Again .........the devastating and supreme power of pictures.....

IF he wants honest work,
write a sign:`I need work!
I weeds for lemon Gelato!
or,
just beg with a blank sign!
write nothing on the sign!
If someone says:`Ay duh!
okay steal ice cream cone!

I'll be thinking of this photo for days. Rated

perhaps he was relocating to a new office, one of the few who didn't get laid off, those things were the remaining few on his old desk before he reports to his new. (i just did this very thing sat., threw the last of my odds and ends into my purse and an a small box, to tote to my new office yesterday ... yes, i was one of the lucky ones. the big box the movers took.)

Wow, that picture pretty much sums it up. Main Street America on its knees and our leader is sight seeing in France with his family. Amazing.

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You nailed it.

I once worked at a computer company which sometimes had lay offs. There was no warning of one's layoff because in the past employees had spitefully disrupted software products if they still had access to the company's computers after a layoff announcement.

So when an employee was laid off he or she was greeted in his or her office by the janitor with a box. The employee filled the box, was escorted out of the office or cubicle in full view of all other employees, and then talked to HR.

Makes you love the humanity of corporate America. And that janitor had one real sucky job.

I was working late one night and the janitor showed up with a box scaring me to death. He just wanted to give me a new desk lamp since he was worried about my eyes.

AsanDumpy,

I go on vacations and site seeing as much as I can, and I still have a good job. Should I feel guilty about it and stop doing it, because others aren't in my same position?

And what do those of us who are "home pointed" with no official office do? We unload all the crap and detritus from the trunk of our cars and toss it into the dumpster. It's been 4 1/2 months. I think I'll do that someday.
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I was this guy in 2008. It's interesting to watch thousands of people going through what I went through a year earlier. Misery does NOT love company in my case. I hope these people recover themselves with the love of family and friends, as I did.

You are looking at the primary reason I always traveled light on any job: I never kept more at work than I could stuff into a briefcase at a moment's notice.

He might be feeling really sad, frightened, angry and confused however, it is STILL better going how WITH a cardboard box than IN one.
I'm not attempting anything humorous here.
Rather what I said is true.

NEVER EVER give up.

Yes, I think it does speak to the times, no matter what.

Too bad he's not a U.S. Congressman...how do they get fired?
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If he was leaving for good, wouldn't he take his suit jacket? Just sayin'.

That is a very strong image. I expect you are right in assuming this is the guy's office possessions. My husband had two large boxes, but had to have a fellow employee pack up his belongings and deliver them to us the next day., since he was escorted to his car and not allowed ot even go back for his jacket. Sometimes a picture says way more than a thousand words.

Great job - searching out a slice of life. Rated for being there.

It's like you said, regardless of the true story behind this photo, it speaks for the mood of many people today. I love the way you blurred and softened it.

I don't see things "getting better"

This picture should become famous! It is iconic. And your respect and compassion is very well done.

Time to re-watch American Beauty - and be reminded that lugging that box can be a glorious moment. Sort of, sometimes, in our dreams.

Interesting photo. Maybe a sign of the times, reminds me of some similar the '30's, but I recently read something I'd love to credit to the author and can only paraphrase from memory...'most of us would rather throw our energies into guessing...and judging from appearances, but our best hope lies in listening to hear the actual words'. A picture is said to speak a thousand words, but if one asks the object of the photo what the words may be, it would likely be a lot less. Not to deny crisis, as we're in one, but to inflate with the power of photos that have no back story may serve to elevate fear. I could have been in this photo in boom times as well.

If Edward Hopper worked in spray paint...

great photo - I actually thought your post said "going home IN a box" and was even more depressed. I need more sleep.

Wow, that picture pretty much sums it up. Main Street America on its knees and our leader is sight seeing in France with his family. Amazing.
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