A Jorb Well Done

[ladyomnipotent]

Last Sunday, I went with my mom, godparents, and Mary Rose to an event called "Shakespeare on the Common" in Boston Commons to watch a free performance of "As You Like It". I have never read that story before, but I'm interested in doing it now, not because the plot is an good (terrible and nonsensical, which I believe is the point, since it's a

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[prototypechild]

1) But Shakespeare was for the commoners! Even though it seems flowery now, it's pretty much just dick and poop jokes and bawdy tales of teens having sex that the unwashed masses would go to see for titillation like the retards of today go to see "epic movie."

2) That sucks about your job. They're pretty much saying "It's more worth it for us to pay her more and you less even though you're actively complaining about it and it would only cost a buck or so more an hour (piddling ammounts to the higher ups at any job) to ensure your continued happiness."

I think I'm the "other girl" at my job. My friend started working there last summer and when I was hired this June, and I believe I started making more than he was at the time. I'm sure he'll get all his standard raises/performance reviews and get the seniority monies over me, which is fine and expected, but I wonder how they calculate who's worth what. (In our case, his degree is actually more relevant, if any degree is relevant to selling photolithography chemicals besides some sort of chemistry) and he seems to be doing well at his work, so I don't know why they decided to pay the way they did.

Who the hell knows what goes into the hiring/compensation process. But at least you argued instead of taking it meekly. The moment you don't make a fuss and just take it lying down is the moment they KNOW that you're "not worth it."

Try not to be too bummed about it. The extra money, while nice, isn't enough to really change your standard of living or anything. And you are looking into leaving for another career, which they can probably tell and is affecting their decision. (It'll probably happen to me, too.)

[ladyomnipotent]

Yeah, apparently "a few people" are "very concerned about" me, can tell I am miserable, and think I am going to quit any second. One of the managers said that to me on 2 different occasions, but I think she's only talking about the one supervisor who I work with most often, who apparently is just waiting waiting in fear of the moment when I say "I am giving my 2 weeks notice", thereby blowing a gaping hole into her schedule.

If commoners back then understood Shakespeare, and commoners now have trouble understanding Shakespeare because of the language, does that mean people have become dumber? Maybe the commoners didn't really understand all the flowery language and just enjoyed the depravity...