Pay Raise

Last Wednesday i got a call from my friend asking me to help write a letter to his boss asking for a pay raise. well, i said that im not good at writing, be it a letter or anything else...but he pleaded to help him this once..ah what the heck. I hope i wrote everything needed for a pay raise and not miss anything;


To The Management
Deep Hole Construction

Attention: Mr Tom and Mr Harry

Dear Sirs,

I, Dick, of ID no. 7.5-8, hereby request a raise in salary for the following reasons:

1. I do physical labor.
2. I work at great depths.
3. I plunge head first into everything I do.
4. I do not get weekends or public holidays off.
5. I work in a damp environment.
6. I don't get paid overtime.
7. I work in a dark workplace that has poor ventilation.
8. I work in high temperatures, and my work exposes me to contagious diseases.

I hope the management would accept my above reasons with serious consideration.

Yours sicerely


Dick P


Two days later, he got a reply from his bosses,

Dear Dick,

After assessing your request, and considering the arguments you have raised, the administration rejects your request for the following reasons:

1. You cannot work 8 hours straight.
2. You fall asleep on the job after brief work periods.
3. You do not always follow the orders of the management team.
4. You do not stay in your designated area and are often seen visiting other locations.
5. You do not take initiative..you need to be pressured and stimulated in order to start working.
6. You leave the workplace rather messy at the end of your shift..
7. You don't always observe necessary safety regulations, such as wearing the correct protective clothing.
8. You will retire well before you are 65.
9. You are unable to work double shifts.
10. You sometimes leave your designated work before you have completed the assigned task.
11. You often enter your workplace at the wrong entrance..(shd i remind u that you're in block A and not block B)
12. And if that were not enough, you have been seen constantly entering and exiting the workplace carrying two suspicious looking bags.

Sincerely,The Management

Well, i told him so that i' m not good in writing and there goes his pay raise. Sorry Dick