Bhu, you seriously need to chronicle that shit and release your own sitcom.
Bhu, you seriously need to chronicle that shit and release your own sitcom.
Our liaison with the client was confirmed fired today, so we now have no idea who our emergency contact is. Client also fired a supervisor because he sent a picture of his balls superimposed over the solar eclipse to his gf. Unfortunately, he sent it from his work phone so everyone on his work list somehow got it...
And some fool discharged a sodium based ABC fire extinguisher fucking every where and the supervisors were all in a tizzy trying to get me to find out the safe way to clean it. Turns out the proper answer is 'a broom'.
That does not sound like a good vacation!Hahaha well considering it started more than a week ago, the beginning parts were pretty great. It was on Saturday that the situation started to go downhill.
That does not sound like a good vacation!Hahaha well considering it started more than a week ago, the beginning parts were pretty great. It was on Saturday that the situation started to go downhill.
EDIT: I will grant you that it wasn't a very relaxing vacation. We took 2 small children to Disney...
I wouldn't blame them for dumping her in a hellhole retirement home. No guilt to be had.
Nytemare, what kind of psychiatric help have you guys sought regarding her abuse? It would be best to remove her from interaction entirely.
Ah, crap. So you too live in a place with no available free psych clinics...
Ah, crap. So you too live in a place with no available free psych clinics...
'Murica!
Ah, crap. So you too live in a place with no available free psych clinics...Every area in America is required to have a community service board but they're not free. They do take Medicaid.
'Murica!
Actually a lot of cities have city run mental health facilities that are for low income people, although I wouldn't know if any are near you.
My two best homebrewing friends are busy dealing with shenanigans and MIA.
That's it. That's what's bothering me...I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK!!!
Oh and I twisted my ankle at work. Have to wear a brace and use crutches for at least the next 5 days. :bigeyes
Actually a lot of cities have city run mental health facilities that are for low income people, although I wouldn't know if any are near you.And they are so full of people the ones that need it can't get in.
Actually a lot of cities have city run mental health facilities that are for low income people, although I wouldn't know if any are near you.And they are so full of people the ones that need it can't get in.
Private mental health facilities also charge upwards of three thousand dollars per day or more (3k is just the highest around here), people can involuntarily land a 96 hour hold for evaluation, most of them are actually a danger to the patients trapped within rather than some form of treatment, and to ensure insurance payouts everything is charted in such as way to make it seem like you needed to be there which has lasting repercussions on further treatment.
Also there is no such thing as free. Medicaid which pays part of their bills for them if they are too poor, hospitals with a county contract are also given tax revenue for compensation for various emergency services, and there is even additional state/national funding if they also happen to have no competitors since they become the only source of true emergency healthcare in the area. Every productive member of the USA pays into funding this, some more than others.
This may blow your mind but healthcare isn't free and health insurance isn't insurance.
Now you're just being an asshole so I'm going to ignore you.Eh, you complained about my rant and got a sarcastic reply, fair is fair.
Huzzah!My two best homebrewing friends are busy dealing with shenanigans and MIA.
That's it. That's what's bothering me...I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK!!!
Oh and I twisted my ankle at work. Have to wear a brace and use crutches for at least the next 5 days. :bigeyes
I may has negotiated an end to the shenanigans soon.
Now you're just being an asshole so I'm going to ignore you.Eh, you complained about my rant and got a sarcastic reply, fair is fair.
And I do kind of mean that last sentence, maybe not near you, but I agree with Nytemare that they need to split up and move to different locations. Grandma is an antagonist that needs some aggressive pillow therapy.
Huzzah!My two best homebrewing friends are busy dealing with shenanigans and MIA.
That's it. That's what's bothering me...I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK!!!
Oh and I twisted my ankle at work. Have to wear a brace and use crutches for at least the next 5 days. :bigeyes
I may has negotiated an end to the shenanigans soon.
And predictably the overtime is killing my efforts at a job search...Get fired and draw unemployment while you look?
And predictably the overtime is killing my efforts at a job search...Get fired and draw unemployment while you look?
My other hip will be getting replaced at some point ** next year. **
My other hip will be getting replaced at some point ** next year. **
Ouch, can you make it that far and still be adequately mobile?
I am now the entire second shift. And we may be firing two thirds of 3rd shift. And a client employee accused one of us of fucking his gf in his car in plain view during shift change...There can be only one!
:lolI am now the entire second shift. And we may be firing two thirds of 3rd shift. And a client employee accused one of us of fucking his gf in his car in plain view during shift change...There can be only one!
Turns out he threatened self harm because he was scared of losing his job. I'm not sure what the logical thought process is there. "I'm terrified of being fired, let me threaten suicide and virtually ensure it happens."
Turns out he threatened self harm because he was scared of losing his job. I'm not sure what the logical thought process is there. "I'm terrified of being fired, let me threaten suicide and virtually ensure it happens."
When you're at that point you kind of lose your sense of logic. I've been there twice once during high school and once during the divorce.
I can confirm, once almost ran my ex off the road. I don't remember most of that night, but I'm a much more stable person in the decade since.I can confirm people go batshit crazy over nothing too.
:twitch :)
" ... pond ... "
Well that might have been extra interesting , presuming the water's super cold right now.
Most of the time, a dead battery will work just fine after say 15 minutes of drive time charge up.
:twitch :)
" ... pond ... "
Well that might have been extra interesting , presuming the water's super cold right now.
Most of the time, a dead battery will work just fine after say 15 minutes of drive time charge up.
"It's more "algae choked and ridden with geese" actually. We have around 120 geese on property. They're massing to fly south.
The battery normally runs on fish souls but those damn geese are in the way :shakefistI thought this was in response to the dead car battery, and I was trying to figure out how the fuck they managed that.Most of the time, a dead battery will work just fine after say 15 minutes of drive time charge up."It's more "algae choked and ridden with geese" actually. We have around 120 geese on property. They're massing to fly south.
I was expecting the post to end in a story about how you fought the puma.
I was expecting the post to end in a story about how you fought the puma.
I was expecting the post to end in a story about how you fought the puma.
You're not giving the puma's self-preservation instincts enough credit.
Also, minor linguistic faux pas on my part. Technically it's not a puma, it's a jaguar.
I was expecting the post to end in a story about how you fought the puma.
You're not giving the puma's self-preservation instincts enough credit.
Also, minor linguistic faux pas on my part. Technically it's not a puma, it's a jaguar.
Jet jaguar?
There are now at least 150 geese on property at work.Do you suspect they are amassing an army?
There are now at least 150 geese on property at work.Do you suspect they are amassing an army?
Legalizing pot does affect crime rates positively in areas here in the US from what I've heard.. We don't have the same sort of cartel issues though.Well, you guys are not smack in the middle of the distribution line. In order to make enough money selling drugs there, weed can't be your sole product, that's why the more dangerous criminal organizations don't get caught over pot. So there is an environment where legitimate businessmen can compete.
So you guys have a storeroom full of Death Star paint supplies?
So you guys have a storeroom full of Death Star paint supplies?
6 of them actually. And this is what they can do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKR1H0TeXNc
WHOOOOOOSHI got the point, I just don't think it's impossible for it to have happened.
That was the sound of SorO's point flying overhead.
Sounds like the horrible weather is bumming a few people out. So, just throwing an idea out here, why don't we all build a snowfort. Nuke up some hot coco. Strip down (to share warmth of course). And play D&D.
Rome (CNN)Pope Francis released a message condemning "fake news," saying that it's a "sign of intolerant and hypersensitive attitudes, and leads only to the spread of arrogance and hatred."Here is the full transcript released by the Vatican (http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/12/07/161207a.html) and guess how many of CNN's quotes appear in it.
The Vatican says the message is part of the Pope's World Communications Day, but some at St. Peter's Square say the Pope was probably sending a message to Donald Trump and other world leaders who have been using the phrase "fake news."
The tragic history of human sin, the Pope says in his message, is the first "fake news" and it dates back to the book of Genesis, when the "crafty serpent" lied to the woman. In present day, according to the Pope's message the fast digital world helps fuel the spread of "fake news" -- which he defines as "the spreading of disinformation on line or in the traditional media."
"Spreading fake news can serve to advance specific goals, influence political decisions and serve economic interests," the Pope said.
The Pope's message blames the difficulty in unmasking and eliminating fake news to people interacting with homogeneous news environments rather than listening to differing perspectives and opinions.
"Disinformation thus thrives on the absence of healthy confrontation with other sources of information that could effectively challenge prejudices and generate constructive dialogue; instead, it risks turning people into unwilling accomplices in spreading biased and baseless ideas," the Pope's message said.
