Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

that's a great name.

hi, mark!

So what, does that make like Ak|ra the taint?

I will be here until 9 tonight, if anyone wants to hang out with me. :>

I don't know what Ak|ra is, either.

In an AIM conversation like 2 seconds ago, I told a friend that I'm going to be here until at least 7.

unless

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/akira0122.jpg

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http://www.akirachicago.com/

I like my version a lot better.

So, Jordan, working late sucks, eh?

Yeah, Dan. Yeah.

I went out and got my dinner (crappy burger & fries), and ate it, so now the fun part of the evening is over.

I don't even get to eat until I leave. I scraped up the last bit of hummus from my lunch with a fork 'cause I'm out of pita.

I have baby carrots.

You should share with Dan.

Argh, now M and K are going to the bar to drink beer and watch soccer :(

Yeah, I got a call from a friend who wanted to go to dinner, he lives in NYC and I think it's his last night in town. :(

A friend keeps telling me she's going to take me shopping at Akira. Why is there no address on that fucking stupid website?

Or am *I* the one who is fucking stupid?

One Yelp reviewer has this to say of Akira:

My guy friend bought a jacket from here for $100. that made him look so hot, I actually considered giving up the poon. Then I came to my senses.

That's a dirty trick Akira for Men.

The jacket wasn't that great, obv.

Or am *I* the one who is fucking stupid?

OK you're really setting yourself up there.

There are like 4 Akiras in the vicinity of "the Crotch" referenced upthread. Hence me asking if they are the taint. I think they're all on North Ave.

I could never wear anything from their men's store in a million years. Too tall, wide, fat, built, take your pick. Their clothing is made for wee men, even more wee than H&M crap.

I wonder if I could make it work.

I'm going jean shopping at lame places this weekend, after buying another pair of cheap Levi's that don't really fit and that I don't want to wear.

I'm still at work.

Just about to go, not soon enough...

Dunno if I'll make the show, I've gone and gotten myself a bit of a headache and I am completely frazzled from my day. I hate getting old.

Good.

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i need some new jeans.

Why is there no address on that fucking stupid website?

duh, because if you were cool enough to go there, you'd already know where is was

Time and a half rocks. I'd work 80 hours a week if I could.

That's why I hate being a salaried employee, there's no real overtime. That and getting paid monthly.

I can't remember what the law says about being salaried....I know there have been cases we saw at |WJ in which employees were "promoted" to "management" so that the employer could pay them salary and avoid overtime, (though to legitimately be management you have to have hire-fire authority, etc.). In what other situations can an employee be strictly salaried?

At my work I don't keep a time sheet, but the partners told me that by law I am entitled to be paid time-and-a-half after 40 hours because of my position.

My friend from the restaurant is taking care of her man as he recovers from nasal surgery, so I picked up her weekend. By Saturday night I will have worked 62 hours this week. And I'm just fine.

This T-storm is awesome.

Time and a half rocks. I'd work 80 hours a week if I could.

Good God, no. I hate overtime. Time >>>>>>>> Money.

Not an atypical statement of a product of privilege.

HEY. The show was really fun last night. :-D

Nick called in sick today for the computer. It's like when people call in sick because they have a sick kid.

jesse, that's mean.

I don't get time and a half either... salary is a blessing and a curse. One one hand, it means that no matter how much I work, I get paid the same thing. On the other hand, it means that no matter how LITTLE I work, I get paid the same thing.

Especially with three weeks a year of vacay... I can basically take a day off any time I want, as long as I give a little notice.

I'm in the same boat as Dan, no overtime + monthly pay. I'm not complaining, though, I put in the long days a lot less often than some people.

I don't think Jesse was mean, I think what he said is true...but one could be charitable and assume that was John meant was more like "at this point is my life, since my basic needs are met, I value my time more." Of course the equation shifts when basic needs are threatened.

Fortunately, I don't have to work overtime that much at this job. At my last job, if you weren't working more than 40 hours/week, you weren't considered a good employee. "That's publishing," they said, as if that explained it, rather than the fact that they were short-staffed.

xpost yeah, the true/charitable scale bites me in the ass all the time, too. :(

"at this point is my life, since my basic needs are met, I value my time more."

Right, of course. As long as I can pay my rent and groceries and can afford to go out and have fun once in a while, then I'd rather have more free time than more money. If you're working all the time, how do you ever enjoy the extra money? This is all sort of an extension, too, of my disappointment about how I'm not as productively creative as I was when I was younger, and there are several reasons for that, but one of them is that a 9-5 schedule makes it tough to work up the inspiration to make art. I long for solitary mornings when my mind is fresh.

Well, the reason JMC's statement grated was that he stated it as "truth" instead of moderating it as something transitory or subjective. Which is totally understandable, but also totally John.

Er xp.

I don't think I needed to qualify it as subjective -- should I precede all my posts with "in my opinion"?

we've talked about this before.

xpost to laurel It's also totally me. Whatever, it's not easy to get your intentions across without the gentle music of spoken language. :)

Plus, I think Kenan is way more guilty of "stating things as 'truth.'"

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