That he eventually WILL be employed, so what he should have said was, "I'll get you on a payment plan. It may not be much at first, it may be slow, but I will eventually pay you, as I am honor bound to do."
Because not paying you is STEALING, and that, I believe, is against the law.
Moi: That's essentially what I told him in my response. That sooner or later he'll be back on his feet, and that I trusted he'd do the right thing, and that I'm very, very patient. I find it interesting he's never said that I'd never see the money. For some reason, I'd shucking my typical lack of faith in humanity here.
Before I started working for this guy, I mentioned him to our mutual ATL client, who informed me that this guy's brother was a notorious bad actor in the publishing world for exactly this kind of behavior . . . and he was putting out corporate histories. RL said that he spent a lot of effort convincing people that RL's operations were not like this guy's brother's. (Twisted enough syntax there?)
If the publishing world isn't incestuous, then it's most likely murderous. I don't know of any other industry in which this bit of poop – not paying people – would float.
That he sent it from a Blackberry? Last I checked, that is not an expense we can all afford and not something that should come before meeting your obligations.
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That he eventually WILL be employed, so what he should have said was, "I'll get you on a payment plan. It may not be much at first, it may be slow, but I will eventually pay you, as I am honor bound to do."
ReplyDeleteBecause not paying you is STEALING, and that, I believe, is against the law.
Moi: That's essentially what I told him in my response. That sooner or later he'll be back on his feet, and that I trusted he'd do the right thing, and that I'm very, very patient. I find it interesting he's never said that I'd never see the money. For some reason, I'd shucking my typical lack of faith in humanity here.
ReplyDeleteBefore I started working for this guy, I mentioned him to our mutual ATL client, who informed me that this guy's brother was a notorious bad actor in the publishing world for exactly this kind of behavior . . . and he was putting out corporate histories. RL said that he spent a lot of effort convincing people that RL's operations were not like this guy's brother's. (Twisted enough syntax there?)
If the publishing world isn't incestuous, then it's most likely murderous. I don't know of any other industry in which this bit of poop – not paying people – would float.
ReplyDeleteThat he sent it from a Blackberry? Last I checked, that is not an expense we can all afford and not something that should come before meeting your obligations.
ReplyDeleteLou:
ReplyDeleteWelcome, and bingo.