I know we don't talk about media much but House of Cards will have a final season six episodes long without Kevin Spacey. So the character Claire "wins" the Underwood competition by the default of the Frank's actor being fired over unproven allegations.
I can't help but think that's just another meta narrative of the show...
8 US Federal Marshals and a third of the local PD showed up at work this week. So that was fun...
Rumor has it one of the temps was wanted for kidnapping and vowed he'd never be taken alive.So, a normal week then? :D
Opioid tolerant patient came in the other night claiming chest pain / CVA / PE depending on who spoke to him. Kept requesting pain medicine, and got it, but conveniently decided we all were incompetent and he was fine when we tried transferring him to a neurologist. He ended up AMA'ing out after suckering 16mg of morphine out of the ER doctor within an hour and his wife was a total ass the entire time. After he signed the paperwork through, and was still refusing to be transferred, he kept asking for more morphine.This is also called "A Tuesday" in ED parlance. :P
Was something serious going on? Who knows, I'm boiling some details down here but I suggested a nice tall vial of stfu almost an hour before the doc started talking about it and by then it was a little too late.
This is also called "A Tuesday" in ED parlance. :PEh we get drug seekers all the time the rant is about the doctor as well as the patient.
... but I suggested a nice tall vial of stfu almost an hour before ...
I'm drowning in mortgage red tape and misinformation.
Breakdown: My brother and I are on SSI. My sister is not. We need to move as soon as we can due to the senior members of our family becoming violent with old age and the local police/social services refusing to do anything because they are still sane enough to hide their behaviour around the authorities.
We found an amazing house at an equally amazing price, but it's STILL too high for our Debt:Income ratio. We'd need to make around $2500 combined to meet it, and would need to put together around 10k for closing costs and other bullshit. Meanwhile, SSI forbids us from having more than $2000 saved. There are exceptions, and I'm going to be talking to them tomorrow, but the mountains of red tape keep growing.
I hope everything works out!
JUST GOT WORSE. Today the home is listed as "Sale Pending".
JUST GOT WORSE. Today the home is listed as "Sale Pending".
Well shit.
And yet another guy quit. 60 hour weeks in my future.
JUST GOT WORSE. Today the home is listed as "Sale Pending".
Well shit.
THE HITS KEEP COMING. My sister's primary income source (her art) just went up in flames...
...and by flames I mean her coffeemaker exploded and coated her room in boiling water, which dripped into her computer and fried it. I'm going to be up all night tonight doing data recovery to see if we can salvage anything at all.
JUST GOT WORSE. Today the home is listed as "Sale Pending".
Well shit.
THE HITS KEEP COMING. My sister's primary income source (her art) just went up in flames...
...and by flames I mean her coffeemaker exploded and coated her room in boiling water, which dripped into her computer and fried it. I'm going to be up all night tonight doing data recovery to see if we can salvage anything at all.
I know this is a bit late, but if your work depends on your computer, for Vecna's sake make frequent backups. External drives, online clouds, both is even better, then now and then make backups of your backups. It's a bit of an hassle, but you'll be glad you did it when something goes wrong.
I have an interview monday, with luck it goes well and I'm out.
the fortune 500 company i work for has a pretty decent (7/10) computer policy. this includes regular updates.... which just bricked a ton of our computers :p:lol So, I take it they don't back-up before updating, then? :love system roll back.
College roommate or generic apartment roommate?
Could also just be someone with a lousy taste in crooked friends.
Do you have a separate room where you could lock up your possessions?
parts of my feet are now black. apparently i've injured them without realizing it.
so far as they can tell its just bruising. they did bloodwork, chest and feet x-rays and an ekg and al came back ok
So...
3rd informed me that not only did the bosses friend file charges of harassment, but the boss left them on her desk for everyone to read. Which they did. And they solicited my coworkers to file statements about me.
So...TIL Bhu is a guy.
3rd informed me that not only did the bosses friend file charges of harassment, but the boss left them on her desk for everyone to read. Which they did. And they solicited my coworkers to file statements about me.
So...
3rd informed me that not only did the bosses friend file charges of harassment, but the boss left them on her desk for everyone to read. Which they did. And they solicited my coworkers to file statements about me.
Well that's illegal.
So...
3rd informed me that not only did the bosses friend file charges of harassment, but the boss left them on her desk for everyone to read. Which they did. And they solicited my coworkers to file statements about me.
Well that's illegal.
Chatted with bosses boss about it today. She advised me in future as far as bosses friend goes to document her and approach boss to cover myself, and then approach her when boss does nothing.
hen she called back 20 minutes later. Asked if Id farted in post on Friday. This segued into a bunch of other stuff and we were on phone for an hour before she asked if I was home or working. Told her I was home and had extensive notes, call anytime. She seemed a bit more pissed this time around so I know she confronted boss.
I expect tomorrow to be fun.
The Heron is growing rapidly, Before long he'll be big enough to poop like a man ... <snip>
I had a violent sneezing fit on Saturday. Wrenched the hell out of my neck and back. Bad enough to have more trouble sleeping than usual. Still hurts like a Mothra-fracker.
From sneezing.
you have to buy your own uniforms?Yes and scrubs aren't cheap. Just for one set cost me $26, and I plan on buying them one set per payday, otherwise it's going to really hurt financially.
My computer has been crashing at random for over a year now. No errors logged besides sudden power loss, and it restarts on its own afterwards. I've already replaced the power supply and did a full wipe in case it was a software issue (which it shouldn't have been since there were no errors logged, but why not, it was due for a cleanup).Sounds like a heat issue honestly.
My only clue so far is that the power loss seems to happen more often when I'm playing games, although that could just be my own perception because time passes faster while gaming.
I'm a computer guy and can remotely diagnose things with the magic of the internet if need be.
I'm a computer guy and can remotely diagnose things with the magic of the internet if need be.
What can I do for you in exchange for such a huge favor?
I am pretty sure it's a power issue.If so your lights should dim right before the computer kicks off, which then in all likelihood come back to full strength after your computer is no longer draining the power.
Some goddamn fool is looking at porn on the work phones again.Please tell me you did not discover this when his pants were down...
Or anyone else's pants were down, for that matter...Some goddamn fool is looking at porn on the work phones again.Please tell me you did not discover this when his pants were down...
Or while anyone's pants were somewhere besides firmly secured to their waist, using the waistband. I wouldn't put it past some people to just put pants on their head and go to town.Or anyone else's pants were down, for that matter...Some goddamn fool is looking at porn on the work phones again.Please tell me you did not discover this when his pants were down...
I wouldn't put it past some people to just put pants on their head and go to town.If you don't have something long to stroke that's kind of how you can do it...
Poor poor Bhu.
Any luck training the wildlife to keep these people in line?
I also learned the Orkin man visits often enough he has his own badge...This is very emblematic of your workplace, I think...
Right after I arrive an ambulance is on scene. ... There is blood literally running down his arm onto the floor. I point this out to him and his response is "Oh! Okay, thank you." And then he goes back to chatting to the tow motor driver.Well maybe he had already been seen by the crew but he was just too busy for them too?
If the Ork kin Man visited less, you'd have all the cock-roaches you'd ever need! Maybe some trained antz.Poor poor Bhu.
Any luck training the wildlife to keep these people in line?
don't i wish
Right after I arrive an ambulance is on scene. ... There is blood literally running down his arm onto the floor. I point this out to him and his response is "Oh! Okay, thank you." And then he goes back to chatting to the tow motor driver.Well maybe he had already been seen by the crew but he was just too busy for them too?
Long time no see wot!!:cheers
I just have to say, you do know that any adult under 40 is a millenial don't you?
I just have to say, you do know that any adult under 40 is a millenial don't you?
millennial.I just have to say, you do know that any adult under 40 is a millenial don't you?
Fuck that, I was born in the eighties thankyouverymuch.
millennial.I just have to say, you do know that any adult under 40 is a millenial don't you?
Fuck that, I was born in the eighties thankyouverymuch.
I always figured "millennial" was just a term for anybody who was born in or very close to the 2000's.
I just have to say, you do know that any adult under 40 is a millenial don't you?This may come as a bit of a shocker to you, but you have no idea what you're talking about.
Guys, guys, guys.
Let's just agree teenagers are terrible people.
Guys, guys, guys.
Let's just agree teenagers are terrible people.
Can't agree, I know some decent teenagers. :P
Like Gen X was known to be a bunch of cynical latchkey children with no goal or aim in life but in midlife they have a happy work/life balance while being some of the hardest workers in the US since WWII.
Guys, guys, guys.
Let's just agree teenagers are terrible people.
