Unexpected Good FortuneTravelling through Seattle a good 15 years ago, I remembered an old friend I used to blow up Action Men with. We were bored, nothing to lose , so I looked him up in the phonebook. He was the only one of that name in there. "Come and stay," goes he.
Me and my mates were living in a car at that point so a bed was a novelty. After searching for a while, we rock up to a very posh mansion on Puget Sound with its own Helipad. "Come flying," goes he.
Has your luck held out recently?
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chthonic, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 18:43)
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Two tales of overpaymentThe first being at the age of 17, working for the Co-Op Living department stores when they closed down. Despite only having worked there for 9 months they paid me £80 in redundancy, which wasn't too bad considering I was earning about £18 a week working Saturdays. What made it better, though, was that they paid me it with my final wage payment, and then sent me a cheque for the same amount. Which of course I cashed - result!
The second one is a few months after, and I was working as a Christmas temp at $popular_high_street_electrical_retailer. I lasted 7 weeks before walking out, but they still paid me a Christmas bonus. 6 months later they realised and asked for it back. Told them no. They asked again. Told them that they were lucky I didn't report them for multiple H&S breaches (long story). Strangely enough they went quiet after that...
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Biscuitzs -.. . -- ----- ...- -.- --. -.-, Sat 16 Sep 2006, 10:40,
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