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Queenie:
his bosses spent an hour yesterday telling him all the reasons why he shouldn't quit. they're scared of losing him.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:12:30 pm)

Queenie:
well that's phone sales for ya.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:12:41 pm)

bela:
Whats to ponder. Don't you want your asthmatic kid to have healthcare? I don't understand you two at all. I'm sorry Queenie, that is a no brainer to me.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:13:20 pm)

Queenie:
he's bonused like mad for the last six weeks. had he been working within this new bonus system, he would have made double the money.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:13:21 pm)

Froupie:
that little man standing outside ealing studios has been standing there for the past 45 years. i'm sure he's dead.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:14:40 pm)

Heruka:
that's how my job works. I have to stuff a minimum of 1000 envelopes a day. and for every 100 envelopes over that, In get and extra two cents. up untill 2000, then I get 4 cents for each 150 envelopes.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:14:59 pm)

Queenie:
yeah I see your point bela, and benefits are great but don't pay the rent. that's the tough part. he DOES bonus like crazy at his current job, he doubles his base hourly rate pretty consistently. he'll be taking such a huge pay cut at the new job.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:15:01 pm)

Queenie:
so basically he'll have to choose between paying bills and having healthcare.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:16:03 pm)

Heruka:
I'm hungry.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:16:12 pm)

Heruka:
bills are overrated. "final notice" my ass. move to a warmer, sunnier climate.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:16:45 pm)

bela:
WHO CARES ABOUT THE BONUSES YOU NEED HEALTHCARE FOR YOUR CHILD! HEALTHCARE = $$$ FROM YOUR EMPLOYER!!!!
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:17:14 pm)

bela:
AAAAGGGHHHHH
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:17:27 pm)

Queenie:
we'll be breathin' free in that cardboard box.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:17:46 pm)

Heruka:
I'm moving. I'm all packed. I leave tomorrow. To NYC. bela has a place for me set up. just until I get on my feet you see.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:21:27 pm)

Queenie:
The whole argument will be moot in a month when I get the new job anyway. Then I'll be making enough to at least off-set the pay cut he'd be taking. Er, but then we'd be right where we are right now, which is barely getting by... only with the new expenses of a car, insurance, gas, and child care. Hmm. Goddamn you just can't win.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:22:23 pm)

Froupie:
never mind, the pilates will chill you out.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:23:56 pm)

Heruka:
winning is easy. it's losing that's hard. you just have to play easy games. me, I expected to be homeless someday. but I'm not. Sure I may live in a motel room, but I'm still better off than I thought I would be.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:24:12 pm)

Queenie:
the pilates fucking rule. my abs are starting to show.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:24:39 pm)

Queenie:
fat old me. with abs. imagine.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:24:50 pm)

Heruka:
so: I am a winner!

besides, it could ALWAYS be worse. You could be Canadian.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:25:01 pm)

Queenie:
I used to think that I would be perfectly happy if only I were thin. So far, it's proven to be untrue. The trick is being thin AND rich. Then you can achieve perfect nirvana.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:25:49 pm)

Heruka:
why are fat people always wowed when they end up losing weight to the point where they're nowmal? me, I can't wait to let myself go and get fat someday. after I am married.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:26:14 pm)

Heruka:
speaing of which, think I'll make a pizza.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:27:35 pm)

Queenie:
I went into this thrift shop and was trying on all these darling little vintage sweaters and jackets, and everything I tried on actually fit and it was just about the bestest feeling in the world. you have no idea,
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:27:50 pm)

Froupie:
i've never wanted to be stick thin really. i like food too much.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:28:15 pm)

Queenie:
I think of that whenever I'm faced with chocolate cake or a mocha or something. I remind myself that fitting into that tiny fuschia sweater with the little flowers all over it was far more pleasurably than any mocha would be. And more lasting.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:28:36 pm)

Froupie:
i might try that tomorrow outside starbucks. i give that company way too much money.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:29:15 pm)

Queenie:
If I went stick-thin, I'd lose my boobs. And no one wants that.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:29:35 pm)

Queenie:
It really was a beautiful sweater.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:29:54 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Lay off the Canadians. They're good people.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:30:02 pm)

Queenie:
Rufus is canadian.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:30:41 pm)

Froupie:
canadians are funny and we brits love them.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:31:18 pm)

Froupie:
we just wish they'd kidnap our monarchs in return.
(Thu May 15, 2003 - 12:31:55 pm)