Like Gen X was known to be a bunch of cynical latchkey children with no goal or aim in life but in midlife they have a happy work/life balance while being some of the hardest workers in the US since WWII.
being a latchkey was nice.... and no cameras for evidence...Guys, guys, guys.
Let's just agree teenagers are terrible people.
not true true, but truethy enough.
also, i dont recall who on here is how old exactly... but when this journey started, there was a lot of damn kids on here... :D
I have no idea why you would throw the age of 16 out there.Via emancipation most 16 year olds can legally considered adults. This can go as low as 14 if you live in the state of California. So for comparison, the US census bureau described the Baby Boomer generation to cover 19 years and with your ambiguity in already loosely defined term you are trying to cover up to 26 years. Whoopdeedoo indeed, so I think we can see why we both know that I don't care about your personal scale. :P
being a latchkey was nice.... and no cameras for evidence...I know right?
Sorry, I don't look for loopholes in normal everyday conversations because that's not how normal socializing works.Do you now? So why did you follow up with an appeal based on your personal definition on what is or isn't an adult with someone you whose opinion isn't something you care about? :poke :poke :poke
wow...bunch of grumpy old men look what you did..you cause the mod to appear with red text.
I wish the stupid weather would make up it's mind..it went from 80s last week to 50 today :shakefist
Ranting at people isn't allowed in the rant thread. That's new.Were we actually ranting? Like I thought it was pretty clear I was poking at yoy for the fun of it
It probably wasn't actually ranting but it would have gotten there soon enough most likely.I think you overvalued my concern over a pointless language debate.
wow...bunch of grumpy old men look what you did..you cause the mod to appear with red text.What mod?
On another tangent through, I think this is the right video.I did link the right video but here is a time correction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fcX6zIu44&feature=youtu.be&t=280). Watch to about 6:20 to get the main point. Then you can disagree with it, close the video in disgust, claim you are way better than that,offer up the excuse that it's not your problem/fault, then type up a nasty message to reply with you millennial scum! :shakefist
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fcX6zIu44
then i stumbled on to this in my facebook Memories feedI like it.
https://gizmodo.com/5851062/generation-x-is-sick-of-your-bullshit
Ranting at people isn't allowed in the rant thread.
That's new.
Ranting at people isn't allowed in the rant thread.
That's new.
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
The mod would be Strat. He's a mod.Nah, the moderators went through a loose hiring to moderate the forum according to the creator's rules and have both a series of logged events subject to peer review and feedback system for appeals. All actions they take also come with an explanation and multiple warnings are issued before any temp bans are. And if I'm not mistaken they also have a green colored name and it says moderator below that. Using an appeal to become forum host to promote your self above everyone else, deleting arguments you've been in to respin the events in a later telling, kicking people for fun, and enforcing your own personal view of things rather than the forum's decades long history of handling things sounds to me like something else entirely.
And the fact that you just start fights for fun and then drop them when you get bored would be the thing that I would have ranted about. :PDid you consider it a fight? My main point that millennial is a subjective term used by people with little understanding about it is something you helped prove and you never refuted it. You seem to have no real problem with me calling the entire thing pointless either.
Arguing with you about things outside of homebrew or Char Op is always pointless.Ahh I see. That's what you meant by things would get serious.
For what it's worth, I find that my initial contacts with board members tend to come off as abrasive until they realize they can't take what I'm saying all that seriously80%81% of the time.
I've been around here for years now, so pretty much everyone knows me well enough to not take much of what I say at face value, but waaaaaaaaaay back when we used the karma system, I had so much negative karma that when people started coming around, I actually preferred that people downvoted my posts if they meant to show appreciation for them. :p
For what it's worth, I find that my initial contacts with board members tend to come off as abrasive until they realize they can't take what I'm saying all that seriously 80% of the time.Whaaaaat? You mean you don't round house kick people back to life at Staples while wearing a full suit of armor? Shame shame :p
feedback system for appeals. All actions they take also come with an explanation and multiple warnings are issued before any temp bans are.this very much was the case at one point in time; but I can tell you from first hand experience that this is absolutely no longer the case.
Of course not. We don't have a Staples in Brazil. And if I DID have armor, the lack of mobility would mean it would get stolen before I could start the wind-up for the kick. :pFor what it's worth, I find that my initial contacts with board members tend to come off as abrasive until they realize they can't take what I'm saying all that seriously 80% of the time.Whaaaaat? You mean you don't round house kick people back to life at Staples while wearing a full suit of armor? Shame shame :p
That was part of my point.feedback system for appeals. All actions they take also come with an explanation and multiple warnings are issued before any temp bans are.this very much was the case at one point in time; but I can tell you from first hand experience that this is absolutely no longer the case. just fyi.
Of course not. We don't have a Staples in Brazil. And if I DID have armor, the lack of mobility would mean it would get stolen before I could start the wind-up for the kick. :pYou need some kind of carbon nanotube ninja gi.
That was part of my point.
This may come as a bit of a shocker to you, but you have no idea what you're talking about.
And so we are clear here. That is not an example antagonistic language, baiting, or any form of an intended insult using an incorrect definition of a word in order to imply it?<Complaining about LoZ SP Edition's free handouts>I just have to say, you do know that any adult under 40 is a millenial don't you?
Personally, I think they should have just called it The Legend of Zelda: Millennial's Expectations.
And so we are clear here. That is not an example antagonistic language, baiting, or any form of an intended insult using an incorrect definition of a word in order to imply it?<Complaining about LoZ SP Edition's free handouts>I just have to say, you do know that any adult under 40 is a millenial don't you?
Personally, I think they should have just called it The Legend of Zelda: Millennial's Expectations.
Might've been my brief stint as an office worker. I have a photo floating around of me doing work in my sleep somewhere.That was part of my point.feedback system for appeals. All actions they take also come with an explanation and multiple warnings are issued before any temp bans are.this very much was the case at one point in time; but I can tell you from first hand experience that this is absolutely no longer the case. just fyi.Of course not. We don't have a Staples in Brazil. And if I DID have armor, the lack of mobility would mean it would get stolen before I could start the wind-up for the kick. :pYou need some kind of carbon nanotube ninja gi.
Also for some reason I thought you sold office supplies. >.>
i love how no one argued about me calling you all grumpy old men :lolWHO RATTLED YOUR CHAIN?
i love how no one argued about me calling you all grumpy old men :lolGet off my lawn! :shakefist
i love how no one argued about me calling you all grumpy old men :lol
before they ruined Halloween
Out of curiosity what is different now?That's the difference :p
Disclosure: I have not done anything for Halloween in over 15 years, not even receive any trick or treaters.
Out of curiosity what is different now?That's the difference :p
Disclosure: I have not done anything for Halloween in over 15 years, not even receive any trick or treaters.
People have been steadily moving away from trick-or-treating their neighborhood on the night of Halloween in favor of organized trunk-and-treats on a more commercially available afternoon. In those celebration dead organizations kids dress up in character advertisements to line up and march down a mall hallway, school gym, or at worst a parking lot like some kind of unsophisticated hick. People and local businesses hand out candy and flyers in an efficient assembly line that'll give you the time needed to make it home before dinner.
Now obviously I'm pointing out the worst case but people participating in the "safe stop" areas are not around or don't feel like they should participate in neighborhood. Stranger danger and the entire hovering parenting thing have gone a long way to turning your kids loose to do much of anything. You'll often find a mix of both in cities as some people push back for various reasons, like feeling that the neighborhood part brings people together and avoids the over commercialization. In your case, you are yet another person avoiding it or simply happen to live somewhere where no one cares and they like the assembling line of handouts.
Out of curiosity what is different now?
Disclosure: I have not done anything for Halloween in over 15 years, not even receive any trick or treaters.
So no heart issues. K_ tried to talk her way out of quitting but no dice. A week later boss mysteriously quits. Then changes her mind the next day and gets told no. The bosses boss asks all of us if we want to be new boss, and strings everyone along for three days before telling us all "Old boss gave you all misconducts, and you cant have one if you want to be a boss."
So they gave it to L_. L_ is a 75 year old retiree who supposedly owned 20 gas stations out of state, which he sold to take this job. He was a fill in we hired 4 months ago. He's worked a total of 5 days, and has no experience as a guard and has had at least 2 open heart surgeries. He is also a loud and proud Trump apologist at a post where Trump is...not well liked. He's also an old school "I think calling black people 'coon' is funny" sort of racist. His trainer is our lone African-American employee, and he's already seconds away from killing L_ because the old man seems incapable of using a pc or cell phone, both of which are required for the job. He doesn't think women should be in the workplace. Every single employee with the ability to fire him is female. He loves to tell rambling, 'funny' stories that will get him fired if the right people hear them. As in "Have I told you about the time I watched the cops shoot a negro in the dick because he got loud with them?"
