I Called In Sick Today

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Can I be the founder of your fan group the labias?

[The Ocho 970]

How about her Jewish based fans, Labia Menorah's?

[Iphonenkinder 558]

Stage manager to be Vulgar the (short fingered) Vulgarian

 

Greatest hits called "What's in the Box?"

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Your world tour can be called "Tribbing the Globe"

[JubilantLankyLad 1,957]

Stage manager to be Vulgar the (short fingered) Vulgarian

 

Greatest hits called "What's in the Box?"

 

featuring Justina Timberlake?

[David_Sklansky 1,903]

I have a boss meeting today, and have come up with a New career plan- I form female rock group called The Cliterati. It's a little punk and influenced by secret societies and aliens.

 

Albums include

The Handout

Restricted Area

Private Vagina

 

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Cervix.

[JubilantLankyLad 1,957]

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Cervix.

 

It's a cautionary tale of serial pregnancy.

[David_Sklansky 1,903]

 

 

It's a cautionary tale of serial pregnancy.

 

It was initially going to be No Cervix After Six, which I was thinking could be some kind of indictment penises that are too long...but it didn't really make sense either, and this one seemed better without analysis.

[brvheart 1,752]

 

 

Food price inflation is getting really bad.

Its one of those things where the expected parties will be along shortly with charts and graphs to insist that what you see before your eyes is really not true but a lot of staples are damn near double what they were not 5 years ago.

That's a very dangerous sign.

 

You're not joking. These minimum wage hikes are going to kill poor people. They're going to do the exact opposite of what people expect, and it's already happening quickly. The 10 pound rolls of 80% ground beef at Sam's are up to almost 35 bucks. That's a solid 8 dollars higher than it was just last Christmas.

[hank213 1,823]

You're not joking. These minimum wage hikes are going to ****ing kill poor people. Their going to do the exact opposite of what people expect, and it's already happening quickly. The 10 pound rolls of 80% ground beef at Sam's are up to almost 35 bucks. That's a solid 8 dollars higher than it was just last Christmas.

 

ha. like they're paying the mexicans at the packing plants minimum wage.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

With crop prices bottoming out I'd expect meat prices to follow suit soon enough. Of course, prices have been low all summer and meat prices have been steady rising, so whatever. #Analysis

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Frau, can we get an update on the meeting? Go well? Not well? Did we all mess your shit up with terrible advice?

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

my two year anniversary with straight talk is on 3/15. I will have spent a total of $1410ish, between phones and the monthly charges over that period. I'm doing better than if I just stumbled into a store and let some salesman wreck me, but not THAT much better. on the other hand, I now have an iphone 5 with a brand new battery, which will last me at least another two years, I hope.

 

$1410 seems like a pretty big number in the scheme of things.

[brvheart 1,752]

Have you looked into Republic Wireless? The phone choices suck. The plans are basically free.

[frautotenkinder 1,025]

Frau, can we get an update on the meeting? Go well? Not well? Did we all mess your shit up with terrible advice?

 

The meeting went well, almost as well as I'd like. It was me, the company's #2, and my Internal Power Broker. This org is a little honked up, although Big Boss and I get along well, and he likes to work with me, there's something about the promotion and raise that turns him into the Wizard of Oz. So I talk to #2 and Internal Power Broker, the three of us come up with a title and general job description, and I give my salary bump.

 

It's big, I asked for just over a 40% raise. The number was fine in the room, with #2 saying, "Well, I think that's reasonable."

 

I think my Immediate Supervisor is making double what I am, so even if I got the total raise, the organization is coming out ahead. Also, they are in a very tough spot, they do not want to lose me.

 

However, and also, in the meantime, the Big Boss was in a meeting, and announced Internal Power Broker has having my desired new title. Internal Power Broker does not want the job, nor does she have the skill set--she does have some for-profit fundraising history, though. She and Big Boss were supposed to have a meeting at the end of my day. I haven't heard from her (she does email me privately all the time). I'm reading this as I didn't get title, they will come back with a just over 10% bump, and obviously, all the described work. It's too bad, if I don't get my money I'll leave as soon as I can.

 

With crop prices bottoming out I'd expect meat prices to follow suit soon enough. Of course, prices have been low all summer and meat prices have been steady rising, so whatever. #Analysis

 

All food pricing will be skyrocketing. There's no water to grow or feed anything.

[hank213 1,823]

I'm glad you went for it frau. if they come back at you with 10% don't even counter just decline, that would be an insulting offer if they indicated your asking price was "reasonable" in the meeting.

[frautotenkinder 1,025]

It's odd, I asked for a significant raise, and still feel like I made an oopsies in the ask. I got the "reasonable" comment, and I'm discovering I don't have a lot of wiggle room. Maybe I'd let them knock off $5K, but that's about it. The amount of work and responsibility in the new gig is huge, and I want to stay in line with other people with the same gig.

