The time has come.

hollboll posted a pic said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 2:48pm ET

Today will be my last day at Mediocre. It’s been one crazy whirlwind of an adventure and I’ve loved it. I’ll miss seeing my coworkers everyday. I’ll miss the shenanigans. And of course I’ll miss you, Meh community.

Thank you for accepting me, for making me laugh, and for sending me weird stuff. You guys have truly made my time here a blast, and I’ll miss you. I’ll still be around from time to time, so feel free to tag me in stuff!

I know I’m leaving the community in great hands (lookin’ at you @chadp @woodhouse and @thumperchick), and I’m excited to see what comes next for you all.

Love,
-Hollboll

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mikibell said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 2:49pm ET:

good-bye, darlin!

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MrMark said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 2:53pm ET:

/giphy bye

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Barney said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 2:54pm ET:

Good luck, @hollboll, I’ll miss you. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me.

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kdemo said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 2:56pm ET:

This is truly the end of an era.
Our meh congregation will be greatly diminished without you, you have contributed so much to the creation of this happily dysfunctional family. You’ve added so much to the fun while still taking excellent care of us. Thank you for that.
Whoever is getting you is beyond lucky, you are an amazing asset.

I wish you all the happiness. Ever.

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- P.S. Dibs on your clickface clicks!
  
  kdemo said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 2:58pm ET
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- It was evil Santa, wasn’t it?
  
  kdemo said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:02pm ET
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- @KDemo they missed on using that video for yesterday’s video of the day…
  
  sohmageek said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 6:45am ET
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MrMark said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:03pm ET:

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f00l said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:03pm ET:

@hollboll

Wishing you the bestest bestest!

Remember where to get good chocolate truffles! And thanks for the exquisite Texas Air!

/giphy "the best"

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lichme said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:11pm ET:

Thanks for not being lame. We’ll miss you, and good luck on your future endeavors!

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PlacidPenguin said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:20pm ET:

I is sad.

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Thumperchick said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:31pm ET:

/giphy don’t leave me

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- Well that turned out a bit more personal than intended…
  
  Thumperchick said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:31pm ET
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- @Thumperchick I wasn’t paying attention. When did you change from first aid kit to flask?
  
  (It was a first aid kit, right?)
  
  SSteve said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:25am ET
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- @SSteve There’s an entire thread dedicated to that flask conversion.
  
  https://meh.com/forum/topics/thumperchick-has-a-flask-and-shes-not-talkin
  
  cengland0 said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:39am ET
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- @cengland0 Whew! At least it was just yesterday and I haven’t been clueless for weeks. And I have a good excuse. We went to a minor league baseball game last night and didn’t get home until 11:30. (That’s 2.5 hours after Meh Turnover Time.)
  
  Thanks for the link.
  
  SSteve said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 1:11am ET
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medz said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:32pm ET:

/giphy jump ship

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- @medz I would have given that a star if it didn’t almost make me lose my dinner.
  
  SSteve said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:27am ET
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narfcake said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:34pm ET:

Farewell, @hollboll and @galmaegi.

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- @narfcake
  
  and @galmaegi.
  
  ???
  
  PlacidPenguin said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:40pm ET
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- @PlacidPenguin No more flask …
  
  narfcake said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:46pm ET
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- @narfcake
  
  Gah!
  
  The one week I lapse on doing mehmployee status checks.
  
  I blame @DrunkCat.
  
  PlacidPenguin said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:51pm ET
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- @PlacidPenguin Dude, it’s been a few weeks. You’ve been slacking for awhile if you didn’t notice.
  
  woodhouse said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:01pm ET
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- medz said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:04pm ET
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- @woodhouse
  
  I’ve been otherwise preoccupied.
  
  PlacidPenguin said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:05pm ET
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- @PlacidPenguin Incapacitated?
  
  woodhouse said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:12pm ET
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- @woodhouse
  
  PlacidPenguin said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:18pm ET
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- @narfcake
  @hollboll and @galmaegi??!!!
  OMG, the meh face on my shirt just stopped smiling.
  No, it’s real. I had to go check to be sure…
  
  2many2no said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 3:11am ET
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- @woodhouse
  
  Anyways, in the 1007 days I’ve been a member, I’ve only sent CS messages about the following things:
  1. No drawstring bag in my first fuku (may they rest at the bottom of the pile of trash).
  2. Can’t remember what the second interaction was, but it was taken by @galmaegi.
  3. My drawstring bag ripped. Wanted to know if what kind of material they were made of.
  4. A complaint on 3/31/17 that Fuko 15 was going to be on a Saturday despite the fact that I’m offline from Friday evening until Saturday night.
  (I’m purposely excluding a different interaction so as not to incriminate you in the eyes of a certain purple loving member.)
  PlacidPenguin said Sun, Jun 4th 2017 at 3:34am ET
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Starblind said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 3:43pm ET:

But… that’s not supposed to happen! Can’t you talk to HR or something? Tell them you’re indispensible and stuff! C’mon!

