Rate Raisers Gifts

'I think I know how I'm going to charge higher rates.'

"Helen brings home our second, third and fourth incomes."

"Is this about your raise?"

Spoiler alert: most of my presentation is actually a series of trigger warnings.

'Enough is enough. We're sick of being overworked and underpaid.'

"A good quarter is a joy forever."

"Mom, I got the raise. They moved me to the second floor."

'My salary increase got a few oo-hs.. but no ah-hs..'

'I'm prepared to offer you a raise, if you work hard. I knew there'd be a catch.'

10 Days Without an Interest Rate Change

'Gibson, find out what she does over there and offer her twice as much to do it over here.'

'A raise? Listen, Pomeroy -- you know how I feel about clumsy attempts to fine-tune the economy!'

"So what is worse than us being trashed after the shootings in the Charleston AME church?! I mean...it's the only thing on the news."

"I knew there would be a catch."

Think Big - 'I want a rise - a big one.'

Army Barracks

'Have you seen these figures?' - 'I refuse to answer, on the grounds it may effect my next pay rise.'

Bank of England Base Rates.

"It's meatloaf. We didn't make our Kickstarter goal for steak."

'Today, interest rates rose on news that general fear is up, so why not raise interests rates too?'

'I did get a raise. Could that be it?'

'You got a raise? Does this mean some of it will trickle down to me?'

"A delightful arrangement Miss Chalmers..."

Lack History Month

GP pay award wheel.

"He's throwing a temper tantrum. He claims his kids get what they want when they throw them, so it may get him that raise he wants."

'I like it. It reminds me of my bonus development.'

'I can't hear you. Fred, did you get the raise?'

He must have given Johnson a rise - he just did a back-flip.

"The boss is not available. You could ask his computer for a raise, but that's down, too."

"It's just a suggestion, but in the future I'd wait until that black cloud over your head goes away before asking for a raise."

"Anne, you get a promotion. Jim, you get a raise. And Bob, to be politically correct, you get a participation trophy."

'I'm sorely tempted to give him a piece of my mind, but I suspect he's the one tempting me.'