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Natter 40: The Nice One

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.

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Laura - Dec 01, 2005 11:02:03 am PST #8410 of 10006

Our wings are not tired.

snicker

Also, yay for baby Violet. Not a bad name either. Yay Jen 'n Ben!

Strega - Dec 01, 2005 11:03:58 am PST #8411 of 10006

Salaried staff here get 6 paid holidays, and a minimum of 10 days vacation. I think I get 19 or 20 now. There's an additional 8-16 vacation hours as part of our holiday bonus, depending on how well the company is doing. And everyone gets 10 days of sick leave. Everything rolls over, and is paid out if you leave the company.

But a large portion of our staff is not salaried. I believe they get something that's a lot like dick.

§ ita § - Dec 01, 2005 11:05:31 am PST #8412 of 10006

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I believe they get something that's a lot like dick.

Thrubbing?

Strega - Dec 01, 2005 11:10:58 am PST #8413 of 10006

Or goats.

tommyrot - Dec 01, 2005 11:13:18 am PST #8414 of 10006

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I think there needs to be a band called "Goat Thrubber." Or a Disney movie called "Son of Thrubber."

sarameg - Dec 01, 2005 11:20:16 am PST #8415 of 10006

Too much sharing.

Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2005 11:24:25 am PST #8416 of 10006

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I get 20 days of vacation plus 9 regular and 1 floating holiday a year. The problem is, only 15 days of vacation can be carried over past New Year's (well, extended to June 1 in 2006), overtime work earns comp time which counts toward the 15 day limit instead of actual money, and there's much gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands if I try to take even a single day off.

I'd be thrilled by the comp time setup if I weren't always overloaded to the point that regular days off I try to schedule get deep-sixed. But comp time only works as an incentive for extra work if they actually let you take the time off.

Strega - Dec 01, 2005 11:27:09 am PST #8417 of 10006

I think there's a song in here somewhere. "We used to bungle in the jungle, but now it's just thrubbery in the shrubbery.."

§ ita § - Dec 01, 2005 11:45:16 am PST #8418 of 10006

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.