 

I don't have anything lined up. I'm wondering if y better play isn't to negotiate listlessly, accept the peanuts, and just leave as soon as possible. I like the pissy quality of refusing the promotion, especially since the org doesn't have a ready solution, but who am I fooling? I'll still do most of what's expected, and when it comes down to it, any major charity (potential new employer) in LA is dealing with the same fifty families I am. If I act poorly here, I think it'll come back to me.

[hank213 1,823]

a couple off the top o' the head thoughts about taking the lowball:

 

a slightly better salary history for next gig. this only is in your favor if they never get a sense you are desperate to bail on current gig. if they think that, it'll be vertical salary. so how good is your poker face?

 

for me, i would have a compounding sense of resentment right up to the day i quit which may impact how other's relate to me, rehiring chances, and reference etc.

 

i can relate that if you refuse your sense of duty will mean you're doing the work anyway. however, it's easier to say no to some task when you're fed up 2 months from now if it isn't part of your actual job description imho.

 

i think rejecting a lowball offer isn't necessarily "pissy" when done in a professional manner. at the end of the day, even if you love what you do, you still do it to make money. it's time we rank and file employees remind the "job creators" that we're not working for them out of a sense of gratitude, we do it to improve our lives and that is done through salaries that beat year over year inflation along with benefits that allow for actual preventative care without bilking us and disaster coverage that ensures we don't end up in bankruptcy....sorry kinda went on a tangent there.

 

good luck with whatever you decide.

[Scroom 436]

You're not joking. These minimum wage hikes are going to kill poor people. They're going to do the exact opposite of what people expect, and it's already happening quickly. The 10 pound rolls of 80% ground beef at Sam's are up to almost 35 bucks. That's a solid 8 dollars higher than it was just last Christmas.

 

Learn how capital flows.

Blaming wage hikes on inflating food prices is like farting at the landfill and saying that's what caused the terrible smell. You're in the shallowest end of the 'conservative dumbass' pool with that narrative. Sub FOX News.

 

Also; while cost basis is contractually tied to futures contracts, bear in mind that food producers are hedged out with fin product derivatives that may cut them in either direction YEARS DOWN THE LINE, not to mention 'market will bear' pricing. Certain airlines were eating miles and miles of dick in 2009 when oil bought it and they were still locked in at $3.75.

 

In short, corn can go down while Fritos go up and there are dozens and dozens of factors that can drive food price inflation even in the face of deflationary pressures on the derivative commodities.

When prices rise on beef and potato chips, it isn't an instantaneous response to a modest wage hike at the lowest levels. If you can ever can figure out a way to influence inflation that quickly, enjoy your Nobel Prize for econ.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

I think he was just saying that the minimum wage hikes are only going to make the problem worse, not that they caused what we now face. for sure, min wages increasing will bring more inflation as they kick in over the next few years. I don't see it as a good or bad thing, just a logical Econ 101 concept.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Back when I worked for Brvy he sent me to get, among other things, bananas at Sams Club. I came back with exactly 5 bananas and not the 5 bunches he wanted. I'm very literal and Brvy is a saint for not firing me on the spot.

[mrfritz 884]

It's poor people and global warming. Seafood prices are ridiculous

[Essay21 2,385]

Back at work. Yesterday was a day off. Hard to have a tuesday off and come back. But ill suffer through.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

I had a bad dream last night about not leaving my

hometown courtesy of the Randy Moss 30 for 30.

 

I'm absolutely freezing right now at work. Mainly my legs.

 

I did get leather laces for my boots yesterday though, so those are looking good.

 

I need another 35 hours of CPE before the end of the year and 15 of those have to be webinars. I'm building up the courage to go ask my boss if I can expense the $300 for a subscription even though its a benefit and I probably don't even need to ask permission. Thanks self esteem.

 

This has been a snapshot of my life. You're welcome.

[Scroom 436]

I think he was just saying that the minimum wage hikes are only going to make the problem worse, not that they caused what we now face. for sure, min wages increasing will bring more inflation as they kick in over the next few years. I don't see it as a good or bad thing, just a logical Econ 101 concept.

 

The problem with Econ 101 is that it was written when capital formations were completely different than they are now.

It used to be true, for example, that expanding the wage base would exert inflationary pressures on (everything) because the wage base was one of the largest economic arbiters of capital flowage we had. That's still true in theory but in reality, the economic metabolism exerted by consumer staples spending for the bottom half of the population is chickenshit compared to basically everything else that moves the needle.

 

Listening to retarded conservative assholes and their ignorant talking-points about shit they fundamentally don't understand to rationalize poverty program austerity or opposing something like minimum wage growth (in an economy where wealth stratification is becoming one of our major issues) is a major peeve, eclipsed only by listening to retarded liberal assholes who believe we can print money and spend and there is never any consequence because we can always print more and spend more.