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Old 08-24-2023, 12:34 PM   #9341
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Everyone's dad just called and wants their joke back.
I've tried some and had a stiff neck for weeks.
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What kind of lunatic wants to chug something that looks like liquified Uranium?

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Oh ya, the only sure fire way to get a raise is to change jobs/companiys. The human resources horsecrap process makes it so outlandish to give a raise that isn't around the inflation rate level that its almost impossible to get anything bigger. The supervisor has to go so far out on a limb to demand it that I can see why it doesn't happen until a pressure point is applied.
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I think you’ve nailed it - too many times the only way to get a big bump (pay/position) is to move on.
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1. Leaving your place of employment for another job that pays more isn’t getting a raise.

2. I think you already know what I’m gonna say.
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2. I think you already know what I’m gonna say.
"If you guys were in a union, you wouldn't have to worry about it since you and Bill -- that useless tit in accounting who does nothing all day and nobody likes but we can't fire him for 'seniority' reasons -- would get raises!"
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"If you guys were in a union, you wouldn't have to worry about it since you and Bill -- that useless tit in accounting who does nothing all day and nobody likes but we can't fire him for 'seniority' reasons -- would get raises!"
Or....you can always become self-employed...
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Or....you can always become self-employed...
Whoa whoa whoa - self reliance ? We don’t do that here
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Old 08-24-2023, 01:03 PM   #9348
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"If you guys were in a union, you wouldn't have to worry about it since you and Bill -- that useless tit in accounting who does nothing all day and nobody likes but we can't fire him for 'seniority' reasons -- would get raises!"
Why wouldn’t the company fire him if he’s useless and does nothing all day?

Geez no wonder you can’t get a raise if the company is tying up so much money in voluntarily keeping unnecessary staff on their payroll.
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Whoa whoa whoa - self reliance ? We don’t do that here
If everyone becomes self employed who’s gonna be left for you to pay peanuts to?
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If everyone becomes self employed who’s gonna be left for you to pay peanuts to?
I pay myself peanuts already !
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If everyone becomes self employed who’s gonna be left for you to pay peanuts to?
I'll have you know that I compensate my unpaid intern* very fairly! With experience!!

*although I do actually pay him.
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I appreciate where people are coming from, but when you ask me how I'm doing during my cancer treatment, don't interrupt my shiort response to tell me you know how I'm feeling because you watched someone go through it.

You can empathize, but I can't even sympathize with other brain cancer patients because our situations are different.

The chemo fatique is so bad for me, by the time I've dressed, brushed my teeth, gone to the kitchen, made my breakfast and sat down in my chair, I feel like i've walked into a concrete wall and am ready to back to bed.

Like I said, I appreciate where people are coming from, but when I'm so fatigued, I'm ready to collapse and burst into tears, I can't handle your misguided sympathy.
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I appreciate where people are coming from, but when you ask me how I'm doing during my cancer treatment, don't interrupt my shiort response to tell me you know how I'm feeling because you watched someone go through it.

You can empathize, but I can't even sympathize with other brain cancer patients because our situations are different.

The chemo fatique is so bad for me, by the time I've dressed, brushed my teeth, gone to the kitchen, made my breakfast and sat down in my chair, I feel like i've walked into a concrete wall and am ready to back to bed.

Like I said, I appreciate where people are coming from, but when I'm so fatigued, I'm ready to collapse and burst into tears, I can't handle your misguided sympathy.
You sound like you could use a laugh.

How are you doing?

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I pay myself peanuts already !
You're lucky you're of this generation, you're not even allowed to pay people peanuts these days because they may have nut allergies.
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You're lucky you're of this generation, you're not even allowed to pay people peanuts these days because they may have nut allergies.
If they are allergic to peanuts, it's not a nut allergy. Its a legume allergy.

I'm not even a pedant irl, but I couldn't resist.
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I appreciate where people are coming from, but when you ask me how I'm doing during my cancer treatment, don't interrupt my shiort response to tell me you know how I'm feeling because you watched someone go through it.

You can empathize, but I can't even sympathize with other brain cancer patients because our situations are different.

The chemo fatique is so bad for me, by the time I've dressed, brushed my teeth, gone to the kitchen, made my breakfast and sat down in my chair, I feel like i've walked into a concrete wall and am ready to back to bed.

Like I said, I appreciate where people are coming from, but when I'm so fatigued, I'm ready to collapse and burst into tears, I can't handle your misguided sympathy.
Cancer is a dirty CNnt. People are stupid and short sighted and selfish. Medicine can do some amazing things these days, especially cancer treatments. Hope you will be one of those stories sister!
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You sound like you could use a laugh.

How are you doing?

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So what you're telling me to just reply that I'm fine, because even though people are asking, they genuinely don't care what my response is.

Generally, I'm pretty happy and easy going, but that one thing RGMG.
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Cancer is a dirty CNnt. People are stupid and short sighted and selfish. Medicine can do some amazing things these days, especially cancer treatments. Hope you will be one of those stories sister!
Thanks man, I've beat it before and I'll beat it again!
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