tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post7897127736699641108..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Calling Miss Manners: Awkward going-away partiesJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89175479377606014352008-09-29T22:07:00.000-04:002008-09-29T22:07:00.000-04:00... THE single most demoralizing experience of my ...... THE single most demoralizing experience of my entire GCI career - i got the lamest, most tepid "speech" from the recently promoted ME -- and the boss above the ME didn't even show up. I seriously thought i'd made a BIG mistake giving 3 weeks' notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47758864818752125092008-09-29T11:01:00.000-04:002008-09-29T11:01:00.000-04:00Is the decorating/inscription on the cake outsourc...Is the decorating/inscription on the cake outsourced to 2Adpro??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85379564077346557212008-09-29T10:58:00.000-04:002008-09-29T10:58:00.000-04:00get a position working nights....don't have to att...get a position working nights....don't have to attend the awkward ceremonies, and the (slightly used/stale) cake ends up in the company refrigerator to be gobbled by the nightside workers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-92069856962364492522008-09-26T20:03:00.000-04:002008-09-26T20:03:00.000-04:00I have vivid memories of those Day-1, post-party. ...I have vivid memories of those Day-1, post-party. Yup, all that congealed, unrefrigerated butter- cream frosting and cake crumbs everywhere. No wonder we had mice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24095277581535768892008-09-26T13:27:00.000-04:002008-09-26T13:27:00.000-04:00There was a long-time reporter at Wilmington who t...There was a long-time reporter at Wilmington who took the pictures of every staffer that left, at the cake ceremony. The reporter, Matt Zabitka, had several scrapbooks full of the pictures. I remember one month where we had like 12 different cakes. Wilmington has always been a stepping stone for careers, so the turnover is pretty high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1803247587274122422008-09-26T11:52:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:52:00.000-04:00When did you work in Wisconsin, Jim? That is EXACT...When did you work in Wisconsin, Jim? That is EXACTLY the way our farewells go, right down to the sheet cake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35946313756862987042008-09-26T09:49:00.000-04:002008-09-26T09:49:00.000-04:00@ anon 9:17 Very nice. You must live in a cave in ...@ anon 9:17 Very nice. You must live in a cave in your "real life".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25899879545292187892008-09-26T09:17:00.000-04:002008-09-26T09:17:00.000-04:00Actually, I find most office parties to be at leas...Actually, I find most office parties to be at least somewhat awkward, regardless of whether it's a going away bash or birthday or whatever. We all have to gather, pretend we like each other for 15 minutes, make small talk and then scurry back to our desks. The boss who just cut the cake is about to cut something else -- jobs. The coworker who drives you insane with 700 personal phone calls a day Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6695104325460598782008-09-26T05:16:00.000-04:002008-09-26T05:16:00.000-04:00D'oh! Thanks; fixed that.D'oh! Thanks; fixed that.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68233681338994974172008-09-26T02:22:00.000-04:002008-09-26T02:22:00.000-04:00Actually, Jim, Silverman was in Louisville a bit o...Actually, Jim, Silverman was in Louisville a bit over a year. He was announced on April 1, 1996 (an unforgettable and appropriate date) and left shortly after Derby in 1997.<BR/><BR/>Good times, good times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20602401563708793332008-09-25T23:00:00.000-04:002008-09-25T23:00:00.000-04:00Here's awkward for ya: in my LIC, lots of people h...Here's awkward for ya: in my LIC, lots of people have left in the last 9 months without so much as an e-mail from management that folks were leaving - much less a cake.<BR/><BR/>A notable exception: the departure of one female staffer - a favorite of the EE - prompted an e-mail to the newsroom heaping such praise on her that the rest of us just gagged. Of course, the EE is so dense he probably Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com