Well, Fuck Me Right in the EAR!

[wednes]

You know how for several days I've been saying how depressed I've been, and sick and such. How things just aren't going my way?

Well, you can mulitply that by about a zillion.
As of 3pm today, Madstone Ann Arbor is no more.

They shut us down, and we have no jobs.

I can't even put into words how upset I am, how betrayed I feel, and how very fucked my life is without a job in the middle of Ann Arbor, in the middle of summer. I mean, we moved into a more expensive apartment so we could be closer to work.

Plus my favorite manager just bought a house and had a kid. I feel even worse for him than i do for me.

Anyway, if you need me, I'll be panicking, pavement pounding, or crying into my dinner.

And if any of you Madstoners are finding out about this here instead of from someone else, sorry you had to find out this way. And I'm still having people over Saturday night to welcome Kassy home. I'm sure she'll need a drink.

Comments

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

Came here from Arbor update--I'm really shocked. I thought they were doing such interesting innovative things that I figured they had steady patronage and were doing fine.

I didn't go often, but did see some great films there and always found it notable how friendly and helpful the employees were. I knew many parents who were faithful about attending the BYO Baby shows. Which were mentioned in the NYT, for heaven's sake.

I'm really sorry about this--how awful for you and your coworkers.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments. We did have pretty good numbers, but our NY office had totally unrealistic expectations of us. They banked on us totally outdoing the Michigan theatre even though they've been around 50+ years longer than us and had better bookings.

I noticed in todays A2 news our NY spokesperson insulted our work. Funny thing is, none of us have ever even met that person, so how on earth would she know?

Outdoing the Michigan?

[(Anonymous)]

Jesus, what fucking idiots. Don't they do market research or something? (That said, I liked going to the Madstone and the employees were always great (and it was there that I first heard Badly Drawn Boy, who I'm now a fan of); sorry to hear about all this.)

Re: Outdoing the Michigan?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Well, if you hear of any great receptionist/ customer service gigs, do let us know!