context: Yesterday on Marketplace , they were broadcasting from outside Lehmann Bros. in New York City . They mentioned that as former employees were coming out with their stuff in boxes , not only was the press chasing them down the street with cameras trying to get a comment , but tourists were actually snapping photos . I know how horrible I felt the two times I was laid off from a company I really loved , believed in , and had put my whole heart into . I can't imagine how much harder that day would have been if some schmoe from Nebraska was standing there with his disposable camera going " Look Edna !
question: Why were former employees were coming out with their stuff in boxes ?
reference: Because they just got laid off .
candidate: because they just got thrown .