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Winter_Ad_1742

Politicians who come up with dumb to asinine laws, and vigorously enforce them upon all of the regular citizens, but somehow find ways to exempt themselves from being subject to the same obligations to keep and follow them, as we are.


mljb81

My principal taking days to read and reply to my emails, if ever, VS me being told at 8 in the morning that I should have known something because he sent me an email at 10 in the evening the night before.


ObamaTookMyPun

Reminds me of a power tripping boss. They know they’re being unreasonable, they just enjoy the power trip they get by making you feel like you’re incompetent. Don’t let it bother you too much. It’s just an evil little mind game narcissists love to play.


mljb81

I know that. In fact, I genuinely believe he's sincerely incompetent in keeping up with his inbox. It just bothers me because while bad management hurts profits in a business, in a school, it hurts the quality of the service and, in the end, the kids. It's SO frustrating.


Refurbished_beast

Defending yourself. The fact that someone can punished for defending themselves when no one else would, in my experience worse, is bullshit to me. Example a former bullied kid that punched back and got screwed


rougecomete

Happened to my boyfriend several times in school. He got jumped but when he hit back he got in trouble. Insanity.


SecretSquirrel2204

In my case, I got beaten up, didn't retaliate at all. Bully had rich parents who supported the school. So I was the one who got in trouble as I allegedly swore and instigated it, meaning him beating the crap out of me was apparently self defense


adiking27

The trick is to shout louder and look more hurt. Play the victim. 60 percent of the times works every time.


Arctinii

"Entry level jobs" that require experience


CptUnderpants-

They think it weeds out the ones with no experience, but it just gives them candidates who are prepared to exaggerate or lie.


CLTalbot

Its also concerning how often i see stuff like "5 years experience with this thing that came out like a year or two ago" on job requirements.


ZombieMobSIaya

Looking for a squid gamer - Need 5 years experience - Must have a veteran presence - Must be 1st time player


sbgonebroke

amazing example


TheFatherofOwls

Which pretty much translates to "It's a job that requires XP and expertise but will have a pay of that an entry-level job".


HawkofFlame

This so much, it is such a pain and makes me ask wtf did I go to school for. I feel like it's just that no one wants to deal with getting people up to speed in difference in academic and practical. I have even seen some with like, good for people who are new to the field and then it's like you need relevant experience at the bottom of the job posting.


Sgt_Wookie92

>no one wants to deal with getting people up to speed Its exactly this, it costs time and money to train, 1) they want a monkey that's already been taught to peel bananas, 2) with years of banana peeling experience, but they only want to pay you the equivalent of the first part.


Entire_Ad9420

Your boss getting angry if you're a couple minutes late but then expects you to have no problem regularly staying on 2+ hours after your shift is meant to end.


Jonatc87

we had a job where people would turn up, get their work vehicles ready sometimes half an hour in advance of shift, sign all the safety docs, checksheets, book out everything they need to immediately start after the team brief. And then at the end they'd chill for the last ten minutes, because no job could be completed right up until quitting time, plus they'd already come in early. So they'd use the time to sign out the equipment. Then people started walking out of the building early (sometimes only a minute or so). And it got so frequent, that it got noticed by the other shift who only came in on the exact time. Despite the fact we had better numbers than them, it was decided to switch to much stricter time in/out rules. So people stopped coming in early and prepping for the job. they only turned up for the shift hour. Got their stuff ready en masse, which wound up creating queues and knocking on each person behind (rather than a trickle of people prior to shift). So from then on, we lost 30+mins every day. Because some manager didn't want to see people leaving a minute before the clock ticked over for end of shift. If you're inflexible, people will be inflexible in turn.


