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From: vch@rruxo.UUCP (Kerro Panille)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: ATTIS's force reduction:  A Modest Proposal
Message-ID: <290@rruxo.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 14:35:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 14:35:20 1985
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>     AT&T Information Systems has just decided to cut back
>on its work force, eliminating about 24,000 jobs.  Selecting
>24,000 people to eliminate will not be an easy task.  But I
>came up with an idea that would make it easy to cut down on
>the work force, while improving conditions for the people
>remaining.
>
>     It's simple:  just FIRE ALL OF THE SMOKERS!
>
>     It is well known that smokers take many more sick days

Must have recieved his pink slip that morning...

*Thank god* I don't work for ATT-IS!!
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