Want a raise? How about a bullet instead?

[novelist_wannabe]

Two workers offed by boss after asking for pay raise

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/07/30/eastpoint_0731_web.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

My first thought was that JRC or CNHI had somehow entered the car business ...

 

[Ace]

That would make a good Blondie cartoon. Dagwood asks Mr. Dithers for a raise and is offed.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Hey, um, boss? If you're reading this? I'm good on the pay thing. Thanks.

 

[chazp]

I'm never asking for a raise again! Not worth the risk!

 

[TyWebb]

In fact, I think I might be getting paid too much.

 

[PhilaYank36]

Guess I better be heavy the next time I ask for a little extra green.

 

[goalmouth]

News alert: Michael Strahan just reported to training camp.

 

[imjustagirl2]

News alert: Michael Strahan just reported to training camp.

Ha! That just made me laugh. Maybe it will work for Shady Quinn too.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I think this is a pretty good reason for a union

 

[Ace]

I think this is a pretty good reason for a union

Nah. For collective bargaining, the boss brings a machine gun.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Or mustard gas ...

 

[User 1019]

Whew. I'm glad we have a set-in-stone pay scale.

Hell, my bosses carry machine guns and drive tanks and ****.

 

[HC]

I'm the HR person where I work. I just sent that link to everyone in the office.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Great sitcom opportunity! We'll call it, "Just Shoot Me."

 

[I'll never tell]

All I thought is how ****ty that lede was. ... gave them a bullet to the head.

You're writing a murder, not a freaking football gamer you tactless prick. That's someone's dead family member.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I had a problem with the lede, too. It called the underpaid but didn't quantify. Shoulda been something like, "Two workers who felt they were underpaid ..."

 

[dixiehack]

I had a problem with the lede, too. It called the underpaid but didn't quantify. Shoulda been something like, "Two workers who felt they were underpaid ..."

If your boss is capable of a double homicide, by definition you are underpaid, even if you make A-Rod money.

 

[Bubbler]

Alec Baldwin's character from Glengarry Glen Ross just creamed his pants and he doesn't know why.