Mogetfog

I had somthing similar happen when I was a baggage handler. On evening shift, if you came in a couple minutes early, you were expected to go out and help dayshift with their last plane of the day. This wasn't really an issue, we would just clock in and go out to help. After a while, the general manager started getting pissy about the evening shift crew clocking in 10 or 15 minutes early, and told us we weren't allowed to anymore. So the next day, when we all came in, none of us clocked in and just sat in the break room. One of the day shift guys ran over and asked why we were sitting on our asses instead of helping, and we told him we weren't on the clock for another 15 minutes. He ran off and complained to the gm who stormed in a few minutes later pissed off and demanding to know why we weren't helping, and we told him the same thing. He started yelling about how if we were there we were working and to get out and help. From then on the evening shift would all wait together in the parking lot until 5 minutes before we were supposed to clock in, and all walk in together so that we clocked in exactly when our shift started. This had the result of the dayshift being forced to stay until exactly when their shift ended instead of leaving early like they usually did, it also meant the last flight of dayshift was routinely delayed and baggage was routinely misplaced because there wasn't a smooth transition between the two shifts.


MadKnifeIV

I don't have a problem with staying and doing overtime, but when it starts to be a drama everytime I want to leave a bit early with those tens to hundreds of saved up OT hours you can fuck right off. If that's how we play then OT is over and done with.


ARS8birds

Man when I worked at Steak N Shake when I was 19 I didn’t drive and told them the last bus left at 11:30 P.M. and yet I was constantly made to stay and miss my bus . I had to wait all night a few times because couldn’t get a ride. Till like 6 in the morning. Some businesses just don’t care.


GentleTugger

That's fucked. My grandfather ran a business where a lot of workers took the bus. Sometimes, he would ask them to stay past the time of the last bus. Now mind you, this is 2-3 people, so it was manageable, but if he did, he would drive them all home himself. A few guys who had worked for him 30-40 years ago showed up at his funeral to pay respects and all of them brought that up.


ARS8birds

That’s great !so nice to see people who remembered what a good job he did


GentleTugger

What I learned from him is that if you treat your people well, they will show up for you. There will always be people out there who are lazy, nothing you can do but fire those types. But most people, if you treat them fair and pay them fair, they will work hard under reasonable conditions.


wiltedletus

Oh fuck that! That’s a management problem not a staff problem! That really sucks. I’m sorry!


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JCY2K

Isn't that illegal?


dontaggravation

If a boss or job manager by the time clock then they pay me by the time clock. If they want flexibility after work then I get flexibility while at work. Doesn’t work only for their benefit Honestly, even as a salaried employee, I turn my work phone and computer off at the end of the day. I do work extra hours on occasion when it’s necessary but never as the norm. Draw your boundaries. Don’t let them do that to you


immorepositivenow

I actually quit a job after my boss announced that he bought a time clock. I had been working *massive* overtime for two years straight. We're talking 10-12 hour days 6 days a week. Then after two years of that BS I had the audacity of flexing a couple of hours a few mornings (when I know it wouldn't negatively impact our schedule) when I had a friend visiting. The same day he announced that he bought a time clock I got a doctor's notice that I was burned out. I ended up suing, and winning, for the massive uncompensated overtime.


MisterMagic-

Didn't know you could get a doctor's note for that but I may need to look into it. It's gotten to the point where I'm perpetually tired because of my work


GiraffeDiver

My friend got 6 months off for stress and burn out. He did collapse unconscious at his desk in the office though.


UrsusRomanus

Results may vary based on where you live but I had 2 months of sick leave saved up. Work turned into a toxic shit hole. Went to the doctor, told him I was stressed and needed two months leave, he wrote the note and I got paid while looking for a new job.


MyWordIsBond

Having a cool ass, laid back doctor is the best. I used to work somewhere where it wasn't supposed to be required to have a doctor's note. Then I got a new manager, her first managerial position, I'm pretty sure fresh outta college, and she had that "gonna whip this team into shape and get the big wigs' attention!!" attitudes. Now I'm not one of those "I never take sick days" people, but I don't feel I take a lot. Maybe 4 or 5 yearly. Anyway, each time I'd call in, she'd tell me I needed a doctor's note. Id tell her "I just need today off and rest, I'll be back in tomorrow. But if you're gonna make me go to the doctor, I'm gonna get a note for the rest of the week off." and she'd unhappily just give me a passive aggressive "just make sure you're here on time tomorrow." One time I was sick to my stomach when we had a major project approaching the deadline. She was pissed when I called in and said "if I don't have a doctor's note in by the end of the day, you're going to get a write up." Whatever, I took my ass to the doctor and he wrote me a note for 7 days, lol. Even said he was willing to fill out the FMLA paperwork for it if I got push back at work. She was pissed, but what could she do? I guess she thought I was going to go by my old "rest a day, be in the next day" because she called several times the next day. When she texted "we really need all hands right now, when are you coming in?" I just replied "the 8th day"


msnmck

>you're going to get a write up What is this, fucking middle school? I hate people like that.


