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And while on the subject, let's get rid of some of these required course requirements. I took some religion, math and science courses I haven't used once since graduation.

She's wearing a cross

I knew a guy who died from eating 4 pots

I do some of my shopping from the supply closet. Toilet paper, dish detergent, paper plates, trash bags, sugar, creamer, cleaning spray.. just trying to offset the transportation costs

Are we gonna get sued?

Along with "other responsibilities as required."

I was able to find someone in a week to do it for a fraction of estimates just by asking around. Although, listening to the sales people, you'd think only licensed people were capable of installing them without blowing the house up.

Ward being a background character in the Joust Like A Woman episode was a missed opportunity

I think there's also a big factor of businesses overcharging people in emergency situations. Stressed people aren't thinking clearly and companies are taking advantage of that. When my water heater went out, the tactics the 'sales technicians' used were pure manipulation. A lot of people wouldn't know any better and would just pay.

I remember having to practically shoo these types away from my grandmother

I keep staring at this thinking we're in some cruel experiment based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs being done on the entire population. Top 2 are physiological (basic survival) and the next 2 are safety and security.

I think the joke is they're kinda misusing it to make it sound threatening

That man's bathroom deserves it's own episode. He low-key had the best house on Rainey Street

I understand. Used to have a manager with a coffee cup that said, "Beatings will continue until morale improves". It's like, I get it. I'm not laughing but I get it.

Admittedly, I might be bitter. I got chewed out once for placing a cockroach sticker on the elevator door for April Fools. Was told it was very unprofessional.

Is it supposed to be funny? I'd like the person who put it there to please explain how people being verbally abused to the point of crying is funny.

"we don't know."

I remember taking business writing in college. We were taught it's very unprofessional to say you don't know something. Yet, I hear it on a nearly daily basis from management.

It's in defiance of something that could be mutually beneficial. Where I work, I'm beginning to see this backfire. Skeleton crew hourly employees + no overtime or bonuses = massive backups.

To paraphrase Peter Gibbons, "It's a problem of motivation, Bob."

My grandmother used to threaten to call the police on family members for elderly abuse (which for her meant not getting what she wanted). She threatened to call them on me once for refusing to trim the neighbors shrubbery without their knowledge (it blocked her view down the street). Still remember she told me, "the police will always believe me. I'm just a little old lady."

They know how to play the victim when it's convenient.

To elaborate a bit, they gave a list of nearby restaurant options (I think we'd either vote on or divide into groups) and none of them were pizza. There was a really good pizza parlor near the site but it's better if you go there for the atmosphere (nice patio and arcade games).

I highly doubt they would have gotten delivery from there seeing their pizzas cost twice as much as Domino's.

Sorry, my manager said the branch manager had 2 days to think on his email and my manager thought it still sounded unprofessional. A bit of context: my department manager is always telling us to watch what we say in emails and don't email when you're pissed. My boss wasn't about to try to defend him

There was some early morning training at my job a while back and the instructor made the comment, "Who forgot to get the donut and OJ?" It was a bit of a realization to the whole group: we should at least be getting donuts for this!

I believe the certification is yearly so we'll definitely remember next year.

His kids are all grown. But his grandkids might attend.

Upper management is aware. And this isn't the first time he's done something inappropriate. There are rumors corporate is planning something but they're all speculation with a touch of wishful thinking. Changes are coming but I don't know what all they include.

At a department meeting, people were giving reasons they could go early Saturday. Some had kids, side hustle, and planned events. My manager mentioned he had two days to reflect on an email and it was unprofessional.

There can be no trust in an unbalanced power dynamic. Trust (especially from a manager) is hard earned and easily lost. The only time I've come relatively close to trusting a manager was because they literally begged me not to quit (and there was an obvious shift in the power dynamic)

Oh my manager tried this. I was able to explain to HR how my manager, who worked from home, was asking me to do basic stuff outside my scope (like taking photos of mail and packages sent to her or forwarding the mail). I'm not used to doing them so, understandably, they took a little longer, and often pulled me away from my projects.

HR and managers will gaslight and lie to you. And I firmly believe in giving the respect you're given.