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i just stole a small container of white rice from the kitchen here at work and poured soy sauce over it. that was my lunch. well that and i have had about 3/4 of a gallon of water and a thermos of coffee so far today. i'm praying for a check to be in my mailbox when i get home or else i'll be having a 'darth hank' fire sale soon.


Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:06 pm
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where are you working now?


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i just stole a small container of white rice from the kitchen here at work and poured soy sauce over it.


Gaijin barbarian!!!


Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:10 pm
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amachine.com

my boss has a huge toy display
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Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:11 pm
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nice - that display looks healthy.


Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:15 pm
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You must have a pretty awesome boss. :P

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he's pretty cool. his favorite character is the predator, so that gets props.


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That is an awesome office as well, best cubical i've ever seen.

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I remember I sent you a $1 for your last birthday. You could ask for handouts here if you don't get your check :!:


Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:34 pm
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That is an awesome office as well, best cubical i've ever seen.


that's gotta be an old pic everyone has nice new G5s


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havingmysay wrote:
Winu wrote:
That is an awesome office as well, best cubical i've ever seen.


that's gotta be an old pic everyone has nice new G5s


I was going to mention the outdated computer. No palette monitor?


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I remember I sent you a $1 for your last birthday. You could ask for handouts here if you don't get your check :!:


that was almost a year ago! i'll be asking for birthday gifts pretty soon ;)


Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:54 pm
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why are you broke?

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why are you broke?


new job, six weeks in and i'm still waiting to get paid.


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that's kind of shady. why 6 weeks?

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ouch. 6 weeks? how the fuck do they think your gonna live?

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Are you freelancing for them or are you officially part of the crew?


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so far i am invoicing them. they haven't made me an official offer yet although i've been invited to the company getaway to vegas at the end of november.


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6 weeks !!!

Dude you better speak up !!

Will they be catching you up with a few paycheck in one shot or do they hold back 5 weeks there ??

If you need a buck I will gladly paypal you one :)


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45 days invoicing.....ouch.

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Kidding aside, I think you better have your say with them.


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Thats super harsh, I have been doing invoicing as well for over 2 years but make sure im paid every two weeks. In the beginning I had several times it took almost a month and that was a mess!, while being offered to go to "convention" vacations with them haha.


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wow...that sounds like being a QA tester for....ummm...some...company out in Redwood City, CA....weeks into work and no pay....hmmmmm.

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i'm not sweating things. i could just use a few bucks.


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day 46 start with the 2.5% daily interest charge that you snuck into the fine print on the invoice...I hope.

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