Where have all the cowboys gone!

Any updates on the C1 old guard, the people that really made C1 great? As far as I know they haven't won an exceptional achievement since this esteemed group of supposed malcontents Any idea on what happened to the guys like Corvers, Mckay, Bateman, Van Damm, Antonuzzo, Ishmail, Kerr, Krikke, Clavette, Cymbron, Wales, Legge, Leeming, Card, Charron, Ron Dawg, Turner, White, Forbes, Pennell, Goddard, etc., etc. etc! These and many others in my mind made it possible for Mindy Dudd, Not so hot Rod and Snelly (what grown man goes by the handle of Snelly!) to ruin the once great dynasty and start their own reign of terror striking fear and dread in the hearts and minds of those who choose to let their individual brilliance and ingenuity shine in order to better the collective! Gone are the days of working 60 hour weeks and loving every minute of it, well most every minute of it! Where have all the cowboys gone?!?

Although the past was something, enjoyable at times and stressful at others, it is the past. When a company builds turnover into their business plan, that is precisely what you can expect.

Most of those legends are probably shining stars in other places. How could they not be?

Very, very good point! Still, I'd love to hear about the success stories from these shining stars. Give a little encouragement to those that left on their own accord, those that are thinking of leaving and those that were asked to leave. These were all great people and their collective positive experiences post-E are encouraging, I'm sure.

Well, collectively I would venture to say all these past "stars" do a helluva lot less drunk driving now than when they were with the company.

Where is the logic in hosting happy hours, "wacky wednesdays" and "thirsty thursdays" where everyone shows up and leaves in their own rentals? Think of the implications...

And once again, referencing Snellllly and the infamous rolling Tahoe.

Not to mention a drastic reduction in stress coming with the post enterprise way. Work-life balance is nifty in theory, but a lot better in practice.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any updates on the C1 old guard, the people that really made C1 great? As far as I know they haven't won an exceptional achievement since this esteemed group of supposed malcontents Any idea on what happened to the guys like Corvers, Mckay, Bateman, Van Damm, Antonuzzo, Ishmail, Kerr, Krikke, Clavette, Cymbron, Wales, Legge, Leeming, Card, Charron, Ron Dawg, Turner, White, Forbes, Pennell, Goddard, etc., etc. etc! These and many others in my mind made it possible for Mindy Dudd, Not so hot Rod and Snelly (what grown man goes by the handle of Snelly!) to ruin the once great dynasty and start their own reign of terror striking fear and dread in the hearts and minds of those who choose to let their individual brilliance and ingenuity shine in order to better the collective! Gone are the days of working 60 hour weeks and loving every minute of it, well most every minute of it! Where have all the cowboys gone?!?

somebody should host a "class of 2005" type reunion , get the old guard together for some catch up!

Work life, i'm one of the above named, and let me tell you, 8 - 4:30, company car that doesn't mysteriously turn into an accent on Fridays and Monday evenings, salary negotiation, respect of the CEO which is not lip-service, an excellent work environment, and in a strange twist of events Enterprise now knocks on my door and asks for my business. It's a beautiful thing, believe me the anxiety of taking the jump is nothing compared to the exhilaration of the fall! Ecars trains you well, feeds you the dream in large spoonfuls, but is much more enjoyable when you don't "drink the kool-aide" (quote,Bert Krikke, evermore) and fall into the corporate cult that is the big Green!(see: D. Daniels, S. Vording, C. Button, M. Meadows) At the end of the day my sincere hope is that we all turned out for the best but looking back, I can honestly say, it wasn't all that bad, at least until Mindy Dud came along. Can anyone remember that first managers meeting where she had us all stand up and put our hands together in the air and chant "We won't be beaten by our Competition!" etc. What a joke, then again did you expect anything else from a cheerleader?

