I once had a boss say “don’t say to no to them, make them say no to you” and isn’t that going to make the decision easier for you? Because while $500 per hour seems outrageous when you put a 50% deposit requirement on it, won’t they stop calling you when they know that’s going to be your response?
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Didn’t I once get called about three weeks after starting a new job to ask if I’d come back at a higher wage? Didn’t I literally laugh out loud when they asked?
Don’t I smile now, thinking back on it?
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If you were to just recommend they look up the documentation for dying in a fire, would this haunt you for the rest of your life?
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Plus, how often do you get to pull out the fun factoid that Cleopatra VII had six great-great grandparents total?
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Why would you do something for free? Did you get paid when you worked there?
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Have a bit of fun and see how much it is worth for them to get your knowledge? You could get say the price of nice short trip to Hawaii out of it couldn’t you?
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Because who doesn’t feel sorry for for-profit companies? They’ve got a long hill to climb with taxes to pay and boo-hoo-hoo?
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Isn’t there a snowball’s chance in hell of that happening, so isn’t ignoring them my way of avoiding any further entanglement with those jerks?
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How much money does it cost them to keep calling you right now? That sounds free to me…
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Does anybody else think we’re being too nice to @monkeyoh?
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Can you say that we’ve ever been accused of being too nice?
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What do you mean by “too nice”?
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Well, doesn’t that sound groovy?
I do, but isn’t there a special adhesive used for facial makeup effects? Haven’t I always suspected that Elmer’s glue wouldn’t be viable?
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For certain, limited definitions of “too” – which are mostly congruent with “not”?
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Have you heard of spirit gum? Elmer’s is flexible, but not enough, so how smart are you for not even trying?
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Why does the internet have to ruin everything?
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Because… reasons?
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I wouldn’t bet on that, would you?
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Hey cool I know where that is now don’t I?
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