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From Nannies To Lab Researchers To Car Mechanics, Folks Online Are Opening Up About Their 30 ‘Behind-The-Scenes’ Work Secrets
Every year, thousands and millions of people submit their resumes, pass (or fail) interviews, and get new jobs. Their success largely depends on how the new work team will turn out, how entitled or not the boss will be and, of course, on the level of wages. But sometimes these aren't the main success factors.
There are various professional secrets at almost every job, and knowing them in advance greatly facilitates your workflow. So we do think that this compilation of random professional behind-the-scenes secrets may very well be incredibly useful for you.
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#1
I'm a nanny. And no, your child will never say their first word in front of me without you around. Your child will never take their first step without you around. Your child will never hold their bottle by themselves for the first time, crawl, pull themselves up, or achieve any other milestone for their first time when you're not around. I will only ever say "You should keep an eye out, I think they're going to .... for the first time soon!" I always do my best to allow parents to experience that First Time on their time (even if it wasn't actually the first time).
Beatrice Fairchild 2 years ago
Hey headless roach, I've been meaning to ask, how did you lose your head?
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HumblTx 2 years ago
I wish you would have been my children's care provider! I think I missed every "first". When I thought I saw a "first" and mentioned it at drop-off, the smirk on the face and then, "Oh, she did that yesterday" or "He's been doing for a week, I'm sure" absolutely crushed me! I felt like such a terrible parent for leaving my children for 2-3 hours for a "me" break.
Fussy1 2 years ago
Please don't ever let anyone else's smirk or sideways comments tarnish the golden moments of your babies. Maybe it wasn't the 'first' time, but it was YOUR first with your treasured baby. Nobody can take that away from you. You still have all your emotionally love filled, beyond exhilarating precious memories of these firsts and nobody can dampen those bragging rights my friend. At the end of the day, years from now that caregiver will have 'witnessed' so many *ahem* firsts they won't mean a thing to them. But you will remember every millisecond of them all! You're not a terrible parent!!
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Kirsty 2 years ago
Thank you so much. The thought of missing any of it was breaking me going back to work when I did. This made that guilt bearable. X
Li’l E. 2 years ago
My son took his first steps at day care. I feel guilty about missing it and I’ve never told anyone.
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David 2 years ago (edited)
I guess this is kind but it seems unrealistic to have someone else parent your child for many hours a week and not expect some of that as par for the course. I also don't understand some parent's need to witness "the first time". I say that as a parent / grandparent. The joy (for me) is that (child) has a new skill / reached a new milestone. Not whether I am present for the very first instance of it. We were too poor for nannies but this should also be true for whichever parent is the one working outside the home. If your child can not walk or use a toilet it is unrealistic to expect them to wait on (thing) until you get home from work.
Marvin HoG 2 years ago
Awww. I just happened to be looking away when my baby took his first steps. My sister saw though and screeched so I turned around to see his 3rd 4th and 5th, which was fine with me. He was 10 months and had refused to crawl much so we weren't expecting it. Turns out he had been secretly putting all his energy into learning to walk; he would not stop after that!
Wendy Boezer 2 years ago
So unrealistic for most nannies and families. I worked for families that had a nanny 5-7 days a week. Of course most things happen when they aren't around. That's a choice they made when hiring a nanny and that's ok. I find it quite condescending to lie. As a nanny you help a child reach their milestones, to not let a parent know when a child does something for the first time, I don't think its right. They should be proud of the child.
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#2
If your hotel charges a cancellation fee within X days, Don't call and cancel within X days. Call and change the date to something distant and then cancel shortly after. It's obviously gaming the policy, but it's an obviously game-able policy.
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Oh wow, I never thought of this one. I have too much anxiety to even try this. lol
David 2 years ago
I appreciate the info but I'm also sitting here thinking I have never had to cancel in my life. Perhaps that is indicative I just didn't travel much but I've stayed in a fair number of hotels over the years. Perhaps I have just been fortunate about not having my plans upended.
Wendy Boezer 2 years ago
And then complain when hotels up their prices or go out of business? You have no decency.
mutedtempest 2 years ago
This is something that would never have dawned on me. Good tip, but I think I'll be too self conscious to use it xD
Tobias Reaper 2 years ago
i did something similar with my mobile phone contract wanted to cancel but i would have to pay the contract off £600 it was so i changed my contract to one that was half the normal monthly amount then called and cancelled the next day and only paid half what i would have
Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago
You could just talk to them. My brother had an emergency heart transplant due to sepsis complications. I called and told them and they were nice.
#3
Everyone who did night shift at the lab I worked in slept for the majority of the shift. We were there at night in case any samples turned up, which was usually twice in a 12 hour shift from 6pm to 6am. There was an old unused office with a mattress under the desk, you'd bring your own sleeping bag, we all kept it secret because who the f**k doesn't want to make 120k a year while sleeping...
Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
If you want to retire and are looking for someone to replace you, please feel free to give me a call....
Blue Chambers 2 years ago
If I know complete strangers off the internet and I usually do its probably a complicated system of pulleys and ropes, possibly with a ramp and some balls, sprung into motion when the sample showed up. Culminating in a comically oversized alarm clock going off.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
I suppose if there is nothing to do and the requirement is to be there. You can only clean the counters so many times. Over the years I've worked some oil refinery turnarounds. That's when they shut down the refinery (usually just one or two areas) to do maintenance and repairs they can't do while operating. It is usually long hours, hard work, good overtime. One one turnaround we were mostly just standing around for a few days. it felt weird doing nothing. But I was told it cost them a lot more money if starting back up got delayed a day than it did to pay us to be there and ready when (thing we were waiting on) was ready.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Don't blame the workers for playing the system. The system was broken before they got there. If management/owners can't find them something stimulating to do for 12-hours, then let them get paid to sleep.
Maxuen Xyz 2 years ago
120k? We Had a Lot of Samples and do the maintenance for the machines at the night shifts. And geht 30K
Melissa Koczur-Mitchell 2 years ago
Must be in a small hospital in NY or Cali. I work in Chicago at a level 1 trauma center and we make maybe half that with shift dif and 10 yrs experience.
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Gareth Baus 2 years ago
That doesn't really sound like a bad thing, well rested people make fewer mistakes and mistakes on lab work urgent enough that it is being done in the middle of the night without waiting could be pretty bad.
In part, any professional secret can be called know-how of a sort. Some of them can be disclosed, and others are an absolute secret, because they could become a real game-changer in the industry. Moreover, this has always been the case regardless of in what sphere and in what epoch. For example, in the Middle Ages, the ability of Venetian glassblowers to create mirrors was such a unique skill that divulging a professional secret to anyone, even for the biggest money, was punishable not only by exclusion from the corporation, but even by death. Fortunately, our times are not so bloodthirsty...
#4
Entry Mercedes vehicles such as the GLB have a Nissan engine.
Edit: I’m referring to the A220, GLA, and GLB.
The downvotes make me think Mercedes owners are hella mad lol. I sold them for many years. I changed industry for a reason.
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
My 2008 Nisan has never been in the shop for anything and it's as tight as the day I bought it. I'd buy any car with a Nissan engine.
to old to care 2 years ago
I have a 2009 Nissan that is the same way. I was amazed in 2019 now just so very pleased.
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Tatiya Rivendark 2 years ago
This sort of thing is the industry's worst kept secret. For example, you buy a VW, you get VW parts. Audi... VW parts. SEAT... VW parts. Skoda... VW parts. When the brands are all owned by the same parent company, it's all the same stuff with a different badge and /or part number on it.
der sebbl 2 years ago
That's different to the example with mercedes and Nissan. Seat, Škoda, Audi and some more are all part of VW, but Nissan and mercedes are different companies
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Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 2 years ago
Mercedes drivers IN AMERICA not overseas. Are almost entirely absolute garbage, just awful people and worse drivers. (I know a few of you are great, but even you know how tiny that portion is) Of course they get triggered by that lol.
dinoz71 2 years ago
BMW drivers in the US will give them a run for their money.
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Blondie23 2 years ago
Once you work in manufacturing, doesn't matter what industry, you realize that there are a lot of things that work this way. It's more about the marketing and brand name than the actual product these days. The stuff my company makes for Wal-Mart is the same quality as the stuff we put in Hot Topic or some other specialty store. It's more about perception!
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
And now you're selling Nissans (or is it Nissis or Nissae?) with Mercedes engines, you little rascal, aren't you?
Allen Scherr 2 years ago
Loved my Maxima. Only had to change tires and battery in 10 years. (plus oil changes)
Jane Hower 2 years ago
Had an uncle that worked at the Ford motor assembly line - said he'd never buy one. hehe
#5
Absolutely no one, and especially nothing cares about your package when you ship it. Fragile? Hah! Orientation arrows? Pffffft. Even if you managed to somehow get the dozens of human hands that touch you package to care; the conveyor belts don’t give a fuuuuuuuuuck.
The safety of your package is entirely up to how well it’s packaged.
Karl Eric Sanzenbacher 2 years ago
eBay seller here - Anything (and I mean ANYTHING) that is breakable always ships box in box, with plenty of padding in BOTH boxes.
Pyla 2 years ago
Yup. I've been selling on ebay since 1999 and shipping is just about the packaging. Many breakables, none broken.
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Cyndielouwhoo 2 years ago
When I first looked at the stock photo I thought the package had leaked all over the floor.
Pitbull Dad 2 years ago
Same here...worked at FedEx and I confirm. They don't give a $hit
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Markus Holstein 2 years ago
There was an article on cracked.com back when it was still any good where they interviewed a parcel deliveryman and he said if you wanted your parcel to be handled with care you should label it with "Caution! Valuable animal semen!" so delivery people themselves will not want it to break
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
DHL parcel here. If it's wrapped really, really carefully , like a Christmas present for a child by granny, I treat is like a raw egg. Biggg screens I lay on the floor ("what is lying cannot fall down"). But I absolutely don't care about arrows or "This way up" when the address label is on the intended "bottom" ("Sorry I forgot my see through laser eyes at home this morning"). Just put the gddamn address label on top, where my "top" is (and NEVER put any scannable labels/codes on the gap, the label WILL break, delivery WILL be delayed) and though I do NOT play rugby with your parcel, I absolutely cannot control/influence how ANY worker before me will handle it, if his truck swerves/brakes hard etc., so please wrap your stuff "like you wanna drop it off a 30ft building". *mic drop, scurrying back into the crowd again*
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Anyone thinking overworked, underpaid workers who are constantly watched and micro-managed right down to their toilet breaks has time to treat your packages like new born babies is out of their mind.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Amazon... buy a brick... it's shipped wrapped in bubble wrap, packed in styrofoam and tucked in a concrete and steel box! But a $600 fragile assed hard drive? Nope! A tyvek envelope!
