That baby tossing story? False. The woman was trying to cover her own pregnancy:

I thought this morning that it was bullshit, but then I saw an interview with a little boy who said he saw it all happen. Then I figured I was a jerk.

That baby tossing story? False. The woman was trying to cover her own pregnancy:

What?!? Christ on a stick.

Actually, I'm profoundly relieved.

Then what about the woman who stepped forward to say that she was the mother?

You know what the suckiest way to find out somebody's left the company is?

Sending mail, having it bounce, and finding out she isn't in the company directory any more.

I don't see rent curiousity as an offensive thing, really, since people are always looking for places to live.

It's funny, though, because I don't at all mind saying ($859, FTR, about to go to $885), but it feels like something I shouldn't be saying out loud. Dunno why.

In one of the usual odd coincidences around here, I've spent the day doing the one thing you're never, ever supposed to do at work: researching job opportunities and salaries for my position.

But my VP asked me to! She wants the info to put in front of the Big Boss she meets with him to discuss performance and compensation. I've been specifically instructed to find data that shows I should get more money.

Why should I care about something as ridiculous as this? You know what I do for a living, some of you have seen the small box I live in and the car I drive, so, I mean, really?

I heart Allyson. Add 31k, 50 dollars, and about 78k and you've got me only it's mortgage instead of rent and the last figure would actually be about the same if not for the mortgage.

I mean, I tell you people when I have earwax the size of a roach making me deaf. Why should I care about something as ridiculous as this?

Exactly.

Now that I've moved to the swing shift for an extra $1.05, I make $12.30 an hour. With overtime, that should put me over the median for the first time ever this year. I do think it's harder to reveal this information when you're doing well. When I was making $9.20, and I only knew the median income for all households ($43,300), I felt like anyone I told my income would suddenly feel better off.

My rent is only $400, but it's an efficiency, so that's not making anyone jealous either.

I've listened to a co-worker here complain that the company never gives bonuses, and that raises are always below cost of living.

I'm more than happy to keep my mouth shut, because this rant was right after a large bonus and decent raise of my own. I'm not sure he was told that it was company policy, or it was the conclusion his ego forced him to -- either way I'm not collateral damage of his anger, and I'm good with that.

We basically have pay ranges, so some people will know about how much I make. But I can't work out how to find out the range/grade correlation.

I've spent the past hour twiddling with an Excel spreadsheet to try and get it to fit a specific size. (Please don't offer suggestions - I've tried them. Trust me.) This may be the very definition of tedium.