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The Best Response to Getting Fired Ever
If you've ever had a job, you've probably had paranoid delusions and/or fantasies about being fired. What would your response be? Screaming "You can't fire me, I quit!"? An "Office Space"-inspired beating of the office equipment? A weeping nervous breakdown? (My preferred reaction to any life change.)

Well, former University of Illinois college basketball coach Bruce Weber was let go from his job last month after his team didn't make it into the NCAA tournament. Here was his response:
Bruce Weber's ad in the Champaign News-Gazette
Bruce Weber's ad in the Champaign News-Gazette
A large ad in the Sunday Champaign News-Gazette, thanking his team and fans. Thanking them! Now is that a classy move or what? May we all deal with career setbacks in such a graceful manner.

via Yahoo! Sports.

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Topics: Work, Happiness
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