{"id":684,"date":"2009-12-16T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/2-or-3\/"},"modified":"2009-12-16T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T19:11:00","slug":"2-or-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/2-or-3\/","title":{"rendered":"2% or 3%?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An email came in today from the president of the university – looks like we’re getting a one time bonus of 2% of our base pay. Which is pretty cool – especially since we haven’t had raises in a while. I was pretty excited about that and sent an instant message to one of my co-workers in my group. Here is the transcript of that conversation:<\/p>\n

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anthony serpette says (1:58 PM):<\/div>\n
did you see the email from Dr. P? <\/div>\n
it ended up in my junk folder – but it was not junk<\/div>\n
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c says (1:59 PM):<\/div>\n
yea, 3% isn’t bad<\/div>\n
I’ll take it<\/div>\n
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anthony serpette says (2:03 PM):<\/div>\n
3%?<\/div>\n
mine said 2%<\/div>\n
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c says (2:03 PM):<\/div>\n
I’ve had better, but that’s not bad<\/div>\n
what?<\/div>\n
earlier today the University’s Board of Trustees endorsed my recommendation to grant all employees a one-time payment amounting to 3 percent of their current base salary that I sincerely hope will make the Holidays a bit brighter for everyone.<\/div>\n
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anthony serpette says (2:04 PM):<\/div>\n
you’re screwing with me, aren’t you?<\/div>\n
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c says (2:04 PM):<\/div>\n
what do you mean\/<\/div>\n
?<\/div>\n
Yours said 2?<\/div>\n
re-read it<\/div>\n
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anthony serpette says (2:04 PM):<\/div>\n
mine says 2 percent<\/div>\n
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c says (2:04 PM):<\/div>\n
r u sure?<\/div>\n
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At this point, I was now talking over the cubicle walls to another co-worker, who confirmed that his email said 3%. I told “C” to stop over to read the message and I highlighted the text on my email. He was surprised and as puzzled as I was about it and I starting thinking about seniority, base pay calculations, etc – then I asked if I could see his email. Thinking – perhaps – this was a different email list with some programming to do a calculation that failed.<\/div>\n
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It was then that he broke down and told me that he was messing with me. And he got my other co-worker to go along with it. <\/div>\n
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The conversation via IM starts up again:<\/div>\n
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anthony serpette says (2:07 PM):<\/div>\n
you, sir, are a bitch<\/div>\n
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c says (2:23 PM):<\/div>\n
you should’ve seen your face<\/div>\n
that was fucking hilarious<\/div>\n
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anthony serpette says (2:24 PM):<\/div>\n
I went from “excited about the bonus” to “ummm… I thought I was doing a good job here?” to ” you guys suck”<\/div>\n
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c says (2:24 PM):<\/div>\n
I’m gonna save this IM thread and frame it.<\/div>\n
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anthony serpette says (2:25 PM):<\/div>\n
I’m putting it in my blog<\/div>\n
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c says (2:25 PM):<\/div>\n
lol<\/div>\n
Your face was red<\/div>\n
you were pissed<\/div>\n
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c says (2:26 PM):<\/div>\n
lol<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My other co-worker sent me a note as well:<\/div>\n
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b says (2:24 PM):<\/div>\n
just so you know, it was all C’s idea<\/div>\n
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anthony serpette says (2:25 PM):<\/div>\n
yeah, I figured. \ud83d\ude42 It was very well executed – and it wouldn’t have worked so well if you hadn’t been in on it. Nicely done.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So, I got punked. But it was pretty funny when it was all done. Hats off to my clever co-workers. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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