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So maybe that’s more along the lines of a “Black Hat SEO Exorcism,” but what we have here is not far off.

Awecomm has been cursed for a little over seven years now. It’s one of those things that you forget about from time-to-time, and then you’re suddenly reminded of.

If you work for Awecomm, you will crash your car. It’s an undeniable fact.

I walked out of my office about an hour ago, and there were about five people gathered around our receptionist desk talking and laughing. Two of them had just gotten back from lunch, and well, the picture really tells it best:

I continued past the group with a slight smirk on my face as I listened to the Awe-veterans explain to Jacque (the latest victim) about the curse.

In this post I’ll try to recap as many instances that I can remember, and the comments that follow from the Awecomm staff will fill in the gaps.

So here’s the short list (I’m sure it will be expanded upon):

• During a power outage in 1999 or 2000, a transformer exploded in our parking lot, and a power line landed on one of our employees car’s, lighting it on fire.
• One of our developers from 1999 to 2003 suffered from slight narcolepsy and would routinely find himself rear-ending cars on the way to work, and waking up while driving through corn fields, etc. It might not be curse-related, but I’ll included it anyway.
• Last summer, after just purchasing a new car, while sitting at a stoplight, the woman behind me apparently forgot that she was driving a car, and lifted her foot off of the break. No major damage; an $800 repair and a bullet-point on a blog post.
• Eric, our lead developer lost control on an icy highway and did donuts until his car eventually stopped spinning (and was totaled by the impact).
• Mark, another one of our highly talented and exceptionally motivated developers backed up into a dumpster a few weeks ago, completely smashing his driver’s side car door.
• Ellen, our receptionist and up-and-coming PPC specialist recently backed her car into one of her relatives car’s.
• My business partner (Awecomm’s Pres) was rear-ended two years ago, destroying his bumper and leaving it hanging awkwardly off of his car (his new car is still ding-free; cross your fingers, Brent!).
• Jimmy, our Director of Sales, somehow passed the curse onto his wife. While borrowing his car one day, she was sitting at a stop light and was BACKED INTO.
• Most recently, Kwi, our new design intern (who started less than three weeks ago), got into some type of accident. I don’t know the details, but I’m sure someone will expand on it.

I’m positive that this is less than half of the incidents that have happened, but you get the idea! At least our rankings aren’t cursed …