[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Maark Abbott, on 25 March 2024 - 12:54 PM, said:

Oh boy oh boy oh BOY

At least the gang war next door over the devil's weed is probably just going to be all bats and blades, no guns most likely (though I'd suppose they could try to set it on fire if they're losing, or rig the place to explode... that could be a pungent inferno).

OTOH IDK, there are some firearms in the UK of course, and UK drill music expounds at length upon the glories of shooting people... but a quick glance at the statistics suggests there aren't nearly enough gun homicides in the UK for that to be much more than a power fantasy most of the time. Besides, it's fun to make machine gun noises with your mouth---at least so long as they're not too realistic....

[Maark Abbott]

It's finally over, I think. They got busted trying to bug out.

[Lady Bliss]

I got let go from my job this morning.

[Maark Abbott]

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 05:27 PM, said:

I got let go from my job this morning.

Fuck that's shitty, I hope you bounce back from this soon.

[Abyss]

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 05:27 PM, said:

I got let go from my job this morning.

Crap. So sorry Bliss, that sucks.

[Tiste Simeon]

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 05:27 PM, said:

I got let go from my job this morning.

Ah man that's awful. Sorry that this has happened to you. Here's hoping for a quick rebound into something better.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Health insurance in the United States: your employer can fire you... unless certain special criteria are met and you sue.

Quote

we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day.

Spoiler

they're starting to suggest we might not have even hunted as much as previously thought. we'd find a deer that a predator had already eaten half of and just steal it. work smart, not hard

i bless the rains down in castamere on X: "we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day."

[Lady Bliss]

Azath Vitr (D, on 25 March 2024 - 07:42 PM, said:

Health insurance in the United States: your employer can fire you... unless certain special criteria are met and you sue.

Quote

we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day.

Spoiler

they're starting to suggest we might not have even hunted as much as previously thought. we'd find a deer that a predator had already eaten half of and just steal it. work smart, not hard

i bless the rains down in castamere on X: "we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day."

Yeah, and I'm reading that I may not qualify for unemployment because my boss is calling it "performance". My ass, he just is sick of my health problems.

[Cause]

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 08:08 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 25 March 2024 - 07:42 PM, said:

Health insurance in the United States: your employer can fire you... unless certain special criteria are met and you sue.

Quote

we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day.

Spoiler

they're starting to suggest we might not have even hunted as much as previously thought. we'd find a deer that a predator had already eaten half of and just steal it. work smart, not hard

i bless the rains down in castamere on X: "we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day."

Yeah, and I'm reading that I may not qualify for unemployment because my boss is calling it "performance". My ass, he just is sick of my health problems.

Why do companies do this? It’s not like the money comes out of their pocket.

[Tsundoku]

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 02:09 AM, said:

Fainted and fractured ribs this weekend I could have been dehydrated but seeing the neurologist tomorrow.

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 05:27 PM, said:

I got let go from my job this morning.

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 08:08 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 25 March 2024 - 07:42 PM, said:

Health insurance in the United States: your employer can fire you... unless certain special criteria are met and you sue.

Quote

we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day.

Spoiler

they're starting to suggest we might not have even hunted as much as previously thought. we'd find a deer that a predator had already eaten half of and just steal it. work smart, not hard

i bless the rains down in castamere on X: "we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day."

Yeah, and I'm reading that I may not qualify for unemployment because my boss is calling it "performance". My ass, he just is sick of my health problems.

That's utterly fucked LB. Burn the place down on the way out.
I hope you have had decent medical treatment and are feeling better with a good prognosis.

Cause, on 26 March 2024 - 01:24 AM, said:

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 08:08 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 25 March 2024 - 07:42 PM, said:

Health insurance in the United States: your employer can fire you... unless certain special criteria are met and you sue.

Quote

we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day.

Spoiler

they're starting to suggest we might not have even hunted as much as previously thought. we'd find a deer that a predator had already eaten half of and just steal it. work smart, not hard

i bless the rains down in castamere on X: "we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day."

Yeah, and I'm reading that I may not qualify for unemployment because my boss is calling it "performance". My ass, he just is sick of my health problems.

Why do companies do this? It’s not like the money comes out of their pocket.

Because poorly regulated capitalism, in the land of the fee and the home of the slave*.





* yes I am aware slavery was/is practiced in many other countries, it just fits the motif.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 26 March 2024 - 06:51 AM

[worry]

Holy hell.