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Work life, i'm one of the above named, and let me tell you, 8 - 4:30, company car that doesn't mysteriously turn into an accent on Fridays and Monday evenings, salary negotiation, respect of the CEO which is not lip-service, an excellent work environment, and in a strange twist of events Enterprise now knocks on my door and asks for my business. It's a beautiful thing, believe me the anxiety of taking the jump is nothing compared to the exhilaration of the fall! Ecars trains you well, feeds you the dream in large spoonfuls, but is much more enjoyable when you don't "drink the kool-aide" (quote,Bert Krikke, evermore) and fall into the corporate cult that is the big Green!(see: D. Daniels, S. Vording, C. Button, M. Meadows) At the end of the day my sincere hope is that we all turned out for the best but looking back, I can honestly say, it wasn't all that bad, at least until Mindy Dud came along. Can anyone remember that first managers meeting where she had us all stand up and put our hands together in the air and chant "We won't be beaten by our Competition!" etc. What a joke, then again did you expect anything else from a cheerleader?

Who are you with now?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Work life, i'm one of the above named, and let me tell you, 8 - 4:30, company car that doesn't mysteriously turn into an accent on Fridays and Monday evenings, salary negotiation, respect of the CEO which is not lip-service, an excellent work environment, and in a strange twist of events Enterprise now knocks on my door and asks for my business. It's a beautiful thing, believe me the anxiety of taking the jump is nothing compared to the exhilaration of the fall! Ecars trains you well, feeds you the dream in large spoonfuls, but is much more enjoyable when you don't "drink the kool-aide" (quote,Bert Krikke, evermore) and fall into the corporate cult that is the big Green!(see: D. Daniels, S. Vording, C. Button, M. Meadows) At the end of the day my sincere hope is that we all turned out for the best but looking back, I can honestly say, it wasn't all that bad, at least until Mindy Dud came along. Can anyone remember that first managers meeting where she had us all stand up and put our hands together in the air and chant "We won't be beaten by our Competition!" etc. What a joke, then again did you expect anything else from a cheerleader?

Leeming is that you? If it is can you please send more referrals? And quit callin' Discount for christ sake!!!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Leeming is that you? If it is can you please send more referrals? And quit callin' Discount for christ sake!!!

Leeming wasn't around for the Mindy Dud era.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any updates on the C1 old guard, the people that really made C1 great? As far as I know they haven't won an exceptional achievement since this esteemed group of supposed malcontents Any idea on what happened to the guys like Corvers, Mckay, Bateman, Van Damm, Antonuzzo, Ishmail, Kerr, Krikke, Clavette, Cymbron, Wales, Legge, Leeming, Card, Charron, Ron Dawg, Turner, White, Forbes, Pennell, Goddard, etc., etc. etc! These and many others in my mind made it possible for Mindy Dudd, Not so hot Rod and Snelly (what grown man goes by the handle of Snelly!) to ruin the once great dynasty and start their own reign of terror striking fear and dread in the hearts and minds of those who choose to let their individual brilliance and ingenuity shine in order to better the collective! Gone are the days of working 60 hour weeks and loving every minute of it, well most every minute of it! Where have all the cowboys gone?!?

Some of these cowboys have been put to pasture. And for some it took way to long to get them out. Charron should have been canned before he got to Burlington (for those of you "in the know" then you know why). Turner was a turd. Krikke couldn't tell his head from his ass (although he had fun tryin'). Ron Dawg had Heffer Young under his thumb, that is until the end when she tossed him under the bus to save her skin (although eneryone knows how that worked out too). Without Heffer I am afraid Ron Dawg would have (and should have) rotted out the rest of his erac days spillin' shit on himself in Tony Creek. Clavette, what an arogant dick. Had checked out 2 years before they canned him (on his birthday no doubt) - betcha Heffer had that planned out too. This guy was freakin' Houdini - try findin him in his office - oh wait dissappeared again. Leeming knew how to make shit dissappear too (I'll leave that to those who really know). Yeah - real sorry to see these guys out of the picture, kinda depresses me to see people take their places that actually did something productive. Vording & Costigan cleaned up Charron's mess once, then Costigan had to clean it up again at another branch. Corrina's trying to fix what ails her area, but Heffer left quite the mess. Clavette's incompetance was followed up with another like manager, but now Wes Ryan is making Ron Dawg look like a blubbering retard (not much of a stretch). Leeming left an administrative nightmare behind that White (God bless his heart) was not equipped to handle, so Button had to fix that up. Please don't get me wrong, there were good times, and there were good people but some of the old guard just had to go -- and they will most likely agree if they are honest with themselves (since the old guard makes up 90% of everyone here, myself included). By the way, come look for me at the holiday party, I'll be the drunk dude sittin' in the back where all the beers are.