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19 March 2006

Like the four shining heroes raising Old Glory at Iwo Jima, like Martin Luther nailing his ten declarations to the chapel door, like John Carlos and Tommie Smith raising their hands at the Olympics in defiance; every act of resistance is a battle won, no matter how big or small. That is why, to my delight, walking past Blenz on Hastings to the Spartacus Books grand re-opening, I discovered a few notes taped to the door. Four employees, sick of slave wage labour and an ungrateful boss, up and left. Walked out, en masse, in the ultimate act of defiance against corporate middle management.

Mutiny at the Café

This is my first post here, so please be gentle. I just thought this was too good not to share.

post by: sveskemus at: 14:13 | 13 comments

very cool! : >

(don't be afraid of us--mostly we don't bite unless you want us to)

posted by amberglow 19 March | 14:31

welcome to Metachat! Nice post. Don't worry about people being rough. This is practically the opposite of Metafilter-- sometimes people aren't even nasty here when they ought to be. :)

posted by rebirtha 19 March | 14:38

That's a great post. Welcome sveskemus.

posted by essexjan 19 March | 14:39

Thank you. You are all very kind.

I was thrilled when I saw this because I have wanted to do something like this before but never done it. I worked as a telemarketer once and things were so bad that one day two of my co-workers and I simply got up and left never to return. But we didn't tell management why and I'm guessing everything's just as bad there today as it was when I was there.

posted by sveskemus 19 March | 14:48

That's really awesome. Good for them.

(Hi sveskemus. Relax!)

posted by mudpuppie 19 March | 15:03

Welcome, sveskemus. Keep in mind that a no-link post containing only the words "I HAVE FISH IN MY PANTS" would be a perfectly appropriate contribution here. The bar is set pretty low :)

That said, good post.

posted by killdevil 19 March | 15:07

You know, I'm really quite fond of Blenz's Fishpants Blend, but I'm not going to support nasty management. I'll have to get my fishblend coffee somewhere else.

Fight the Power!

posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 March | 15:14

I HAVE ONE OR MORE FISH IN MY PANTS. WHICH IS TROUBLESOME AS I AM UNABLE TO PUT THEM ON.

posted by killdevil 19 March | 15:39

Excellent post killdevil.

Seriously though, welcome to the party sveskemus!

posted by nomis 19 March | 17:03

THERE ARE AN INDETERMINATE NUMBER OF FISH IN MY PANTS. CURRENT UNDERSTANDING HYPOTHESIZES THAT THE NUMBER OF FISH IS ONE. THIS HYPOTHESIS HAS A 95% PROBABILITY OF BEING 99% CORRECT. THE FISH MAY OR MAY NOT BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU. AS NO INFORMATION EXISTS REGARDING THE STATE OF THE FISH, WE RECOMMEND THAT ALL TROUSERS ARE REMOVED.

posted by seanyboy 19 March | 18:35

I'd hoped to encourage this sort of mutiny in my own furious departure last month. But nope, they've stayed and have been given my workload. Poor fellas.

posted by fenriq 19 March | 19:43

*gently beats the crap out of sveskemus*

posted by sciurus 20 March | 10:40

*is confused as to the reason for being gently beaten*

*secretly likes it*

posted by sveskemus 20 March | 15:22

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