Seadog 2 years ago
And then it still depends on it's route. Every package and I do mean EVERY package I ship that goes through the KC DC of FedEx arrives completely destroyed I don't care how well it's packed. They must sort packages with a skid steer. I've been tempted to ship an anvil to see what it looks like when it arrives.
#6
The dirt underneath the concrete or asphalt is usually more important than the thickness of the structure topping it, well-prepped subgrade is king if you want to minimize concrete cracking, asphalt flex, and structural movement.
It’s a secret because nobody gives a damn about dirt and no matter how often I explain how our subgrade in an area is f****d I always hear “what if we make the concrete thicker?”.
DarkJuggler 2 years ago
If you make the concrete thicker and place it on bad subgrade then it will.probably fail more quickly
Karen Philpott 2 years ago
Like baking a cake then decorating it. If the cake isn't firm then no amount of marzipan will make it look better.
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Thickening the concrete doesn't solve the problem, nor does simply applying more layers of makeup, or increasing the over-the-counter dose of ibuprofen instead of letting the dental hygienist extract the half-dead III-5, wich didn't let you sleep or think cleary the last 96 hours.
Laura Lett 2 years ago
Did you know that there are STILL part of the Roman Road in Italy that is being used by the people?! That's what Great construction is!!
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
Nobody is driving heavy trucks over it all day
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Civil Engineer here. Every civil engineer knows that good subgrade is absolutely vital to good roads.
Of course, today, in the era of pervasive social networks, thematic forums, YouTube and TikTok, it can be incredibly difficult to keep a secret without divulging it. However, excellence in any position is made up of so many complementary little things that knowing any of them makes you more competitive. Remember Tony Romo's first season on TV, when he successfully predicted what combinations the team would play just from his own experience and deep understanding of football? It was impressive, wasn't it? But this is not magic, just a set of skills and professional secrets.
#7
As a social worker, there will NEVER be a time when you "finish" all your work, because the field just doesn't work like that. So clock out when you go home - don't do any work. You'll survive a lot longer in this field and be able to help a lot more people if you, yourself, are taken care of.
David H 2 years ago
It also doesnt help that most systems are still paper heavy, rather than digital which would take less time and less errors, and that in the past 30 years Social Worker training has been so gutted and the licensing standards lowered, we send them out half trained and poorly equipt for their job, because we had a shortage and some idiots thought the solution was pumping out more social workers in bulk through gutting the profession
Jenny Barton 2 years ago
I am a doctor. I have learned to think of medicine as a river of need that I step into for a few hours and then step out of at the end of the day. It keeps on flowing regardless of how hard I work.
Katie Andrews 2 years ago
Same with being a teacher. My sister, also a teacher, told me, you do your best, then you just go home!
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Most people need to follow airline oxygen mask protocol in their everyday lives. Put your mask on before helping others with their masks.
Jae 2 years ago
Completely agree with this. Ive had to teach newer people to the social work that burnout is real, PTO is there for a reason, and its ok if you leave/clock out at your scheduled time. No one will give you kudos for staying late doing documentation even if you have the best supervisor. Go tf home.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
This is also a very special line of work. The amount of strength you have to have to deal with these horrible situations is inspiring. I don't think I could stop crying when facing the challenges to have to deal with ... thank you.
Horosho Bodka 2 years ago
IT is the same. There is ALWAYS more to be done, I just leave when my 8 hours are done.
Seadog 2 years ago
In Virginia, the welfare offices access the mainframe servers in Richmond via the workers computer. The office my wife worked in had an internet connection so slow I didn't know such connections even still existed 512kbs. yes, KBS not MPS. I found out because she talked about how slow the system was and I had her run a speed test on their connection. That's our tax dollars at work.
Praea Kitten 2 years ago
As my sister advised me once, "if you're not looking out for number one, sooner or later you're gonna step in number two."
#8
The Catholic Church is running out of priests in the US and has to import their priests from abroad, not many want to enter priesthood these days. The Catholic churches pedophile problem is/was much worse then you probably thought.
Boris Long-Johnson 2 years ago
People wanting to enter the priesthood isn’t the issue - it’s the priesthood wanting to enter people!
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
I laughed too hard at this....... see you in helllllllll
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Jeremy James 2 years ago
I read an article recently about how there are so few new nuns joining that there's no one left to care for the older generation of nuns.
Ru Bee 2 years ago
Can confirm, my partner's family are now looking after his elderly aunt and there are 3 nuns left in her former convent. 2 came from India.
Load More Replies... Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 2 years ago (edited)
Saddest part isnt the absurdly out dated and unfounded celibacy policy of the church that causes these issues and preconceptions. Its that the Mormon church is SO MUCH WORSE in sexual assault. They make the Catholic church look like Sesame Street.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
Interesting point, can you elaborate a bit or post a link? Sounds like this should be better known
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LvH 2 years ago
That was probably just invented so that the inheritance would not go to the potential children, but would flow back into the church..
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Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Which explains Episcopalian and other offshoots of Catholicism. My understanding is Pope Frank wants to change celibacy restrictions, entrenched hierarchy is a tough road.
David 2 years ago
At this point I don't think it was "much worse than I thought". Maybe true 10 years ago. But by now there have been so many stories of "Priest X was a pedo but the church covered it up and moved him around every time it happened" that I almost feel sorry for the good / honest priests and the stigma they now face. I'm not Catholic but I don't believe every one of them is a pedo. But that's the popular opinion these days.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
I believe priesthood is a calling. It isn't because of the pedophile problem. No one wants to become a priest. It's because of the 24 hrs a day, ever day, life style that is difficult . I used to live close to a monastery. I bet people aren't waiting in line to become a monk either.
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
A good friend of mine is a priest. He agrees that being a priest is 24 hours a day, every day. He says that it's one of the best things about the job.
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 2 years ago
When a younger brother reported the local priest for sexual assault, we began hearing more and more stories. That was over 50yr ago. Although, pedophilia and sexual assault aren't limited to this one faith.
#9
If Im out of a beer/wine/grocery item, Im out; I know this for a fact. I just go “look in the back” to shut you up.
David 2 years ago (edited)
At many stores / certain times this is not true. But when I ask I ask politely with realistic expectations. "There is no (item) on the shelf, is there any chance there is some more in the back?" If they say no I accept that. But there have been other times where the answer was "We just got a shipment in, let me go check" followed by me getting item. Also true of cold items like dairy / creamer. The cooler shelves you see are often just the edge with back stock stored in the walk in cooler behind it. Often they just have to go open another case and refill the shelf. Something they do anyway but sometimes they were too busy to get to it yet. TLDR: Ask nicely, accept whatever answer you get.
Blair Doak 2 years ago
At Walmart sometimes there is a line waiting "at the back" because so many people are wanting the same item. The are so under staffed that deliveries come in and they aren't out yet. I've done that and the stocker comes out with a whole pallet.
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DippityDooDerp 2 years ago
Sometimes true but not always. I've been to Walmart once or twice looking for something and the employee offered to check the back (I never asked) because the truck had just come in and stock wasn't put out yet. Yes they did have what I needed in the back. Doesn't mean there's a mystical place in the back that holds stuff just means I lucked out and got there not long after the truck did
Ivana Bašić 2 years ago
I ask, "if it's not on the shelf, you don't have it, right?", sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised. I don't need them to go walk around just to get rid of me.
Ian Tullock 2 years ago
I went to Target once to buy tonic water. They didn't have any on the shelf, so I asked the lady if they had any more. She went in the back and there was, in fact, more in the back.
Hamlets twin 2 years ago
I worked produce for several years and there is more product in the back. Including grocery, beer and wine. Granted, maybe not the thing the customer is looking for. To be clear, I don't mind if you do this, because f*** retail. I'll still ask but not going to call you out on it. This just seems a weird thing to lie about.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
This reminds me of a really obnoxious guy at a 7-11 I was in line behind once. He wanted a can of Copenhagen. The cashier gives him his can and he says ""an you check in back for anything fresher?" "No I can't do that". So he tries to buy it anyway and doesn't have enough money. He goes to his car to look for change and I buy my beer. He comes back when I;m getting my change and says "Hey Bro, got any change." "Nope, not for you". "WELL THANKS FOR NOTHING!"
Candice Killmeyer 2 years ago
.... But there's always that one customer that has to rudely demand, "Are you sure? Go check in the back!"
"In fact, the personality of any of us is a unique set of habits, knowledge and skills, and the professional aspect is no more than one facet of our personality," says Alexei Shkurat, founder and CEO of Peach art studio, who was asked by Bored Panda for a comment. "The very sets of hard and soft skills that personal development coaches love to talk about. And the fact is that it is much more difficult to develop the latter than the former."
"What is the use for collections of professional advice on a variety of topics - that you will never guess whether this knowledge will be useful to you, and whether it will be useful at all. It was only Phileas Fogg, the character in Around the World in 80 Days, who took a random set of items, and they invariably helped him each day. With an ordinary person, this does not happen - but sometimes, who knows - perhaps this random knowledge will help you in your work or in life in general."
#10
We decide what influencers say and most of it is exaggeration or lies. You cant trust a single sponsored post by 99% of influencers
Ivo H 2 years ago
You’re right, it’s pretty obvious. But it’s a good thing to point it out often, for people that needs to hear it again.
Load More Replies... Blondie23 2 years ago
yell this one louder please!!!!! My youngest is 13 and she believes most of what she sees. We can't get through to her how much of social media and the people on there is made up! It's frustrating
Sue User 2 years ago
My stepdaughter one asked if the news was real or made up like the rest of the shows.
