rather than trying to get them to move on considering. Does that make sense? My coffee is broken this morning.
vw, since you were invited to a family meal, not a wedding, I say relax the rules and address the envelope to Jane Smith & John Doe.
Miracleman - Aug 14, 2008 5:18:05 am PDT #1602 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Rice: This is not 1968," said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice emphatically at a Washington news conference, "where Russia can...occupy a capital, overthrow a government and get away with it.
Even for this bunch, this is a staggering level of delusion and obliviousness. What the hell are they on?
No, no, no. You're missing the unspoken "...that's America's job. We're just sayin'."
vw bug - Aug 14, 2008 5:20:48 am PDT #1603 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
vw, since you were invited to a family meal, not a wedding, I say relax the rules and address the envelope to Jane Smith & John Doe.
That's what CBD just said. So, that's what I'm doing.
Also, he thinks I'm crazy to be writing a thank you note for dinner.
Sparky1 - Aug 14, 2008 5:24:07 am PDT #1604 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Also, he thinks I'm crazy to be writing a thank you note for dinner.
Just wait until his parents invite you back and not him because they like you better. So there!
t /silly
SailAweigh - Aug 14, 2008 5:26:22 am PDT #1605 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Happy Wedding Day, GC and STBDW!!
Steph L. - Aug 14, 2008 5:28:08 am PDT #1606 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Also, he thinks I'm crazy to be writing a thank you note for dinner.
Uh, when I read your post, I was seized with guilt for not writing a thank-you note for the first time The Boy's parents had us over for dinner.
Fred Pete - Aug 14, 2008 5:30:57 am PDT #1607 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Congrats, GC and fiancee!
vw bug - Aug 14, 2008 5:39:40 am PDT #1608 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Just wait until his parents invite you back and not him because they like you better. So there!
Heh. He would probably like that. They can know what's going on in his life without him having to talk!
Uh, when I read your post, I was seized with guilt for not writing a thank-you note for the first time The Boy's parents had us over for dinner.
No! No guilt! Although, if we had gone to their place for dinner, I probably would have whipped up some quilted coasters or something as a hostess gift.