The company I worked for as a full-time contractor (US-based) got bought out by a larger corporation who are now taking me on full-time after establishing a UK entity to employ me through. It's been happening for two months now and I only just now realised I should ask what my salary is going to be so I don't screw myself over moving from self-employed company director to full-time employee
That was an awkward question to ask "hey, how much were you planning on paying me?"
Turns out adulting continues to be hard
Welp, glad I asked because they're just going to take my current monthly rate x12 and convert to GBP from USD the day the offer is made
I had nightmares of them low-balling me, so this is a pleasant surprise
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
edited November 2019
If you enter your birthday into this calculator, it will tell you the top song during the week you were conceived. Just in case you ever needed to know that you were bound to this wheel of suffering to the strains of Toto's "Africa."
Jedoc on
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
If you enter your birthday into this calculator, it will tell you the top song during the week you were conceived. Just in case you ever needed to know that you were bound to this wheel of suffering to the strains of Toto's "Africa."
"Call Me" by Blondie
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
"Got My Mind Set on You" by George Harrison
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
One More Try by George Michael.
Little on the fuckin' nose there.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
When my middle kid was conceived it was "Boom, Boom, Pow" by the Black Eyes Peas
(Also, I was a month-old "tethered tadpole" embryo when Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon.)
Commander Zoom on
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
edited November 2019
somebody dicked the dog and had a new hire for our team came in today, instead of Monday
which...fine, that's a bit of a mess but nothing we can't deal with
before I got into the office, somebody in HR told her to go home and come back on Monday, and I want to know who so I can tell them to go fuck themselves for wasting new hire's time like that
I just had a student loudly inform the whole class, "I'm a creation of science. My parents spent $16,000 to grow me in a Petri dish and then launch me into my mom's uterus like a grenade. I'm just trying to pay back that balance. Every day that $16,000 hangs over me."
Man, high school is wild.
I like this kid's view on life. My mom once told me I was the result of angry make up sex after a heated physical argument where my mom stabbed my dad in the knee (an injury that haunts him to this day).
From now on I'm going to say "I'm a creating of rage and violence"
"I am the product of millions of years of outrunning, outfucking, and straight up killing the competition. And so are you."
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El SkidThe frozen white northRegistered Userregular
What is someone going to do with my birthday? Pretty sure I could Google myself and have it in about 5 seconds anyway.
Deanonymization. You are an alias. If you post PII that allows me to figure out your birthdate, and elsewhere you post information about your physical location, maybe somewhere else about where you work...well, now I know who you are. If you've said anything remotely controversial (at some point you almost certainly have), it might come back to bite you.
I certainly have a different filter here than I do with various groups in real life.
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
I really don't like that Outlook tells me when someone accesses a shared document for the first time. I feel like a large chunk of modern society depends on stuff like me and my staff both being able to pretend that they've been working on this project all week instead of just now looking at it midway through Friday.
I really don't like that Outlook tells me when someone accesses a shared document for the first time. I feel like a large chunk of modern society depends on stuff like me and my staff both being able to pretend that they've been working on this project all week instead of just now looking at it midway through Friday.
or we could be honest with each other about the antiquity of the 40 hour work week.
Me: How are you?
My assistant: Ugh, not really any better. I’m going to return to urgent care today.
Me: Oh yeah, absolutely! Take care of yourself. I was going to leave a couple of hours early myself since I stayed late on Monday and Tuesday trying to catch up.
A: Oh, sorry!
Me: Oh no! It’s fine, I just didn’t want us falling behind. UH, wait, not because you were sick... you shouldn’t feel too bad about that! I mean you shouldn’t feel bad AT ALL.
A: Okay, I’ll try not to feel too bad.
Me: I’m really sorry, I misspoke! I don’t meant to guilt you - because you shouldn’t feel guilty, of course! I just meant we got behind last week because of the manager game day last Friday...
Me: How are you?
My assistant: Ugh, not really any better. I’m going to return to urgent care today.
Me: Oh yeah, absolutely! Take care of yourself. I was going to leave a couple of hours early myself since I stayed late on Monday and Tuesday trying to catch up.
A: Oh, sorry!
Me: Oh no! It’s fine, I just didn’t want us falling behind. UH, wait, not because you were sick... you shouldn’t feel too bad about that! I mean you shouldn’t feel bad AT ALL.
A: Okay, I’ll try not to feel too bad.