Load More Replies... Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
I was living my life by what influencers say, and NOW I'm being told that's a lie - wow, I'm in total shock, need to have a lie down....
Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 2 years ago
If you trust a Kardashian.. there really is no helping you. Im sorry.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
A lot of cheap in that family - the dresses may not be the worst! 8-)
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#11
Nanny here. you have no secrets. Your child tells me everything you do.
If mommy and daddy fought over daddy’s friend, we know.
If daddy sleeps on the couch, we know.
If you have something negative to say about us and you say it in front of your kids, besides being a d**k move on your part, your kid will tell us.
If you’re pregnant and want to wait till youre further along don’t leave c**p out on the counters or tell your kids because, you guessed it, we know.
LilliVB 2 years ago
I think this can be applied to a lot of household staff if a family can afford one. If someone cleans your s**t, you can bet that they know a whole lot about you.
Leona 2 years ago
I taught Sunday school and the 7, 8 and 9 yr olds do tell everything; hard to look at the congregation after those classes
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Never leave your naked, birth pictures for others to find. It took me years to get those visions out of my head ... not to mention thinking about the painful thought of pregnancy at 12 years old .. I'm lucky, I got over it.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
Yep. I did a lot of nannying during college and for a few years after. I quit one job on the spot because their 7 year old repeated a rather disturbing comment his father had apparently made about my figure.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
People who work in your home on a regular basis know more about you than your closest friends and relatives. If I was a scumbag, I could've blackmailed so many of my clients and living on a tropical beach right now.
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
cleaner at office here. I know everything of everyone, i know what everyone says about everyone else, and i see and hear everything :-D
Sarah Cagley 2 years ago
The service staff hear everything, no matter what. You never know who is listening.
#12
Most oncologists with terminal cancer will forego palliative chemotherapy.
Nupraptor 2 years ago
This one strikes me as "No s***." You're terminal and chemotherapy is one of the most miserable things you can do to yourself. Better to spend what time you have left with your family and friends, doing the things you love than to spend it puking up every single thing you swallow, laying in bed with aching bones as your hair falls out in clumps.
Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)
I beg to differ. Chemo can also expand the life you have left, without necessarily influencing the quality. Chemo is never easy, but it also doesn't have to be as hard as people think. The issue is that you don't know beforehand. Source: my mother of 74 with lungcancer who received palliative chemo and who felt tired and meh after getting a dose, but was otherwise quite fine. It gave her at least half a year of relatively good time extra. If she hadn't taken chemo, she would've died sooner and in much more pain and discomfort. It's different for everyone. What caused her more pain and suffering was the radiationtherapy she underwent at the very end.
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A girl 2 years ago
Mom was stage 4 and allowed herself to be pressured into chemo. Robbed her of any pleasure the last month of her life. I'm going straight to the Dilaudid if I find myself in a similar situation.
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
Me too. Give me the good drugs and international travel, then put me down.
Load More Replies... Katie Andrews 2 years ago
As a widow, I agree. Late husband died of pancreatic; he had at most four rounds of chemo, then no more. He got the good drugs and just used those. Give me the best weed, the best painkillers, and let me spend the time I have with family and friends. I would not do chemo either. If my body is shutting down and I know it's terminal, I don't want to prolong any misery. But I want to live until I die, not in some half-vegitative state from chemo-brain, which is real.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
I'm deeply sorry you lost your beloved husband to cancer. My original response completely disregarded that devastating loss, and I humbly apologize. You have the experience of being loved and valued, and it's my hope that gives you a measure of peace. Hope you're finding random joys in every day.
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Brenda 2 years ago
Having gone through chemo, if I hadn't known that I would survive, I wouldn't have done it. Its horrid
alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
As a nurse there are many, MANY things I would forego. I have seen too many people trade quality of life for "more time". More time to do what exactly? When you're miserable and living in a hospital or hospital bed. With family? Who may or may not be by your side 24/7? It is very difficult to see someone at this stage, especially a loved one. Many people just cannot handle it. I totally understand the emotions behind these decisions but personally, I would not want to live, scratch that, EXIST, like that in my final days/weeks/months.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Caregiver for my Dad, then Mom, and then my cousin-like-a-brother. Sat at their bedsides through it all. Each lived with dignity and laughter. Dad let nature take its course, and although mom's chemo was successful her idiot doctor missed the sepsis. My young cousin opted to have his pacemaker disabled. He had been one of SoCal's premier custom street rod designers, working since he was 14. Work was as necessary as breathing. We could do a lot of things including travel and putter in the garage, but he needed to work. So I understand what you're saying... we each have our own definition of 'exist' and should not be judged for it.
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The trick here is accurately determining if your cancer is still terminal with treatment. My best friend had stage 4 breast cancer. It was very definitely terminal untreated. She had operation / chemo / radiation. It was not a fun road. But she is now on year six of being done with all that and just taking post cancer meds. She is in her 70s and currently fighting alzheimers so one of these days I'm going to lose her but in the mean time me / her family / herself have had at least another 6-7 years with her. She has done better than some though. She asked her doctor and the others getting treatment same time as her are all dead now.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Rivastigmine and Aricept are two exceptional treatments for memory loss and focus. I'm 73, post-chemo, with brain injury, and those two meds made a big difference. Hope you and your friend have many more wonderful memories together.
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Lizard Lady 2 years ago
Palliative chemo? That's a thing? I thought palliative care was comfort related and that chemo, by nature, causes discomfort
martymcmatrix 2 years ago (edited)
Most neurologists with terminal dementia will even forget what kind of doctor they used to be in a former life.
Doodles1983 2 years ago
Chemo bought my aunt years, not the months she was initially given. Quality of life was pretty good Covid not withstanding. Historically, I’d say this post were true (having worked with oncology). But “chemo”, has come a LONG way the past few years.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Amen. It's not at all like barbaric treatments of the 50s and 60s... or even like the 1990s. Had family treated in all those decades and it was so very different from mine.
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Jan Feline 2 years ago
There are always exceptions. My best friend's husband had glioblastoma in 1998.He underwent terrible treatment, but lived until last year (2022). My aunt survived a 7 pound ovarian tumor. Twice. My friend was diagnosed with stage 4 bladder cancer in 2003. He's alive and doing fine. I know many more people that died from cancer. But everyone knows someone who beat the odds, and that's what they look at. Oncologists have a more realistic view of just how few people beat the odds.
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#13
Take a *deeeep* breath before opening the cathouse door, shovel two shovelfuls of lion dung and catpiss-soaked bedding into the wheelbarrow, sprint out the door before you run out of breath, make sure you're 10 feet away from the door, inhale again, run back in, repeat.
You puke **instantly** if you inhale in there...
source: New zoo intern 🤮🤮
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
A respirator is absolutely necessary when shoveling bird and bat poop. Histoplasmosis can be fatal.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
When we asked our mom to take us to the zoo, she replied calmly "If the zoo wants you, it will come and get you."
Pandasizing World Peace 2 years ago
Use Arm & Hammer Clump & Seal. Best price is $34.40 subscription for Size 40 lb. Easy to scoop and hardly smells at all. Having Amazon deliver it saves hauling 40 pounds of cat litter any further than your front door. Have had 2 cats for more than 10 years and only scooping about every 3-4 days.
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David 2 years ago
Dear new zoo intern - Spend a few dollars on a respirator. Serious game changer. I used one to clean out a failed freezer full of rotten meat. It was puke level odor but with the respirator I smelled nothing and the job was easy. Easy-ER anyway. It was still messy but the smell was no longer a factor in the equation.
Sue User 2 years ago
Omg, did that too. Industrial freezer turned off with 4 cases of chicken inside. August on the esst coast ( hot and muggy ).
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SpirklePlatz 2 years ago
Poor animals. Is it really worth any kind of education or conservation goal to keep them in zoos? Considering zoos mostly serve tourists and toddlers, who are not exactly influencing global conservation policy, how is the trade-off an animal welfare even remotely worthwhile? As disgusting as it is for the zookeepers, I bet you the animals don’t wanna live that way either.
Arturo De la Rosa 2 years ago
Truth is that most zoos in the developed world are now filled with animals that cannot be returned to the wild, either because they were born on the zoo or because they are rescues from animal trafficking of exotic species. But there are a handful of species that should definitely be released and for sure no new animals should be allowed in unless they are rescues unable to be returned
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I've mucked barns and stables and was used to the odor. But when I became a wildlife rehabber, I noticed a distinct heft in the odors. More like a wall of musk stink you had to fight through. Makes sense though. Game meat has a much stronger flavor than domesticated meat.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Mythbusters had an episode where they tested various deterrents to keep neighbors' cats from pooping in your garden. One thing they tested was lion poop, and I remember Kari saying it was infinitely worse. But effective. XD
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Christopher Denney 2 years ago
If there is that much ammonia in the air the animals are probably at risk, better ventilation is definitely called for.
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
I can also confirm that a bear's den from hibernation is about the most God awful smell on earth.
#14
Some actors really deserve the roles they get. Some really, really don’t. What’s most disappointing is watching auditions knowing they’re giving the best performance you’ve watched so far but knowing they’re not famous enough to get the role.
Lil Miss Hobbit 2 years ago
This really stinks. Some directors will actually choose unknown actors on purpose though.
David H 2 years ago
the two main reasons are, either because they are cheaper on the budget, or the director has future projects they think that person will be good for, and wants them to feel gratitude for when those projects get around. There are the rarer cases where it is about promoting the actual talent with no ulterior motive
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Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 2 years ago
Thank you! I was about to ask if this was a generic stock photo!
Load More Replies... karen Young 2 years ago
I have always said not matter your talent. Someone has to give you a chance.
David Leick 2 years ago (edited)
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is particularly true for voice actors.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
It's a for-profit industry, and investors don't like the idea of gambling their money on an unknown. Best to go with an Indie film for fresh faces and talent. I like A24 who's films pop up on Apple+ and Amazon Prime.
