Your response should have been: "With all due respect sirs, I agree that I am still lucky to be here, that the company is still here being that it's so poorly m

Your response should have been: "With all due respect sirs, I agree that I am still lucky to be here, that the company is still here being that it's so poorly managed, that they cancelled their only backups with rackspace, that they had no contingency plans, and that you were one click from losing millions of dollars--in your estimate. It makes me wonder what other bills aren't being paid and what other procedures are woefully lacking. I will agree to help you though this mess and then we should all analyze every point of failure from all departments, and go from there."