Cash for Clunkers Program - Page 11

lumberjim · 08-18-2009, 10:56 PM

that's exactly what i have planned for the early part of september.

monster · 08-18-2009, 10:57 PM

can you make it until then?

monster · 08-18-2009, 10:57 PM

(don't forget you'll be OLD by then :p)

lumberjim · 08-18-2009, 11:18 PM

i'm a tough motherfucker.

but seriously......this shit is spitting on my soul.

last sunday, the GM offered me $750 to go in Sunday and work on closing July, and entering clunker claims. I went in from 8:30am until 7 pm and got 22 deals billed and 12 clunker claims entered.

this Saturday, the GSM offered Mike and I each $1000 to work Sunday. I had just worked 10 days (10 hellish days with an average of 4.5 hours of sleep between) in a row. I had my own birthday celebration to attend and a lawn to mow, and a family to see....so I was forced to pass. Am I wrong to be bittter that Mike got $1000 for working 7 am to 1PM....? I COULD have worked and gotten it.....but.....

I feel like i got fucked out of $250.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-18-2009, 11:25 PM

Actually you got fucked out of $1250, feel better now?

monster · 08-18-2009, 11:25 PM

no, you're not wrong, but that $250 ain't worth the stress it's causig you

monster · 08-18-2009, 11:36 PM

Money sure helps to make life nicer, but it isn't the be-all-and-end-all.

I had to delay our family vacation by one day because I needed to complete the tax return for a 501c3 org that was due while we were away, and for various reasons is became impossible to do on the scheduled day. I did feel cheated. We all did -the kids were packed and playing legos until it was time to go ..and ended up being sent to bed.... But it needed to be done and for a few minutes, i though fuck! I'm not even being paid for this.... and then i thought.... if i was, the "how much" would be something else to worry about!

lumberjim · 08-19-2009, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Actually you got fucked out of $1250, feel better now?

YOU DICK!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2009, 12:24 AM

Cock, to you, Mister. :p

Griff · 08-19-2009, 05:24 AM

NPR is reporting that GM is bringing folks back to work and turning on the overtime spigot.

Undertoad · 08-19-2009, 06:36 AM

If it helps any, I got $350 to work 32 hours in the sweltering heat of the folk fest.

spudcon · 08-19-2009, 06:37 AM

The "stupid choice" idea is the governments, not mine. They think if you don't drive the kind of car they want you to, it's a stupid choice, as in "Police acted stupidly." The point is, why do I have to pay people to get a new car when I can't afford one? Where in the constitution does it say the govt has the right to do that?

jinx · 08-19-2009, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

If it helps any, I got $350 to work 32 hours in the sweltering heat of the folk fest.

When did they start paying for that? When we used to work it, it was for free meals and camping.

Undertoad · 08-19-2009, 10:31 AM

I was hired, not volunteered. They had to introduce a separate rent-a-cop committee of the volunteers system, because nobody would do that job unless they got paid. Nobody wants to be the Man.

So it was 8 hours straight for four days straight, sometimes in direct sunlight, wearing a badge, searching people's coolers, no breaks except for bathroom, your lunch or dinner is delivered to you. The good thing, on Saturday night I worked at the merch tent, basically making sure people weren't taking anything without paying; and from where I was stationed, I could hear the main stage. (Decemberists: awesome. Iron and Wine: awesome.)

jinx · 08-19-2009, 10:46 AM

Ah, yeah, we were volunteers, had a lot of fun while were 'working'. My friends and I worked parking detail, which ranged from laying drunk in the parking lot tanning ourselves, to trying to direct shuttle busses in the dark with road flares while dodging state police cars (who didn't take direction from us at all) who were swarming the area looking for a sniper that turned out to be a stoned kid with a paint ball gun scared off his shit.

Jim worked security, checking badges mostly, to make sure no non-volunteers snuck into the tent where they fed us.

Good times...

I've heard good things about Iron and Wine, maybe I'll get to see them at some point.

08-18-2009, 10:57 PM	#152
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	can you make it until then? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2009, 10:57 PM	#153
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(don't forget you'll be OLD by then :p) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2009, 11:25 PM	#155
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Actually you got fucked out of $1250, feel better now? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-18-2009, 11:25 PM	#156
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	no, you're not wrong, but that $250 ain't worth the stress it's causig you __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2009, 11:36 PM	#157
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Money sure helps to make life nicer, but it isn't the be-all-and-end-all. I had to delay our family vacation by one day because I needed to complete the tax return for a 501c3 org that was due while we were away, and for various reasons is became impossible to do on the scheduled day. I did feel cheated. We all did -the kids were packed and playing legos until it was time to go ..and ended up being sent to bed.... But it needed to be done and for a few minutes, i though fuck! I'm not even being paid for this.... and then i thought.... if i was, the "how much" would be something else to worry about! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2009, 10:56 PM	#151
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	that's exactly what i have planned for the early part of september.

08-18-2009, 11:18 PM	#154
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i'm a tough motherfucker. but seriously......this shit is spitting on my soul. last sunday, the GM offered me $750 to go in Sunday and work on closing July, and entering clunker claims. I went in from 8:30am until 7 pm and got 22 deals billed and 12 clunker claims entered. this Saturday, the GSM offered Mike and I each $1000 to work Sunday. I had just worked 10 days (10 hellish days with an average of 4.5 hours of sleep between) in a row. I had my own birthday celebration to attend and a lawn to mow, and a family to see....so I was forced to pass. Am I wrong to be bittter that Mike got $1000 for working 7 am to 1PM....? I COULD have worked and gotten it.....but..... I feel like i got fucked out of $250.

08-19-2009, 12:24 AM	#159
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cock, to you, Mister. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-19-2009, 05:24 AM	#160
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	NPR is reporting that GM is bringing folks back to work and turning on the overtime spigot. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-19-2009, 06:36 AM	#161
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If it helps any, I got $350 to work 32 hours in the sweltering heat of the folk fest.

08-19-2009, 06:37 AM	#162
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	The "stupid choice" idea is the governments, not mine. They think if you don't drive the kind of car they want you to, it's a stupid choice, as in "Police acted stupidly." The point is, why do I have to pay people to get a new car when I can't afford one? Where in the constitution does it say the govt has the right to do that? __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-19-2009, 10:31 AM	#164
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I was hired, not volunteered. They had to introduce a separate rent-a-cop committee of the volunteers system, because nobody would do that job unless they got paid. Nobody wants to be the Man. So it was 8 hours straight for four days straight, sometimes in direct sunlight, wearing a badge, searching people's coolers, no breaks except for bathroom, your lunch or dinner is delivered to you. The good thing, on Saturday night I worked at the merch tent, basically making sure people weren't taking anything without paying; and from where I was stationed, I could hear the main stage. (Decemberists: awesome. Iron and Wine: awesome.)

08-19-2009, 10:46 AM	#165
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Ah, yeah, we were volunteers, had a lot of fun while were 'working'. My friends and I worked parking detail, which ranged from laying drunk in the parking lot tanning ourselves, to trying to direct shuttle busses in the dark with road flares while dodging state police cars (who didn't take direction from us at all) who were swarming the area looking for a sniper that turned out to be a stoned kid with a paint ball gun scared off his shit. Jim worked security, checking badges mostly, to make sure no non-volunteers snuck into the tent where they fed us. Good times... I've heard good things about Iron and Wine, maybe I'll get to see them at some point. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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