David 2 years ago
This should surprise no one. Large movies / plays are for profit businesses, often with investors / company investing millions of dollars. Within the budget they have to work with - they create the product they think will produce the best return. That will often involve hiring a name(s) they know will sell tickets and/or avoiding an actor who has amazing on stage skills but is currently a pariah for something they said/did off camera.
#15
you can go to home depot, walk into the break room, grab a spare apron, write your name on it, and walk out with anything you want. staff isn't notified of new hires. just say you're taking s**t for curbside pickup. You can probably only do it once per location, but go nuts. also, staff is specifically instructed not to stop shoplifters.
home depot is anti-union and a s****y place to work, so f**k them.
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
It's not that Home Depot is anti-union that they have the policy of not stopping shoplifters. Every retail outlet has this policy. They say it's to protect YOU, but I'm reality it's to protect their backsides from lawsuits in case someone were to get a little overzealous in stopping a shoplifter. It's why you automatically lose your job in most places if you do decide to stop the shoplifter.
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
When I worked retail, they told us to just ask the person if they're going to purchase the item they're obviously trying to fit down their pants/shirt...They sometimes would throw down the item of just take off towards the exit with said item...I want to yell out "WHY ARE YOU RUNNING? I'm not allowed to chase you..." lol
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Jennifer_Crowley_Luci 2 years ago
This person is quite right for the most part. It was NOT allowed for you to take your apron home for this very reason LOL
HolyDiver 2 years ago
Breaking the law and stealing from someone because you don't like them. Tell me you're a horrible human without saying you're a horrible human.
Khandnalie E 2 years ago
They aren't streaming from someone though, they're stealing from a corporation. There's nothing ethically wrong with stealing from a corporation.
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Ace 2 years ago
And how do you think stealing from them will make anything better for their employees?
Khandnalie E 2 years ago
It won't, but it won't make anything worse either, so why not?
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Mad McQueen 2 years ago
I worked there. Unless there are people in the break room it's usually open an easy for someone to get an apron an put it on. You literally can get an apron. Put it on. Load a shopping cart. Forgo the electric tool section no one is ever available with the keys to unlock those and they go straight to the registers anyway regardless. That key person takes it there. But you could prob make a printed list off your computer and just load up. Get a can or suv person to be the customer and load it up. There are a few people who's job it is to load for customers. If someone stops you just say you are new an didn't know who to look for so you were helping out. Then put the cart away. Go to the breakroom and take the apron off and leave it. Then just go. Have your driver meet you at a diff location. Take your own car. You have nothing on you of their property. They can't touch you. And the apron is back where it belongs. Just don't say anything more than you're new and they gave you x apron.
Sue User 2 years ago
Watched to much CSI. First thing i saw was font keave the apron, it has fingerprint/dna evidence.
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Mark Karol-Chik 2 years ago
VERY s****y place to work. The company always claimed to be operating on a inverted pyramid, where the hourly employees steered the ship. Suuurrrre.......
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
This is why during holiday sales we would have a police officer posted at the main exits to sort of be door greeters but you know they're there to do the fun work when someone tries to steal.
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago (edited)
You did not just tell someone how to be a thief. If a business treats their staff rightly, they don't need a union. But stealing screws all of us. If it's OK for you to steal, it also OK to steal from you. No? Two wrongs do Not make it right.
#16
If you ask a Barkeeper to make you a strong drink they’ll say „sure thing“ - and make you a standard one.
Unless you’re a well tipping regular.
zak 2 years ago
If you want more booze, then order more booze. I mean, you can't go to a pizza place and order a small pizza and say "make it bigger" and then have them give you a large one for the same price.
Ms.GB 2 years ago (edited)
If I ask for it stronger I don't mind if they charge me more...as long as it's stronger. Maybe I should order a double?
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Lisa H 2 years ago
I just add less mixer so it tastes stronger, but just has the same amount of alcohol
Jig Jive 2 years ago
This is exactly what I want with a strong drink! Less mixer. If I want more booze I’ll get a double.
Load More Replies... Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 2 years ago
So so much this! Want it strong? Pay for a double or tip me well enough as a regular to earn it. Also. No bartender in history has been impressed or care about you trying to look cool ordering.
DippityDooDerp 2 years ago
I know a lot of bartenders, baristas, etc that get annoyed when people say "surprise me". When I say that I'm gonna tell you what I don't like because yes, I want you to surprise me. Make whatever. If I don't like it I'm not going to tell you and I'm going to drink it anyway
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I don't think they are legally allowed to make it stronger without charging for a double in Australia, because you can't count your drinks accurately if they do. Same reason, if they offer a double wine (lots of places don't), they have to have the marks on the side of the glass so they ad you know it the right amount.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
So true. A bartender isn't going to risk their job and the owner isn't parting with their profits. But both will give you the impression you're getting something for nothing.
#17
In animated shows in the US, even ones for adults, people riding bikes must always have helmets and people in cars must have seatbelts on if the car is moving. There's a department called Standards and Practices whose whole job is to prevent "imitatable violence" or other acts that children could imitate and be hurt from. This includes removing things like climbing into a washing machine (Lilo and Stitch on Disney+) or leaving the park with a stranger (early Sesame Street episodes.) Blood is a huge one, as are most body fluids - dogs can pee, but you can't show urine, and puke has to be a certain color or it won't pass. Fire is also one for preschool shows, apparently.
Lil Miss Hobbit 2 years ago
Actually makes sense. I had a friend dive off the couch onto her head because she wanted to be an Olympic diver when she grew up.🤷♀️
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
There's actually no threshold IQ requirement to be an olympic diver, so she has a shot.
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
I've heard this is the reason why cartoon violence is so wacky and exaggerated. Like, the characters can shoot each other with a bazooka since bazookas aren't easy to come by. But they never use, like, knives since knives are everywhere and the kids can get inspired.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
One thing most people from my generation didn't know is that Standards and Practices is mostly voluntary, not censorship.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Sorry, I drifted off. Just thinking about all the cartoons on Saturday morning when I was a kid in the late 50's and throughout the 60's. Looney Tunes showed murder, suicide, mayhem, and violence. We didn't have helmets or knee pads, and our parents had no way of contacting us until the street lights came on and we straggled home.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Wile E Coyote was my hero... he never gave up, always willing to try something new. Of course, I also identified with the irascible Foghorn Leghorn 😂
Load More Replies... WildHoneyPie 2 years ago
Yeah my husband's cousin wacked his brother over the head with a bottle because he'd just seen it in a cowboy movie. Lots of blood, stitches, etc. To be fair he probably would have hit him anyway.
Rebecca Joan 2 years ago
I think it’s weird when I see how other countries are about things the US is super uptight about. I was waiting for a connecting flight in Istanbul and there were two ppl and only one got on the flight. Also, no safety belts or restraints for kids in the Middle East. Just driving by with their kids hanging out the sunroofs and windows. Lol. Wild.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
I'm gonna guess there's significantly fewer drunk drivers there, though. Besides, it seems like in a lot of the Middle East, there are a number of more immediate safety concerns, though I'm just guessing on that.
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Bubbles and sparks 2 years ago (edited)
Yet guns are no problem at all, as are the creepiest monsters you see on Halloween.... Got no problem with dog pee or vommit though 😁
#18
Almost no plastic actually gets recycled. It ends up in landfills after sitting on barges because the market value is s**t.
wyngerd 2 years ago
And the rest on holland is transformed into electrical energy by burning it
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ScrapieChick 2 years ago
There was a documentary in the uk a few years back showing this fact, branded plastic bags and packaging people were faithfully separating out were ending up in India and South East Asian "storage depots" aka landfill or deforested land until the market worked in their favour. Made me sick to my stomach but dispite this I still seperate my household waste
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Same thing was happening in Australia because we had no actual recycling plants in Oz. Then South East Asian companies stopped taking it in, so it sat in warehouses and lots caught fire.
Load More Replies... Em 2 years ago
That depends on the country. In Sweden 87% of the plastic is used for energy and heat, and 10% is recycled. Only 1% ends up in landfills. (I don't know what the last 2% is)
David 2 years ago
Much of it does - far from all - YMMV locally. Some sources I see say about 30%. But some is better than none. Also a win for me is 'dump' I pay by the pound but I can drop off all my recycling for free (plastic, aluminum, tin, scrap paper, cardboard). By doing that and composting food waste in my woods I only need to make a 'dump run' once or twice a year.
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
Somebody better break the news to Plastic France floating out in the middle of the ocean.
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Mary August 2 years ago
Currently only 0.5 per cent of MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) is landfilled in Finland.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
This is probably true in many countries, because recycling is stille more expensive, than getting rid of it in landfills or incinerators. But keep separating, because there are already people that have found some ways to use it again, and they need the separated material.
#19
Politics is a lot less mean on the inside. I'm friends with many other staffers from the other party and most members get along/work together way more than the media wants you to think.
Oh, and if you think offices don't talk to each other, they do.
David H 2 years ago
I work in politics, and all the local Republican and Democrat leaders have each others private numbers, many are friends (except the month leading up to elections). They all run in the same circles. I remember when I was an intern in DC, there is a softball league of all the think tanks, and I remember when the Koch Institute (Charles Koch's private think tank) played against Center for American Progress (One of the most left-wing places), and not only were many of the people on both sides friends, but they would tease each other before the game (the Koch people burned a petagram with a picture of Charles Koch saying "Praise Satan" as a joke, and CAP people made s shrine to Marx and put incense in front of it kneeling as a joke. All before the game. Joking about how the other side views each other.) They are all friends, even the politicians. People in the know say AOC and Matt Gaetz are friends behind the scenes, they are caught meeting and talking all the time
Michelle C 2 years ago
I wonder: if that’s true, why don’t they just come out and admit that they get along better than we think they do? I have a feeling the truth would reassure a lot of people about the condition of the US- not to mention any other country in which this is happening- if so.
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
I don't know how anyone can look at our current political situation and say that. You are clearly not in one of the many groups that the Republicans are trying to annihilate.
Load More Replies... Karl Eric Sanzenbacher 2 years ago
Don Riegle was in congressman in the 1970s, and his memoir from that period described much the same thing. These people ARE human. Whether or not the people at Fox and MSNBC are is debatable.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I have exactly 0 faith in the mainstream media. I much prefer to get my news from independent sources.
