A client just told me it was nice hearing my voice again. I'm sure he meant it as a benign compliment, but yo, I'm a little weirded out, here.
I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?
Angel ,'Sleeper'
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.
shrift - Dec 14, 2005 9:48:31 am PST #2017 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Jessica - Dec 14, 2005 9:48:50 am PST #2018 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
dcp - Dec 14, 2005 9:51:41 am PST #2019 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
One of the juries I was on a couple of years ago was for a civil trial in which an ex-employee of a company was suing for his end-of-year bonus, which amounted to about 1/4 of his pay for that year. The company claimed he had become officially unemployed on Dec. 8, and that the bonuses were only paid to employees of record as of Dec 15th.
Plaintiff claimed that it was done on purpose that way to save the company $20K, and his ex-boss did a very poor job of trying to claim otherwise.
There was more to it than that, of course, but the company was in the wrong, and they knew it, and the case should never have gone to trial.
shrift - Dec 14, 2005 9:52:19 am PST #2020 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Between gifts and travel, I don't think there will be enough money to pay all the bills this month.
If things are that tight, is there any way to cancel the travel? Unless it's already paid for, or something that will help you stay sane?
flea - Dec 14, 2005 9:52:29 am PST #2021 of 10002
information libertarian
Clearly the NYT Dining section this week is geared towards Citibank employees.
Gudanov - Dec 14, 2005 9:53:30 am PST #2022 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Travel can't be canceled, we're going to go see relatives that probably won't be around much longer.
Jessica - Dec 14, 2005 9:53:39 am PST #2023 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Clearly the NYT Dining section this week is geared towards Citibank employees.
Heh, I should have been more clear -- they're guides to affordable champagne (bottles under $30) and caviar (they recommend American farmed sturgeon).
Theodosia - Dec 14, 2005 10:03:40 am PST #2024 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
TAR: The producers must have really hated the Weavers, because they made the final challenge that unlabeled map and then the challenge that sumi linked to, they weren't going to do any better on. Moral of the story: if you homeschool, please pay more attention to geography.
Not to mention etiquette, kindness, bigotry and so on.
Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2005 10:04:26 am PST #2025 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Apparently that's how it works in the World of Finance? Your base salary is kind of bullshit, because the bonuses are so big?
Pretty much. Everyone who works above me, including my boss, my boss's boss, and my boss's boss's boss, has the same base salary as I do.
Gudanov - Dec 14, 2005 10:07:15 am PST #2026 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Next month will be okay as well. It's just I took over the finances in November with a whole bunch of overdue bills . Then we did the dogs (which I really didn't want to do right then) and that ended up costing a whole lot of money last month. Then there are the extra expenses of December with gifts and travel and property taxes. January should be much better.