I sense interesting times in my near future.
I sense interesting times in my near future.Write a script about the various events and maybe Netflix will make a show about it. :D
Got a text containing a nude photo of my HR Manager with a link to more last week. Noooo way I am touching this.
The question is, did she send it or did someone else?
I could see either one with your workplace...
I never posted here drunk as a matter of principle
But i am drunk now
And i feel like breaking some principles
because breaking principles is fun
when you don't kill anyone
or make any permanent lasting damage
so what's uuuuuuuuuuuup
QUICKLY YOU MUST EAT ALL THE CHEETOS DON'T ASK ITS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY THE WORLD IS COUNTING ON YOU GO GO GO!He was drunk, not high on THC and MDMA. :huh
QUICKLY YOU MUST EAT ALL THE CHEETOS DON'T ASK ITS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY THE WORLD IS COUNTING ON YOU GO GO GO!He was drunk, not high on THC and MDMA. :huh
I'm beginning to think II need to get high on LSD before work. It can't be any worse.
I'm beginning to think II need to get high on LSD before work. It can't be any worse.
I'm beginning to think II need to get high on LSD before work. It can't be any worse.idk, in my nice current run of being a shit magnet I just had to deal with someone who took multiple prescription pills before chugging bleach. Needless to say vomit was everywhere. :(
Chugging bleach to die is such an idiotic thing to do... One of the most painful ways to die, and if you live, you're scarred for life, myriad of problems to deal with.Right? It seems like every teenage girl wants to OD on Tylenol too, like several months of agony is exactly the solution they need. :rolleyes
I am so salty right now, like, SUPER SALTY.
Got a friend, we're about as good looking as each other, he's got a full beard and i have none to speak of.
HE GOT 99 MATCHES ON TINDER YESTERDAY ALONE.
I got Tinder Gold and i only got 4. GODDAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEARDS MAKE A HELL OF A DIFFERENCE!
The smoke from the california wildfires is completely saturating my area. It's well past the "wear a mask if outdoors" level, and my room has no outside filtration(being a shed in the backyard). I'm already sick from smoke inhalation (sore throat, trouble breathing, inflamed sinuses) and have to wear a respirator 24 hours a day now.
That sucks.
Cars are mean, and necessary.
You know, it's weird I have to say this, but I've never been more glad to agree with you on something.Go ahead.
Would you mind if I copied this text and showed it to a few friends of mine?
If it makes you feel better people have come around and are widely referring to Killmonger as a hotep now.Like the original meaning of the word or the pro-black anti-progressive usage?
If it makes you feel better people have come around and are widely referring to Killmonger as a hotep now.Like the original meaning of the word or the pro-black anti-progressive usage?
And that's also kind of interesting. In the Museum scene the first mask pointed out is Bobo Ashanti and they believe black supremacy part of their religion and they consider them selves the true Israelites. He also scarred his body after killing an enemy similar to the Surma people. If I'm not mistaken, both groups do not allow female leadership.
the anti-feminist, anti-gay versionInteresting and it's kudos to the film's design team for creating such a film full of stuff for people to pick at.
Yep, pretty much the same deal with weapons.I'd say there's a reason we're so hung up on state-sanctioned murder if that's anything to go by.
They are only good if you use them on people those other people say are bad.
It may feel like a small accomplishment but it was a large one Brujon. Congratulations.
And now looking at it in hindsight, you can see the lies people tell them selves and the confirmation bias. That's a pretty important lesson on it's own.
Glad to say it's working, at last! But for how long?It depends.
Glad to say it's working, at last! But for how long?It depends.
So I like the table leg analogy for this one. If you build a life built on one thing, such as drug abuse & partying which is a pretty rickety leg anyway, it's pretty easy to tip the table over and send everything on it crashing to the floor. Your acceptance of your real self can be considered a leg too, and it's a lot sturdier than one that sits on a couple books of a delusional self image someone can simply kick apart. You can count bringing a disorder under control to be support too but you need to understand it can collapse if you lose medication access.
You should build your self-esteem and even your life with as many pillars as you can to make things as stable as possible. Identify them and how they are made, such as your house or job, and realistically look at how they can collapse. By having a plan you can add braces to a table leg or construct new ones. Like a source of income is nothing more than a leg too, it's an important one, but it's a leg because if you lose your job everything that requires money goes bye-bye without another job or leg to take the weight of owning several things.
That's also why people feel like their stuff owns them or they work to pay bills btw. They piled a lot of heavy stuff onto one end of their table and are trying to balance it all on financial resources. It's pretty easy to topple their entire lives in just about every way by nudging it, and the insecurity of it leads to other issues too.
wait what,
Soro is banned?
wait what,
Soro is banned?
Yes, he has been banned.
To quote Agita "You can tell SorO that if he doesn't consider literally every interaction with me other than the one time I fished some deleted posts out of google cache in the entire last several years sufficient warning that's part of the reason he's out."
Can we like, take a vote on this? :blushAnd that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick. And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
Can we like, take a vote on this? :blushAnd that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick. And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
Though in a way, I suppose I can back this up. I mean, I used to be a huge dick in these forums myself. SorO is pretty tactless, but I don't think he's actively malicious.
Can we like, take a vote on this? :blushAnd that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick. And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
Though in a way, I suppose I can back this up. I mean, I used to be a huge dick in these forums myself. SorO is pretty tactless, but I don't think he's actively malicious.
Thing is, you greatly improved. Soro didn't. He actually kept getting worst. And consider yourself lucky you didn't end in his direct line of fire, because he did actively start to get extremely malicious.
As the mods pointed out, it wasn't a sudden thing, it was the piling up of years of ignoring multiple warning from the people he directly attacked.
And if his ban is revoked, he'll only become worst. He'll consider that there was absolutely nothing with his behavior after all and only keep escalating it even faster.
Fair. Still, it feels somehow wrong. Like we're betraying our principles.
Can we like, take a vote on this? :blushAnd that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick. And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
Though in a way, I suppose I can back this up. I mean, I used to be a huge dick in these forums myself. SorO is pretty tactless, but I don't think he's actively malicious.
Thing is, you greatly improved. Soro didn't. He actually kept getting worst. And consider yourself lucky you didn't end in his direct line of fire, because he did actively start to get extremely malicious.
As the mods pointed out, it wasn't a sudden thing, it was the piling up of years of ignoring multiple warning from the people he directly attacked.
And if his ban is revoked, he'll only become worst. He'll consider that there was absolutely nothing with his behavior after all and only keep escalating it even faster.
Was that just about that argument about HD and non-associated class levels, or was there something else that is no longer to be seen?
There's been a lot over time.
He's easily the most reported person on the boards.
Just recently he attacked a brand new forum member over a rules interpretation and attacked the validity of a mod's status as a mod (as examples).
I mean, IDK... He was actually pretty supportive of me during my bad times, one of the few that cared enough to send PM's and offer a helping hand. I don't think he's a bad person, not at all. Rash? Combative? Yes, but not a bad person. He's been a part of this community for so long i kinda don't see it being a good thing...
:(
From an ethical standpoint, I have mixed feelings because if he behaves himself it'll mean he was willingly disrespecting the entire community for years.
From an ethical standpoint, I have mixed feelings because if he behaves himself it'll mean he was willingly disrespecting the entire community for years.
That's not really true. Changing a personality you've had for years if not forever doesn't happen overnight, and is really difficult to do so on your own.
From an ethical standpoint, I have mixed feelings because if he behaves himself it'll mean he was willingly disrespecting the entire community for years.
That's not really true. Changing a personality you've had for years if not forever doesn't happen overnight, and is really difficult to do so on your own.
I have a friend too that struggles with his bad habits and short temper and he tries not to, but, yanno.
Old habits die hard is what I'm saying.
From an ethical standpoint, I have mixed feelings because if he behaves himself it'll mean he was willingly disrespecting the entire community for years.
That's not really true. Changing a personality you've had for years if not forever doesn't happen overnight, and is really difficult to do so on your own.
Oh, but he did change. Just for the worst. He contributed less and less while further pushing and breaking any behavior lines he could, moved on to refusing to even recognizing the mod's authorities, and when he had descended to attacking even any newcomers drastic measures had to be taken.
Or would you rather we become the forum where one guy stands above every rule and drives away anybody wanting to join the community?
Or would you rather we become the forum where one guy stands above every rule and drives away anybody wanting to join the community?
Or would you rather we become the forum where one guy stands above every rule and drives away anybody wanting to join the community?
