I emailed my boss at 8:55 yesterday morning
effectively saying 'I like my job (lying through my teeth) and I'm good at it (further lies) but unless you give me a five grand raise immediately I cannot afford to work here, live in my tiny East End flat and support my daughter at the same time. Yes there's a recession on but if I have to sell my flat to survive there's no point in carrying on with this shitty fucking job you tight-fisted Hebrew bastard'



or words to that effect
The meeting is to discuss my requirements...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:07, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

that's quite an email
good luck!

we've been told, by email, that one of our offices is closing and that 30% of the staff in another are being got rid of. no one is shitting themselves here yet because we are really quite busy, but it's not great.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:09, Reply)

thanks mate
It's going to be a long, nervous weekend.

The one thing I have on my side is that (I hope) things cannot get any worse for me. Either I get the raise I need or I sell up and start a new life. Even after I've paid off my eye-watering debts I should still have a good 50 grand left. Not great for a 36 year old with no pension but better than I deserve, the way I've lived. As long as I get to keep my record collection and can pay my maintenance for Eleni I don't really care NB this is a massive lie, I care a shitload but am putting on a brave face as it's all my fault...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:20, Reply)

sounds like it could be a shitload worse mate

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:22, Reply)

True indeed
My poor brother's in negative equity. He bought his house about 5 minutes before prices started dropping. Poor sod. Where I live the area is very central and is constantly being renovated so prices have never gone down, they've just stagnated a bit.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:26, Reply)

pretty much same as here
our fixed rate ran out a little while ago and we were concerned we'd be in negative equity. not quite though, but it was close. fortunately we've got a lot to do to the house and its a desirable area
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:33, Reply)

Mine needs a fairly brisk facelift
Problems being

a) I am fucking shit at DIY and have zero motivation to do any anyway and
b) I can't afford to pay someone else to do it any more

Growing up we had maintenance people to do everything so I never learned the basics from my father. I bloody wish I had, I can tell you
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:39, Reply)

heh
my old man is a DIY master. Never learned anything from him though, except how to slice the ends of your fingers with a stanley knife.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:42, Reply)

Enough money to go out boozing / galavanting
*strokes chin*
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:10, Reply)

Cash withdrawn from the non-maxed credit card
I'm a cunt, you see.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:12, Reply)

I really think you are
either move to somewhere cheaper, get a better job, or chuck your little one off a cliff.

Asking your boss for a payrise when you're on £30,000pa, the bloody cheek of it. I hope he laughs his tits off as he hands you your P45
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:23, Reply)

The job I do,
with the 15 years' experience I have in it, means that were someone else be foolish enough to hire me to do it, my going rate would be nearer to 40k. I've not had so much as an inflationary raise in five fucking years.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:28, Reply)

Then you'll really have to kick up a fuss
write your demands on the office walls using a red sharpie, and throw your fax machine at the MD
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:30, Reply)

Ah.
I wrote them on his monitor in shit.

Was this wrong?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:31, Reply)