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OWEN CASH 2 years ago
America essentially has a "Uni-party" government. Republicans & Democrats make decisions and pass laws that favor their wealthy donors (banks, corporations, etc.), not the majority of their supporters. Most people think I'm crazy when I say this.
Rostit . 2 years ago
Anyone who thinks you are crazy for thinking that is uneducated or lives with their head in the sand. Guess why the USA has no new gun control laws? Because Democrats need gun violence for ruling up their base. Republicans need the Democrats to do that to rile up their own base. Two of the same.
Load More Replies... Busy Panda 2 years ago
Nancy Pelosi and Paul Ryan are friends. Their families are close to each other. They never hide it. Even Paul Ryan said that Nancy's grandchildren like him. Obama and Biden are close friends with John McCain. McCain often visit the White House to talk with Obama. They even had a chair dedicated for him to use when hi visited. Obama and Biden also never hide this. Some people are level-headed enough to cast aside personal differences to collaborate. It's good that there are many people like that in the government.
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago (edited)
And the loud mouth conservatives act a whole 'nother way off camera and not so "conservative", either
Laura Price 2 years ago
I say it all the time that we aren't that different. At the end of the day we all want the same thing. There wasn't great divides like this before social media. Now if there's even the slightest hint you might lean to the right you're a maga racist homophobe and ifl you lean left your a LGBTQ fanatic, feminist granalola hippie. I hate it. I'm in theiddle, always have been and just sit here and look at everyone throwing stones and screaming the same thing in different ways
Rostit . 2 years ago
I follow the saying "I think gay married people should be able to protect their pot plants with guns"
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#20
When a guest is told their room that they booked has had to be taken offline due to a maintenance issue and they have been found a room in another hotel close by means the hotel f****d up and overbooked the hotel or the room has bed bugs.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Or they're vigorously cleaning up the blood from a suicide or crime scene.
Jana Spreemann 2 years ago
Bedbugs are really rare though, most of the time its overbooking. Hotels do hat for the Same reason Airlines Do - to male Sure they are 100% Sold even if there is no shows and cancellations.
Seadog 2 years ago
Had one in Myrtle Beach that sold our room shortly before we arrived because Alabama rolled in to town unannounced and all rates went up because suddenly there was more demand than there were rooms. So they refunded our room and resold it at twice the price. Of course they didn't tell us until we arrived. MB used to be a nice place to vacation, not anymore.
marianne eliza 2 years ago
Not always. We got a great upgrade when our hotel, 1 block from the beach in Puerto Vallarta, hadn't finished their remodel before our trip date. We got moved to a sister hotel right on the beach. And the room had more character and conveniences than what was planned for the remodeled one across the street. That was a good trip.
Amberlie Mikelsen 2 years ago
Sometimes, although fairly rare, it's not just the one room that has a "maintenance issue"; it's the whole building (bed bugs is a really good example here, cuz if they don't catch the problem within a day or two, it's already spread to the adjacent rooms and the whole floor within a week, and the whole hotel by the end of the month). As I mentioned, this situation is thankfully rare, but it does happen if the housekeeping staff isn't diligent about or know what to look for very specific issues (bed bugs, mold, I could probably go on, but character limits)
#21
Sometimes thermostats in offices are only there to make the occupants feel good. They appear to change the temperature but on the back end of the system they are locked out or limited to 1 or 2 degrees. This placebo keeps people happy because they have some control over their environment. Other times, the unit is just broken.
Jerry Wyant 2 years ago
I used to work in a place where the temps were controlled remotely off-site. Our thermostats would allow us only +/- 2 degrees. We revolted when we had a viciously cold spell and called to complain about the office temps. Their response of "Well, it's 68 here, so what's the problem?" enraged us all. Yes, Karen, it may be 68 there in San Diego, but it's friggin 47 degrees in our office right now. Fix it or we are going to start burning furniture to keep warm!!
Faith Donovan 2 years ago
Offices are set to where men are most likely to be comfortable. Most of the women I know keep a sweater or blanket at their desk year round because we get cold in the same Temps men prefer.
NOLAHusker 2 years ago
Actually, offices are set to the temperature that whoever runs the office likes it. There are frequently numerous zones in an office. There is a factor called "clothing factor" (CLO) for comfort measurement in ASHRAE standards. Men typically wear 1 CLO (pants, socks, shoes, long-sleeve shirt) to work. Many women wear 0.5 CLO (skirt, no socks, open shoes, strapped or short-sleeved shirt) to work. That's the primary reason women are more cold than men in the office. Additionally, as an HVAC designer, if 80% of the building's occupants are happy, that's considered an exemplary job. That means if a designer has done a great job, 20% of the building's occupants are not comfortable. There is a temperature/humidity window (low/high temp, low/high humidity) for human comfort on the psychrometric chart, but that is also altered by air movement, which is incredibly hard to predict because offices often change layout after the system has been designed (cubes move, desks move, etc).
Load More Replies... NOLAHusker 2 years ago
I am a former HVAC design engineer. We would place a non-energized, non-display slider thermostat (just says warmer/colder on it with a slider) in the office of a serial complainer after a few complaints that caused call-outs to the site after completion. They would never complain again.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Room temperature should be set for the machinery in use, whereas workers can dress accordingly. For example, computers don't run efficiently in temperatures over 80F/26.6C.
Seadog 2 years ago
Simple fix. Gat a small box that fits snuggly over the thermostat. Thermostats generate heat, not much, but it's enough to warm the inside of that little box and make it think it's much warmer in the building than it really is. In fact the AC will run until someone removes the box. In the winter, just stick a reusable ice pack in the box.
Lynn Morello 2 years ago
At least I know ours work, but ppl won't leave them alone, Often find them (5 in our area) all on different settings. rarely the same.
SmooshyFries 2 years ago
Thankfully we are able to move the temp up or down as needed where I work. As a gal in menopause, the hot flashes are wicked
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago
I have yet to work anywhere in an office that actually was reasonably comfortable everyday. It was " this side of the building is always cold / hot", or the ducts or vents or when it rains or Whatever. Seems so simple but guess not.
Captain Panda 2 years ago
In the old hem onc clinic I worked in, it was temp controlled. So if it was hot, AC would turn on. I figured this out and would place a hot or cold pack on it to cool or warm the place up! Worked for the 3 years I was there!
#22
People really DO listen to the recordings of your phone calls that “may be recorded for quality assurance and training purposes.” There’s an entire industry surrounding aggregating and analyzing the data from those calls and how they went from a compliance and QC perspective.
zak 2 years ago
This is only partially true, because most places don't listen to every single call. The company I work for listens to 10 calls per month from each agent, unless there's a specific complaint/issue that necessitates a specific call being reviewed.
Sheri Muntean 2 years ago
There's actually algorithms that analyze them now, so people don't have to be involved. It's pretty fascinating.
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H M 2 years ago
Mainly it's to harass the call centre staff, not cause they care about the customer though.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Wife called to cancel Dish service after seeing bill increase to $90 (US) for basic service. gets phone tree, says "I am cancelling" human comes on immediately.
zak 2 years ago
Whenever I call my TV or internet company, or really any company that I have service with, I always say "cancel my service" in the menu. That routes your call to the customer retention department, and they are the ones who can give you the best discounts/etc. Plus, like you said, it usually gets your call answered right away instead of waiting on hold. 😁👍
Load More Replies... Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
As long as I don't need to listen to my own stupid-sounding voice I'm good
Isabel Care 2 years ago
So someone might actually hear the raspberries I blow when I am told this on calls
Bubbles and sparks 2 years ago
I hate it when you call customerservice to fix a problem and they didn't/couldn't, but you get a call asking to rate the person you talked to 🤷♀️ I always give them the highest rate possible, even if the problem takes a week to get solved.
Karen Philpott 2 years ago
The best idea as a caller is to talk to someone as if someone else will listen in. So don't threaten violence or anything else. You can however let them know that you'll take any concerns you contacted them about, but which you don't think they've sorted, to any relevant authorities or if you're in New Zealand to a consumer help programme called Fair Go.
#23
That product you purchased a few months ago that's been on backorder that you called about the other day?
Uh...it's not still on backorder. Well, it is, but we had to reorder it because it came in the other day and no one put your name on it and it got sold. Sorry.
ScrapieChick 2 years ago
I worked in handling and logistics for years, that's bad stock management, not all companies work that way.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
No it isn't ... it's in the back ... check there 🙄 ... just kidding
Seadog 2 years ago
Back orders now are a joke. Things that never went on BO before 2020 now stay on BO for a year. Sorry, but there's now way any supply chain issue causes a gasket to be on BO for a year. Either put your supplier on the spot or pull the account and find a new supplier. Watch how fast they fill orders when faced with losing the account of a major manufacturer.
Bubbles and sparks 2 years ago
Lol, or a courier service that refuses to deliver your order at the local post office because you only have a PO-box because you live in the middle of nowhere... They actually send you a message telling you the address is wrong and they couldn't reach you, both are lies... Than you can drive for an hour and a half to go pick it up at their office... In Spain where we live, so far that is Nacex, Pack and DHL... Good thing I like driving, but sometimes I just want to wack them, hard, over the head, just with my bare hand because hammers aren't allowed 😂
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Mistakes happen. Be a grown up and deal with it. However, if it happens again with the same company, best start shopping around for another distributor.
#24
Hospitals are f*****g disgusting
David Clarke 2 years ago
You want to go into the labs (I worked many all Iver the country as a field engeneer). I've seen public toilets and portal loos cleaner than them!
