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Post by crazilyz on Apr 8, 2009 11:36:41 GMT -5
I think its like, $10 for the year. What would you get back, 6 cents? People like my mother-in-law would fight for those 6 pennies.
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Post by heartybooooo on Apr 8, 2009 12:03:55 GMT -5
It's the principle. I would too. Maybe get the whole year for free.
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Post by Furious D on Apr 8, 2009 13:04:23 GMT -5
An envelope was just dropped on my desk that says that one of our coworkers is leaving and they are taking up a collection for a gift.
The part that grinds my gears is that he is not actually leaving. He is only moving upstate. He will continue to work the same job, except he will be doing it from the brand new home he had built. No more commute, lower cost of living, no one looking over his shoulder, and unlimited smoke breaks. And we are giving him a gift? The rest of us are not allowed to work from home! It must be nice to be part of the inner circle.
I was joking to a friend that I will miss that guy greeting me at the door every morning when I get in at 7 and he is having a cigarette. My freind replied, "wait, he's out there every day at 7:30 when I get here". Then the guy in the next cube said "he's there at 8 too".
On the other side of the coin. One of my friends left the company last week. A young guy, hard worker, who voluntarily left to move back closer to his family. Since he did it during a layoff, he actually saved someone from getting the axe by leaving, but he got no big gift. No envelope went around. A group of us took him out to lunch - that's it.
Sad
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Post by crazilyz on Apr 8, 2009 13:10:55 GMT -5
Who's running the gift collection thing? For the situation you described, I call malarky.
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Post by heartybooooo on Apr 8, 2009 13:30:01 GMT -5
Sounds like you should be getting him a nicotine patch.
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Post by Furious D on Apr 8, 2009 13:41:26 GMT -5
The person running the gift collection is also the same person that is the head of the "Party Planning Committee". If you are on her good list (i.e. sign up for her parties), you get envelopes. But if you don't give the $8 for a heart shaped balloon and a bagel on Valentines Day you get blacklisted - like me.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 8, 2009 13:56:36 GMT -5
Those sorts of committees are pretty much banned around here. Its not policy, but its encouraged to keep those things on the sly, and not pressure anyone into anything.
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Post by Lindsey on Apr 8, 2009 14:05:03 GMT -5
I think its like, $10 for the year. What would you get back, 6 cents? MLB.TV is way more than $10 a year. That would kick ass! It's way more than $10 a month! booo. thats why it was so important that I got it working as soon as possible.
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Post by crazilyz on Apr 8, 2009 14:17:54 GMT -5
The person running the gift collection is also the same person that is the head of the "Party Planning Committee". If you are on her good list (i.e. sign up for her parties), you get envelopes. But if you don't give the $8 for a heart shaped balloon and a bagel on Valentines Day you get blacklisted - like me. It sounded like something that was run by one person. To give a gift for somebody that's "leaving" but not really doesn't seem too appropriate to me. If somebody was retiring or moving out of state then it's a different story. Otherwise the gift collection thing should be reserved for something monumental like a marriage or the birth of a child.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 8, 2009 14:22:37 GMT -5
When Emma was born a bunch of the reps called me into a room and doled out some cool gifts, including a nightlight she kept and loved until she was 5. It was informal, not too pricey, and I will never forget it. I think a lot of that was due to it being spontaneous on the part of those who whipped it up, in an office setting.
Sadly, if you had to gift a gift to everyone leaving a company, you would spend the entire year buying gifts.
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Post by elliejay21 on Apr 8, 2009 20:35:45 GMT -5
We had a baby shower for my coworker today, which went from a proposed $10-$15 donation for party food, to a grand total of $75 bucks... $35 for a gift & wrappings, $25 for food, $10 for decorations, and $5 for the baby pool (which could at least give me a return on my investment...) We have a small team, so people tend to get carried away around here.
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Post by Furious D on Apr 9, 2009 7:59:11 GMT -5
We are pressured into giving cash gifts to the people who retire. It's frustrating because we are giving our hard earned cash to people that will be coming back within six months to work as contractors and sit in the same seat, doing the same work they used to do - all the while collecting the pension that is no longer available to people with my amount of service time. There is no reason to give them an envelope full of money. It's like giving a gift to someone for winning the lottery.
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Post by crazilyz on Apr 9, 2009 8:16:41 GMT -5
coming back within six months to work as contractors and sit in the same seat, doing the same work they used to do - all the while collecting the pension that is no longer available to people with my amount of service time. Don't forget the part about making a shitload more than they were as full-time employees.