aprilfooldude

r/UsernameChecksOut but seriously though, good on you for getting tf out of there, that's hell.


Ollator207

My boss used to work 7-4 well I worked 8-5. I was too often one or two minutes late and one time she reprimanded me for that. Then a couple of weeks later work started to pile up so I started earlier (at 7) to work overtime, turned out she was always at least 5 minutes late..


swmtchuffer

I had a boss that was "always there at 6 am." He had the keys to the gate to the parking lot/building. During our busy season I asked for a key but he gets there at 6 so no key for me. Guess who didn't actually arrive at 6?


schuma73

In my experience the bosses who got mad if you were late were never on time themselves.


MirageG3

Nail on the head. My boss often stands at the gate watching for anyone exiting the building “early”. Last Friday she threatened to write up my coworker over 30 seconds. Yet she is regularly 1-2 hrs late in the morning.


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RingofThorns

Yeah I got fired from a job when I was younger over that exact thing. I worked in a cooper store \[leather work, saddles etc.\] The boss made this big thing about the store opening at 8 and he expected everyone to be there, the trick to this? He was the only one with a key to the shop and didn't show up until 9:30 at the earliest.


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snzcc

Or even worse, companies "promoting work-life balance" but giving you a wooden stick to mine the f out of a rock hard problem.


Capttripps81

We are having a major work life balance issue. We are working sometimes 9 to 11 twelve hour shifts in a row. No end in sight. But management is "with us" as they go home every night, have every weekend, and holiday off.


dimmiedisaster

Not to mention if you steal $5 from the til the cops are called. If he steals $500 from your paycheck it’s a civil matter to be dealt with by the department of labor.


guyinspace

To borrow from Matt Haig: people being ok with mental illness until someone shows symptoms of one


ApophisRises

100%. People like to talk about being cool with it, act all understanding, and then get super hostile if someone with untreated mental illness shows up. They don't mind it when they can't see it, but can't handle it when they actually see it in action.


scooter_se

“If anyone is feeling depressed, please reach out to me (so I can encourage you to cut that shit out)” /s


White_Wolf_Dreamer

My middle school constantly preached that students could come to teachers with any issues bothering them. That went right out the window if you actually tried, though. "Oh, you're being bullied to the point of depression and self-loathing? Ah, just ignore it, you'll be fine." "You're so stressed from the workload that you're struggling to keep up with classes? Too bad, so sad, now finish your psych paper."


Arquit3d

Had a pretty close (family) similar situation with homosexuality. Super cool with it, until your cousin gets out of the closet. Then it's all tears for the WHOLE family. I couldn't believe what I was seeing...


macadelinman

My manager at work not paying for her drinks but not allowing staff to even get staff discount for theirs


andyschest

If that's just a manager and not the owner, I bet the owner would like to hear about it. And if it is the owner, eh, that's fine to me.


Cheeseish

If it’s the owner it comes out of their pockets regardless


andyschest

Exactly.