The_one_on_the_left 2 years ago
Hmm portal loos... Magic places that teleport sh!t?😂
Load More Replies... Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
As a doctor can confirm. And you wouldn't know how many times we fûck up or make shît up as we go. And most would ever admit to not knowing something, even if it's practically impossible to know everything there is in medicine
Ladedah 2 years ago (edited)
True, nobody knows everything... but there are certainly some that are more likely to 'not know' than others and definitely more likely to bs their way through at a patient's expense. I'm an RN at a teaching hospital and have told my husband on more than one occasion that "If I'm ever hospitalized and unable to make my wishes known, I do NOT want [insert name of academic resident team]." Everybody's got to learn, but ours often miss some major issues, order unnecessary tx, and end up prolonging people's stays way longer than they should. There have been a number of mistakes I've pointed out that could have resulted in serious problems; I'm experienced, so I catch these before they reach the patient... but we're mostly made up of brand new nurses and travelers now and I dont know how likely many of them would be to recognize (or care enough to mention) such issues. Sorry residents... while you're good people trying to do your best, you wont ever be learning at the expense of my body, time, or dime. :(
Load More Replies... Blondie23 2 years ago
This is the reason why I have had several family members that were dying chose to die at home. I remember when I was in the hospital having my baby and after 2 days I begged my doctor to send me home despite having had a c-section. I told him I would recover better at home and I did!
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
The hospitals in the US are generally clean. At least they appear to be but when I had to go to the hospital in Belarus I was blown away at how gross it was.
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
when my BF was in the hospital i accidentally left a trail of mud so when i was at his room i took my shoes off. Nurses totally lost their sh!t and said nothing more disgusting and dirty than a hospital floor. Also i used to "clean" a general practice office. Can confirm: NASTY.
Keisha Washington 2 years ago
If you cleaned the office and it was still NASTY. You didn't clean it then, did you?
Load More Replies... Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
I remember being wheeled into an OR and noticing how disgusting and dirty the light fixtures were. Doesn't an OR need to be clean?
Ladedah 2 years ago (edited)
Should definitely be immaculate in the OR. Ours are decent from what I recall, but there are always odd exceptions to every rule that make you think 'WTF?' I remember some time back when we got a post-op patient up from PACU just LOADED with headlice (the multiple-boxes-of-NIX and hours-of-combing kind of loaded)... the patient came with them from home (obviously), but it bewilders me to this day how the patient got all the way through pre-op, OR, and PACU without anyone noticing. A bunch of headlice crawling around when you're open on the table is probably not the best situation for infection prevention. Get rid of your bugs before surgery people, the doc's & nurses won't always notice your infestation ahead of time... and - if they do - I bet you're not going to be real excited about the last-minute reschedule.
Load More Replies... Faith Donovan 2 years ago
I think there are some infections you can only get in a hospital, if someone can confirm?
Roger9er 2 years ago
I work in a hospital for 25 years and I can confirm that: The 4 most common hospital infections are symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs), POWIs (Post Operative Wound Infections), pneumonia and primary sepsis (blood poisoning).
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Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
Have you ever asked how often the curtains between beds are cleaned? How about the doctor's necktie? When our son had to go into the hospital, we lysoled every possible surface and asked everyone who entered the room to sanitize their hands (and stethoscopes).
Janet L 3 weeks ago
Most hospitals use disposables where possible, including paper bed curtains.
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#25
One of my funniest secrets as a teacher is using a 'magic word' that makes all my students immediately stop making noise and pay attention to me. That word is 'cookies'! When I say it, everyone instantly freezes and looks at me expecting me to get a tasty snack out of my bag. Of course, I don't always get cookies, but it helps me keep control in class and make learning more interesting and fun.
Rodney McKay 2 years ago
If this works more than once, there's no point in trying to teach those students anything.
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
It works many times. The cookie reward is only given sporadically. The children will be quiet because they anticipate which time will be rewarded
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
I used a different word - "Quiz". And I was known as a man of my word, too.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I've never used this, I don't think it would work that often. We do 'hand on top, that means stop', 'one, two, three, eyes on me' or a clapping rhythm everyone has to clap back, because a single word doesn't work but combining it with a rhyme or action seems to. Obviously not always, especially if you have students with challenging behaviours.
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
The cookie reward is only given sporadically. The children will be quiet because they anticipate which time will be rewarded
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freakingbee (they/them) 2 years ago
we did this in third grade but my teacher kept changing the word so it didn't really work
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
You are right. This strategy only works if the teacher is consistent.
Load More Replies... Danish Susanne 2 years ago (edited)
I once had a teacher who would ask if anyone could tell him the answer to "some difficult question". Result instant silence.
marianne eliza 2 years ago (edited)
What ne/she doesn't mention is that all his/her pupils are dogs.
Kevin Felton 2 years ago
I read a study that said rats who are rewarded everytime they perform an action are less likely to repeat the action than rats who are rewarded intermittently. The lesson was making a point about addictive behaviors in regard to slot machines, but it sounds like it applies here as well.
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
The cookie reward is only given sporadically. The children will be quiet because they anticipate which time will be rewarded
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#26
Shutting down a nuclear plant is far easier than you think (or the movies have you believe). I know of a dozen ways I can shut down our plant -- none of which require access to the control room. My favorite one was someone closing a 3/8" valve on the roof of a building, causing a plant trip. The hard part is keeping a plant running! Everything is so finely balanced that it takes very little to shut it down.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Idk why the bad rap on these plants, honestly............. lessest of many evils imo
CP 2 years ago
Pop culture and misunderstanding of technology. Big bombs having the same name doesn't help either. It is really frustrating though.
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Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
I'd much rather live next to a nuclear plant than a coal fired one.
Judes 2 years ago
l live under a solar farm (i.e., my solar panels on my roof). I wouldn't want to live under a nuclear or coal plant.
Load More Replies... Faith Donovan 2 years ago
I live very close to the plant with the largest used fuel rod storage in the country. I've been here over 20 years, no issues. A lot of the bad rap for nuclear power is propaganda from coal and oil lobbies.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Time to make lobbying illegal and reverse citizens united, enough of this shìt
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
Yes if you are talking about scramming the reactor. More involved if trying to shut down properly / deal with residual heat after shutdown. One of my pet peeves is when the script has everyone freaking out that the reactor is "about to go critical!". LOL That literally just means it is running in a balanced way. == "'Critical' is the term used to describe a reactor state in which the number of neutrons being produced equals the number being absorbed, which in turn produces the same number of neutrons. In other words, when the reactor is critical, it is operating at steady-state."
Christopher Denney 2 years ago
It's people doing the WRONG thing to keep it running, or disabling safeties that causes problems. But yes, shutting them down is one of the easiest possible things to do, by design.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Yes! I worked with someone who used to be a nuclear power plant operator for many years. He used to shut down the plant a different way every single time. Until a boss caught him at it, and fired him for not following proper procedure.
#27
I no longer work there, but I try to spread this info every time, because it helps the bottom-line.
AutoZone: Return-swaps (when you return an item you previously bought, for a different item) and warranty-swaps (a warranty item is damaged and swapped out for a new one) count as sales.
AutoZone's warranty policy covers ANY damage *taps a baseball bat against the counter* aside from general use wear and tear. *drops a hammer on the floor* Whoops, how clumsy of me.
All I'm saying is it would be a real shame if your used break pads got snapped in half, by accident. Something about Auto Zone break pads... They're the same as the ones in every other store, and at the dealership, but they somehow keep coming back snapped in half, just before they're worn down into the "red zone." Oh well, gotta honor the warranty.
So would you like a warranty on those break pads, sir or ma'm?
Seabeast 2 years ago
How does this person work in an automotive store and not know how to spell "brakes"?
Grover Kidd 2 years ago
I just spoke your sentence into my phone, and it spelled the last word "breaks". I'll bet it did the same for them.
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Kevin Felton 2 years ago
I used to have a 92 ranger that would eat starters. Every couple months I'd have to replace one. It got to the point where I always parked on a hill so I could pop start it, go to the parts store, and swap it out in the parking lot. Anyway I bought my first one from Autozone and I would always go there to get a warranty swap. I must've went through 10 damn starters in four years and only ever paid once.
Thatkamloopsguy 2 years ago
Learn how to spell. And brake pads do not snap in half. Good luck snapping that thick steel plate behind the actual pad.
Seadog 2 years ago (edited)
I no longer work there either but one thing I always told every customer. Make a copy of your receipt. It's printed on thermal paper and will fade out after a year or so (sooner if kept in the car) and AutoZone erases the warranty files every few years. So without that copy, you can forget your warranty. Even with the receipt, they may still give you grief. I learned after I left, following their warranty purge, they denied the warranty on all parts sold to all commercial accounts. That cost that store about 30K/mo in commercial sales because the garages took their business to O'Reilly's. That was 2008 and that stores sales are still down.
John Smith 2 years ago
But break pads are supposed to break. Why is it so hard for people, even in the damn INDUSTRY, to understand the difference between brake and break?
#28
When I fix your car there is no magic plunger to magically suck the dents out. I have to do lots of stuff.
Boris Long-Johnson 2 years ago
PDR is pretty magic - although usually rods to push rather than plungers to pull.
Christopher Denney 2 years ago
I have seen a suction based dent repair device used, of course you have to buff out the paint damage, and/or repaint it.
Seadog 2 years ago
And listen to the body shops advice about what to do and not do. Do NOT take your car through an automatic car wash or use a high pressure hose on it for at least 6 months. Girl took my dad to court because the paint came off. She used a pressure washer on it 1 week after painting. Dad offered to repaint it and she still took him to court. Judge wasn't pleased with her wasting the courts time. On the other hand, he painted a fiberglass car which had spiderweb cracks in the glass over the entire car (that's what fiberglass does). Car looked great after feather filling the whole car. Dad told him it will return and to sell it quick while it still looks good and the guy did.
Laura Price 2 years ago
Lol this is me as a dog groomer. Work your magic! You mean brush out all the stuff you were to lazy to do over the last 8 weeks? I have no magic tools or potions, I get everything from Amazon I just put in the work.
James Bishop 2 years ago
Hot water works wonders on fiberglass......it's basically a magical plunger.....
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Oh yeah? Then explain this: https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3403922/hilarious-video-shows-a-woman-fix-a-dent-in-her-car-using-just-a-sex-toy/
#29
Your mobile telco runs a lot of telemetry on their networks and already knows about the issue you're experiencing. It'll get fixed when it's worthwhile to do so. Running a call centre and accepting coverage or speed complaints is a PR exercise and regulatory requirement. These complaints never make their way to engineering.
