You can't cancel it? Why not?

An extra $2 an hour is quite substantial for most people.

I'd assume that means $2 per hour, not $2 per month or whatever your're thinking. If the OP works 40 hours a week, that's a raise of around $4000 a year.

But OP never mentioned it was an hourly raise.

You're being an idiot, of course it is an hourly wage raise.

Common sense, still absent in 2013.

2/9 is obviously foreign.

19 - Foreign to common sense? I think you're right.

2$ is quite the raise. Doesn't seem like much but when your paycheck comes in it's a bit more than what you had before. I got a 25 cent raise and even that little chump change made a difference in my check.

32 gets it. Every little bit helps, because it always adds up.

28, Outside of usa *monthly* wages are common, so $2 raise would mean you get extra $2 per month. Aside from that it is important how much $2 is compared to your current salary. I mean if you're already getting paid $50 per hour, extra $2 per hour wouldn't look very attractive (4% increase). However, if you're getting $5 per hour, then extra $2 per hour will be a lot (40% increase).

35 - Did you just try and justify a monthly wage argument with an hourly wage explanation? I know outside the US it is common, but come on, I hardly see an FML over a monthly raise of $2 and the new job being less than that. Plus who would move across a state or a country or even a city for one extra dollar a month? It makes no sense.

2 dollars is 2 dollars im pretty sure you'd notice if say your pay got cut by 2 dollars an hour....

37, "justify"? It is called "explain".

They don't have hourly wages in many parts of The world just monthly.

48 - You used hourly wage to support your monthly wage explanation. They are two different wage types. It made no sense.

35 - Do the math on that one. At 50/hr, a 2$ raise is $4160 a year, $347 a month. and $173 per biweekly paycheck IN ADDITION to your paycheck. It's the same for someone making 5/hr who gets a 2$ raise. It's the same amount of money either way, so it can't be more substantial in one case or another.

a very stupid question

Read the FML again. Slowly this time.

I don't see anything wrong with 3's logic..

Then your logic is somewhat flawed.

OP is moving across the state, and a raise of $1 an hour is a raise of $2000 a year (assuming OP works 40 hours a week).

2000 per year, after taxes, works out to 100 per month, 50 per bi weekly check. How bad are things going where you are that this is a "lucrative" raise worth moving for?

Oooh...country. Didn't know why I assumed it was something wrong with his logic

@#3 reread FML

That's what raise means.

I am surprised people seriously have to ask if the raise is per hour. I thought people would have the common sense to know that a raise in the U.S is per hour.

Lionesse, people in the U.S. work both wage and salary jobs, but common sense dictates that if the raise in question is stated as two dollars, it is an hourly raise.

Fair enough #40, but what I meant was in the FML, the way that the OP stated it, I thought everyone would catch on that it was an hourly raise.

I'm sorry, I did think of that after you posted. You're right.

@#33 - Anyone commenting from the mobile app cannot see the OP's location. I don't know about you, but I never assume someone is from the USA, or even Canada, when I read postings. The world is a huge place.

Plus, people who reside in other countries and/or receive a monthly wage may still write out a wage increase as "a $2.00 raise." That is not incorrect or poor common sense.

Actually #55 I am afraid I have to correct you. I am on the mobile app and you can see the location of the OP. It's in brackets right next to the state. Not all posts have it but this one does. I didn't assume about the location, it was given in the FML.

I can see location on ghee mobile app. plus he said state.

Maybe they will be happy by OPs work and raise OPs wages.

Maybe it's a small state and moving across it just means having to drive an extra 30 minutes to work.

OP is from Tennessee which is a very long state if moving east to west or vice versa.

It's a transfer to a new position, not a whole new job. Quit one you quit them both.

It's a transfer, not a new job. Take a second to read it again.

If you read who posted this FML, you would know that OP dors indeed live in the states. World economy lesson not needed...

No one is assuming everything works like the US. But you are stupid to think someone would be upset over losing 2 dollars a month or year. Common sense would dictate that if they wrote the FML then its by the hour. Otherwise I doubt they would have the money to spend on things like a computer or cell phone in which to post an FML.

India's average wage is $60 monthly. I'll bet that worker would be choked at losing a $2 a month raise.

@#26 "Common sense" in this case changes depending on your location. If my friend told me they received a $2.00 raise, I'd assume it was hourly as we are in Canada. If my cousin said that, I would CLARIFY as he is in a third world country and would most definitely be thrilled with an extra $2.00 a month! My cousin can still access computers and the Internet at certain public locations (libraries, school, etc.) We are fortunate enough to live in first world nations; millions of people are not.

What people need here, is not a world economy lesson, but a lesson on how to read an FML properly. It clearly states the OP resides in Tennessee, United States. Assuming is the mother of all mistakes when not given enough information but the information, namely the location of the OP is clearly given.

I think the point 21 is making is that for example, I'm from England and I had no idea Americans were paid hourly as a general rule of thumb. Non-Americans do not know everything about how Americans live their lives. It's pretty arrogant to think we all know how Americans are paid. We don't. I did have to think for a second, 'did OP mean hourly, monthly or yearly', but obviously due to common sense I figured it was hourly.