I'd rather be the forum that takes in people even if they got banned elsewhere. That's how BrilliantGameologists started in the first place.
There's plenty of places where any given newbie would be welcome, but not very many where people like SorO would be.
So aside from my father needing to spend a day in hospital because of a head injury (nothing seems to have come of it)... yesterday one of his friends called the police after he was discharged from the hospital--and not in the "just walked out without permission" sense, they had me go to the hospital to make sure there was someone who'd be able to watch him carefully.
Why? Because she thought that I wouldn't be able to "look after him". Which is quite insulting on my capabilities, and also a completely ridiculous objection. It's an injury minor enough that the only thing required is observation. Not treating someone like they're incapacitated... >_>
So aside from my father needing to spend a day in hospital because of a head injury (nothing seems to have come of it)... yesterday one of his friends called the police after he was discharged from the hospital--and not in the "just walked out without permission" sense, they had me go to the hospital to make sure there was someone who'd be able to watch him carefully.
Why? Because she thought that I wouldn't be able to "look after him". Which is quite insulting on my capabilities, and also a completely ridiculous objection. It's an injury minor enough that the only thing required is observation. Not treating someone like they're incapacitated... >_>
I wonder how hard it really is to become NORMAL
I guess i don't want to
This is the really bad part
I wonder how hard it really is to become NORMAL
I guess i don't want to
This is the really bad part
My disability is such a huge part of what makes me who I am that the idea of being normal terrifies me.
I wonder how hard it really is to become NORMAL
I guess i don't want to
This is the really bad part
My disability is such a huge part of what makes me who I am that the idea of being normal terrifies me.
I may be suing work for discrimination and harassment.
I may be suing work for discrimination and harassment.A long time coming I'd say.
I wonder how hard it really is to become NORMAL
I guess i don't want to
This is the really bad part
My disability is such a huge part of what makes me who I am that the idea of being normal terrifies me.
I've got no idea what it's like to have an actual physical disability... But mentally, i just feel like almost nobody ever gets me...
I function in society alright, some might even say i'm successful... But i don't know. Sometimes i wish i'd fit in better.
But sometimes i feel that my weirdness is what makes me unique, dare i say, even what makes me somewhat successful.
I'm almost 100% onboard with my weirdness. It's like at 97%, but, sometimes, i still question everything.
I may be suing work for discrimination and harassment.
I may be suing work for discrimination and harassment.
It has now been determined that the racists fate and mine are intertwined. Since we can't get along, one more complaint from or about either of us fires us both.
I got fired because business was too slow to justify my employment. :banghead
Got hit by a truck today. Car may be fucked but I feel ok so far.
Got hit by a truck today. Car may be fucked but I feel ok so far.
Holy shit. Was it your car or company car? I seem to recall there being a need to drive in your workplace.
... Not hurt tho.
I'm seriously considering a stint in the hospital
You need a break?
You need a break.
Everybody needs a break sometime.
Most everybody pretends :pout they don't need a break, sometimes too long.
REALLY small rant, but I wish I could find a good wireless controller for the PC with a decent battery. Stupid Xbox packs last NOTHING and cost a lot around here.
Pretty upset with how Kaiser is handling mental health services lately. After leaving me hanging for 6+ months last time I needed a therapist (they tried to outsource my therapy and I was told to wait for the 3rd party to assign me someone) they have fucked me over yet again. My therapist quit Kaiser due to excessive red tape making it hard to treat patients, but one of the last things she did was note that my symptoms had been particularly severe in the previous months and I needed a case worker assigned. Kaiser has apparently lost that instruction and I still have no replacement therapist months later.
It really does feel like they are entirely incapable of providing mental health services unless the person is either stable in the first place or dangerous enough to be institutionalized.
I'm quite sure they see the big picture. If you've ever seen the minutes of a shareholder meeting it's pretty clear that they actively encourage NOT helping people get better because sick people are a continual revenue stream.
I'm quite sure they see the big picture. If you've ever seen the minutes of a shareholder meeting it's pretty clear that they actively encourage NOT helping people get better because sick people are a continual revenue stream.
Insurers don't want sick people, though. I remember reading that the top 1% of sick people are responsible for over 80% of an insurance company's spending... The healthier you are, the more profitable you are for the insurance company, especially if what makes you healthy costs them zero... That's why i don't understand why many people over there have the same experience as you do. Why would insurance companies not cover things that cost less and can prevent bigger spending later? Seems dumb.
When it rains it pours. I'm out of money, someone I love dearly is staying with me because they are suddenly homeless, and ANOTHER friend of mine's house just burned down with all their pets still inside.
What'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
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All I have left is some of their clothing and a pile of delusional ramblings about teaching people the truth of the world.
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All I have left is some of their clothing and a pile of delusional ramblings about teaching people the truth of the world.
Is it marketable? Can we make money off of it?
What'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
What'd I miss?A mildly not entertaining spammer, alas no catgirls.
What'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
for a game?
What'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
for a game?
What game has a beta reader? it's for my book silly kitty...
What'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
for a game?
What game has a beta reader? it's for my book silly kitty...
What'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
for a game?
What game has a beta reader? it's for my book silly kitty...
Whatcha writin'?
As someone with multiple exes with a wide range of mental and emotional issues, you can't help them if they aren't willing to do the work to get better.
What'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
for a game?
What game has a beta reader? it's for my book silly kitty...
Whatcha writin'?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFarVWXu9UNBo7e4PbWBg7F9I5OSj5ZLCpfwMeZhe_g/edit?usp=sharing You can leave comments as you read, it's not the full story,since i'm working on the next chapter and haven't added it to the main body.
sure if you don't want google to randomly give you a name lolWhat'd I miss?Me? You need to work on your aim,also would you like to be a beta reader for me?
for a game?
What game has a beta reader? it's for my book silly kitty...
Whatcha writin'?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFarVWXu9UNBo7e4PbWBg7F9I5OSj5ZLCpfwMeZhe_g/edit?usp=sharing You can leave comments as you read, it's not the full story,since i'm working on the next chapter and haven't added it to the main body.
Comment via pm?
Life's hard ya'll
Also don't do drugs they will warp your view of reality and you'll forever not be able to face everyday life the same way, and that includes alcohol
And on the middle ground, find a way to escape reality that is not addictive.
Tinypic is going out of business. Now my avie is gone and I can't find the original pic. :bigeyesThe Wayback Machine has you covered (http://web.archive.org/web/20180205155625/http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?action=profile;u=144)
Tinypic is going out of business. Now my avie is gone and I can't find the original pic. :bigeyesThe Wayback Machine has you covered (http://web.archive.org/web/20180205155625/http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?action=profile;u=144)
Being bipolar sucks. I'm managing it, but goddamn do i have to take the stairs instead of the elevator on shit everytime, it's killing me. People that don't go through this shit have such an easier time, if only they knew what it was like... But i guess it's like when you never really think anything about how awesome it is to breathe with both nostrils unobstructed, and then you get a cold and suddenly you feel fucking horrible because you can't breathe properly. Only those who really walked these shoes will know how it is.
So as expected, it wouldn't come out, surgery time.
Surgery for that basically involves shoving a catheter up your urethra and blowing the damn thing up with lasers.
I should know in a week or two what the stone is made out of.
Also, protip if any of you ever undergoes the procedure: run a hot shower, hot as you can manage, and pee then after taking a hit of your painkiller of choice.
Turns out you can confuse your brain because the pain from peeing down a damaged urethra is signaled in terms of temperature. So you can fool your brain into thinking your pee is not as hot if there's hot water cascading down your back. Doesn't eliminate the pain but makes it ridiculously more manageable.
So as expected, it wouldn't come out, surgery time.
Surgery for that basically involves shoving a catheter up your urethra and blowing the damn thing up with lasers.
I should know in a week or two what the stone is made out of.
Also, protip if any of you ever undergoes the procedure: run a hot shower, hot as you can manage, and pee then after taking a hit of your painkiller of choice.
Turns out you can confuse your brain because the pain from peeing down a damaged urethra is signaled in terms of temperature. So you can fool your brain into thinking your pee is not as hot if there's hot water cascading down your back. Doesn't eliminate the pain but makes it ridiculously more manageable.
Goddamn it all
Life has a way of sucking donkey balls sometimes
Goddamn it all
Life has a way of sucking donkey balls sometimes
And it doesn't even get to the moneyshot.
https://www.10tv.com/article/10tv-meteorologist-mike-davis-charged-child-pornography-2019-sep
holy shit this is my local weatherman
Still not sure what to make of it, but wanted to get that off my chest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Fy8zVp63w
Holy freaking shit, are you okay? Sorry to hear about your office, man.
