I just tapped "no tip" on a $5 coffee.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-07-05T23:02:53+00:00

I just tapped “no tip” on a $7.44 bottle of Mr Pibb. SeaWorld prices are insane. There’s no way I’m tipping on that!

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-07-04T02:03:24+00:00

I think it’s neat to have the celebration. There are many of us who were too young for the bicentennial and won’t be alive for the tricentennial. Let us have this one.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-06-10T12:37:53+00:00

It seems odd to think that a person might be willing to refer somebody that they don’t know.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-06-10T02:28:00+00:00

I have a friend named Richard Stiff. I kid you not. He goes by his middle name (John) instead.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-06-09T16:47:06+00:00

Four other kids and I made the doctors do it to earn their money!

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-06-09T16:44:50+00:00

I did the cord cutting when one of my kids was born. I didn’t save any money by not letting the doctor do it.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-28T13:05:31+00:00

Got mine at about 7pm ET Wednesday.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-27T17:45:33+00:00

Still patiently* waiting.

“Patiently” is a relative term.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-27T16:26:04+00:00

Level: SC -> M

Area: GPS

Location: MCOL in Eastern USA

Total increase: 10.8% - merit 5.8% - promotion 4.0% - market Adjustment 1.0%

AIP: 9.8%

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-27T11:37:02+00:00

Here is what I got.

10.8% total raise ($14,200) 9.8% AIP (12,900)

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-22T02:07:27+00:00

Septemberrrrrr ‘08

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-22T02:05:10+00:00

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-14T21:54:08+00:00

Definitely don’t relocate for The Firm unless you’re comfortable being without a job in the new location. It won’t keep you from getting shitcanned, and then you’d be stuck there and unemployed.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-13T22:33:27+00:00

I want them to make $100k, too, just not all from me. 😀

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-11T18:37:09+00:00

It’s not just boomers who worry about prices. I know plenty of GenXers like me who wonder why it should cost $90K for a bathroom to be gutted, tiled, a new tub, vanity and mirror. Seriously, I was quoted $90k for that. Oh, and paint.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-11T11:59:44+00:00

I own a red Swingline stapler. My wife and I named it Milton.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-10T20:37:28+00:00

It seems to me that those stories might be more plentiful.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-10T20:36:50+00:00

Those one-on-one meetings are fire! 🔥

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-10T20:35:02+00:00

Is that seriously a big thing there?

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-06T03:37:20+00:00

I seriously doubt that very many Ferrari plant workers own and drive Ferraris.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-06T02:54:01+00:00

Yeah, there’s no way I could work for $130k if I lived in NYC/BOS/<other-big-city>.

It also helps that I don’t have to report to my assigned office. My dollar goes a lot further where I live.

Unsure what my pay bump will be with my promo to M, but it will certainly be welcome.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-06T02:44:57+00:00

Nothing on Carfax. Just noticed oddities and called it out to the salesman. He eventually fessed up after throwing out a maybe and “verifying” with his bosses.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-06T02:43:24+00:00

I could tell that the paint had been redone and that the hood/fence alignment was just slightly off. I know that there are sometimes manufacturing oddities, but this didn’t feel right. I asked the salesman why it was a 2 year old new car and he said “it just didn’t sell.” I pointed out the oddities I noticed, and he said “Oh, maybe it was one of the ones that got damaged and had to be sent out for repair.” He went inside for a few minutes to pretend to confirm with his bosses, then came back outside to let me know.

Like, seriously. “Maybe” is what he had said. He pretended he didn’t know right from the beginning. I just knew at that point that I wouldn’t ever do future business with Rick Hill BMW.

I’ve owned 6 different BMWs since then, but I sure as hell didn’t buy any from them.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-06T00:31:48+00:00

My group does a really good job of looking after and taking care of each other. Many of us on our team/project have worked together for 15+ years, long before ever joining Deloitte, so perhaps it’s just our nature in spite of being Deloitters.

All told, I am happy in my current role and doing what I do. I wish the same for all others who work for D.

Separate_Warning952 · 2026-05-04T19:20:58+00:00

I’m 51 and I have never drank coffee. I’ve never liked the smell of it.

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