So, it's not snowing at ALL in Chicago?
Interesting.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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.
sumi - Dec 14, 2005 9:28:41 am PST #1992 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
ChiKat - Dec 14, 2005 9:29:38 am PST #1993 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My bonus is based on a performance plan that was set in March. Since part of it is sales, it won't be figured until mid- to late-Jan. I should get it in February.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2005 9:30:00 am PST #1994 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Our bonus scheme used to be based on sales targets, which doesn't really motivate those of us in the development team.
Yeah, I remember trying to explain that to upper management in my last job--it sucks when your bonus is held hostage by other people with other priorities.
I want a milk steamer.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2005 9:30:04 am PST #1995 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nope. South of here, I think, but not loop and northside. It's pretty windy, though.
ChiKat - Dec 14, 2005 9:30:15 am PST #1996 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
We got a slight dusting, sumi, but so far, that's it.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2005 9:30:41 am PST #1997 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, it's not snowing at ALL in Chicago?
It's misting. At least in Evanston.
sumi - Dec 14, 2005 9:32:46 am PST #1998 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
It's been snowing lightly but steadily all day here. And it's windy.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2005 9:32:58 am PST #1999 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I've never worked anywhere that gave regular bonuses. Or raises, actually. Ah, nonprofits. I have gotten both bonuses and raises a couple of times, but only under special circumstances. I honestly don't think I've ever gotten a regular COLA.
Scrappy - Dec 14, 2005 9:33:27 am PST #2000 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We get $200--cash, which is nice. And a personal card for each of our 60+ employees from the owner of the comany. This year he said in my card that I was not only "incredibly great" at what I do, he considers me a friend.
JZ - Dec 14, 2005 9:33:58 am PST #2001 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I work for a state university in California, which tells you all you need to know about the likelihood of Christmas bonuses.
We have a sort of half-assed merit bonus program, which depends on supervisory persons having their shit together enough to fill out the nominating forms, get them signed by the appropriate people, and submit all appropriate supporting documentation by some mysterious flexi-deadline. I got such a bonus once, many years ago: $1000 pre-tax, $400 and change after taxes. The following year I got a $10 gift certificate to See's Candies. Since then, nothing.
I also found out recently about other treats that used to happen back in the good old pre-Prop 13, state education not yet bankrupt days: the departmental holiday parties held at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, the live bands, bonuses for everyone large and small, and, coolest of all, the mail cart: for the entire month of December, every day at around two, a mailroom employee would trundle a little cart up and down the halls of all 15 floors of the hospital, selling stamps and shipping supplies and taking people's packages to mail out.