12-16-2022, 11:03 PM | #9601 |
*The King of Nothing*
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I am not a fan of Whedon-esque quips/humor.
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12-17-2022, 07:06 PM | #9602 |
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The Chinese restaurant at our local mall closed down, I was horrified to discover today when I went there. It'd been there since the mid-1990s.
Early on, I tried boycotting the place because it replaced the video game arcade that had occupied that space previously. But wontons always break me down, and turned out the food there was awesome, so my wife and I made it a point to go there every time we went to the mall. So we were really looking forward to getting something to eat there today, and turns out they shut down. I'm pretty pissed about it. |
12-17-2022, 10:04 PM | #9603 |
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Aw, that is a damn shame.
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01-04-2023, 03:29 PM | #9604 |
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I believe/support Amber Heard and her associates/loved ones.
The level of revilement that she has/continues to receive and endure is atrocious. It's saddening ( but not startling ) that the general public largely overlooks it. |
01-05-2023, 02:53 PM | #9605 |
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Not true. At least in my experience. I love apartment living, no worries about maintenance or yardwork, and if you have a problem, you just put in a work order and it's taken care of by- someone else. No money out of pocket (unless it's something custom you put in yourself) and no dealing with installation. Just stand back and watch your maintenance person take care of everything. That includes lawn and flowerbed care, if applicable.
The worst issue I've ever had was once the lawn guys kicked up a rock with their lawnmower and broke a window- in December- and it was several months before it got fixed, because that manager was an imbecile. And I've mentioned a few times our upstairs neighbor who is unhygienic (seriously, she LITERALLY doesn't even know HOW to clean house or do any kind of personal hygiene) and has a habit of either singing loudly along to *ugh* country music, or whooping and hollering and clapping while watching NASCAR. Thankfully, we no longer have to deal with her since we moved into a unit in a different building on the back end of the complex. She was also the source of our bug problems a while back, first roaches, then bedbugs. But we managed to get rid of them, once I discovered the secret weapon that is diatomaceous earth. Never again.....
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01-05-2023, 03:38 PM | #9606 |
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I don’t support Amber Heard, but I respect your opinion.
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01-05-2023, 07:48 PM | #9607 |
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She pretty much reaped what she sowed.
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01-05-2023, 09:12 PM | #9608 |
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Translation:
"Too bad that a woman's rich, famous ex got away with smacking her around, verbally abusing her and joking about murdering her and raping her dead body, but y'know... Maybe she could have tried NOT being a bitch." On behalf of the many women in my family (and even more I'm friends with) who have been abused, and then told that either it "never happened" or "If it DID happen, you had it coming"... Try not to say such stupid sh*t going forward. Thanks in advance. |
01-09-2023, 06:18 AM | #9609 | |
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The entire jury unanimously came to the decision she was lying. Unanimously. I guess they are all sexist, JD-fans with no integrity. They are the ones who had to examine the case for months on end. The public also saw how full of it Amber was. Defending her is just plain bizarre at this point. “Oh, no, Johnny Depp sent his friend a highly distasteful, edgy text. What a terrible man.” Let’s just disregard the fact that it was black humor and he was in a situation where a psychotic succubus was trying to destroy his life. Let’s ignore the fact that all of Depp’s exes came out to support him, without one bad word to say. Meanwhile, Heard has previous domestic abuse cases and could barely get anyone to vouch for her. This isn’t even her first domestic abuse rodeo lmao. But let’s defend her against the guy who has five-star record when it comes to his past relationships. One of them was caught cheating repeatedly, falsifying evidence, deleting evidence, chopping fingers off, and contradicting herself on the stand. Let that one marinate for a second: she’s up there on the stand, lying and contradicting herself. That’s not weird, right? The other sent some mean text messages and drank too much. Depp’s problems amount to him being pretentious, edgy, and an addict. There is no evidence he abused Heard. There is ample evidence that she faked abuse. With make-up. The evidence was shown at the trial. The jury made the call and they are the ones actually paying attention. You have to have your head in the sand to do anything that resembles supporting Amber. You just do. The only people left doing that are radically-entrenched feminists on twitter who simply refuse to go against their female brethren. Anyone defending her at this point isn’t going off evidence, facts, or the trial. They are simply digging their heels in stubbornly and ignoring evidence. Meaning my post to Leo is a waste of time, but at least anyone else here who is interested can learn something. Leo, I do get it - men who beat on women are ****. This isn’t that. At the end of the day, there is a basket full of reasons that the jury decided, unanimously, that Heard was lying. You only had to watch and see. Last edited by AquaParade; 01-09-2023 at 08:23 PM. |
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01-18-2023, 12:27 PM | #9610 |
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It's been a good long while since I've griped about something and I think I will today. Get a slight frustration out. Being guilt-tripped.