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cengland0 said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:11pm ET:

Wow, you posted this only an hour ago and your flask icon is already gone. They don’t mess around with that.

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- @cengland0 I think ex staffers should get a different badge…like some eggs benedict or a knife in the back or something. Maybe just a broken flask.
  
  medz said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:23pm ET
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- @medz I thought the same about previous goats. They should have an icon of a dead goat – four legs up in the air.
  
  cengland0 said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 4:35pm ET
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- @medz - Or a ‘P’ for PMS: Prior meh staff.
  
  kdemo said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 5:11pm ET
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Pavlov said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 6:33pm ET:

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ConAndLibrarian said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 7:25pm ET:

No!!! My heart is aching!!!

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- Good luck on your next adventure. Who knows, maybe you will end up back in my neck of the woods.
  
  ConAndLibrarian said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 7:27pm ET
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djslack said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 7:54pm ET:

Best of luck, @hollboll! Thanks for all the nice replies to my customer service emails. Hope your next adventure is most excellent!

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therealjrn said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 8:10pm ET:

You don’t need luck @hollboll you’re already living the dream. Good travels, may the road rise to meet you and all that.

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OldCatLady said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 8:25pm ET:

Enjoy whatever is next. We’ll really, really miss you. Wherever you’re going to work is getting a spectacularly good person.

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CaptAmehrican said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 8:39pm ET:

I hope you are going to do something else fun. I hope you come back and join the meh crowd as a civilian. Good luck

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medz said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 10:31pm ET:

Goodbye, @hollboll. You were one of the good ones. At least I’ll always have my personal gif collection.

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Smitty2525 said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 11:07pm ET:

Bummer

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- @cranky1950
  
  Smitty2525 said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:31am ET
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somf69 said Fri, May 26th 2017 at 11:32pm ET:

/giphy never gonna give you up

Best Customer Service Person in the World in the History of All Customer Service People…

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duodec said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:05am ET:

Meh is diminished…

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cinoclav said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:09am ET:

I don’t like this road we’re on, too much change! Wishing you the very best on your new path @hollboll.

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DaveInSoCal said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:15am ET:

I hope you’re moving on to something exciting! Are you going to be on the next SpaceX flight? Deep sea exploration? Are you going to be the new Secretary of eCommerce?

Whatever you do, know this: meh.com would most likely have failed without you, and you should probably petition @snapster for partial ownership. Or at least press your hands into some wet cement outside the office.

We’ll miss you!

/giphy lots of luck

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SSteve said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:20am ET:

Ch… Ch… Ch… Ch… Changes.

/giphy shocked

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- Looks exactly like me.
  
  SSteve said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:21am ET
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- @SSteve
  
  Hey, here’s my most recent selfie!
  
  f00l said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:23am ET
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- @f00l Looks exactly like you.
  
  SSteve said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:30am ET
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- @SSteve
  
  I’m beautiful.
  
  f00l said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:32am ET
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- @f00l um speaks with forked tongue.
  
  Smitty2525 said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 5:45pm ET
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- @cranky1950
  It’s a true art.
  
  /giphy art
  
  f00l said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 2:44pm ET
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f00l said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:41am ET:

/youtube Danny boy

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Kidsandliz said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:54am ET:

So sorry to see you go!!! Being nosy here - what is this new path you will be going down? You plan to stop in to visit the forums sometimes? Are you leaving a forwarding address at meh, you know, just in case there is a box or something that someone forgot to mail you. Anonymously…

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- @Kidsandliz I wasn’t going to say anything, but me and @hollboll are running off to get married.
  
  /giphy only in my dreams
  
  ConAndLibrarian said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:58am ET
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- @ConAndLibrarian - You checked with @dalek, right?
  
  kdemo said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 1:11am ET
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- @KDemo
  
  ConAndLibrarian said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 1:15am ET
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- @ConAndLibrarian
  
  Then best wishes to both of you!
  
  f00l said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 2:22pm ET
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kdemo said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 1:11am ET:

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2many2no said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 2:46am ET:

Awwwwwwwww…

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looseneck said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 6:15am ET:

Did you get picked to be on the next Survivor? I’ll root for you to win the million!