[amphibian]

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 08:08 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 25 March 2024 - 07:42 PM, said:

Health insurance in the United States: your employer can fire you... unless certain special criteria are met and you sue.

Quote

we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day.

Spoiler

they're starting to suggest we might not have even hunted as much as previously thought. we'd find a deer that a predator had already eaten half of and just steal it. work smart, not hard

i bless the rains down in castamere on X: "we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day."

Yeah, and I'm reading that I may not qualify for unemployment because my boss is calling it "performance". My ass, he just is sick of my health problems.

Please consider contacting Disability Rights Texas. It's free legal assistance that may cross over into employment advocacy if they take the case.

https://disabilityri...y-for-services/

[Lady Bliss]

amphibian, on 26 March 2024 - 11:33 AM, said:

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 08:08 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 25 March 2024 - 07:42 PM, said:

Health insurance in the United States: your employer can fire you... unless certain special criteria are met and you sue.

Quote

we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day.

Spoiler

they're starting to suggest we might not have even hunted as much as previously thought. we'd find a deer that a predator had already eaten half of and just steal it. work smart, not hard

i bless the rains down in castamere on X: "we did not evolve to have "jobs." we evolved to live in a group of like 20-30 people who mostly hung out. you'd shoot the shit and pick some berries and draw a fat horse on a cave wall and that was your day."

Yeah, and I'm reading that I may not qualify for unemployment because my boss is calling it "performance". My ass, he just is sick of my health problems.

Please consider contacting Disability Rights Texas. It's free legal assistance that may cross over into employment advocacy if they take the case.

https://disabilityri...y-for-services/

I’ll check this out.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Lady Bliss, on 25 March 2024 - 05:27 PM, said:

I got let go from my job this morning.

Sorry to read this LB. I hope you find something suitable soon.

[Maark Abbott]

Took car out yesterday, it was fine for the early part of the journey, halfway in it starts making idling scooter sounding low pops and this morning the ignition sounds... uhhhhh... squishy? Need to get it checked.

Fucking thing only passed MOT the other week and of COURSE it's just out of warranty now.

[Maark Abbott]

I'm getting cynical. There's a guy next door with a van, spoke to him briefly as he's parked over our drive but ostensibly he's there to measure their back door which was damages and then I suppose replace it. But the van despite having equipment is unmakred, no company signs etc, the guy is Eastern Euro, so I'm inwardly like, are you in on this whole thing? We gotta get out of this area...

[Macros]

on the other hand a lot of companies and tradesmen don't sign write their vans anymore because so many are being broken into to have tools stolen

[Cause]

Something that amuses me with how much I travel for work:

A 3 star hotel is cheaper and will throw in breakfast for free. They will also have a wide selection of drinks, snacks to buy in the lobby.

A 4 star hotel is more expensive because they have a decent restaurant which you are welcome to spend 30 dollars at a day for a breakfast. they sell drinks l, snacks in the lobby but usually a very limited selection. Presumably to encourage you to use the fancy bar or restaurant.

In the one hand I understand it but on the other hand it also seems a little silly.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Cause, on 14 April 2024 - 04:06 PM, said:

Something that amuses me with how much I travel for work:

A 3 star hotel is cheaper and will throw in breakfast for free. They will also have a wide selection of drinks, snacks to buy in the lobby.

A 4 star hotel is more expensive because they have a decent restaurant which you are welcome to spend 30 dollars at a day for a breakfast. they sell drinks l, snacks in the lobby but usually a very limited selection. Presumably to encourage you to use the fancy bar or restaurant.

In the one hand I understand it but on the other hand it also seems a little silly.

And there's also the minibar... which may be more expensive than the restaurants.

And room service, for an extra fee....

[amphibian]

Cause, on 14 April 2024 - 04:06 PM, said:

Something that amuses me with how much I travel for work:

A 3 star hotel is cheaper and will throw in breakfast for free. They will also have a wide selection of drinks, snacks to buy in the lobby.

A 4 star hotel is more expensive because they have a decent restaurant which you are welcome to spend 30 dollars at a day for a breakfast. they sell drinks l, snacks in the lobby but usually a very limited selection. Presumably to encourage you to use the fancy bar or restaurant.

In the one hand I understand it but on the other hand it also seems a little silly.

The higher up one goes into society, the more one is expected to care for your needs or pay higher prices for doing so in a way that people see as fitting the level of where they are.

This means the chips and cookies and corn syrup drinks go away at the higher price points and expectations that one has dinner reservations elsewhere come in.

Hotels in general are fairly decent at optimizing towards those who stay with them.