u/80jazzfunkgreats

Hi all,

I work a back office job for a corporate restaurant group. I’m a cartoonist/graphic artist on my own time and make money from doing so, but this is my day job and main source of income.

My manager approached me asking if I would do a single sheet coloring page for one of the restaurants. Super simple stuff. I agreed and he said he’d give me a price, then asked what I wanted for payment.

I have no idea! I’d be happy to include some of my work for reference, but I have no idea what a good rate would be, especially since this would be their IP afterwards and they’d be using it for years.

Hi all,

I (27, F) have a coworker (28?, M) who I used to be close friends with. We would catch movies after our shifts, get dinner, and spend a lot of time together. He verbalized that he didn’t have feelings for me (nor did I have feelings for him), but after he got a girlfriend a little over a year ago he completely stopped spending time with me. I still have not met his girlfriend.

There have been a few times within the last year where he has gotten very pushy and strange about seeing me outside of work. I don’t really want to do that as he dropped me seemingly out of nowhere. I’ve dodged seeing him outside of the workplace, but he always confronts me in front of coworkers about it. It’s awkward and unprofessional.

Here is my problem- he has been bugging me for two weeks to hang out on the weekend for a full day. I have just started a new relationship and want to hang out with my boyfriend more than him. Additionally, my coworker is not flexible on what we would do- he wants to go to this one store and then see one of two movies he chose. I proposed alternatives (different movies, maybe even a double date), and he shot my ideas down.

He’s been bugging me to buy movie tickets for this Saturday and sat behind me watching while I read the descriptions of the movies he wants to see on my phone.

I feel trapped! I want to be polite but this is way too overbearing for a friendship that hasn’t really existed in over a year. AMTA if I come up with a white lie to get out of this?