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haele

(12,640 posts)
7. Free vacation days? No, they work for paid vacation days.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 05:39 PM
Jan 2019

"Free" vacation days means leave without pay, as in, you're not working so you're not getting paid. What is he, some sort of trust fund baby who can always rely on $50K - $100K or so a year allotment into his Money Market account whether or not he does anything the rest of the year?

As someone else in this thread indicated, this was something similar to what the wealthier aristos would say before the mobs took over and Robespierre hauled out the guillotine.

Haele

That's the kind of rhetoric officials say before revolutions happen ck4829 Jan 2019 #1
Let them eat cake... KCDebbie Jan 2019 #24
Nothing but sheer evil dalton99a Jan 2019 #2
Oh, I am sure Kevin Hassett will soon suggest a clawback Freethinker65 Jan 2019 #3
"Let them eat cake" . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #4
My first reaction as well. Wait until the public has a chance to digest this one. flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author trev Jan 2019 #5
That's the winner! I'm call the Ig Nobel Prize committee this evening. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #6
Free vacation days? No, they work for paid vacation days. haele Jan 2019 #7
Keep it up, assholes. louis-t Jan 2019 #8
"Drown it in the bathtub" durablend Jan 2019 #9
This reminds me of Barbara Bush... llmart Jan 2019 #10
I thought of that too. yardwork Jan 2019 #19
Now just in... jmowreader Jan 2019 #11
No other way to say it: this was a dick move. mac56 Jan 2019 #12
What an asshole Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #13
another clueless dump adviser scarytomcat Jan 2019 #14
ass whole weissmam Jan 2019 #15
People like him were first to go to the guillotine IronLionZion Jan 2019 #16
What a bunch of crap! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #17
Oh yeah, they can just book a trip on Carnival Cruise Lines for a couple weeks. Yeah right. YOHABLO Jan 2019 #20
Where have I seen this guy before? maxrandb Jan 2019 #21
Backpfeifengesicht skypilot Jan 2019 #22
Idiot Solly Mack Jan 2019 #23
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