::cue sudden flash of "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning"::
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2006 2:42:05 pm PST #6047 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Mar 29, 2006 2:42:21 pm PST #6048 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't see how being untruthful and unkind when weighed against rule following and ass covering is not wrong.
I'd say she values her job more than Hec's friendship. That may make her an asshole, but I don't know that it makes her action wrong. It's wrong from Hec's perspective because she was an asshole to him. It may be right from her perspective as the lesser of two evils.
Spidra Webster - Mar 29, 2006 2:49:57 pm PST #6049 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
There are ways you can let people know without letting them know, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2006 2:52:24 pm PST #6050 of 10001
Trust my rage
Hec, that is just so crappy. Like I said earlier today, I don't know how she can be okay with the whole "I'm looking you in the eyes thing". I like Weasel Boss, though.
I just have to share this picture with everyone, taken while I was making dinner tonight: [link]
DavidS - Mar 29, 2006 2:54:40 pm PST #6051 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just have to share this picture with everyone, taken while I was making dinner tonight
Heh. Chillin' with Dad.
JZ - Mar 29, 2006 2:57:42 pm PST #6052 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
OMG, ded from Teh Pretty.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2006 2:58:48 pm PST #6053 of 10001
Trust my rage
I know! Aren't they adorable? Makes my heart go all melty.
DavidS - Mar 29, 2006 3:01:42 pm PST #6054 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Further investigation reveals that Weasel Boss and LA Boss were in conference with a Partner in Labor Law about my termination.
I don't know if that means they're worried about an age discrimination suit from me, or if they're trying to do an extra-weasel end-run and find a way to deny me unemployment.
Probably the former, but it adds to the paranoia. Wheeee!!! I need a martini.
I know from our own policies that they've done a very shitty job of setting this up. I've had no negative performance reviews or documented ill-behavior that they can point to. They haven't created the necessary paper trail they'd normally do for ass-coverage.
Fuck, man. Just give me a couple months severance and I'll walk away happy.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2006 3:03:51 pm PST #6055 of 10001
Trust my rage
Are you just too expensive or something? You sound like such a model employee - I don't get why they are firing you to begin with. With such a giant plan in advance of the deed itself, you'd think you were some toxic employee or something similar.
Spidra Webster - Mar 29, 2006 3:08:42 pm PST #6056 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I've been here 3 years and was given 4 weeks' "severance". I put it in quotes because I found out that it's dependent on being unemployed. That is, if you find a job 2 weeks out, the severance stops. Which isn't really a severance, by my definition. But people I know have been saying "At least you got a decent severance". When I was laid off from CNET, I got 7 months. I don't know what normal severance is supposed to be.
I hope they wise up and give you one, though. Nothing so fun as a legal firm acting unlawfully. And I'm pretty sure they must be.