Thursday, August 17, 2006

Sever Me Timbers!

Can this be for real?

Northwest is laying off its customer service workers and baggage handlers at many smaller airports as it reorganizes under bankruptcy protection.

Earlier this month, it sent workers in Bismarck, N.D.; Bozeman, Mont.; and Austin, Texas, a handbook with tips for handling their layoffs. It included 101 money-saving ideas such as, "Don't be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash."

Other tips included using old newspapers for cat litter, asking friends and family for hand-me-down clothes and asking a doctor for free prescription drug samples.

Don't be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash? Whose trash are we talking about? Are they suggesting that their ex-employees go dumpster-diving for scraps of food? Are these people insane?

It sounds like management at Northwest has been sampling a few too many drugs, free or otherwise. Or maybe they're just using old cat litter for brains. (h/t Jane Galt)

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