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Under Wacky Wall Walkers, the original author wrote: "It’s not every day you meet a guy who can say his fortune was built on slimy, plastic octopi."
The plural of octopus is octopodes, not octopi.
If Mental Floss is going to claim to be where knowledge junkies get their fix...
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The plural of octopus is octopodes, not octopi.
If Mental Floss is going to claim to be where knowledge junkies get their fix...
;)
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Oh, so other people have cheap employers who still do things for Christmas? Lucky you.
I work for a major retailer. Normally, through the year, each salesperson can add to their paycheck with select incentive items. It's a great way to bring in extra money.
During Christmas however, this retailer started doing what is called "incentive pooling". Starting from the last week in November, and going through the final week of December, instead of the incentive items being added to the paycheck of the person who sold them, they are added to a "pool". At the end, the amount in the incentive pool will be divided up among all of the employees, based on the average number of hours worked each week.
It gets better. Many of the other employees had their hours cut at this retailer, starting the week this program began. I used to get 40 hours a week, myself. As soon as this program started, I was knocked down to 32 hours a week.
Hey, at least it's extra money coming in for the holidays, right? Wrong! The extra amounts are added to the first paycheck of the new year!
Gee, thanks, Mr. Employer for cutting my hours and giving less money AND less incentives through the holidays. Due to this stunt, I've had to tell the rest of my family that not only can I not join them for Christmas, but that I will be going Christmas shopping for them early in January!
I work for a major retailer. Normally, through the year, each salesperson can add to their paycheck with select incentive items. It's a great way to bring in extra money.
During Christmas however, this retailer started doing what is called "incentive pooling". Starting from the last week in November, and going through the final week of December, instead of the incentive items being added to the paycheck of the person who sold them, they are added to a "pool". At the end, the amount in the incentive pool will be divided up among all of the employees, based on the average number of hours worked each week.
It gets better. Many of the other employees had their hours cut at this retailer, starting the week this program began. I used to get 40 hours a week, myself. As soon as this program started, I was knocked down to 32 hours a week.
Hey, at least it's extra money coming in for the holidays, right? Wrong! The extra amounts are added to the first paycheck of the new year!
Gee, thanks, Mr. Employer for cutting my hours and giving less money AND less incentives through the holidays. Due to this stunt, I've had to tell the rest of my family that not only can I not join them for Christmas, but that I will be going Christmas shopping for them early in January!
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Not so fast on item #2 - He may not have gotten that one wrong. Check out:
http://www.quackgrass.com/roots/arp.html
http://www.quackgrass.com/roots/arp.html
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http://headinside.blogspot.com/2007/01/fun-with-pi.html
The best part is that it is so counter-intuitive.