Me: I’m really sorry, I misspoke! I don’t meant to guilt you - because you shouldn’t feel guilty, of course! I just meant we got behind last week because of the manager game day last Friday...
*facepalm*
"But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?"
"Roll With It" by Steve Winwood. Never heard of either.
Also yesterday was technically my Friday, because on actual Friday I woke up for the last in a series of coughing wakeups throughout the night between fitful dreams of riding my bike to Target in a bathrobe and flannel as part of a hostage-rescue team where I was also the hostage inside the house as I played Skyrim "Who's there?" stealth games outside the door holding a plastic-shielded buzzsaw. Upon taking my first actual waking breath I felt only pain from a bone-dry throat followed sheer exhaustion from having not gotten restful sleep in several days and promptly put the kettle on for some tea as I called in sick.
If you enter your birthday into this calculator, it will tell you the top song during the week you were conceived. Just in case you ever needed to know that you were bound to this wheel of suffering to the strains of Toto's "Africa."
"Father Figure" by George Michael. Bit on the nose, isn't it?
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El SkidThe frozen white northRegistered Userregular
"You're no good" by Linda Ronstadt.
Whelp, I guess I found one worse than the stalker song all by myself! :P
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Welp, glad I asked because they're just going to take my current monthly rate x12 and convert to GBP from USD the day the offer is made
I had nightmares of them low-balling me, so this is a pleasant surprise
"Call Me" by Blondie
Little on the fuckin' nose there.
Oh... Cool.
I'll take it.
That sure is...interesting
I think I turned out okay.
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
That tracks.
Origin ID: Discgolfer27
Untappd ID: Discgolfer1981
So your superpower came about because your parents just gave you life?
I only work Monday next week!
Y'all have any suggestions for a Californian in New York?
I doubt it. My dad was a Perry Como kind of listener, and my mom likes Elvis.
Could be worse I guess.
Nope, but I figure my birthdate is easy enough to grab, so ...
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
(Also, I was a month-old "tethered tadpole" embryo when Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon.)
which...fine, that's a bit of a mess but nothing we can't deal with
before I got into the office, somebody in HR told her to go home and come back on Monday, and I want to know who so I can tell them to go fuck themselves for wasting new hire's time like that
"I am the product of millions of years of outrunning, outfucking, and straight up killing the competition. And so are you."
...What could be worse than "I am a Stalker, the Song"?
Deanonymization. You are an alias. If you post PII that allows me to figure out your birthdate, and elsewhere you post information about your physical location, maybe somewhere else about where you work...well, now I know who you are. If you've said anything remotely controversial (at some point you almost certainly have), it might come back to bite you.
I certainly have a different filter here than I do with various groups in real life.
Don’t stand so close to me??
or we could be honest with each other about the antiquity of the 40 hour work week.
"Little Girls" My dad is a huge Oingo Boingo fan.
Me: How are you?
My assistant: Ugh, not really any better. I’m going to return to urgent care today.
Me: Oh yeah, absolutely! Take care of yourself. I was going to leave a couple of hours early myself since I stayed late on Monday and Tuesday trying to catch up.
A: Oh, sorry!
Me: Oh no! It’s fine, I just didn’t want us falling behind. UH, wait, not because you were sick... you shouldn’t feel too bad about that! I mean you shouldn’t feel bad AT ALL.
A: Okay, I’ll try not to feel too bad.
Me: I’m really sorry, I misspoke! I don’t meant to guilt you - because you shouldn’t feel guilty, of course! I just meant we got behind last week because of the manager game day last Friday...
*facepalm*
"My Sharona" by The Knack
"But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?"
"Aqualung" by Jethro Tull
I wish I had poisoned the work doughnuts with Laxatives because my subordinates won't let that hentai story go. It was a month ago.
But I'm the boss now, I need to accept that my minions have the intellectual maturity somewhat below that of certain primates.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Also yesterday was technically my Friday, because on actual Friday I woke up for the last in a series of coughing wakeups throughout the night between fitful dreams of riding my bike to Target in a bathrobe and flannel as part of a hostage-rescue team where I was also the hostage inside the house as I played Skyrim "Who's there?" stealth games outside the door holding a plastic-shielded buzzsaw. Upon taking my first actual waking breath I felt only pain from a bone-dry throat followed sheer exhaustion from having not gotten restful sleep in several days and promptly put the kettle on for some tea as I called in sick.
"Father Figure" by George Michael. Bit on the nose, isn't it?
Whelp, I guess I found one worse than the stalker song all by myself! :P