this is a warning that you are about to get scammed even worse than before
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I keep my professional contacts fresh for exactly this reason.
I recently received another endorsement on my plumbing license which is typically commensurate w/ a decent raise - I've dealt with a lot of shit, literal and figurative, to get to where I am. I refuse to sell myself short. I turned in my two weeks after I was told they can't afford it.
Meanwhile failson is driving a brand new Ram 1 ton dually, after he wrapped his other brand new truck around a phone pole while out drinking a year ago. HE JUST GOT HIS LICENSE REINSTATED A WEEK AGO. It's got every conceivable option from the dealership, along with a lift, big mud tires, and a bulletproof transmission to handle it all. I'd estimate 120k give or take a few k.
Well that definitely explains why he can't afford to pay you what you're worth
i hope when he inevitably gets into another car crash that he's the only one that dies
I think that was his second drinking related wreck. Both that I know of were single driver, single car. Already had an interlock once that I know of but I likely don't k ow the whole story.
This is very funny and insightful
bulletproof transmission
is that actually a thing
I googled it for both of us. It appears to just mean a very sturdy/reliable transmission that holds up to abuse.
bulletproof in a figurative sense really.
Heavy duty housings, quality gears, beefy axels, that sorta thing.. they call it bulletproof in the sense that you can't trash them except in extreme cases, I think.
"Oh that's great! I've worried about making rent this month. Can I have $300 unc?"
Hey, I borrowed your laptop
Have a nepo petty tyrant friend who gets very offended when I insult business owners.
I treat my employees like they're family and we respect each other
He buys a fixer-upper and I offer to help (for free obviously) because friend and because I'm good at handyman stuff and because I think building stuff is fun.
What? No, I could never let you do work for me, I respect you too much. You're practically family.
We're a family here...
and I'm the abusive right-wing patriarch who will abandon that family when it benefits me more than the control I have over them
Rule of Acquisition #91: Your boss is only worth what he pays you.
The family:
My last family was murdered by Joe Chill in Crime Alley
run
Came to post this
Ah damn
Run
Or demand endless bread sticks. Or be prepared for convoluted setups that inevitably result in street racing.
that means now you can borrow your boss' car without asking and they can only get a little annoyed at you
aight cool I'm going no contact and you can no longer see or talk to your grandchildren (my team - we're unionising)