Today, I am off from work, but not by choice. A tad sick, but not going to get into a lot of detail over it. Anyway, I called off yesterday and since I was still not fully okay today, I told them I couldn't come in. They were angry at me for it because they were saying, "We TOLD you yesterday that you are definitely needed today!!" I said I would try, but I'm just not good. I even gave a reason as to why I'm probably not "good" right now and mentioned the results of blood work I just had done. The levels that were being measured were extremely low. I'd been feeling bad for the past couple of weeks in general, but still managed to go to work, yesterday and today was just a problem. Anyway, didn't matter. Was told to take an over-the-counter med by my boss. My response...it'll hurt my stomach and interfere with a prescription medication I already take for my stomach because of the diverticulosis that I was diagnosed with. I have a sensitive stomach. No response back really after that, and with my anxiety, I don't want to look back to see what she possibly said or if she even read it. She pulled that on me last year too when I had to get surgery done and had to take two weeks off to recover. They were pretty much making me feel bad because I got that surgery done, which I truly TRULY needed since the issue I was going through was interfering with my day-to-day life. I had that done back in September. My doctor wanted it done in July or August. I postponed it at the behest of my bosses since they were practically begging me to wait, even though I had to get personal and explain what the problem was. Every once in a while, that gets thrown back in my face that I took off for that to begin with. I wasn't paid during that time either. Only was paid 3 out of 10 days for that. So yeah, companies that guilt-trip employees when things come up and you have to take the time off. The fact that they had one person in last week who REALLY shouldn't have been in because she was vomiting and had stomach issues forced to come in (guilt) says a lot. I know they're having trouble hiring and keeping staff, and it's junk like this that run staff off. One person that started with me last year just got fed up and walked out back in November. My assistant had been there for four years and she got sick of it and left too. She hated the overtime thing and how they go out of their way not to give it to us, causing us to get under 80 hours sometimes. They'd usually give us super long breaks to make up for it, which might have us slightly under 80 hours or maybe just hitting it. With the way I work, I could be getting at least 7 or 8 hours worth of OT every week...but whatever. One time they sent me home at like midday because I had too many hours. It's unfortunate, but why would anyone take off (unpaid) if they weren't sick? I know with the type of job I have, it is difficult to just get away and to be fair, they have put up with me with my doctor's visits and such, but I'd say I've been a loyal and diligent employee and the parents like me to the point that they don't want their kids to leave my class and I move up with them. I'm not sure what tomorrow will bring for me and a bit nervous about it, but we'll see, but I am considering quitting sooner rather than later...okay, no. My motto is you don't leave an old job until you find a new one. Last edited by ssjup81; 01-18-2023 at 12:39 PM. |
01-18-2023, 03:13 PM | #9611 |
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What the actual ****.
If the only option people have had is to walk away, I'm guessing it's safe to assume there isn't any higher up (or at least no good one) that could be reached out to, to hopefully get that boss and/or however else removed? I understand it's tough if a place is understaffed, but that just sounds despicably unethical and inhumane if people even feel they have to put the employer before their own health. If hell were real, there would be a special place in it for crap employers who need people to devote so much time to it in the one life they get only spend it stuck in a terrible environment. Best of luck with that, I hope a good opportunity shows up in the near future that allows you to get the hell out of there. edit: Also pretty ironic that they'd be upset about you needing a day off, but then send you home early previously for working too much... Small grind that's basically nothing in comparison... think I might be getting another virus. Almost four years without being sick and now possibly two within 2 1/2 months? No fair. Last edited by IndigoErth; 01-18-2023 at 04:01 PM. |
01-18-2023, 03:32 PM | #9612 |
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I can still remember the anxiety I felt calling in sick at my old job. I just try to look at it as a numbers game. Does the company give me sick time? How much? I am never going to feel guilty about using my allotted sick time, because that is there for a reason and it's up to the company to manage employees around that.
