MUTTERINGS #15: HOW TO ASK (OR HOW NOT TO ASK) YOUR BOSS FOR A SALARY INCREASE

One day an employee sends an e-mail to her boss, trying to ask for an increase in her salary. This is how it goes….

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Dear Bo$$,

In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing$ mo$t de$perately. With the U$ dollar depreciating and the co$t of living incre$ing, I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to the company.

I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.

Your$ $incerely,

Norma $teven$

Cu$tomer $upport $ervice$

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The next day, the employee received this reply:

Dear NOrma,

I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet. Unlike other companies that have NO jobs, this company is still NOt retrenching its workers.

NOw the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession.

I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.

Yours truly,

Henry NOble

Manager

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