... This kind of thing comes with the territory living in California. There's a acceptance of the impending threat of catastrophic earthquakes that is sort of baked into the psyche of anyone who is born here. Unlike most other natural disasters, earthquakes just kind of interrupt your day without warning ...
Ugh, I worry about you.
the thing that stands out to me is Fiancee
basically its an adult who has a relationship w. your advanced gf. so not a lot of room for your input, that would be well received.... imo
also, factor the crazy in for the long term.... my harsh 2c is jump ship... the crazy wont just 'get better'
For reference, how old is the kid you took in? :???
yeah, the 25 yo who is jealous of the homeless 17yo, needs calibrated. :banghead
I smell State-assisted lawsuit.
...isn't that tantamount to tricking the client?
The issue is that Nytemare has shitty mechanics.
Sweet merciful Jebus, man. I haven't seen this many continuous rotten events in one's life since bhu.
Well, that and money, but hugs are free and I got no money.
Well, that and money, but hugs are free and I got no money.
It's the worst feeling when you start to get bitter because people around you care enough to wish you well, but nobody has the resources to pull you out of your predicament, and it starts to feel hollow and you push away the people around you because being gracious about the kindness shown gets exhausting because the kindness does nothing on its own after a while and just reminds you how fucked you are.
That said, I DO appreciate you wishing me well.
Silver Lining: My estranged father visited unannounced and gave me $50 for christmas. Thanks for the food money pops.
... Lingerie Football League ...
One of my reliable indicators of Agit Prop Volume success, went off.
To counter, here's an actual science based approach :
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/harvard-expert-says-coronavirus-likely-just-gathering-steam/
... still, not exactly good news.
One of my reliable indicators of Agit Prop Volume success, went off.
To counter, here's an actual science based approach :
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/harvard-expert-says-coronavirus-likely-just-gathering-steam/
... still, not exactly good news.
ADM, I recall you mentioning you're on Linux. Have you ever thought about using something like TAILS to bypass the weenie filter, or is it at the ISP level? Even so, a nice locked down VPN might do wonders if you're not on one already. Figured I'd ask!
My grandma has had 3 strokes and I'm planning on visiting her in a couple of weeks because this is probably the last chance I'll have.
My grandpa died on the 22nd from Alzheimer's. He was 93 and served in WW2.
If Social Security comes after me for overpay after the pandemic is over I'm likely screwed. For now though I can absorb this with the relief check and my overtime pay.
So tonight I finally put the final word on a story I had been writing on a freeform game for going on... about eight years now, I think.
Due to a complete clusterfuck of circumstances, it was basically all but abandoned by the beginning of this year, but even if I wanted it to end with a whimper, not a bang, I still wanted to give everyone involved a chance to say goodbye to their characters in a manner befitting them. After all, they spent most if not all of that time writing with me.
And thanks to an absolute asshole of a stalker (seriously, fuck that guy with a rusty spoon), the absolute apocalypse that this year is turning out to be and the forums the story was in exploding, I had to essentially have a funeral for that game by myself. So... yeah, feeling pretty melancholic by now.
So tonight I finally put the final word on a story I had been writing on a freeform game for going on... about eight years now, I think.
Due to a complete cluster*** of circumstances, it was basically all but abandoned by the beginning of this year, but even if I wanted it to end with a whimper, not a bang, I still wanted to give everyone involved a chance to say goodbye to their characters in a manner befitting them. After all, they spent most if not all of that time writing with me.
And thanks to an absolute *** of a stalker (seriously, *** that guy with a rusty spoon), the absolute apocalypse that this year is turning out to be and the forums the story was in exploding, I had to essentially have a funeral for that game by myself. So... yeah, feeling pretty melancholic by now.
Thanks guys. I mean it.
Oh and niji, sorry about the swears.
If anybody has any idea how a guy from Brazil who recently graduated business school with little skills to his name other than a decent grasp on the English language and a passing knowledge of Japanese can make money online, please tell me.
I'm honestly getting tired of my current unemployment.
If anybody has any idea how a guy from Brazil who recently graduated business school with little skills to his name other than a decent grasp on the English language and a passing knowledge of Japanese can make money online, please tell me.
I'm honestly getting tired of my current unemployment.
What kinda content would I create? And don't say 'adult', there's no way people would pay to see my hairy ass.If anybody has any idea how a guy from Brazil who recently graduated business school with little skills to his name other than a decent grasp on the English language and a passing knowledge of Japanese can make money online, please tell me.
I'm honestly getting tired of my current unemployment.
OnlyFans?
If anybody has any idea how a guy from Brazil who recently graduated business school with little skills to his name other than a decent grasp on the English language and a passing knowledge of Japanese can make money online, please tell me.
I'm honestly getting tired of my current unemployment.
I think there are some reasonable language teaching positions that work remotely. Some require a bachelors, other's simply require native fluency... in any case, read the fine print and search up reviews of the company, students, and former teachers if possible!
Obviously this would require a reliable home internet connection and computer as well as a microphone and head set or good speakers.
(cosplay may or may not be permitted, depending on contract....) ^^
I've been looking into this, but as with everything that has to do with employment my search-fu is too weak.
(Would be cool if I could teach in cosplay, though.)
Verbling has 7500+ teachers, teaching over 50 languages and self-describes their site as the most advanced language learning platform in the world.
iTalki says they have over 5 million language learners learning from their native speaker teachers. Students can scroll through the profiles of professional teachers to find one that suits their needs.
Verbal Planet is another platform with multiple languages, and they deliver classes via skype.
Definitely worth a look. Thanks niji!
Incidentally, if you ever have the time, I could use someone to practice my Japanese with.
Found an old external hard drive that I put in storage after it fell ~2 feet onto carpet and refused to spin up afterwards. Removed it from the enclosure and tried it on my PC, nothing happened. The files on it are really important to me and I have almost no visual memory so the media on it is ENTIRELY lost to me unless I recover it. I can't remember what they look like. I can barely remember how they sounded. This hurts a lot more than I was expecting. Data recovery is VERY expensive though, and I feel like I['m going to have to just swallow a bitter pill and let go of the only chance I have at recovering my memories of them.It's not gonna get better if you do nothing, but it's not gonna get WORSE, either. It can wait until you're in a better financial position to recover them.
did it feel like it had disks spinning?
iv seen videos of rehardwaring a drive, but it does not look Fun.
did it feel like it had disks spinning?
iv seen videos of rehardwaring a drive, but it does not look Fun.
Doesn't spin up at all, which usually means it's seized or the controller is fucked and not supplying power properly. Either way it means taking it apart. How do we at this stage in our data tech not have a device you can just stick the platters on to do a single read from, writing the data to cheap drive? 20 years ago we could write from a halfway-degaussed magnetic tape drive to digital device, with no further loss of data. Now we can't even do a raw write. I get that it's much more complicated tech, but you'd think reliable data recovery would be an important factor in a ubiquitous product like hard drives.
did it feel like it had disks spinning?
iv seen videos of rehardwaring a drive, but it does not look Fun.
Doesn't spin up at all, which usually means it's seized or the controller is fucked and not supplying power properly. Either way it means taking it apart. How do we at this stage in our data tech not have a device you can just stick the platters on to do a single read from, writing the data to cheap drive? 20 years ago we could write from a halfway-degaussed magnetic tape drive to digital device, with no further loss of data. Now we can't even do a raw write. I get that it's much more complicated tech, but you'd think reliable data recovery would be an important factor in a ubiquitous product like hard drives.
That's why all businesses store their data on drives in a RAID. My personal data storage drives are in a RAID specifically to help reduce data loss (plus also in the cloud).
Have you tried the local Board of Labor?
Would you like to hire the Dark Brotherhood? :evillaugh :evillaugh :evillaugh :devilHave you tried the local Board of Labor?
They are unsurprisingly swamped, what with the whole pandemic thing. Good news though, they finally got their heads out of their asses and fixed my schedule, so that I'm back to working my government-approved 24/week, and they are all graveyards, so if they need me to cover a swing I just have to zombie my way to the desk and sit in front of the cameras for a shift then start patrolling as normal when I'm fully awake later.
Now if they pay me what they owe me, everything will be just fine.
