78 Ways to Say, "You're Fired!"

Canned, decruited, at Liberty, eliminated, "We're going in another direction,"excessed, farmed out, "It's not you, it's us,"sent to the minors, given your walking papers.

We sat down the other day, and tried to think of all the ways to say, "You're Fired!"

Benched, sent packing, bought out your contract, "Don't call us, we'll call you," dismissed, released, terminated, dumped, sacked, outsourced.

As you probably know, Detroit is currently in meltdown mode. That means there are many people hearing these words right now.

"Clean out your desk", you're toast, walked out the door, outplaced, "You're history!" furloughed, cashiered, drummed out, escorted out, rif'ed.

Isn't it amazing how many ways there are to tell a person that they are no longer needed?

Kicked to the curb, given the boot, on waivers, let go, pensioned off, fired, "Clean out your locker", released, outsourced, asked to leave.

The fact that it is happening to so many does not make it any easier for those that it is happening to.

Up the creek, sold down the river, declared redundant, right skill set for the wrong company, severed, blackballed, put out to pasture, redeployed, reassessing manpower, right sized.

I can tell you that it hurts, it's disheartening, and depressing.

Downsized, "It's business," "You're outta here!", didn't make the cut, optioned, given the heave ho, axed, pursuing other options, pushed aside, delisted.

They tell me that this is for the best. That the economy will only be stronger when this is done. And what's good for the economy is good for America.

Deleted, thrown to the wolves, shown the way out, decommissioned, made a free agent, parting company, seeking other options, sent to the showers, assessing priorities, "turn in your badge".

What I see are sad, anxious people who did nothing wrong, who now will be punished for decisions made by other men who only cared about making more money.

"Hasta la vista, baby", the fat lady has sung, don't let the door it you in the backside on the way out, tossed out, discarded, sidelined, pink slipped.