yah, it's certainly a fucked up "perk". The company should step up for their employees in situations like this. That said, when they don't, it's cool that people step up for their coworkers. I know that should anything shitty happen to me, I'm fucked, work wise, because I'm an independent contractor.
rearranged my room to make better use of the space, then went and grilled burgers and dogs with some friends. Capped the evening off watching the fireworks display in hanover pa. Was a good day.
You can write off unpaid accounts if you've given up on collecting them:
Direct Write-Off
The Internal Revenue Service requires the direct write-off method for writing off accounts receivable. You can’t write the receivables off until you give up on collecting the debts. You can base your IRS write-offs on aging of accounts, which means counting how long they've been outstanding. If an account is more than six months old, the likelihood increases that you won't collect the debt without a collection agency or lawsuit. Use the allowance method for accounting for purposes other than income taxes, estimating a percentage of expected unpaid receivables based on earlier years' losses. Adjust the allowance estimate percentage and the balance each year as you gain more knowledge and historical figures for your business.
But yah, it was a nice thing to do, and I'm sure the recipient appreciated it. I can't imagine how much that'd suck.
The only way I could see wireless being a problem is if your wireless network were on a congested channel, or you're using 802.11B, which is pretty old tech at this point.
I agree with what Dinny said, there.
I threw out an upright freezer full of food. It's out in our garage, which was over 100 for the last couple of days. Yesterday, someone didn't close it all the way after getting something out of it.
I made dry rubbed spare ribs. 4 hrs in the oven at 250, then 30 minutes over hardwood charcoal to finish. 1/4 was done in 5 spice rub, 3/4 in my own chili powder.