“Raise-ism” sounds a bit like “racism.” “And asking for a raise is raiseism” was posted on Twitter on May 9, 2014.
A work joke was posted on Twitter by LaffGaff on August 16, 2017:
“If your boss refuses to pay you more money, no problem. Just accuse them of raise-ism.”
Twitter
T1theinfamous
@T1theinfamous
Replying to @Driveswift
@Driveswift And asking for a raise is raiseism.
7:37 AM - 9 May 2014
Twitter
Henrik Lund
@HenrikLundSALO
Henrik Lund Retweeted Susan Dolan
Two venture capitalists suffering from raiseism.
Merry Christmas everyone!Henrik Lund added,
Susan Dolan @GoogleExpertUK
“If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all.” #Proverb
11:38 AM - 23 Dec 2016
Twitter
LaffGaff
@LaffGaff
If your boss refuses to pay you more money, no problem.
Just accuse them of raise-ism.
#funny #jokes #jokeoftheday
4:12 PM - 16 Aug 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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