Re: Pentagon Faces Tough Budget Choices Article

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:02:35 -0500, Just Judy
<JoodyJoodyJoody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:10:09 -0500, edward ohare
<edward_ohare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I did that my entire working life. One fellow I worked for for
six years, everytime I walked into his office, he asked, "What's this
going to cost me?" ;)


So what was it you were wanting to spend money on?

Myself. Usual trips to his office were to ask for a raise. ;)


OH! Well, looking at his statement above,the good part is that he
knew in advance he'd give you a raise, just hadn't decided how much.


Did you tell him if its on a charge card he's not really out the
money?

Once I asked for $50/wk. raise and he countered with $25/wk for
3 months, then another $25/week. I thought it was the same as I asked,
so I agreed. From that point on, I think it thought it unfair to take
advantage of my mathemagical abilities.


Pretty slick. In fact, if he'd just given you a schedule of raises
stretching out a couple of years, then he would have kept you out of
his office!


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