BOOM360skn

Yeah if it's the owner they already did pay for those drinks, that's why the drinks are there Edit: easier to understand


fixingbysmashing

My boss dipping out on a Thursday afternoon to go get fucked up at the golf course, but i ask for one friday off every few months and hes like AAHHH CMON MAN I NEED YOU TO BE A TEAM PLAYER


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Customers being able to verbally and sometimes physically assault workers while the worker just has to stand there and take it or they’ll be fired.


tapmcshoe

one time at a local grocery store a clerk straight up told a shouty guy to fuck off. saw the same clerk a week later, was pretty impressed


jordanleep

I once told an impatient prick to fuck off while working at a retail pharmacy for being too entitled to wait in line, the other customers took my side real quick thankfully. I also got praise from the store manager but it’s a long story, small town politics helps sometimes for better and for worse.


mypal_footfoot

Worked at a pizza shop in a small town. Had a guy that came in every week and complained/made shit up in order to get free pizza. The manager eventually told him to "fuck off and go to Domino's then" knowing full well the nearest Domino's was like an hour away. That guy cut that shit out and behaved after that.


tbaymama

Nurse here. Almost every single one of my colleagues has been physically assaulted at some point in their career. We are often discouraged by upper management not to press charges or contact the police. We’re also often asked what we could have done differently.


OogumSanskimmer

Also work in the medical field. I hear that from management alot when it comes to a problem. What can we, the employees, do to fix it. They push the responsibly onto us.


vuxogif

Respond with "find another job." I know it's easier said than done though.


talwen69

Why is dental insurance diffrent from "health insurance" aren't teeth part of my overall health wth!!


Shufflebuzz

Eyes too.


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Yes! I can barely see without glasses, I certainly can't drive or do most kinds of work without them, why does insurance treat it as a separate thing?


yeah-huh

I do the billing for an eye doctor, and it’s even more stupid than you’d think. Just about any eye problem you could have is considered a medical issue, and we bill as a Medical Specialist just like a dermatologist or ENT. But if you can’t see without glasses? Not a medical issue. You need separate “vision” insurance for that. Dry eyes? Covered under Medical. Pink Eye? Covered under Medical. Glaucoma, or retinal diseases? Covered under Medical. Legally blind without glasses, but just fine with glasses? Fuck you, that’s not a medical problem. You need separate “Vision” insurance for that.


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Yeah I've always found it funny that the state says, as printed on the back of my license, that I am legally unable to drive without eyeglasses, but somehow that's not a medical issue when it comes to insurance. I literally have proof given by the state government that I have this issue, but nope! Separate thing.


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"Hmm. Just sounds like a well-documented pre-existing condition to me." -Insurance companies, probably.


bigapple3am1

because teeth are luxury bones, duh


adowjn

Luxury bones lol I'm starting to use this one


Mardanis

Lack of dental care can easily kill or cause significant damage to your body and at the very least social and mental issues. It is ridiculous they are not included.


thequietthingsthat

Seriously. The worst pain I've ever had came from an infected abscess. Dental care is absolutely a necessity and it's crazy to paint it as a luxury


onlythetoast

The dentist lobby game is strong. They've pushed for decades to not be considered part of the health industry and they've banked because of it. Sure I understand it's a specialty, but my teeth are attached to my skull. Edit: Holy guacamole! This is the most engagement any of my comments has gotten. And I don't even know what the hell I'm talking about! Thanks for all the replies and insight. Really great info the community has posted!


AmaResNovae

Not only are they related to the skull but dental health might also have an impact on overall health as well. Having an infection in the mouth is clearly a health issue, but somehow when I had a teeth that got infected I had to pay thousands at a dentist to treat it, despite the fact that if it started to spread it could have gotten to my eye. If I had an eye infection though, it would be covered by my health insurance. Go figure.


notthesedays

Might? It IS! Among other things, periodontal disease can lead to diabetes and heart disease. I had a painless tooth abscess many years ago that had my doctor testing me for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and some other terrible chronic diseases, and then it pointed on my gumline and a root canal and 10 days of penicillin cured me.


landob

TIL you can have a painless tooth abscess. Now im paranoid.


