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Hugh Cookson • commented on a post 2 days ago

People On This Page Are Mocking Capitalism, And Here Are 30 Of Their Best Memes

Strictly speaking, they are not slaves as they are being paid, however this does not change the fact that they are being exploited by a talentless, self serving, selfish bitch (and her cronies of course .... hateful but sadly reality for too many people around the world ...

Hugh Cookson • commented on a post 3 days ago

35 Things That Didn’t Age Well Shared On ‘Poorly Aged Stuff’

With you on that Michele !!

Hugh Cookson • commented on 10 posts 5 days ago

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Nothing wrong with people having a belief in whatever, as long as there is no hypocrisy or trying to foist their beliefs on other people, (personally, I believe in an underground strata of Earth gods, starting with wood and water nymphs on the surface, going down deeper and deeper ... etc etc - which, if you think about it, is as valid as a magical sky fairy who came to earth as his own son (via a virgin girl), then died brutally before coming back to life and scaring the f**k out of his believers so much that they spread the word of his magicalness across the world ... I think that's how it went but it's been a while since I went to a magic book class ... )

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Should have broken his finger as soon as he touched your hair - common assault would be your defence if the asshole took it further !!!

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Should have broken his finger as soon as he touched your hair - common assault would be your defence if the asshole took it further !!!

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Good for you.

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Rude, ignorant and far too intrusive - you should have had a word with the local newspaper ...

40 Times Jerks Got 'Destroyed' By Savage Comebacks (New Pics)

Ha !!! Very droll !!

40 Times Jerks Got 'Destroyed' By Savage Comebacks (New Pics)

Oh, and the small matter of he was almost 100 years old !!

'That’s It, I’m Architecture Shaming': 40 Architecture Examples That Look So Bad, People Just Had To Shame Them

It's an old windmill with the vanes removed - many of these in the UK.

'That’s It, I’m Architecture Shaming': 40 Architecture Examples That Look So Bad, People Just Had To Shame Them

Look up the wonky houses in Rotterdam - much more interesting .... These BTW are in Poland

'That’s It, I’m Architecture Shaming': 40 Architecture Examples That Look So Bad, People Just Had To Shame Them

Horrible ..

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

As a standard in the UK - certainly for the company I work for - my baseline (when I started) for holidays is 42 days (including public / bank holidays), with the option to take a further 10 days of unpaid holiday (which very few people do as it's a really good company to work for). As a consequence, the turnover of staff is virtually zero and the majority of employees are, as far as I can see from my perspective, really quite happy - wonder why ?

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Hugh Cookson • upvoted an item 5 days ago

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

I know I'll get down voted here, but tattoos tell a tremendous amount about the person. Are they prone to impulse decisions? Do they have a professional mindset? Wait-- I know there are a ton of sensible, responsible professionals with tattoos, but there are an equal number of people who never stop to think that one tipsy weekend when they had a Pokemon tattooed on their forehead might affect their future job prospects and the impression they would be giving for the rest of their lives. Especially if the tats are obscene or controversial. Ok y'all, down vote away...

Hugh Cookson • commented on 10 posts 6 days ago

35 Almost Unbelievable Reasons Teachers Lost Their Jobs, As Shared By People In This Online Group

That's very sad as she obviously had problems .... Despite that, she shouldn't have been teaching kids !!

People Are Sharing Pics From The Most Tasteless Weddings They've Been To

Leave my wine alone !!!

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

I loved the place and was seeing a delightful German lady at the time who lived close to there - I'm a Brit who splits my time between Greece and the UK, so get the best of both depending on the season. Sadly, our relationship was far too complicated and we both decided that it was best to go our separate ways - we stay in slight contact but nothing more which is a shame as I loved her dearly.

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Hugh Cookson • upvoted 4 items 6 days ago

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

English is not my first language and this one always trips me up, because "entree" sounds like it should mean "starter"

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

I worked at a customer service company that would only allow two 15 minute pee breaks in an 8 hour work day (which was fine) but then they reduced it to 2 minutes. It was the happiest day of my life when I left the job.

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

English is not my first language and this one always trips me up, because "entree" sounds like it should mean "starter"

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

A Copy Of The Bill We Got When Our Daughter Was Born In Canada

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

I didn't see my homeland of Greece mentioned.. It has been awhile since I visited my relatives, so perhaps they don't do this anymore, all the retails shops closed at a certain time, I can't remember the exact ime, for a rest period, then reopen and party on thru the night!!! OPA!!

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Hugh Cookson • commented on 13 posts 1 week ago

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Answer is ; don't work for a F100 company ; there are many more civilised ways to make a living and be much, much happier ....

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Sorry, that is just a vile, horrible, shitty attitude by your employer ; it looks like they are quite happy to use your skills / experience to further their business but don't actually give a s**t about you !! Never forget that once you die / become so unwell that you can't work, they will have another mug in place PDQ ; usually within a month. You need to look around for any help available - govt / charities / private organisations etc, then either negotiate a reduction in hours or find another job to enable your body to recover after dialysis (which, btw, only gets worse the further it goes along - had a friend who had to give up work because his kidneys gave up completely and even now, 25 years on, can still only work part time - he's 61)

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Answer is ; don't work for a F100 company ; there are many more civilised ways to make a living and be much, much happier ....

