The Mac has no heart. I'll have to log in to buffistas at home and see if Linux has any heart. Maybe only Windows has heart.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Gudanov - Dec 13, 2007 12:50:34 pm PST #7247 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2007 12:54:54 pm PST #7248 of 10001
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'll have to log in to buffistas at home and see if Linux has any heart.
I don't think so.
Maybe only Windows has heart.
It's true. Bill Gates loves you. Or at least he's stalking you.
Typo Boy - Dec 13, 2007 1:21:47 pm PST #7249 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Kat it sucks, and I really think that legal relief is possible. One thing is that when the employer screwed up they had an obligation to mitigate - finding the error and correcting as soon as possible. At the very least I don't think you overpay over a period of time, in a format where employees can't really catch the error, and then charge interest if employees cannot pay it back quickly. I am not a lawyer, but I can't help suspect that a lawsuit requiring them to accept payment interest free over a period of 12-18 months would be successful. Also having given that much money over a long period of time, without a reasonable means for the employee to check, I would say you have given them good reason to believe the money is theirs and spend it. So it is a hardship to pay it back; and I suspect a lawyer could make a good case for letting employees keep at least a portion of it. I suspect in an actual lawsuit, a lawyer would file a claim for keeping all the money, plus being paid extra for mental anguish, if mental anguish is allowed under the laws of your state (which it might not be), and then settle for waiving the interest and part of the principal. But again, not a lawyer, and we have lawyers on the board who might have thoughts.
Amy - Dec 13, 2007 1:35:12 pm PST #7250 of 10001
Because books.
Kat, they won't agree to take it in increments out of future pay?
I don't even know what to say -- what a circle jerk. Jesus. I'm so sorry you got slammed with that.
In other news, though, your babies? Still adorable.
Kat - Dec 13, 2007 1:40:53 pm PST #7251 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy, they will agree to take it out of future paychecks. But it works that you have to take a loan FROM the District, sign a promissory note, sign the check over to them so as not to fuck up your next set of taxes for this year, and then pay it back within 12 months.
Kat - Dec 13, 2007 1:42:30 pm PST #7252 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And thank you for the comment about Noah and Grace. I stayed home today and Noah? Not so adorable with his I-hate-the-world-and-I'm-inconsolable fussing at noon.
Amy - Dec 13, 2007 2:00:42 pm PST #7253 of 10001
Because books.
Aw. Buck up, Noah! Mommy's got enough on her plate.
It's still just unbelievably fucked up that they screwed up and are handling it in such an asshatted manner.
Cashmere - Dec 13, 2007 2:41:54 pm PST #7254 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'll add my spitting outrage on kat's behalf to the pot. WTF were the fuckheads thinkink?
But Noah and kat in matching sweater? So adorable.
-t - Dec 13, 2007 2:58:38 pm PST #7255 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm on a mac and see the heart. FTR.
Ginger - Dec 13, 2007 3:00:50 pm PST #7256 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Awww. [link] Look at those cheeks! Look at those eyelashes!
With plantar fasciitis, I thought the arch brace [link] worn night and day helped as much as anything, in addition, of course, to stretching, stretching, stretching. When it really hurts, rolling a frozen water bottle with your foot helps. Most of the OTC shoe inserts labeled for "heel pain" seem to help, also.