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Do spaces and the post script count as letters? if it makes you feel any better - I’m not getting a raise or a cost of living increase either.

It’s fitting that my “post approval word” is MORE.

Less is more aint it?  Wait you’re talking like math right?

Lee:  My approval is: TAKEN!!!!!!!

Would it cheer you up if I remind you once more, in my best impersonation of Eeyore, that I am still unemployed (jobless, unwanted, broke, subsisting on evil tainted not-enough child support money)?  No?  Okay, I’ll shut up now....

Oh no, hon, I didn’t mean that.  Lordy, I’m sorry.  It does suck, I know.  I was just trying to be a good Shit Club member and moan more. 

Well since they’ve shown you how much your extra work is worth to them, it should be easy to make decisions about overtime, etc. in the future. You are probably qualified to do the same job elsewhere, for nicer people, fewer hours, and better pay. It’s never good to be at the top of the scale, because there’s no room to go up, particularly in non-profits…

Start shopping around

You have that Gates Foundation meeting later this month don’t you?

Yeah, come work here.  You won’t have to ever get hopeful about a raise here.  We’re just happy to still have jobs…

(heh)

ha!  My approval word is “wrong” How fitting is that?

Sorry to hear about this, Mindy.  I agree with Philip.  The best time to do look for a new job is while you currently have one.

I’d like to join the club please. What are the dues? Will gladly donate them to your underpaid overworked bank account. My approval word is schools, and I can’t even get a good approval word.

I wish I could complain about my job but I can’t.  I got a 2 kiss raise this morning from my daughter and a 4 hug raise from my son.  There were no tantrums (worth a whole heck of a lot) and everyone behaved.  Ask me again on a crappy behavior day!!

Um, how does one join the Shit Club?  Does one have to be in the Poo Scouts first?  I’d very much like an application if one happens to be available.

Could Philip be right?  Shop around… Maybe you could find a job over here?

Ha, my word is “waiting”. How about if you go back to working onlyy 40 hours a week? See if they notice?

I hope you’re not going to keep apologizing for having a perfectly reasonable response to your situation or I am going to have to fly west ex-specially to kick your ass.

Now go on--whine some more. You’re earned it.

If it’s any consolation, we’ve been living paycheck to paycheck for a while, with bonuses, tax returns, and unexpected money always giving us temporary relief for a month or two. We’re currently struggling to get back on track after some major expenses ($1200 cell bill, anyone?) sideswiped us. There are days it frightens the bejeezus out of me.

With money flowing in now from my writing, we should be in better shape come September or October. It means I’m working two full-time jobs, but hey - that’s what it costs to live the dream, right?

Hell. I’m sorry I unloaded all this shit in your sandbox. I’ll go back to my own blog now.

You mean, like, per day? No? Per week? Per pay period? Per month? Not per year, please God not per year.

That sucks rocks. Sorry, girl.

Zero Boss- you live paycheck to paycheck? Thats my dream. We live paycheck to 5 days after paycheck broke- 9 days of living off credit til paycheck.  Yes I am looking for a job. 1 income just doesn’t do it.