Comments on: April Fools: You’re Fired.

By: Peter Marquardt

Peter Marquardt — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:55:29 +0000

Oh my, Comic Sans too? I’m glad I had not forgotten about deactivating that one, though I keep it around just in case I have to scare somebody.

By: Bennett Holzworth

Bennett Holzworth — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:49:52 +0000

I remember that day. The day I felt like a total shmuck.
First. I send Nate an email saying he should tell everyone at his former school (the one he was speaking at that night) that he had just been fired. Almost immediately I get a bounce back saying this person no longer workers for said design firm. I reply, saying “Good one Nate. That bounce back thing was impressive.” Again . . . it bounces back. So I roll with it.
Show up at Nate’s former college that night and listen to Nate make his former profs uncomfortable with stories of days gone by. All in all it was a good talk. Go to talk to Nate afterward . . . and he wispers, “I just got fired today.” I say something like “nice, you are keeping this going”. My wife is saying the same thing. “Nice try Nate”.
When we finally figured out that it was true, we felt horrible. We went to Nate’s hotel room with a six pack and comforted him. That was a very weird day indeed . . . or mabye this has all just been a four year long April Fool’s joke. You decide.

By: Donovan Beery

Donovan Beery — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:59:55 +0000

Peter, glad you liked the headlines all being in Papyrus for the day, and the body copy of the site moving to Comic Sans. For those that did not notice, good job on removing these ‘fonts’ from your machine.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:18:38 +0000

Is that Comic Sans you’re using above Nate?

By: Peter Marquardt

Peter Marquardt — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:21:29 +0000

Mmmm, very tasteful headline font you have there… thanks for reminding me to deactivate it on my system :)
I always hate stuff happening on April 1st that should really only be a joke but isn’t. Getting fired must be among the top ones I can think of, though I have yet to be fired from a job. (not too hard as a student)