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I owned a DJ business for 28 and a half years

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and I was part of 1700 events

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and I always answered the same one.

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December of 2001, just a couple of months

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after 9-11 happened, I was the DJ and MC

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for a company holiday party

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and there were about 200 people there,

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employees and their spouses and partners.

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And at the end of dinner, the CEO came up

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and asked if he could use my microphone

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and I said, of course, here you go.

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He went to the center of the dance floor

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and he said, okay, if I could have

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everybody's attention, please,

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I just wanna make an announcement

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before we start the festivities.

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It really wasn't a good year.

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He said the products we launched

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didn't take off like we'd hoped.

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Unfortunately, we are gonna have to have some layoffs

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in the coming year and downsize a bit.

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And of course, we lost an employee, a team member

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in one of the towers on 9-11.

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But, and he paused and he said,

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but we have a DJ tonight,

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we're all gonna have a good time.

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So have a good night, everybody.

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Merry Christmas.