ScrapieChick 2 years ago
What annoys me more is the data usage charges. Your provider only has to pay for the initial connection not the amount of data you consume e.g. it costs them no more for you to spend 3 hours doom scrolling through social media (if you remain connected to the network) that it does for you to spend 30 seconds checking your bank balance. If this has changed I am happy to be corrected but you'll use a lot of data searching for info
David 2 years ago
Logic says it has changed (or was never fully true). Cell towers - and also cable lines - can only carry so much bandwidth. T-Mobile and others spend millions / billions of dollars adding more bandwidth so they can sell to more customers. The physical requirements necessary to move all that data do not magically disappear the moment the user connects.
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Seadog 2 years ago
And turn off that 5G c**p. It doesn't work, 4G is 10x faster and the basic coverage was better. My 4G phone, good signal. my %g worked the same until 5G went live, now it's says no connection 50% of the time in the exact same location where 4G works. I've never met anyone who said 5G was better. Most people I know turned it off on their phone if it let them, the rest wish they could.
Karen Philpott 2 years ago
Depends on where, what country and which Telco you're working with.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
My internet comes to me on a wire strung across the road in front of my house. High loads tore it down three times in six months. One call each time had a truck there that day for repairs. One visit to the power company got my power line raised a foot so that the internet line (which cannot cross the road above the power line) could be raised. I'[m pretty impressed with the service.
#30
You would probably not eat out so much if you could see what is going on behind a wall in the kitchens of most food establishments.
Beth H 2 years ago
I don't know about this one. I've spent almost 30 years working in restaurants and the vast majority are super duper clean. Even the smaller or more casual places have had really high cleanliness standards.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
I agree, I was a very high end Chef (at Michelin level for the last 10 years of my career) and most of the places I've worked at in a 38 year career in catering Worldwide have been, if not spotless, certainly very, very clean. There have been exceptions over the years of course, especially when I worked freelance, with a couple of stand out places that I actively worked with local Environmental Health Departments to have shut down because of serious concerns over both Health and Safety and Food Safety issues (one of these got prosecuted and the owner jailed because of the condition of his business).
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Phil Green 2 years ago
I worked in kitchens for almost forty years and I can assure you, you could probably eat off of the floor of most of them. Whoever posted this has either worked in some pretty sh***y places or doesn't like chefs.
Shane S 2 years ago
Regardless, pay food workers a livable wage. Yes, I want someone flipping burgers to make good money. I WANT them to care about my food.
Pattie B 2 years ago
This is totally atypical based on my subsequent restaurant experience, but the first place I worked in was so bad that they had to put shields above the prep area because maggots kept falling out of the ceiling into the food. I'd've quit but I was only fifteen and my parents wouldn't let me. Definitely never ate there though lmao.
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
My sister has frequently to "surprise strip search/house raid" companies, among them restaurants (Germany, medium sized city, police officer specialized in fraud networks.). She has seen 90% of her city's es restaurants kitchen: " I'd eat in maybe five of 50 and know 10 where I will never eat again."
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
I deliver parcels, sometimes I have to deliver at the back door (sometimes 🤢). Only once I had to go "from front to back door" via the kitchen. Hm, they cook/chop vegetables different than Germans. I avoided it for some time. (Who am I to judge? I've been working as a cook in a big, "rustic medieval food&entertainment company", touring fairs and festivals and Christmas markets for 6years. Employees were fully trained in hygiene, our hiring HR guy was a cook himself who immediately fired "gross people". I prided myself in getting to know about food hygiene as much as possible.)
Load More Replies... Khandnalie E 2 years ago
Nah, this ain't even true. I've worked kitchens, and the cleanliness standards in a professional kitchen are generally way higher than in any home kitchen. Like, I am still kind of upset that three compartment sinks and quat sanitizer aren't standard in all home kitchens. It's really nice knowing that the dish you're eating on is clean *and* sanitized. Besides that, the fridge at your local restaurant is almost certainly cleaner than yours. Their cooks wash their hands more often than you do. And they do deep cleaning more often than any home kitchen. So nah, I stand by my kitchen comrades.
Martin John 2 years ago
I've heard that the cleanliness of the restaurant's bathrooms are a pretty good indicator of how clean the kitchen is!
#31
You probably don't need a new personal computer, it probably just needs to be repaired (OS re-install) or something relatively simple like its memory upgraded. Selling new ones is far simpler and more profitable, though.
Dani M 2 years ago
When I replaced my laptop it had 10years on it and was missing parts of its casing. There really wasn't anything to save. Got another Lenovo and hoping for an equally long run.
Vedette Aecus 2 years ago
I buy used Lenovos and only have to replace when the old hardware can't run the new OS.
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Garth 2 years ago
I do lots of upgrades (more memory, SSD drives,) and reloads as a side job. I have extended the lives of many o!der computers and save my customers money. Microsoft said because of Windows 11 everyone is going to want buy a new computer. Seriously? Just after Covid and a bad economy? Oh and don't fall for that tower computer at a big box store. All you are doing is buying a box of air. The small desktop models have the same power.
Seadog 2 years ago (edited)
I've got laptops that people tossed out years ago and they still work just fine. Not going to game on them but for basic everyday use, they work just fine. They're fast enough to stream a movie or videos on. I've got others that are slower that I still keep on 24/7 running a distributive computing program. Less power consumption per result than a desktop and if it buys the farm, it's no real loss. Desktops are easy to refurb.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Computer CPUs aren't getting faster, hard drives aren't getting bigger. But software is getting bulkier, and computer batteries die. I've had my present desktop computer with OS reinstall twice and RAM and HDD upgraded once.
#32
Elevator door close buttons do not work like you think they do. ADA specifies how long doors must stay open before closing to allow access for persons with disabilities.
Ace 2 years ago
US-specific, In many parts of the world the standard opening time is far too long but the close button will have immediate effect and override it.
Seadog 2 years ago
I've been on some elevators that unless you push the close button, you're going to just stand there. They might close after 60 seconds but certainly not in less
Load More Replies... Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
But it feels good to hurriedly press the close button when you see someone sprinting for the elevator, then make an apologetic face when the door shuts in there face 😇
Carrie Little 2 years ago (edited)
The close button in the elevator at my job works immediately. I was surprised the first time I tried it bc I'd just heard that they didn't.
#33
If you want an upgraded room, just give the front desk a nice tip while asking.
Keep you door latches shut whenever possible, another guest or staff could walk into your room at anytime. It doesn't matter how high class the hotel it happens all the time.
People die in hotels all the time
Bed bugs are very common occurrences
You never actually book a specific room, you only book a number on a spreadsheet
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
"People die in hotels all the time" I hope you didn't work in the Advertising Department.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
I'd tell you about the morgues on two of the cruise ships I worked on having more spaces than the hospital did but I suspect it'd put a few off cruising ......
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Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
I got bed bugs from a hotel once. Took me two years, several brands of spray, and a lot of diatomaceous earth to get rid of them.
Load More Replies... PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
I saw my works spreadsheet at reception while signing out today, it was confusing 😆 I’m not in reception
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
I heard somewhere if you die in a hotel, they take away the mattress (which I approve of). Not sure if that's true or not.
#34
Climate change is way beyond the tipping point. Hold on tight y'all.
Will Cable 2 years ago
It is annoying when you get the 'holier than thou' lot who demand everyone else should stop doing x,y,z and yet do all the things and more, The ones who say we all should switch to solar and wind power, drive electric cars but then it turns out they live in a property with zero insulation drive vehicles that use fuel as fast as a rocket launch, take 4/5 holidays a year and don't even recycle and don't even have as much as a solar calculator never mind heating/power.
marcelo D. 2 years ago
You mean like how all the rich and powerful keep going to international meeting to reduce emitions, or give speech about how to be green while traveling by private planes that pollute more than most people do in a lifetime?
Load More Replies... C.O. Shea 2 years ago
No one seems to consider how many resources are consumed to make those shiny Teslas. Derp!
Arturo De la Rosa 2 years ago
Tesla's are hardly the problem, nor are they meant to be a solution
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Andrew Parsons 2 years ago
The issue is not with the individual for climate change. A million people can drive electric cars and all that good is immediately offset by one private jet launch. No matter how much is done, offsetting the damage done by corporations is impossible
Arturo De la Rosa 2 years ago
People often overestimate how much corporations actually pollute, truth is that a large porcentage of those emissions are escencial for our life, around 70% for example comes from agriculture, which is as essential as it can get. The reason why policies focus on private individuals emissions is because they are largely wasteful and non essential. You can walk to your office job, rather than moving a 2 ton chunk of steel , it would make little difference. but the food people can't send the food to you without putting in a big truck. and you need the food to live.
Load More Replies... Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
And there are still people being elected to powerful offices all over the world saying it's a scam and thwarting any effort to address the issue.
WonderWoman 2 years ago
That doesn't mean we should stop all efforts to change it, there may be a way we just haven't discovered yet, and we sure as heck don't want to speed things up.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the great broad land.
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iBlank 2 years ago
Some painful changes are certainly coming and we're experiencing them already. Population growth is the world's biggest threat IMHO. The Earth is already vastly over-populated, even if population growth broke even it wouldn't be enough. It starts with education, but I think that vasectomies and tubal ligation should be cost-free procedures, and required after a 2nd child.
Anne 2 years ago
Polution induced climate change yes. The world would regularly change it's climate due to natural events, but we are messing up everything, thus disturbing the world's natural changes. But do hold on tight. With Spanish farmers not able to sow a lot of food prices will increase drastically - even more than they already have. The grains in the US failed, but they used to supplement with.. Russian and Ukranian grains.. guess who's not delivering.. Either.. It will get messy. Just scoop up an extra bag of flour if you can now.
David Paterson 2 years ago
"tipping point" is a nasty myth. What they actually mean is "optimum". We haven't reached optimum global warming yet. More CO2 will still result in higher crop yields, faster wild forest growth, more whale and fish feeding grounds, double cropping, greater biodiversity, less frost damage. There is an optimum that we don't want to exceed, but we're not there yet, and it isn't a "tipping point".
