what!

stunned, dumbfounded, astounded, flabbergasted, gobsmacked, shocked, staggered, astonished, taken aback, surprised, shell-shocked, amazed, bewildered, dazzed, startled, flummox, nonplussed, mind fucked and so on

this week we were all told we were being given the option: relocate or redundancy (in the scheme of things not as bad as march or die! but it has made the office a place of grim dark humour).

most of us can't quite make a decsion just yet as we have not been given the full details. it is doubtful if many will make the move. so the company saves a lot of salaries but loses many years of experience.

none of us should be that surprised it happened, and for several of us we have had a good long innings.

still waiting to find out what my options are.
so expect me to be even more miserable than normal.