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Post by baldvinny on Apr 11, 2009 16:50:54 GMT -5
i am pretty fucking heated at the moment
i use a company in florida for my postcards/printing. i ordered new promo cards for this year, and the shipping option was listed as Delta Dash, and Delta OVernight. i chose the dash service, and was charged almost $70 to have the items delivered
i get a call today that my package is ready for pickup at the fucking airport! who the hell would pay $70 to have to go pick up your item?
i called customer service and the guy actually had the balls to say "sir, have you ever seen a delta plane on your street delivering boxes?"
what the fuck??? who the hell would assume that you have to pick up a box you paid for delivery on? this is so dumb
now i have to go to the airport tonight, and get a fucking box that should be arriving on my front doorstep
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Post by crazilyz on Apr 11, 2009 17:50:11 GMT -5
That really sucks. Whatever happened to a company using FedEx?
You've used these guys in the past?
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Post by baldvinny on Apr 11, 2009 18:33:56 GMT -5
i have, and have had delivery no problem
according to the customer service asshole, the system did not like my address (for whatever reason) therefore did not offer fed ex as an option
the worst part is fed ex would have been $4 cheaper, and would have gone straight to my door. now i am waiting for layla to fall asleep (and to put cheese on the meatloaf that is in the oven) before i can take a ride to LGA
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Post by crazilyz on Apr 11, 2009 19:25:06 GMT -5
Fight it.
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Post by 4dogg on Apr 11, 2009 19:59:40 GMT -5
i also had meatloaf tonight
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Post by baldvinny on Apr 11, 2009 20:07:43 GMT -5
rose made her southwestern meatloaf. it was seriously the best meal i've had in a long time
not gonna fight with the printer. i already went to the airport to get the box. what a clusterfuck
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Post by elliejay21 on Apr 12, 2009 1:19:31 GMT -5
OK, I just checked the promotion schedule. WTF??? How do 41-game people get screwed out of the first Friday night game AND the magnetic schedules??? They have always given them out at the first TWO games & calendars are the first weekend. I WANT MY MAGNETIC SCHEDULE. It's the only giveaway I care about all goddamned season.
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Post by crazilyz on Apr 12, 2009 1:58:34 GMT -5
i already went to the airport to get the box. what a clusterfuck Getting anything from the airport is a royal pain in the ass.
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Post by Lindsey on Apr 12, 2009 2:01:02 GMT -5
i already went to the airport to get the box. what a clusterfuck Getting anything from the airport is a royal pain in the ass. simply BEING at the airport is usually a royal pain in the ass...
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Post by 9 on Apr 12, 2009 11:46:09 GMT -5
i called customer service and the guy actually had the balls to say "sir, have you ever seen a delta plane on your street delivering boxes?" Wow ... what a prick!
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Post by baldvinny on Apr 12, 2009 20:28:31 GMT -5
that is EXACTLY what i said, though i believe i called him a dick not a prick
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Post by Jason Giambi on Apr 12, 2009 20:50:22 GMT -5
I work from home, the bastards around here have never taken a collection on my behalf for anything.
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Post by Chris on Apr 20, 2009 0:56:19 GMT -5
So we've officially started the process of buying a house...well, looking for a house to buy I should say, in the Huntington Beach or Costa Mesa areas.
Being that there are a LOT of foreclosures out there, we've seen quite a few homes that were clearly vacated by bitter scumbag foreclose-ees who had decided that taking things like sinks, stoves, wiring and even up to some amount of vandalism is a cool thing to do. People are assholes. Wondering...what would any of you consider your limits in terms of what levels of "needs a little TLC" or "handyman's touch needed" would you tolerate when contemplating purchasing a home.
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Post by Jason Giambi on Apr 20, 2009 7:43:05 GMT -5
depends on how handy you are......
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Post by heartybooooo on Apr 20, 2009 7:49:10 GMT -5
I agree. Or how cheap it is. If you add the cost of the house and the cost to do work, it can still be a good deal. Maybe even better, as you can update things like wiring and piping and do things the way you want. Wire the house for music. I am not handy at all, so I would consider how much it would cost for somebody else to do it.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 20, 2009 8:18:28 GMT -5
I would not want to nab it with too much work to be done. Not just cause I am lazy, which I pretty much am, but cause i dont want to do something wrong. I dont want to cause a fire fussing with electricity, i dont want to have a pipe burst through a wall, none of that.
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Post by 46fan4evr on Apr 20, 2009 8:50:29 GMT -5
"what levels of "needs a little TLC" or "handyman's touch needed" would you tolerate "
Having bought a couple of those kinds of houses, I would make sure that the majority of the TLC is stuff you can go yourself that won't cost a fortune. I've found that having to rely on others to do "handyman" type of stuff is a pain in the ass - they either don't show up, show up 2 days late or charge an arm and a leg.....stick to "cosmetic" type of TLC things - unless you have someone in whatever "business" it is that's required.
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