Pay Increase

[ceredwensirius]

The pay increases are close. We are doing a presentation for HR to explain our very technial jobs.

To celebrate and siphon off some nerves I sent Tom this text:

Don't get carried away. I just want to know if you are providing for yourself. (I asked him if he would head off to the Alaskan outback with a chainsaw slung over his shoulder. He chose to interpret this NOT as the lumberjack joke it was but as me expressing concern for his wellbeing. *rolls eyes*)

Incidently, our pay increases are around the the corner and we are looking at comfortable bumps in the 20-30% ranges. Hahahahaha. Just so we're clear. You really can't come home to

I'm such a stinker.

Comments

[ilexx.livejournal.com]

lumberjack joke? sounded to me like a perfectly reasonable request...

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Well... I was being a bitch. He was expressing his fears about taking a job in the bush to survive. In my return text a few days later I asked if he had slung a chain saw over his shoulder and headed into the woods yet. I was being snarky. He saw concern (which... yes, ok... but I'm deflecting that with mean spirited humor).