Rate Raisers Mugs

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

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

Guess which "squeaky wheel" got another raise.

"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."

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

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

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.'

"I knew there would be a catch."

'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."

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

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

Army Barracks

Bank. 18 month CD 1.0815255645% Paying More digits than any other bank. Interest rates are so low! It's hard to believe this CD has reached maturity --- Just look at how little it's grown! Investing seems extremely risky these days. There's no safe place to get a decent return. They always say investing is a roller coaster. Yeah, but it's not true. On a roller coaster you get back to where you started!

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

Bank of England Base Rates.

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

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

'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.

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

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

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

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

"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."

Army Promotions Board. You need to select one of these contenders for promotion to lieutenant colonet. It's like being in college. I have to pick a major.

"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."