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[email protected] (Dick Durbin)

27/08/2003 4:01 PM

Woodworking for a good cause

I built an Adirondack chair for a friend at work and brought it to the
office for him. My boss came in my office today and asked me a few
questions about how much I spent on materials and how long it took to
build a chair. I told her I had about $25 in materials in each one
and I could build two in a day.

After a few minutes she came back and asked if I could build a couple
of them to be auctioned off for a charity fund raiser at work. She
said I would be given money for the materials. Spare time is pretty
hard to come by, but she is a good boss and the charity is deserving
so I agreed to build the chairs.

"Just tell me when you need to take the day out of the office to build
them. You can do it on company time." Hot damn! A whole,
uninterrupted day in the gara...er, shop and I get paid for it. Like
I said, she's a good boss.

Dick Durbin


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"George"

in reply to [email protected] (Dick Durbin) on 27/08/2003 4:01 PM

28/08/2003 10:42 AM

The only way to go. Otherwise any attempt by the company to claim a donation
would be bogus.

"Dick Durbin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Just tell me when you need to take the day out of the office to build
> them. You can do it on company time." Hot damn! A whole,
> uninterrupted day in the gara...er, shop and I get paid for it. Like
> I said, she's a good boss.

nc

"nct_buyer"

in reply to [email protected] (Dick Durbin) on 27/08/2003 4:01 PM

28/08/2003 7:27 AM

They got any more job openings? Sounds better than where I work already.



"Dick Durbin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I built an Adirondack chair for a friend at work and brought it to the
> office for him. My boss came in my office today and asked me a few
> questions about how much I spent on materials and how long it took to
> build a chair. I told her I had about $25 in materials in each one
> and I could build two in a day.
>
> After a few minutes she came back and asked if I could build a couple
> of them to be auctioned off for a charity fund raiser at work. She
> said I would be given money for the materials. Spare time is pretty
> hard to come by, but she is a good boss and the charity is deserving
> so I agreed to build the chairs.
>
> "Just tell me when you need to take the day out of the office to build
> them. You can do it on company time." Hot damn! A whole,
> uninterrupted day in the gara...er, shop and I get paid for it. Like
> I said, she's a good boss.
>
> Dick Durbin

SK

Steve Knight

in reply to [email protected] (Dick Durbin) on 27/08/2003 4:01 PM

28/08/2003 3:56 PM



>"Just tell me when you need to take the day out of the office to build
>them. You can do it on company time." Hot damn! A whole,
>uninterrupted day in the gara...er, shop and I get paid for it. Like
>I said, she's a good boss.
Yep that's a good boss.


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Traves W. Coppock

in reply to [email protected] (Dick Durbin) on 27/08/2003 4:01 PM

27/08/2003 11:57 PM

On 27 Aug 2003 16:01:19 -0700, [email protected] (Dick Durbin) Crawled
out of the shop and said. . .:

snippage of terrible neener

you SUCK

*G*
good on you, hope the auction works out well.

Traves

Sd

Silvan

in reply to [email protected] (Dick Durbin) on 27/08/2003 4:01 PM

30/08/2003 11:04 AM

George wrote:

> The only way to go. Otherwise any attempt by the company to claim a
> donation would be bogus.

Unless you're a salaried employee or otherwise not subject to the usual
labor laws, in which case All Time Is Company Time.

When you don't punch a clock, it's harder to maintain the dividing line.

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"Sweet Sawdust"

in reply to [email protected] (Dick Durbin) on 27/08/2003 4:01 PM

27/08/2003 10:28 PM

Enjoy, you earned it
"Dick Durbin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I built an Adirondack chair for a friend at work and brought it to the
> office for him. My boss came in my office today and asked me a few
> questions about how much I spent on materials and how long it took to
> build a chair. I told her I had about $25 in materials in each one
> and I could build two in a day.
>
> After a few minutes she came back and asked if I could build a couple
> of them to be auctioned off for a charity fund raiser at work. She
> said I would be given money for the materials. Spare time is pretty
> hard to come by, but she is a good boss and the charity is deserving
> so I agreed to build the chairs.
>
> "Just tell me when you need to take the day out of the office to build
> them. You can do it on company time." Hot damn! A whole,
> uninterrupted day in the gara...er, shop and I get paid for it. Like
> I said, she's a good boss.
>
> Dick Durbin


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