Today completely sucked. I got to work to find K_ there. K_ was the former bosses pet snitch. She informs me L_, the current boss, is no longer with the company and she is acting boss until the account manager comes in to interview everyone Wednesday. He needs statements about L_s behavior before then and I am asked to do one. I am told to delete his number from my phone so I don't get fired for 'collusion'. This sets off red flags. If he's already fired, why do they need statements? Then they show me their statements. Apparently L_ threatened to hit one of them and there is a 'screenshot' of it. He's threatened to punch several employees, especially me for going over his head, and claimed I'm lucky he doesn't hit (ableist slur). He also has a pet name for me (dickwad), and thinks I live in my 'own little action movie in my head' (he doesn't believe my reports). Apparently he also slammed a 20 on the table and told me to shove it up my ass, which I do not remember happening. Which makes me question the validity of the rest of it. 1st shift leaves and client management asks me where L_ is, and I tell them he is no longer with the company. On a whim I call his boss and ask his email so I cam mail my statement, and get told L_ is suspended till Wednesday and may be fired pending an investigation, and I am not to let him in. Then I find out K_ has been telling the client L_ is fired and she is the new boss, not the acting boss. Now I'm unsure what to do.
Yes, but he wants L_ gone and is a prolific liar.He should hook up with my ex, she's a compulsive liar. Between the two of them, you'd never get the truth. :lol
... I live in my 'own little action movie in my head' ...
Had laser surgery for my glaucoma. First they put a"numbing drop" that burns like fire for several seconds till it takes effect. This is so you can put your head in some contraption before they lube a lens device which they press and hold firmly directly against the eyeball. Then they zap you repeatedly with the laser while adjusting said lens for each angle. You know when the laser hits cause there's a bright green flash before an electric shock travels through your eye. Takes 5 minutes. Feels like a lot longer.
Quit the security job tonight. HR finally got in touch, just to emphatically repeat that company policy is to not pay me for the overtime hours. Note that part of the job description is mandatory overtime, so I can't just turn it down either. Fuck em, security is always hiring, even during a pandemic.
You've got experience now, and other companies are desperate for people now. Good luck!But don't tell the new places why you quit. They're fuckers too. Tell them you wanted to expand your opportunities, or whatever PR bullshit you can come up with.
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Today I had a falling out with a friend that compared mind-reading to rape on the basis that it "strips you of any sense of security in yourself".
Honey, I've been given psychotropic drugs against my will based on a wrongful diagnosis of schizophrenia. You have parents who do hypnosis. There isn't a fucking baseline for comparison here.
Putting it very mildly, yeah.Today I had a falling out with a friend that compared mind-reading to rape on the basis that it "strips you of any sense of security in yourself".
Honey, I've been given psychotropic drugs against my will based on a wrongful diagnosis of schizophrenia. You have parents who do hypnosis. There isn't a fucking baseline for comparison here.
ouch.... I won't ask for details, that sounds like it wasn't a fun conversation.
I may has new job. Current one is disintegrating around me.
And it's a 33% pay raise.congrats
My old boss at last job has been fired. She's also apparently been bragging about exchanging sex for McDonald's. The client employees at the new job are sexually harassing my coworker. I have quietly implied if it happens again someone will be getting his dick cut off.So... I take it you work at Mos Eisley, then?
The client employees at the new job are sexually harassing my coworker.
The client employees at the new job are sexually harassing my coworker.
Unless you witness it personally, it didn't happen. It's best to stay out of other people's issues.
Eh, I get where you're coming from, but I think an investigation would be warranted anyway. If nothing else because assuming either way is dangerous. Sexual harrassment is an incredibly serious issue and just bringing up the possibility can break someone's carreer, but by the same token if it is happening it opens them up to serious repercussion, not to mention how freakin' horrible sexual harrassment is in and of itself.The client employees at the new job are sexually harassing my coworker.
Unless you witness it personally, it didn't happen. It's best to stay out of other people's issues.
what kind of security guard fails to report a crime they've witnessed/experienced?
Different people have different opinions on this and none of us are going to change each other's minds.
Some people simply lie about these things. So unless you are somehow able to cast Detect Thoughts, it's none of your business to ascertain the truth. That's why the golden rule is: Unless you witness the entire scene yourself, it didn't happen.
If it happened, it's on the victim & witnesses to report it, not on someone who heard someone else claim that yada yada happened (i.e. hearsay). And if they don't report such issues at work to their boss/authority, then they're bad employees anyway -- seriously, what kind of security guard fails to report a crime they've witnessed/experienced? :twitch
It actually is my business to ascertain the truth if it happened on post. Thats virtually the majority of my job description. We know about it because it was reported...
That is absolutely fucked up.
What can be done about it?
It actually is my business to ascertain the truth if it happened on post. Thats virtually the majority of my job description. We know about it because it was reported...
Are you a factory security guard now, or a private eye investigator?
Because no sensible company has co-workers do an investigation into each other, when that is clearly the boss' job.And who is her boss if not her coworker? Thats not how harassment works in security. If a guard accuses another guard, it goes directly to HR, the boss is out of the loop as much as HR wants him to be. They will interview everyone asking for whatever statements that person chooses to make and then render a decision. In practice, if the boss (or his boss, or HR or the client) really likes the accused, the accuser gets fucked with until she quits or gets fired because she loses her temper from the increased harassment. If they don't like the accused, he's gone, whether he did anything or not. If a clients employee is accused, it goes to the clients HR, and they do the investigation, which will almost always exhonerate their employee unless we literally have a room full of witnesses (and most guys who pull this stuff know better than to do it in front of witnesses). If the harassment continues, the companies can meet, and most likely the guard will be moved to a different post Further away With less pay and/or hours.
And there's also this thing called Law. If a crime is committed, victims/witnesses ought to report it to law enforcement or file a lawsuit. Companies shouldn't mingle in business that is meant for the courts, but should instead support a proper investigation. Companies' internal resources are only meant to handle non-criminal bad behavior.Cops don't handle sexual harassment until it crosses the line into sexual assault. She can sue the company if she doesn't get satisfaction from HR, but local guards average 10-12 dollars an hour. The attorneys necessary to file suit cost 250-500 dollars an hour.
I abhor this lackadaisical attitude towards justice, where behind-the-back rumors replace public accusations, where guilt is determined by those better at this game of shadows, and everyone is keeping out the purifying light of an open investigation in order "to handle things internally." It's as if everyone forgot that civilization went through millennia of painful experiences before arriving at a public court system.I agree to some extent, but playing a 'game of shadows' is a perfect description of some guard posts. You have to juggle grudges between guards. client management, your own management, client employees, vendors, spouses, and sometimes additional problems not so easily foreseen. For example: a woman comes to me to report her car being keyed. Was it keyed by a coworker or did she piss off another guard (who did it figuring an employee would be blamed)? Is she trying to set up a coworker she has a grudge with and keyed it herself? Is there a third employee (maybe a boss) who wants them both gone and is setting them up for conflict? Is it just a random asshole who blundered into things? I have to consider all these possibilities, and more, when investigating. I steadily turn over anything I hear to the boss, he turns it over to on-site management, and they make a decision. Which is ok if they aren't actively part of the problem.
...does your local insane asylum double as a HR recruitment agency? Because that is the only explanation I can find for how easily everyone you work with loses their shit...
...does your local insane asylum double as a HR recruitment agency? Because that is the only explanation I can find for how easily everyone you work with loses their shit...
Security is a weird business. Firstly, they limit the hiring pool by having low pay, shit benefits, and shittier hours. If your relief doesn't show, you're mandated to stay till someone does, which can be 16+ hours. There aren't a lot of people who can or will put up with that.
Secondly, you have to pass a background check that states you have no felonies, or misdemeanours involving theft/fraud/drugs/violence within a certain period of time (usually 3-20 years depending on where you live stateside) and a drug test. This MASSIVELY lowers the hiring pool you have to pick from, so you get stuck with whats left. And whats left are wannaa-be's who couldn't make it in military/law enforcement (or who got permanently tossed from there), college students who need part time jobs who don't give a fuck, retirees who need a part time job, the disabled, and people who can't or won't do more physical work.
Then you tell them to be an authority figure who has limited, if any, authority. It varies from one site to the next, so what flies at my current site could be a firing offense elsewhere based on what the client wants. And communication is generally non-existent so you usually find out whats unacceptable after the fact. Add to this the fact that most sites are autonomous. The head office will pay checks,, do HR stuff, but you go through your shift lead for any issues. If e fails to resolve those issues you move up the chain, but your supervisor only knows what your shift lead tells him about your shift. The District/Account Manager only knows of your site what they hear from your supervisor. HR only has whatever they hear from your District Manager. This encourages bullying, tyranny and harassment as it's difficult to investigate, so HR usually just fires whoever complains, fires everyone involved or moves them all to separate sites. Guards are so scarce there are few unforgivable acts. Whether you are fired or not depends on who likes you. If they leave the company, you're back in if you want it. It won't stop rival companies from hiring you. If you're a sociopath it's a perfect environment.
