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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay -- sounds like Motherhood.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    06/15/09

    @momof3wildkids: Or fatherhood, in some cases very near and dear to me.
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    Image of htotheomo htotheomo
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    Job? Vacation? Wha?
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    I don't know if that quote at the end is accurate, but it sure feels that way to me. Of course, it's nice to know I've got "friends" on gawker that are happy about that shit. Well, at least one. Enjoy, you.
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    Image of Cannot Find Server Cannot Find Server
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    Since Virgin was slashing prices to 50%, could you finally buy a CD for a reasonable amount?


    It sucks that they're gone, especially since who knows if any store will pay the much-increased rent on the space in these times (Tower Records space on 4th is still empty years after they left). But I'm not surprised that Virgin couldn't keep the business model up. Charge me $17 dollars for a CD? Forget it. I'll buy the MP3s for $8 or $9 on Amazon.

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    Image of pantsonfireliarliar pantsonfireliarliar
    06/15/09

    @Cannot Find Server: When they closed the Times Square store, they marked up prices to MSRP and then marked down 20% (to start). So what was a $14 CD was marked up to $18.99 then down to $15. Yay.


    Forever 21 is taking over the Times Square location which should complete Times Square's transition to a mall and Walmart was supposedly eying the Union Square store. Yay.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/15/09

    @pantsonfireliarliar: And yet we cannot get a damn Target.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    06/15/09

    @pantsonfireliarliar: I heard Walmart was out and Nordstrom's discount store was in. Whatever. I just wish Target would get its head out of its arse and open up a Manhattan location. Plenty o- room if they took over both the Virgin space and Circuit City.
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    At least I don't have to actually work on my furlough days. That would really be shitty. Not that the 20% is fun, but at least I don't work when I'm not being paid.
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    06/15/09

    @eXXX: 20% pay cut, that is..
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    Indie rekkids stores are actually doing pretty well, HamNo. Virgin closed down because their sweet lease came up and they couldn't renew at an as-good or better rate.
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    06/15/09

    @BookishLookish: I can't immediately find figures for the Union Square location, but as for the Times Square one:


    Last June, a Vornado executive told Reuters that the store would shut down in the first quarter of 2009. The decision to close the store appears related to real estate and the value connected to the location. That executive was quoted as saying that Virgin pays only $54 per square-foot when the market rent in the area is about $700 a square foot.


    I pretty sure Union Square had a similar deal, and I mean...whoa. It's a wonder they hadn't been run out of town earlier.

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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    Funny that the Times story doesn't mention the mandatory unpaid furloughs its newsroom is supposed to take this year. Guess the staff was too busy deciding whether to finish the story or take those two weeks "vacation."
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay

    "Unfortunately, many people in their late 40s and 50s may never get jobs again."

    Or we get really shitty jobs to tide us over until we're eligible to retire, and then we have to keep the shitty jobs because owing to the fact we haven't had a decent job in so long, our Social Security checks, 401Ks, and other pensions are smaller than they would be otherwise.

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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    06/15/09

    @HurtsSoGood: Tee hee, you're still counting on getting a Social Security check!
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    It's June. I'm planning a gaycation.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    I have to have a 2 week staycation. What am I doing? looking to work someplace in the 2 week time. I don't remember the last time I had a real vacation.
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    Time to refocus on becoming a professional athlete.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/15/09

    @son of spam: you can box your way out of poverty, Rockie.
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    I suddenly wish I hadn't ruined my organs by enjoying my life prior to being laid off. I see now that no Chinese industrialist will buy these gin-soaked lumps and my list of salable assets has been reduced to zero.
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    Image of Senor_Wences Senor_Wences
    06/15/09

    In reply to Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
    And fuck you, too, Franklin Allen, finance professor at the Wharton School.
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    Image of SultanaEleusis SultanaEleusis
    06/15/09

    Franklin Allen has just been laid off, long-term.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    06/15/09

    @SultanaEleusis: It took him one year to obtain a PhD from Oxford. I'm sure he'll be able to find something in retail to fall back on.
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