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- @looseneck me too!!!
  
  moonhat said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 10:52am ET
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mehbee said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:42pm ET:

@hollboll I’m very sad to hear you are leaving us. You bring a lot if fun and joy to our group. Wherever you’re headed, I hope is filled with adventure and WTF???s. While I hope your new group is incredible, I hope they are just the tiniest bit less incredible than this group. Be well and prosper.

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connorbush said Sat, May 27th 2017 at 12:47pm ET:

/giphy another one bites the dust

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jbartus said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 2:20am ET:

Wow missed this and @galmaegi’s departure. Bonne chance both of you!

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- @jbartus I think she wanted a quiet exit. Sneaky @galmaegi.
  
  Thumperchick said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 1:05pm ET
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- @jbartus Who likes announced departure?
  
  galmaegi said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 1:44pm ET
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- @galmaegi @Thumperchick @jbartus
  
  PlacidPenguin said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 1:47pm ET
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- @galmaegi
  
  Saw this and instantly thought of you.
  
  PlacidPenguin said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 1:48pm ET
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- @galmaegi but you didn’t even give me one last chance to profess my love.
  
  ConAndLibrarian said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 1:48pm ET
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- @galmaegi - I like announced departures.
  Hate it when people simply disappear. I worry about them, imagine the worst.
  Thanks for your help. Wish you good things!
  
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- @galmaegi
  I hope it all goes very well out there for you.
  
  We’d love it if we saw a good bit of you here.
  
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- @galmaegi best of luck! You were my favorite csr!
  
  mikibell said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 5:37pm ET
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- @KDemo Same here. Let us know, guys.
  
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- @ConAndLibrarian @galmaegi
  
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readnj said Mon, May 29th 2017 at 11:07pm ET:

@hollboll I still remember the go for lunch video you guys did when you moved in. Good luck.

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- @readnj And the time they went to the zoo.
  
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curtise said Tue, May 30th 2017 at 12:43am ET:

@galmaegi & @hollboll does that mean you might finally come visit Toronto now that you are free of the Mediocre yoke?
(@galmaegi I ate about a half pound of kimchi for dinner tonight because I felt like it )
Please don’t be strangers!!!

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  Party in Toronto?
  
  Are all invited?
  
  PlacidPenguin said Tue, May 30th 2017 at 12:47am ET
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- @PlacidPenguin Sure. Just let me know before you all show up at once.
  
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- @curtise
  
  Possibly later this summer. (I almost came last week, but I wasn’t sufficiently psychologically prepared.)
  
  PlacidPenguin said Tue, May 30th 2017 at 11:01am ET
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joelmw said Tue, May 30th 2017 at 11:08am ET:

Well, damnit. You have very much embodied (and, indeed, helped to fashion) the pleasant, sarcastic, silly, delightful and otherwise good and great personality of mediocre, @hollboll.

Thanks for making me feel like I had a friend in customer service. Thanks for all the fishes?

Brazenly plagiarizing from @ConAndLibrarian, because, well, at times like this, Tina Belcher best sums up our despair at losing you and our anxiety as we look ahead.

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lordbowen said Tue, May 30th 2017 at 11:52pm ET:

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Bingo said Wed, May 31st 2017 at 6:25am ET:

Good luck to you both! You were both a big part of the face of Meh to many of us. It has been a blast and here’s hoping you both are off on fantastic new ventures.

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miko1 said Wed, May 31st 2017 at 9:06am ET:

no

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kc5rbq said Wed, May 31st 2017 at 9:31am ET:

Best of luck to the both of you, and thank you for your terrific customer support and just hanging out with us here - you can STILL do that anytime!

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sohmageek said Wed, May 31st 2017 at 11:04am ET:

@hollboll your title makes me keep hearing this. Maybe a little appropriate given the sad affair of you leaving. But you said you will be around. So I’m hoping all will be well in the mehosphere now I guess I’ll have to harass @tHUMPERchick more…

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daveinwarsh said Wed, May 31st 2017 at 11:45am ET:

Best wishes and hopes as you make this major decision. I’ve changed jobs a few times & it’s always stressful… Just know that everything can work out great.
Time has come today…

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