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Hallmark introduces layoff greeting cards
Biz Journals ^ | 9-23-11 | Nashville Business Journal

Posted on 09/26/2011 9:34:46 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB

"They sent us letters. They phoned it in. They asked their retailers, you know, in their neighborhood, where do I find a card that says this?” Hallmark Creative Director Derek McCracken told NPR. “And again, loss of job, like any loss, is a grieving process. And so we have to acknowledge as soon as possible what had happened and then try to support them. So that's where we kind of offer more cards on the, you'll get through this, versus dwelling on the loss of the job itself.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cards; hallmark; jobs; napl; obmanomics
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Who knew anyone uses greeting cards these days.


21 posted on 09/26/2011 9:59:04 AM PDT by bgill (There, happy now?)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Stocked in the sympathy card section???


22 posted on 09/26/2011 9:59:04 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: bgill

Somebody has to use the USPS.


23 posted on 09/26/2011 10:02:49 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: WOBBLY BOB
My personal favorite.

24 posted on 09/26/2011 10:07:53 AM PDT by TSgt (When in the Course of human events...)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

25 posted on 09/26/2011 10:15:24 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

26 posted on 09/26/2011 10:16:27 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

We now know where Willie Green ended up.


27 posted on 09/26/2011 10:19:58 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: WOBBLY BOB; aculeus; Constitution Day; Charles Henrickson; dead; dighton; Ezekiel; Lazamataz; ...


28 posted on 09/26/2011 10:36:15 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: juliej

Actually, I think it’s a great idea. Humor is a great diffuser of trouble. And when you lose your job, a pick me up from a friend is really welcome.


29 posted on 09/26/2011 10:37:02 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Gee, dude. You know it sucks...
When I has to tell ya, you don’t get no ‘bucks’.

You voted for me, this I know
but this dude’s gotta have his blow...

Get up off yo’ ass an stop complainin’
I gots vote to buy while it’s rainin’

Cast your vote, don’t do me no diss
even tho’ that ‘rain’ you feel is really my piss.


30 posted on 09/26/2011 10:41:35 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Tijeras_Slim

He was my supervisor when I was working on building the intercontinental railroad.


31 posted on 09/26/2011 11:10:32 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: I still care

I think I would be afraid to send these cards to my unemployed friends!


32 posted on 09/26/2011 12:51:02 PM PDT by juliej
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To: juliej; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
I think I would be afraid to send these cards to my unemployed friends!

Me too. Of course, most of my friends are Freepers.


33 posted on 09/26/2011 2:17:07 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Come on! We are a sweet harmless lovable bunch with never a harsh word to say!

Note to self: Get taller ladder. It is getting pretty deep in here.

34 posted on 09/26/2011 2:41:39 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Can we ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Easily. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB
I lost my job building the intercontinental railroad so I moved to the 57th state to get that three letter word...jobs.

As a corpse-man, right?

35 posted on 09/26/2011 3:00:24 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

You insensitive lout, where were you with one of these cards for me THREE YEARS ago?!

LOL

I did everthing *wrong* back then. To include rejecting well-meant gestures of sympathy from ppl who love me.

I know better now.


36 posted on 09/26/2011 3:17:20 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

**Don’t think of it as losing your job. Think of it as a time out between stupid bosses.**

I know so many people of of work, I couldn’t afford all the cards that I would need to send.

A better idea would be to take the $5. for the card and postage, a buy the unemployed person and gift card for gas or food.


37 posted on 09/26/2011 3:19:11 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Allegra

damn right


38 posted on 09/26/2011 3:23:00 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: Slings and Arrows

I hope the marketing/creative director is looking to Nov 2011 and have one for Hussein ready to go...**Losing a job is just plain painful. So I want you to remember I’m in your cheering section ... PFFT!::raspberry::**


39 posted on 09/26/2011 3:26:06 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Titan Magroyne

Errr...you didn’t tell me you were laid off.

[I know, I know: Somehow it’s still my fault.]


40 posted on 09/26/2011 4:26:01 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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