Times being what they are, wage negotiations can be perilous.
Not long ago a certain employee approached the boss and asked for a raise.
"Well" began the head man, "business is bad now and I can't afford to give you a raise."
"But I'm doing the three men's work and I always have ..."
"Three men's work?" exploded the boss, "Give me the names of the other two and I'll fire 'em."
----------------A Final Thought ...
"A man is known by the company he organizes."
- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842-1914?), US author, editor, cynic: The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)