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Glad he's a former boss (or arsehole, as I laughingly like to call them -sometimes to their face)..... well done for seeing the light and hope you have something a lot better.

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Find another job ..... Callous, nasty, spiteful and uncaring are just a few of the words that come to mind .....

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

WHAT - it cost you money to have a child ???? Nowhere in the civilised (ie, not in America) World charges for childbirth. Your politicians need to have a seriously hard look at how your society works - obvs, I understand, it 's been a bit wonky, as has reality in the US for the last 4 years, but now is the time to get it changed !!!

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

There is also provision for people in civilised countries (ie, Europe) to take time off around the major christian holidays as well - usually a week (at least) over Christmas / New Year and about the same over Easter. The thing about it being a 'right', is just that, it is not mandatory but if you want to, you can, and your employer has to comply. As an aside, check out Spain, Italy and Portugal they are brilliant with soooo many 'Fiesta' days that it's incredible !!

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Find another job, your current employers are obviously assholes.

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Civilised - wish I'd settled in Germany when I had the opportunity (sadly it was in Bremerhaven and too damn cold in the Winter !!)

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

You need to find a new job ..... I had to take 4 days off following mine (I am in quite a high risk group and have knackered lungs), my employers told me to stay at home until I was straight enough to do what was needed - all paid days off. I went back to work before I was 100% but felt OK. This is on top of me having 10 months on furlough in the past 18 - oh, and I'd only been working for them for 4 months before the first lockdown ... Good employers are hard to find, which is why I'm holding on to this one until I retire in 3 years ....

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

This is the way it should be everywhere .... As an aside, go to some of the smaller Greek islands, it's wonderful. If a place is closed, if you leave a note and they know where you are staying, you will have a knock on your door asking what you want ... delivered later that day. Forces you to both think ahead and relax.

30 People Who Shouldn't Be Allowed To Eat In A Restaurant

So don't go out to eat - stay in and prepare something fresh for a quarter of the price !! Not rocket science FFS .....

30 People Who Shouldn't Be Allowed To Eat In A Restaurant

Classy - no, let me rephrase that ......... Ugh, was what i meant .... she's probably smoking meth ...

30 People Who Shouldn't Be Allowed To Eat In A Restaurant

I worked with a very eccentric, quite cranky Restaurant owner (in England, so a proper restaurant, not a burger joint or 'diner'), who once grabbed an unruly child who was running around the place causing a bit of a flap for staff and customers, marched him back to where his parents and their table of 8 / 10 guests were eating and told them in no uncertain terms that if they didn't keep him under control, that he would be marched to the kitchen and deep fried ... Also, at the end of the meal - after they had paid, he informed the whole party that any booking that had any of them as the guests, would be declined. He didn't care as it was hellishly busy in the Summer and would regularly shut down for 3 months in the Winter and jet off to sunny climes (oh, and he paid his part time staff a month's holiday pay and paid his full time staff 3/4 of salary for the period he was away). Delightful man with a brilliant attitude.....

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Hugh Cookson • commented on a post 2 days ago

People On This Page Are Mocking Capitalism, And Here Are 30 Of Their Best Memes

Hugh Cookson • commented on a post 3 days ago

35 Things That Didn’t Age Well Shared On ‘Poorly Aged Stuff’

With you on that Michele !!

Hugh Cookson • commented on 10 posts 5 days ago

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Should have broken his finger as soon as he touched your hair - common assault would be your defence if the asshole took it further !!!

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Good for you.

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Rude, ignorant and far too intrusive - you should have had a word with the local newspaper ...

40 Times Jerks Got 'Destroyed' By Savage Comebacks (New Pics)

Ha !!! Very droll !!

40 Times Jerks Got 'Destroyed' By Savage Comebacks (New Pics)

Oh, and the small matter of he was almost 100 years old !!

'That’s It, I’m Architecture Shaming': 40 Architecture Examples That Look So Bad, People Just Had To Shame Them

It's an old windmill with the vanes removed - many of these in the UK.

'That’s It, I’m Architecture Shaming': 40 Architecture Examples That Look So Bad, People Just Had To Shame Them

Look up the wonky houses in Rotterdam - much more interesting .... These BTW are in Poland

'That’s It, I’m Architecture Shaming': 40 Architecture Examples That Look So Bad, People Just Had To Shame Them

Horrible ..

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Hugh Cookson • commented on 8 posts 6 days ago

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

Horrid 'Murican idea, driven by retail companies trying to make a few bucks before Thanksgiving / Christmas kicks in - loathsome commercialisation at it's very worst (and tackiest)

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

Sports Bra's are ace ..... no, wait, BAR's !!! Doh ....

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

Nah, still happens out here in the shires - I'm in Stroud (Glos) and regularly chat to (and get chatted to by) complete strangers, mind you, Stroud is quite a friendly sort of place.