Dan Holden 2 years ago (edited)
Well Dr ViolaViolà. I'm curious, how long have you been studying climate science? Do have some studies you can cite, or are you just giving us your opinion on the matter?
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#35
Actors at every level are all a bit crazy. I honestly think you have to be to do that job. It can range from quirky/nice crazy to full blown god-complex crazy.
Amy Taylor 2 years ago
I've been a film and TV makeup artist for over 30 years.... I'd say a good percentage of them are actually really cool people, but the bad ones? Flat out abusive.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Acting consists of being someone you're not. So schizophrenics start out with a distinct advantage.
#36
That a lot of the buildings you go into are comically unsafe, designed by engineers without much oversight and built as cheaply as they can get away with/hide. And a lot of buildings are perfectly safe and so over engineered that they could survive a nuclear explosion and be open the next day. And it’s almost impossible for the public to tell the difference
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
Another wonder of capitalism. Basically every building you walk into has been built by someone who offered to build it for the cheapest.
Ace 2 years ago
Yeah, of course, cos this only happens in capitalist countries, right? Wrong. In much of the world it's the endemic corruption and bribery throughout that causes problems, often on a much larger scale than you're used to (in the US, I presume).
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
In my country, over engineered is the norm. Except for earthquakes. One average sized earthquake would destroy civilization, here.
Seadog 2 years ago
Sad thing is, in many cases the price between ok and best is minimal and sometimes cheaper. But people assume better is more. Recently renovated a 1920 bungalow. Spray foam insulation for the 6-8" wall was $400 less than using 4" batt insulation and we didn't have to touch it. Turned out so well, I had my roof spray foamed (I had 12" of cellulose blown insulation before) and my power bill dropped $200/mo. Having the work done cost $5200
#37
We don't read your Cover Letters :)
Faith Donovan 2 years ago
I'd rather have to write a cover letter than manually enter all the same data from my resume, which also has to be attached.....
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
When I was job-hunting, what really p***ed me off was having to fill in all the info that was already on my blooming resume.
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The Cuckoo 2 years ago
It depends on the role, but Senior Manager or Director and higher if I don’t have a cover letter your resume is thrown out.
BarBeeGirl 2 years ago
Former government executive here -- you bet we read them and we expect you to point us to where in your CV you meet each and ever item on the statement of qualifications. I don't want to read your whole CV; I just need to know you're qualified for the job I'm staffing
Sarah Schumm 2 years ago
I got my dream job with the shortest cover letter ever. After filling out the huge online application, my internet went out or something and it didn’t save. I went through the whole thing again and thought “ F- it it’s a long shot anyway no one is going to see this” and wrote “I think what you’re doing is really cool, if you want to see a girl with calipers in her hands and a smile on her face, give me a call” it was a startup at the time, and I found out later our notoriously hands on CEO read every cover letter, and it probably landed me the interview.
Erica Knapp 2 years ago
Lol I don't apply for jobs that want one... that's what an interview is for lol
#38
When a press release mentions a quote from the CEO of a company, a PR person made that quote up. CEOs can’t be bothered to provide generic “we’re very excited for this new chapter for our company” quotes every time something happens
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Next you'll be telling us that politicians don't write their own speeches or read the laws they pass.
David 2 years ago
Unless it is the amazingly dumb lies Elon Musk tells. I'm pretty sure those come straight from the horse's a..s Hyperloop is easy! We already have self driving cars that can go coast to coast with no hands on. Everything he has ever said about Twitter's blue check mark and the new rule of the week.
#39
I'm a lawyer, I currently work in employment law. The price of a lawyer can be entirely dependent on your case. If you have a very strong case and with a high likelihood that it will be paid out in a significant amount of money, then chances are a lawyer will be willing to take it on at a low retainer or even on a contingency basis (as in they don't get paid until the case is resolved and they only get paid part of the judgment/settlement).
If a lawyer is going to charge you a lot of money upfront or request a high retainer that means the case may either be not as strong as you think it is, or the chances it gets paid out will be somewhat small. Sometimes it might be because the defendant doesn't have that much money to pay it out (for example a smaller business with small assets, or a business with an HR department that followed the guidelines to a T and acted well enough to dismiss themselves from the lawsuit meaning Dave from accounting will be solely responsible for the judgment).
But yeah, if you make a post on Reddit and all the commenters are saying "You have a strong case, go to a lawyer and get paid." And then the lawyer wants to charge you a high fee upfront, take this advice into consideration. I always try to be upfront and straight with all clients about the fee arrangement and will even bluntly tell them the reason I am charging a $5,000 retainer as opposed to working on a contingency basis is that either it is a weaker case or a case unlikely to end in paid judgment.
David H 2 years ago (edited)
nearly all lawyers charge a retainer, average is 2500-5000, if a lawyer doesn't charge a retainer, it usually is a redflag that they are working on bulk contingency and the quality is very low. And actually many of the strongest cases do not work on contingency, most top lawyers don't want to deal with all the legal paperwork. What you want to see if what they are asking for on contingency, if they want a high percentage, it means they are unsure of how much will get paid out, so if it is low, they will still get a nice amount, if the percentage is low, it means a strong case. Maybe it this persons one narrow field of employment law that is the case, but every other area it is not, I deal with lawyers daily in my work
Seadog 2 years ago
Every lawyer I know charges 5K up front regardless of what your case is. They're all crooks and if they're also a politician they're even worse.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
All of the lawyers I have worked with (a few but not too many) just charged by the hour and the retainer was just an up front payment on hours expected to be worked. My ex wife did use a contingency lawyer when she got rear ended by a semi truck and I think that worked out "OK-ish" but don't know all the details. The same guy was her divorce lawyer and he didn't exactly shine there. But I think she pulled out in front of the semi truck so I always felt sort of sorry for the truck driver. (but also glad my young children were not killed because I saw the car after the wreck. Holy sh...t car seats help ya'll)
Fabian Bernard 2 years ago (edited)
Only needed one once for a job issue ( abusive firing) He told me he'll take 10% of what we'll win in the trial, or else nothing. Won 12000€ in 2005, ( so he took 1200€) using the fastest strategy to get an audience,so I guess he was good and honest. The year after, same kind of problem for my mom, she won 70000€
Catastrophisticate 2 years ago
This applies to litigation matters, for sure. Our firm does mostly real estate, corporate and commercial, some wills and estates... we rarely ask for retainers. Especially in real estate - the bill is paid automatically on closing the transaction, either from the funds you brought in for your purchase or from the proceeds of the sale or mortgage. Good piece of advice for dealing with lawyers: They are legally required to update you if there are any new developments in your case or matter. Every time you call or email to ask if there's any news, they WILL bill you (and should) and it will only eat up your retainer for nothing.
#40
I’ve learned this applies to basically every industry.
But almost every brand of filter is made by 1 of 3 manufacturers.
Ford doesn’t make their own filters, neither does CAT or John Deer or any of the OE’s.
Big 3 being Baldwin, Donaldson, Fleetguard. Baldwin having the most market share. Carquest is also made by Parker hannifin.
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
How about Fram, Royal Purple or some other brand I've actually heard of?
MiniMagz 2 years ago
Brand and Manufacturer are 2 different things. 1 manufacturer can make the same product marked with different brand names.
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Mary Kelly 2 years ago
the same is true for many things, from timing lights to paint...same for housebrand groceries...often the internal parts are the same, but there are small changes to the exterior or packaging
#41
Most small, liberal arts colleges and universities are governed by boards dominated by right-wingers. Don't believe me? Pick your favorite university, go to the 'About Us' section and look up their board, then start plugging names into opensecrets.org and see who they donate to. Remember that the next time you hear right wingers whining about how "liberal" and "woke" colleges are, and know that they are only that way *because their governing boards support it*.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Much as I hate to admit it, I often think "these people can't die off fast enough"
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I doubt we'll like their heirs any better. Imagine Donald Trump jr. as president.
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The GOP adores left wing college students, they want to nurture them and protect them, so they can later point at them and say "OMG! FUD! Never fear I will protect you from thinking!" to their base.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Please, please, please tell us you don't vote!
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Financial institution here. Our entire operating budget is covered by the overdraft fees we collect.
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
Tbh: financial institutions know that a fee-based business must end. It’s on our roadmap. We also pay fees, so in your court!
Seadog 2 years ago
I've worked for 2 banks. Banks have more ways of taking your money than you can dream of and it's getting worse. Overdraft fees? They're not that much of a banks operating budget. Most recent notification from my bank concerning mortgage rates. Recently raised to 8.49%. That is absurd for a mortgage. Mine is locked in at <3%. But what do they pay you if you put money in savings? Less than 1%. Then there's the fee they charge for locking your rate when applying for a loan and then the fees they charge to do the job they're being paid to do such as 5K to fill out and process the loan. Just plain crooks. At least Jessie James carried a gun.
#43
No one knows what they are doing. No one produces anything of value. Whenever something important does come up, there are several meetings spanning weeks, and it's passed around until someone is forced to work on it.
I've overheard managers complain about how no one reads anything that's actually being produced and if our branch shut down nothing of value would be lost. And I agree. The more time I've spent in this job, the more I realize it's just a house of cards.
#44
The National Energy Code isn't a code, it's just a suggestion.
There's no "energy police" or anyone enforcing it. (There probably should)
NOLAHusker 2 years ago
That's incorrect. The IECC is enforced by local building officials, as long it was adopted by their jurisdiction (usually at the state level). Source: guy who designed HVAC systems for decades (me).
DarkJuggler 2 years ago
Actually, NEC compliance is checked when you submit for a new building permit.
What do you think ?
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i work as a cleaner. "it doesnt have to be clean, it has to LOOK clean"
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Glad to know I've been cleaning like a pro since I was a teen!
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John Smith 2 years ago
Bleaching ruins the enamel and can cause cancer. White teeth are NOT natural.
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Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i work as a cleaner. "it doesnt have to be clean, it has to LOOK clean"
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Glad to know I've been cleaning like a pro since I was a teen!
Load More Replies... John Smith 2 years ago
Bleaching ruins the enamel and can cause cancer. White teeth are NOT natural.
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