Reminding Folks it's all voluntary

So I'm playing The Game at work. It's all politics, but it can be the fun kind. There's a gap in our team where the Team Lead should go, so I've been unofficially helping out the team with that kind of stuff, and making myself useful to people outside our division - basically, being the friendly guy of the team.

My coworker reminded me that our old team lead got into this situation and ended up 'stuck' as the team lead without any compensation. I know that; I'm working under the hope that I can spot 'stuck' coming.

I told said coworker that if they don't decide to give me the promotion with an accompanying raise-of-significance, one day, I'll stand up in a meeting and say "I'm sorry, your 30-day trial has expired. Please register to continue."

QDB moment...

top dangling modifier of the day:
"A jet going 100 m.p.h. slammed into a deer, which ruptured a wing fuel tank and dumped 70 gallons of gas on the runway. "
i knew about cows and methane, but...
Dammit, when are they going to REQUIRE that fuel tanks on deer be moved away from the wings.