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

Love that description !!! I'm going to use it someday in a book alongside ' he was ginger, small and annoyed, it was like being attacked by a furious weasel'

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

That's OK as 'Entree' is a French word meaning the main course of a meal .... how the hell the americans have ended up using this in their vocabulary is a mystery.....

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

About right .... Shame that the people in last 4 years in the US have ignored this basic principle and some people still think the idiot above is the risen messiah ....

35 Almost Unbelievable Reasons Teachers Lost Their Jobs, As Shared By People In This Online Group

That's very sad as she obviously had problems .... Despite that, she shouldn't have been teaching kids !!

Hugh Cookson • upvoted an item 5 days ago

Women Are Sharing The Strangest Personal Questions They've Been Asked In Job Interviews (30 Comments)

Hugh Cookson • upvoted 4 items 6 days ago

92 Things Americans Are Used To That Look Weird To The Rest Of The World

English is not my first language and this one always trips me up, because "entree" sounds like it should mean "starter"

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

A Copy Of The Bill We Got When Our Daughter Was Born In Canada

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

Hugh Cookson • upvoted 3 items 1 week ago

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

They have this amazing invention called a "kitchen". You can find one in all German houses. You use it to prepare and cook your own food because adults should be able to feed themselves. They have time to do this because they don't live in a backward country where they work ludicrous hours and have no holidays.

30 People Share What "Work Ethics" Are Like In Different Countries

I'd be pisssed if I HAD to take 4 weeks in a row in summer. That would eat up two thirds of my vacation days and I want/need those days at other times of the year. I like to take more time off around Christmas and New Years.

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Hugh Cookson • upvoted 4 items 1 week ago

TikToker Asks "What's Classy If You're Rich But Trashy If You're Poor" And Here Are 19 Illuminating Replies

I agree, I said they are not always honest to be less harsh, . Sticking to the truth is limiting. It is much easier to be elected if you tell people what they want to hear. They don't help their constituents, but they convince them otherwise. They are spin doctors. Depending on who you are, you hear a different story. Watching the Trump rallies was incredible. If you believed every word he said how could you NOT vote for him. Decades ago was a tax cut everyone supported. My ex read everything, then did the math. Nobody where we lived would qualify, but it was universally accepted they did. They considered themselves wealthy without looking at the definition. We lived in a less wealthy area, of course we didn't qualify. Sucessful, educated people turned to Fox News and other "reputable" sources for confirmation. I try to follow a wide variety of news sources. Usually the truth is a combination of all of them.

30 Stories From Women Who Gave "Nice Guys" A Chance

Yeah, my ex was like this apart from the sex (which, in his case, was about as focused on me as me being in the next room while he masturbated). It took years to get past the damage done by constant comments like 'When did you get so old?' - I was in my mid 20s when he first trotted that one out - but he absolutely believed himself to be not only a 'nice' guy, but some sort of noble moral paragon despite things like tax fraud and our relationship ending because he was screwing one of his colleagues. Completely delusional narcissist. (I'm married to a lovely man now who's the real deal. Happy ending!)

TikToker Asks "What's Classy If You're Rich But Trashy If You're Poor" And Here Are 19 Illuminating Replies

That's true

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Hugh Cookson • upvoted an item 3 weeks ago

Funny, People

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50 Funny Times The UK Was Caught Just Being The UK, As Shared In This Group

The former Lord Mayor of Sheffield was Majid Majid who was a bit of a legend. He entered his inauguration to the Imperial March from Star Wars. Google him, you won't be disappointed. Maybe this is one of his mandates.

30 Harmful Things Parents Should Stop Teaching Their Kids

It also varies by where you are in the US. I was in public school the same time as you. We learned about the basics of reproduction in 5th grade, along with the basic user manual for our impending puberty. Then in 9th grade health class, we learned about contraception, STDs, consent, peer pressure, and drugs. We were taught that abstinence was safest, but they still went over all the available contraceptive methods and their efficacy rates as well as the importance of condoms for STD protection. This was before there were effective treatments for HIV/AIDS so they really hammered on us about condom use.

30 Harmful Things Parents Should Stop Teaching Their Kids

You were downvoted for some reason. I counter voted it.

30 Harmful Things Parents Should Stop Teaching Their Kids

Sex education isn't "abstinence based". They teach the science behind reproduction and puberty and all of that stuff. Many schools in America now have condoms available for their students and they are taught more about prevention. Back in the 80's and 90's we were taught the mechanics of reproduction and then told that the only way to prevent pregnancy is avoid sex (this was public school). A lot has changed since 1987.

30 Times Restaurants Left Hilarious Replies Under Bad Reviews, Shared By This Instagram Page

Hello friend it looks like you didn't see this review was made on New Years day at 1:26 am so technically an hour after New Year's Eve clocked out, this friend here should really consider him/herself lucky to be able to order at this time on this day. Is okay though I love you bye-bye 💚

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44 People Share True History Facts That Sound Made Up Because They’re Ridiculous

i can confirm , i live over the bay from there , we mock them calling them MONKEY HANGERS

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