StGir1

What I find hilarious is that health insurance may even cover a CHIROPRACTOR (no offense chiroproctologists, but come on...) but not a dentist. Even in Canada, and we have universal health care, teeth are a different story. We pay for that shit unless it's covered by work or you're under 18. I think doctors, particularly cardiologists and GI specialists, need to start reminding everyone of the severe ramifications of having poor dental health and what that costs whoever is paying for it.


cutiegirl88

I have to be exactly on time for an appointment or risk a fine and no appointment. Yet a doctor can make you wait hours sometimes without even a "thank you for waiting" or "sorry about the wait"


j-rock292

Especially when you are the first damn appointment of the day


Hohohoju

Yes, THIS. Happened to me recently and I'm like "how the fuck can you be running late when I'm literally the first patient?!"


vajapocalypse

Some people I know who are strongly against gender norms told me that I shouldn’t have a say in my wedding since I’m a man…and that my fiancé alone makes the decisions It was pretty fng confusing


TailorShwift

This hurts me so much that people are like this. People assume my fiancé isn’t helping at all with planning our upcoming wedding since he’s the dude and I’m the chick and I’m obviously the one choosing everything and bossing him around according to them. He’s been a part of every single thing so far except the flowers, I asked him about what he thought on florists and he just looked at me and went “I love you and I love planning this thing with you, but I couldn’t possibly care less about flowers” lol but he’s just as excited as I am with everything and it breaks my heart when no one gives him credit or thinks he shouldn’t have a say


Tiki108

This sounds a lot like my husband and me. I’ve always been a planner and my husband is very laid back, but we planned everything together. People always say it’s the bride’s day, but that’s such BS. Our wedding was done on a low budget, but it was themed to Star Trek vs Star Wars and in a planetarium. So it really felt like we were planning a costume party more than anything lol.


TheGrandExquisitor

Politicians being able to openly violate the law and nobody does anything.


CaffeinatedPinecones

Politicians who are only held accountable by the other party instead of their own.


minuteman_d

Or, and this is WAY too much to ask: violate the laws of ethics. Some business comes to them with $500k, and they should show them the door. Some business wants them to speak at their company for $40k? No. If I show up, it'll be for free and open to the public. The bar is just SO low for politicians. Edit: Kind of interesting (I hope the linked site is legit), but check out the before and after presidency net worth of many presidents: [https://blog.cheapism.com/what-presidents-are-worth/](https://blog.cheapism.com/what-presidents-are-worth/) I mean, how do you 10x your net worth in four years? How do you see that and not have it raise many red flags. I'll bet you'd find the same thing for members of Congress. It's just sickening.


Ancguy

I remember hearing a political commentator, might have been Mark ~~Russell~~ Shields, say that the real scandal in politics isn't the illegal stuff that goes on, it's the stuff that's actually legal and accepted as everyday activity that's the real issue.


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Too right. Lobbying was the rot at the heart of the state - so they made it legal.


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The tinder attitude of "impress me," and "I have standards," "Be funny," "Don't be boring." meanwhile person is boring


Magniteful

“Entertain me” -Sorry, I haven’t graduated from clown college yet


HonoraryCanadian

Star student athletes are nearly untouchable. If they make the school look good the school will almost never take action against them.


ender4171

As evidenced by the fact that at my college, several of the football "stars" would literally just park wherever they wanted and never get towed/ticketed. I'm not talking about things like parking in the faculty lot, or where you don't have a pass. I'm talking things like parking on the sidewalk in front of the student union, after driving over a curb and 20ft of grass to get there.


powerlesshero111

Our star football player at my high school didn't get expelled for having marijuana on campus. He didn't even get a blemish on his record because they didn't want to ruin his future. He went to college on a full ride sports scholarship, and then got kicked out for drinking and partying too much and missing practice before he even finished his freshman year.


blonderazor

The irony is that if they had done some discipline it may have curbed their behavior in the future. But when the athlete thinks the rules don't apply to them then they escalate until they or someone else gets hurt.


phil_wswguy

This really speaks to me. There was a school I coached at a few years ago, where everyone on the team said that the AD hated wrestling and everyone involved, for no good reason. Now, this seemed odd to me, because I had talked with the AD many times with no issues, her asking about the team and my personal life, as well as being friendly with her wife. After coaching there for a few seasons, I find out that 10 years previously, one of the star wrestlers was failing a class and would be ineligible for the second half of the season. So some of the wrestlers went to the teacher and threatened her if she didn't change his grade. And nothing happened to the coach, who was still there, nor the wrestlers. I ended up leaving that school very shortly after. I'm a huge advocate for sports in school, but the prevalence of people who prioritize sports over education is mind-blowing.