If I was constantly sick, then it comes down to whether I am a good enough employee to be worth it. A good employee can be a pain in one area if they are otherwise a great asset. |
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Anyway, I found out that about four or five other people, including my assistant, called out that day which was probably why they were so adamant on my coming in. They were probably only focused on numbers, even though I explained how bad off I was and I knew they couldn't grant me bathroom breaks if needed because they couldn't before when I truly truly needed it (hence the surgery I got in September). I couldn't drive really...felt too weak. I finally had the energy to go to the urgent care center yesterday morning, and the doctor there said, after doing bloodwork, that I had a stomach virus. He was going to prescribe me some meds for my stomach (ironically, it's what I already take) and wrote me a note to stay out until Monday until everything is out of my system and I can eat a normal meal again without...the effects of one having a stomach virus. ^^; I sent a message telling them yesterday morning that I was going to the urgent care center and sent the note, but they never responded. I'm the type to usually call (I'm a bit old-school), but just didn't want to this time due to nerves, partially. I'm a bit unnerved by that and slightly anxious, but I can't let it get to me. I do feel a bit...nervous about ever asking for time off because of situations like this, though. I still have yet to ask for actual time off for leisure. It's always been for either a doctor's visit for part of the day or an actual day because I'm sick or having to do something for my father, like taking him to dialysis or something because my mother couldn't, but even then, it's usually part of the day. Back in December, much to my boss' regret, she had to close down most of the place because the majority of the staff caught the flu. I was one of the few who didn't since I got vaccinated earlier on, I guess. No complaints, just did the work. I can't help but wonder if this happened on Wednesday, having to call parents, telling them to keep their kids home because of sick staff. Oh, and my former assistant called me back on Wednesday and she was telling me she had been talking with the infant teacher who quit back in December and how she had just gotten unhappy working there. She went back to her old center, apparently. The other teacher who used to work for the county school with special education children, who left because it was getting too dangerous for her, quit in September to go back to that. My mind was blown when I found that out. Quote:
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01-20-2023, 12:45 PM | #9614 |
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This:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...edophiles.html I wonder why CNN or MSNBC isn't running with this story?
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01-20-2023, 01:30 PM | #9616 | |
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01-20-2023, 02:18 PM | #9617 | |
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This sort of formalized pushback that is actually rude that causes you to actually say "this will hurt my stomach and interfere with a prescription medication..." Like... just that f'n sentence is like insipid nonsense that needs to be said to match the insipid nonsense that they deliver to you. In a normally operating world it's "I'm going to take a sick day - I've got some stomach issues going on" "Oh that's the worst, okay see you tomorrow. Feel better." But instead it's a world of sheep in phony leadership positions who present these sort of formal statements of bull$#!( where you have to reply with more formal statements of bull$#!(. All to serve someone above you who is clearly a sheep because they don't know how to construct any thought outside of combative-rigid-formality-of-disdain. And it's even worse in places like retail and call center jobs were the call center "director" is.... you know... a real mover and shaker I'm sure. It's even weirder that you have to deal with that in any place of education or where you organize people. Last edited by IMJ; 01-20-2023 at 02:27 PM. |
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01-20-2023, 02:48 PM | #9618 | |
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01-21-2023, 01:55 PM | #9619 |
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Or any source that isn't a tabloid, British no less.
Looks like Fox News' site picked it up 17 hours ago (as of this post), so this thread had it before they did. MSN.com 23 hours ago. A lot of awful things people do in every state, every part of the world, remain largely local news that most never hear about. Yes, that's horrendous and I hope they rot in prison and get beat daily by other inmates for it, but I don't see how it's any different that it didn't hit main stream any more than the many other crimes and cases of child abuse that don't. (Although this has more-so, unlike the many we don't hear about.) A majority probably stay local news. So... what's the elephant in the room that makes this one worse that it isn't a big national story? They're gay? And proof that "gays bad!"? And the liberal media is surely in cahoots? The fact that some gay people are just as awful as some straight people is shocking to anyone? Horrible people come in all types, but sharing one demographic stat or another with a terrible person hardly defines or puts blame and guilt on people who have nothing to do with them and would never do such a thing. Hard to cover all stories. After all, a husband is as of late being convicted of murdering his wife and probably chopping her up into pieces... (Is that likewise a husband thing or just a sick bastard thing??) A bit hard to fit all stories in or as soon as people think it should be. Was it an agenda that the Fox News site child abuse article didn't happen until 17 hours ago? Seems they were slow on the uptake, too. Anyway.... personal grind, the garbage disposal apparently giving up and springing a leak. Fun! At least it's connected to the smaller, sectioned off side of the sink and we can just avoid getting water in that side until it's replaced. Granted the thing also lasted a long, long time (maybe 30 years?), so hard to fault it for eventually giving up. edit: Bad news, it's also connected to the dish washer. That'll be fun until it's replaced. Last edited by IndigoErth; 01-21-2023 at 04:14 PM. |
01-21-2023, 04:09 PM | #9620 | |
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Also, as for my situation this past week, they were probably focused on numbers since others had called out, making them severely understaffed. Not okay, of course, but they still shouldn't be guilting employees for getting sick.Yeah...that's where I was going with that, you just got more into it. There's a lot of news coming out all of the time. It takes time for news outlets to pick them up since there's always something going on. |
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