So it's a piss poor job with little compensation, long hours and nothing to take your mind off your troubles. And a population of people with much higher rates of abuse, anxiety, depression or personality disorders than general pop. Then you put those people next to each other and put them under massive stress. Watched over by someone who is only watched themselves if things go fairly pear shaped for too long. Who earns slightly more money in exchange for mountains more stress and overtime. Who quickly either burns out or becomes a monster in order to deal with it.
In short you have a scarce hiring pool, of mostly damaged people, trying to lowball competitors for contracts, and then finding a way to make ends meet afterwards. It's generally an untenable situation.
I'm getting a different tattoo before I get my guitars tattooed (not guitars...each one is named, and one of them is no longer in existence, so will be very undead looking...Demona, Circe, Artemis, Hela, and Lillith respectively). After what happened the beginning of the year and the place I've come out of, I will be getting a semicolon tattoo (I would say to match my daughter's, but mine will be a little more).
The top will be made to look like a crashing wave on the ocean, with the "comma" part looking like a pendulum blade, with the text "You have such oceans within" below. All of it has very personal meaning, and this one will be on my inner forearm, where it will be readily visible.
Other than my own personal experience down that road, I have just recently lost two friends in the past two years to suicide.
Apologies in advance for the disjointed nature of this post...not my usual fare, but kinda still tired from work and it goes without saying there's a lot more to it than just the above.
I'm getting a different tattoo before I get my guitars tattooed (not guitars...each one is named, and one of them is no longer in existence, so will be very undead looking...Demona, Circe, Artemis, Hela, and Lillith respectively). After what happened the beginning of the year and the place I've come out of, I will be getting a semicolon tattoo (I would say to match my daughter's, but mine will be a little more).
The top will be made to look like a crashing wave on the ocean, with the "comma" part looking like a pendulum blade, with the text "You have such oceans within" below. All of it has very personal meaning, and this one will be on my inner forearm, where it will be readily visible.
Other than my own personal experience down that road, I have just recently lost two friends in the past two years to suicide.
Apologies in advance for the disjointed nature of this post...not my usual fare, but kinda still tired from work and it goes without saying there's a lot more to it than just the above.
Good news: New work location is a beautiful wedding venue on top of a hill, with free food every shift and minimal responsibilities/risk.
Bad news: 20 hours per week, and I tripped and hit my head on the concrete really hard today so now I have a concussion, :banghead
Good news: New work location is a beautiful wedding venue on top of a hill, with free food every shift and minimal responsibilities/risk.
Bad news: 20 hours per week, and I tripped and hit my head on the concrete really hard today so now I have a concussion, :banghead
hugs!! :hug :hug :hug
My search for gainful employment continues to elude me.
If anybody knows of a remote support position that won't look twice at my place of residence I would REALLY appreciate it.
I've been trying to look into international positions, taking advantage of the fact that I'm a bit of a night owl and timezones aren't a big deal for me, but no luck.My search for gainful employment continues to elude me.
If anybody knows of a remote support position that won't look twice at my place of residence I would REALLY appreciate it.
You're in the wrong country for me to be able to help.
I've been trying to look into international positions, taking advantage of the fact that I'm a bit of a night owl and timezones aren't a big deal for me, but no luck.My search for gainful employment continues to elude me.
If anybody knows of a remote support position that won't look twice at my place of residence I would REALLY appreciate it.
You're in the wrong country for me to be able to help.
(Plus, you know, if I'm paid in dollars, I get basically five times as much to spend here.)
As in you can't legally hire someone based in South America?I've been trying to look into international positions, taking advantage of the fact that I'm a bit of a night owl and timezones aren't a big deal for me, but no luck.My search for gainful employment continues to elude me.
If anybody knows of a remote support position that won't look twice at my place of residence I would REALLY appreciate it.
You're in the wrong country for me to be able to help.
(Plus, you know, if I'm paid in dollars, I get basically five times as much to spend here.)
We have international positions, we just don't have positions in South America.
As in you can't legally hire someone based in South America?I've been trying to look into international positions, taking advantage of the fact that I'm a bit of a night owl and timezones aren't a big deal for me, but no luck.My search for gainful employment continues to elude me.
If anybody knows of a remote support position that won't look twice at my place of residence I would REALLY appreciate it.
You're in the wrong country for me to be able to help.
(Plus, you know, if I'm paid in dollars, I get basically five times as much to spend here.)
We have international positions, we just don't have positions in South America.
Gotcha. Was worth the try, though.
In other news I am officially considered to have 'beaten' my cancers as enough time has gone by with no re-occurence.
Awesome news on the cancer front.
Then again, they made the deadly mistake of underestimating your resilience.
Also, you should sell the rights to that story to HBO. I'm sure they can turn that into a series somehow.
That would be a real shot in the arm for my nonexisting acting career!Awesome news on the cancer front.
Then again, they made the deadly mistake of underestimating your resilience.
Also, you should sell the rights to that story to HBO. I'm sure they can turn that into a series somehow.
And make the HBO contact stipulate that Kuroimaken has to play your role....
I am absolutely SEETHING right now.
My policy for creative works is that I retain the rights to the work until the client accepts them and wishes to use them for a commercial purpose. Normally this is easy to enforce since I have complete control over the files and hand them over as part of the billing process.
I was hired to work on a game. The project was vastly outside of the stated scope, so it ended up eating almost a YEAR.
Due to mismanagement, there was a severe crunch period in the last few days where procedure was basically suspended and files were flying everywhere so the correct people could get stuff done. The game was submitted before the bill was paid.
I was told that I'm charging too much, and wouldn't be paid. I charge federal minimum wage. Even if I charged him JUST for the time spent in biweekly meetings, it'd be hundreds of dollars.
I was told that I'm charging too much, and wouldn't be paid. I charge federal minimum wage. Even if I charged him JUST for the time spent in biweekly meetings, it'd be hundreds of dollars.IANAL, but Cali has a simplified Small Claims procedure for civil claims up to $10k: https://www.courts.ca.gov/1062.htm
I was told that I'm charging too much, and wouldn't be paid. I charge federal minimum wage. Even if I charged him JUST for the time spent in biweekly meetings, it'd be hundreds of dollars.IANAL, but Cali has a simplified Small Claims procedure for civil claims up to $10k: https://www.courts.ca.gov/1062.htm
You don't need an attorney for small claims, so if the agreement and work is well-documented in writing, you are good to go. Save every bit of evidence you can, especially if you are likely to lose access to them such as any messages on private social media groups.
So they are making money off the project? And you have logs proving that you put dozens of hours into the project?
As I said, save-save-save everything.
$4k is way too much good money to surrender to thieves and looters without some fight.
Wow, it does look beautiful.
Is it just me or are most problems we have in this thread money-related? I need to become a billionaire already.
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Granted, if I win a million dollars I probably wouldn't tell anyone.
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Granted, if I win a million dollars I probably wouldn't tell anyone.
Hey everyone, Nanshork is a secret millionaire!!1¡
Wow, it does look beautiful.
Is it just me or are most problems we have in this thread money-related? I need to become a billionaire already.
I'm entering my contests (of which I post a daily one on the Discord) so I'm working on becoming a millionaire!
Granted, if I win a million dollars I probably wouldn't tell anyone.
Wow, it does look beautiful.
Is it just me or are most problems we have in this thread money-related? I need to become a billionaire already.
I'm entering my contests (of which I post a daily one on the Discord) so I'm working on becoming a millionaire!
Granted, if I win a million dollars I probably wouldn't tell anyone.
I feel like if I became a billionaire I would end up distributing millions of bucks around to a lot of people. Worrying about money is such a fucking drag.
Whats kinda sad is that some of us worrying about money, if given enough to 'not have to worry' would use it up and then still have money troubles. Look at the stats for 'lottery winners'... I'd feel kinda disheartened if I were able to give 10 folks millions, and some of them just 'blew it all'... ending up about where they were originally, or worse.It makes sense, if you think about it. People resist change. Suddenly coming into lots of money with no plan for it causes them to be reckless and stupid about it.
I GOT A JOB!!
Holy fuck, are you okay?
Today a coworker called off of work tomorrow. While at work. They literally texted the boss while doing their job and said "I feel like shit, I won't be in tomorrow." What the actual fuck.
Dog is nearing his end. (https://gofund.me/623b9ba1):hug :hug
I got so bored that I logged back into here :lmao
I got so bored that I logged back into here :lmao
so back on the 15th of this month my mom passed away, and we need some help with the cremation cost https://www.gofundme.com/f/becky-taute?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
then last friday i got into a car accident, I'm okay but my car is out of commission.