NYRangers

Date.com was one division of our company until Damian pretty much got fed up with all of the BS that was going on with the development and costs. He decided it was time to take the adult division of the company and break free. He had been trying but was getting no cooperation. So a team of trusted people were put together to set up the groundwork for the split and shortly thereafter it happened. How it happened was inspiring. We spoke to the entire staff and told them that we were going to break off and establish our own independent company. We explained the situation to the staff and told them that anyone that wanted to come with us was welcome to do so. We decided on the following Tuesday that everyone would come to the office and at 10 in the morning, we would all pick up our stuff and move to a space in the building that another company had lent us to use until we built out the basement where we are now. At 10 the office was full. Nobody was sick and everyone was in attendance. We came out of our office and made the announcement that we were going to now leave and go downstairs. The entire staff (except for some people that worked specifically on date.com) got up and came down with us.

I would have paid a good price to see the expressions on the face of the guys that were running date.com when they finally arrived at the office and saw all of the people that had left.

Eventually a deal was made and we've all lived happily ever after. Date has had their success and we have had ours.

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