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saltyjohnson t1_jchk926 wrote

As someone who deals with federal government contracts, I regularly see pay-when-paid provisions within. That means our time to pay a subcontractor or vendor starts once we receive payment from the prime contractor or government. Big projects whose timeline spreads across months are billed monthly based on progress, the government agrees with the schedule of values and progress on each line item, and then issues payment. The subcontractors' work would be included in that billing, so there would be enough money to cover everybody's expenses for the last month. A contractor generally doesn't bankroll the whole thing out of pocket when payments are delayed from the government.

That's federal. Municipal would have different laws and the city itself might have specific provisions in their contracts. But if the 7-day deadline starts when Metra receives payment from the City, and Metra is being kicked out for not meeting their sub payment deadlines, then that means that the city paying them late has nothing to do with their own late payments to subs.

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harcosparky t1_jche6tm wrote

Ever wonder how a Chipotle can run out of things .... just watch the staff in the back for a while. I mean come on?

Run out of rice?

I mean they had rice, just not cooked.

The two employees in the back, the ones who prepare rice and other things were playing games. .... They also ran out of chips.

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