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I made one with 'Christmas, cats, kissing' but it ended up being this disturbing image, featuring a huge PEPSI logo.

So... still no paycheck. And I'm not the only one, about 90% of the company didn't get paid. All we get from any higher ups is "its being looked into". WTF does that mean? "Being looked into" doesn't cover all the bills I mailed out yesterday.

that blows

between holidays coming up and no pay, i would imagine that little to no work is being done over there

How has the company fared this year? Are you expecting a bonus at some point? Either way, THAT IS HORRIBLE.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention... these paychecks were to include our year-end bonuses. Our boss gave us pay stubs on Friday that included our bonus amounts that should have been included with this deposit. So now we've got neither bonuses or regular pay. It really does blow. Thank god I got some Christmas money from the parents that will cover me for a little while, but I know some people are really hurting. Especially a week before Christmas.

:-( Sorry, Jon.

It is so quiet in my office!

Boss put it all up his nose. did you make it to the dmv?

Ha, yeah. Took just shy of an hour and a half at the end of the day.

Ha-, yeahhhh.... (dum dum dum dum dum dum dum)
Ha-, yeahhhh... (OH OH)

There is a legal limit to how long your employer can withhold pay. Can't remember how long, but will look into it.

Sarah, you can do multiple tries with the same words.

http://nag.iap.de/gen/anonymous-new_love_swimming@Dec_18_16.19.17_2007.jpg

Did that work for you?
It's 'new love swimming.'

what's that called?

xpost - oh

Hmmm... apparently the bonuses held up the transaction at the processing bank. Supposedly getting deposited today. We'll see.

ouch

okay, i now know not to fall asleep listening to records, not with this record player anyway. i woke up this morning and thought there was some construction going on, but the needle was on the label of In a Silent Way. whoops!

I don't think I've ever gotten a Christmas bonus!

i've never gotten a christmas bonus either.

I used to have a Dystopia record that had a locked groove at the end, playing a loop of something sounding like your guy dying in an old Atari game but slowed down to be really sludgy.

My bonus is the following books:

The Last Imaginary Place - McGhee
Streets, Railroads, and the Great Strike of 1877 - Stowell
Chicago's Urban Nature - Chappell
A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic - Pielou
Dawn in Arctic Alaska - Jenness

I did at my last job. It was equivalent to an extra paycheck IIRC. But also, that job was terrible and my paychecks were meager.

We don't get bonuses here, or at least not everyone does, but we tend to get decent presents from the owner.

man I love the email we get here

Dear @str0physic@| J0urn@|,
I wanted to clarify that I made a mathematical error in relation to the magnetic force equation. This equation would need a magnetic constant instead of a gravitational one. The changed distance exponent in that equation does not work mathematically. While I may have made some small philosophical errors, I can assure your journal that this theory will revolutionize our view of reality. I am extremely worried that certain things have been misunderstood and/ or that the scientific community is not taking me seriously. If there are revisions needed, any comments, or needed explanations please contact me. Thank you for considering my work.
Yours Truly,
XXXXXXXXXXXX

i got a bonus

my 'bonus' consisted of:

an ipod shuffle (with gift receipt yay)
a fancy chocolate bar
altoids
a candy cane
peppermint tea

Kr has been getting all manner of gift certificates. She's excited because she is going to regift some of them on her relatives.

I guess we get glogg on Thursday.

altoids
a candy cane
peppermint tea

there is a trend here

hey, ben tausig does have a crossword book out! i have got to get this before getting on a plane on saturday.

This is my favorite part of that email:
"I can assure your journal that this theory will revolutionize our view of reality."

Wow, that cover is just ... awful.

Ha ha ha

Haha.. it is, but I kinda like it anyway.

At least it's interesting.

Hey, my resolution for 2008 - if you can even call it that - is to learn about wine. Jesse? Eric? Will you teach me?

if i was going to get a huge, full-back tattoo, i would probably go with a crossword puzzle

with all personalized clues about your life

DOWN
1 Not Lucy, but____
3 Three, to Jose
5 A giant's shoe size

I mean, you have to throw some traditional clues in there.

Keep it real.

but if you ever go get a massage or something, they're going to be hell of distracted

okay, i'm skipping out of work to pick up the "master" for the new Digd0wn single

Shit, Vince Guaraldi and Charlie Brown make everything better, don't they?

I wonder when Sendspace will be done uploading the raw audio tracks from "Busr1de." I started at about 8:15 this morning. I'll put money on 12:45.

I have had the following Xmas bonuses:

- Small chain grocery store in NC: 1 Turkey

- Food Lion: profit sharing check for 2% of yearly pay (which is surprising considering their history of labor problems including not paying overtime)

- flower shop: sexual harassment

I found a check stub in my desk at this job with my predecessor's name on it for $2500 for the week before Xmas that said "Bonus." I have not received such a check....

We got cash bonuses at the restaurant I used to cook at. In fact, one of the most endearing things they ever did for me was to give me a present 3 months after I had quit and moved to Chicago.

I promptly spent about half of it in their bar. They had to know that was coming...

Maybe he wrote it to himself and that's why he no longer works there.

I got a turkey one year as a bonus from a uniform customization business. I gave it to a coworker who had like a bazillion kids and an oven. I'm pretty sure I don't get a bonus here, as I am a public servant and I don't think there is sufficient tax revenue for such things. SO, since I am passing tax savings along to you, what I propose is that all of you who are domiciled in Illinois contribute $10 to my Christmas Bonus fund.

kthxby

Catch's bonus to us it to have a drawing for some really great prizes and some really shitty ones (great = 2 nights at a hotel, $100 GC to Catch, magnum of good wine; shitty= baseball cap, bottle of ketchup) and then repeatedly tell us how grateful we should be to get a drawing AND a party.

Oh and then to tell us that the restaurant did not pay for any of the prizes, but they were all promos given to them by various vendors. THANKS FOR THE RE-GIFTING!!!!

If you don't give your two weeks by the end of this year, I'm going to call Catch and anonymously report that you don't wash your hands after you use the bathroom while working.