You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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.


Kat - Dec 13, 2007 8:31:16 am PST #7163 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

How are they taking it back, Kat? Spreading the pain, I hope. That's just not right. Not that they're wallowing in money that I know of, but what's been spent's been spent and there's no way this can't hit hard.

They make you either hand a check over by the 17 or you have to sign a promissory note. If you take longer than 12 months to pay it back, then they charge you 4% interest.


juliana - Dec 13, 2007 8:32:01 am PST #7164 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Kat, that sucks so hard. I'm sorry.

My next flight is on United (shudder) but it's one of the regional flights on a Bombardier (45ish-seat jet). Hopefully it'll be big enough to prevent the inner-ear thingy, and it's a small enough hop to be on time.


§ ita § - Dec 13, 2007 8:32:48 am PST #7165 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They make you either hand a check over by the 17 or you have to sign a promissory note. If you take longer than 12 months to pay it back, then they charge you 4% interest.

No good answer to that question, I guess.


Scrappy - Dec 13, 2007 8:33:58 am PST #7166 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Erika--do you know about this site? [link]

Is it any good?


WindSparrow - Dec 13, 2007 8:35:26 am PST #7167 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Kat that sucks so badly.


Susan W. - Dec 13, 2007 8:38:02 am PST #7168 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Well, United is getting a reputation for really poor maintenance.

Interesting. We haven't flown them in awhile, because for the past couple of years we've been flying Southwest almost exclusively--friendlier, more legroom, and the cattle call boarding paradoxically makes it less likely rather than more so for us as a family of three to get stuck with miserably bad seats. I don't like the new boarding system they just started as much, because now as a family with a small child we board between the A and B groups instead of before the A, but so far we've been getting around that by making sure to print out our boarding passes as soon as they're available so we get in the A group. But I'm sure next time I travel alone I'll like it better, because now you have a place number and board in order rather than just being in the A group, so you don't have to line up until they're ready to board.


tiggy - Dec 13, 2007 8:38:52 am PST #7169 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

god, Kat. i feel sick on your behalf.


Jesse - Dec 13, 2007 8:42:33 am PST #7170 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Basically ANY person who took family medical leave or any long term disability time was overpaid and the district WILL take it back. Also people who are fucked are anyone with an unusual salary above base pay, so if you worked extra you were screwed. My friend the librarian owes over $12,000 because she works all year.

That sounds like it should be a class-action lawsuit.


msbelle - Dec 13, 2007 8:44:26 am PST #7171 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

while not wrong, jesse = rabble rouser

the main system I use to do work is down. that means I can leave, right?


Sue - Dec 13, 2007 8:45:36 am PST #7172 of 10001
hip deep in pie

the main system I use to do work is down. that means I can leave, right?

Yes. go home. What are they going to do, fire you?