hey verizon, can you hear me now? I QUIT !

“"I choose to voluntarily terminate employment pursuant to the Verizon Severance Program for Management Employees Plan"

"My last day on the active payroll will be November 21, 2003."

i just filled out the paperwork today. looking forward to turning it in.

the more i think about it, the more i cant believe i actually had to think about it. nigga, please! i was planning on leaving to tackle the AT when i got my five years in anyway, even better to quit now when theyre offering an extra 15k AND 52 weeks full insurance benefits on top of severance pay.”

“HELL YEA! in 33 days i will be a freemason! i mean free man! yea!”

“Before you go in and give your supervisor the news tomorrow just make sure there are no strings attached to your severence.

- They might supply you insurance at their discounted group rate, just as long as YOU pay the bill.

-Is the $15K for your term of employment, or is that the max for a 'lifer' (20+ years) and you'll only get a lesser amount based on years of service?

-If you've made some good $$$ this year and are thinking of taking a whole year off you might want to quit AFTER Jan 1 - that way you'll only have the meager severence income for next year's tax calculations and not bloat your income tax liabiltiy for this year. (hey, the money you save on taxes can buy more gear!).”

“full insurance benefits

15k. everyone.

dont have a choice on last day of employment”

“I wish that I could do that. I have the tons of respect for what you are doing. A lot of people don't have the balls to do that. I hope that hike goes well for you. Good luck”

“When u get to NJ, I'll hike w/ yah for a few steps and give u the one thing I crave when I am on the trail. Fruit!!! Nice juice oranges and apples.”

“And I though you were changin carriers....

Best of luck with your hike man - I really do envy you”

“poor decision, IMHO!”

“only time will tell if that's true Jer. No good worrying about it now - good luck to ya!”

“ya know i love ya bear, but dont poop on my parade. : P

YO BEAR!”

“Good for you 2spooks. I wish you the best, especially now that things are really falling into place wrt doing the AT next Summer and getting time off. lol Who'd've thunk things would've ended up like this?”

“Now you need to get a nice union job!”

“You're young and single, so I think you made a great choice. I would have taken the same deal, no question about it.

Congrats, and make the most of it. :-)”

“Does this mean you're moving in with Crazy Mike too?”

“no but ill be callin or writin him from just about every trail town, so look to him for news about me”

“it wouldn't be the first time. I agree with Jerbear...but may the force be WITH you and not against you.”

“Yeah, I am kinda on jerbears site too there, but....you ARE single, no kids...so do what you want while you can, I guess...

You'll see if it was right or wrong soon enough. Good Luck! :D

ps: Did you hear the new rumor about John Ritter??”

“told ya so. but you do not seem like the responsible kind anyway. Are you striving to be a"street person" when you "grow up"? JOBS are scarse! Sorry bout your uncertain parade! Bad bear!”

“bear! its me, scoop!”

“cmon man its twopoops. wait that probably doesnt help my case does it?”

“Verizon must be devastated to see someone with your obvious affinity for customer service leaving.”

“and my sociopathic skills”

“jerbear, isn't that just what you did a few years ago? We haven't talked for a while, but last I knew you were happily unemployed. What's up?
=D

twigeater

2scoops, go for it while you're young and unencumbered. Better now than having to sit around waiting for the 25 year mark so you can finally do what you want for a living.”

“TWIG, Hiya, NO the place I worked CLOSED.”

“2scoops on your deathbed are you gonna wish you stayed with Verizon or hiked the AT???”

“gosh thats a tough one.

decisions been made. naysayers be damned”

“schedule for next week came out today. im not on it!

woohoo!”

“sorry, too two late 2 poops! good luck.”

“So does it feel good to have quit dude?


8)”

“George from Seinfeld?”

“Ya know I never thought of that he is kind of like that!


8)”

“thanks for all the support, guys.

NOT!

btw, jerbear, about 75 percent of us took the deal. i guess we are all irresponsible losers”

“Are you a free man yet?”

“tomorrow is my last day”

“btw, jerbear, about 75 percent of us took the deal. i guess we are all irresponsible losers

haha, LOSERS.
that was a sweet deal you got. it would have been hard to pass it up.”

“Congratulations, enjoy your freedom as long as you can.”

“im taking a gamble so that i can live the dream. i dont regret the decision.”

“Congrats, Storm...enjoy the sabbatical on the AT!!”

“Regret? Hell no dude.
You get a shot at doing something that most folks never get. Run with it.

I would have thru-hiked this year during my long unemployment but I was busy with a new baby.

Grab it and run with it.”

“thanks for the encouragement and support hpm. and everyone else who has given me support and encouragement. i am bummed that tomorrow is my last paycheck until my payout 4 weeks from now, tho. kinda curtails my travel plans for the next few weeks.”

“No problem.

So are you skipping the Ga AT hike next weekend?”

“if stove still wants to, yes. if not, maybe.”

“well live well cause this aint no dress rehersal! AND poops I said "GOOD LUCK "wtf do ya want!
You need to git comfy in yer skin,dude.”

“no, you said "sorry, too two late 2 poops! good luck". couple with what you said several weeks ago, that was an awfully backhanded "good luck"”

“Good luck storm! :) You got a sweet deal, enjoy it!”

“i am comfortable in my own skin, but it does bother me that someone i have hiked with and admire and respect chose to admonish me in a public forum. call me irresponsible in person or in an email, but not here. that hurt.”

“FARGO, North Dakota (AP) -- A man who said he was fed up with his cellular phone service went to a Fargo mall and started hurling phones across a store, striking an employee and causing more than $2,000 in damage, authorities said.

Jason Perala, 22, of Fargo, told The Forum newspaper that he planned only to yell at employees at Verizon Wireless.

"Then I just lost it," he said. "I just started grabbing computers and phones and throwing them. I just destroyed the place. ... I kind of regret that I did it, but I hope my message got across."

Police said Perala took off his shirt and put on safety glasses before throwing around computers, phones and other items.

One employee was struck in the shoulder by a phone before he and other workers dashed into an office, locked the door and called police, Sgt. Kevin Volrath said. Other businesses in the West Acres mall lowered their steel security gates during Thursday's incident.

Perala was arrested without incident and jailed on charges of felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor simple assault.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/05/14/store.rampage.ap/index.html”

“He brought safety glasses to yell at employees?”

“Not too surprising. I used to live there, went to West Acres many times as a teen girl. The winter is only just now coming to an end there. That was a prime example of spring fever.”

“im sorry. am i the only one fantasizing about ruby as a teen girl?”