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Star Wars Sickout

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-would-yoda-do dept.

Brahmastra writes "The New York Post reports that it will cost employers $628,880,000 in lost productivity on the first two days of Star Wars Episode III - Return of the Sith . How many of you are planning to skip at least part of your workday on the first two days?"

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  1. Fine... by MoxCamel · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...so I guess I'll pick up your slack AGAIN!

    1. Re:Fine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only on Slashdot do the conservative, boring parents go by names like "Profane MuthaFucka".

  2. Jobs? What jobs? by luna69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What self-respecting SW fan still has a JOB? They're all in line already. The loss will be negligible. There might even be a net increase in productivity.

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    1. Re:Jobs? What jobs? by TheWanderingHermit · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, I'm glad I have the job I do. The boss has already done the same thing he did 3 years ago: He declared the day St. Lucas day, closed down the business, and paid for everyone in the company to come along and see the movie.

      We have strange holidays. In the past few years, we've had 3 St. Tolkein days, 3 St. Rowling days, a St. Roddenberry day, a few St. Warchowski Days, and even one or two St. Lee days (which he also called St. Stan-the-man days). Oh, and last Friday was St. Adams day, but there was some confusion about exactly when that day was, since everyone had towels wrapped around their heads so the ravenous bugblatter beast of Traal couldn't see us.

      Ahhhh.

      It's good to be the boss.

    2. Re:Jobs? What jobs? by michaeldot · · Score: 5, Funny

      So how long has your boss been the manager of the comic book store?

  3. In other news... by shakezula · · Score: 5, Funny

    Star Wars Episode III will also consume 38.75% of the total available Internet bandwidth once a 1337 CAM is torrented.

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  4. Did anyone else notice... by DanthemaninVA1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that they got the title of the movie wrong?

  5. Re:Don't forget lost education.... by StratoChief66 · · Score: 5, Funny

    dude, your sig is awesome, either that or you should really take a look at your sig cause Mike fuckin hates you.

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  6. Re:I don't buy it by bcrowell · · Score: 5, Funny
    Projected economic losses from people cutting work to go to Star Wars III:
    • $628,880,000
    Projected economic losses from rioting if it has Jar Jar in it:
    • $843,111,644.77
    Projected economic losses from decreased self-esteem when people realize they got lured into paying to see this one, too:
    • $948,362,210.03
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  7. "loss" of productivity? by EvilStein · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pffft. They're assuming that any of us were productive to begin with. Judging by the sheer volume of posts on Slashdot these days, productivity is a pipe dream.

    I think that firewalling Slashdot would wipe out any financial losses caused by geeks taking time off to see Episode III.

    Then again, we're taking a work sponsored outing to see the movie. heh.