Posted on 03/30/2009 1:06:58 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
It's the only game in town where a pink slip can get you a prize.
A laid-off computer programmer is putting on the Unemployment Olympics next week at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village.
The jobless can take a break from scanning the classifieds and updating their résumés to compete in events like the Fax Machine Toss and the You're Fired Race.
Nick Goddard, 26, came up with the idea when he lost his position last month, and he got a permit to stage the Olympiad at the ballfields at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. "Maybe it will lift everyone's spirits a little," Goddard said yesterday. "Originally, my thought was just to make people laugh."
There will be four events, including Pin the Blame on the Bosses featuring blindfolded competitors - and a stress-relieving piñata.
Goddard said wanna-be participants can contact him on the Web at www.unemploymentolympics.com and must provide a letter from their ex-employer or an unemployment check stub.
There won't actually be any medals, but local businesses have donated prizes including a $50 bar tab and a $40 restaurant gift certificate.
Too bad they aren't giving out jobs.
How long before Obama makes fun of this group?
The "21-inch broken Monitor (hammer) Throw"?
Howzabout a 200m dash to the Unemployment Line?
Sign me up.
Red Fox says: It’s the economy, ya big dummy!
That’s actually not a bad idea. Kudos to this guy for American ingenuity.
Thought of the same thing.
When Mike Judge is “on” he is tapping directly into the American subconscious.
That movie hit on so many levels!
“Mmmmmm, yeah, I’m going to need you to come in on Saturday.”
“I’m a PEOPLE PERSON DAMN IT!!!”
I still laugh my head off at how we Americans can turn anything either into a party or profit.
will we have to jump through hoops to get a job?
Yeahhhhh, yeahhhhhh...
We’re going to need you to come in on Saturday...Yeahhhh...That would be greaaaaat...
Dude you got it twice!!!
Going to need to show more “flare” than the company minimum...
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