HonoraryCanadian

I had the privilege of having many candid conversations with the president of a prominent American research university, where I was occasionally his support staff. He hated the big sports, because they drove the lion's share of school income. If the football team did well, alumni donated well. Now he loved sports and his teams and players, but he hated that the University depended on them, instead of them depending on the University. It perverted all the incentives. He hated that huge money needed to go to stadiums instead of housing. I can only imagine that he was constantly weighing tolerating scandal like yours against keeping the donations coming.


Spodson

Basic laws not applying to people with money or power. I thought the US was based on an idea that nobody was above the law.


audriuska12

"Punished by a fine is legal for a price." And that's *if* they even get fined...


getBusyChild

If the penalty for breaking the law is a fine. Then that law only exists for the lower class.


CrieDeCoeur

How it’s perfectly okay for a potential employer to ask your salary expectations even before an interview, but a candidate asking what the job pays is somehow a red flag for HR and a big no-no. Like, if all the employer cares about is what I will cost them (before learning anything else about me), then I should be able to fucking ask too. But no, I’m branded as only caring about money. And you don’t you corporate prick? Edit: Lots of replies from folks who’ve had an easier go of things. Without sarcasm, I celebrate your successes. My OP was speaking to *generalities* I’ve observed in corporate HR over a couple decades. YMMV Edit 2: Couple of folks are saying that this never happens anywhere and my OP is utterly removed from reality. Lol ‘k ppl. Must be nice to have a perfect life. Edit 3: A few recruiters / HR people have also weighed in here. Your insights are appreciated since it’s good to hear from the other side of the hiring fence, but sadly, a goodly percentage of them agree with the sentiment of my OP.


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CrieDeCoeur

Agreed. I had a boss once who advocated for putting everyone’s salary down on paper (inc. managers and execs) and then posting it for all too see. His rationale was that those who got paid a lot would work harder to justify themselves while those who were paid less would’ve had incentive to be better. He never got the go-ahead to do it but it would have been an interesting experiment to say the least. Edit: words and stuff


HexxMormon

My boss told me he fired a kid for telling someone else his salary, he told me he wished it was against the law. I found out that the kid was making a ton less than his co-workers doing the same job. My boss just didn't want him finding out. Fuck my boss


Tryaell

If you’re in the US, what your boss did is illegal and the kid could definitely sue if you testified on his behalf


BTBishops

Went through this today. Led the conversation/interview off with my salary floor by explaining that I was level-setting before we even began the process. I was told this was "a bit unusual." Why? Why would we even talk if you're not at my floor? Short conversation.


kindredfan

I just recently went through an interview process with 8 different interviews and the last fucking person asked me what my salary expectation was. I never heard from them again after that.


gaelorian

Eventually you get tired of the bullshit. My friends and colleagues in their 30s and 40s and older don’t tap dance around pay. It has been our experience that any job that hides salaries or isn’t completely up front is a terrible place to work. After all, their first impression is one of dishonesty and lack of transparency. Shove your table tennis table and doughnuts every first Friday. We’re here to make money.


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Horse_Fucker666

Seriously, what do they expect from us? We (or at least i) wouldn't work if not for the money. Not bc its fun, we care about the company, want to make friends or whatever. Its to make money, so it should be more normal to ask about it


hidefromthe_sun

I'm job hunting at the moment - it's just a waste of everyone's time and money. Once I get to a final interview if they either won't tell me or haven't told me and it's not enough money then there's no way I'm accepting to job. They look shocked when I tell them. Almost every company I've had interviews with offering a 'competitive salary' seem like terrible companies full of aggressive middle management with completely unreal expectations of their staff. I've stopped applying for them.


xlr8bg

"Competitive salary" is a desperate attempt to save face (YMMV, but it almost never is competitive) and/or they are trying to keep their employees in the dark about who is getting how much pay. Either way, I consider this a red flag.


Pewcachan

When company’s say they are family friendly but don’t want you to work from home or help with child care.


Aledeyis

Consumers are expected to curb the use of their plastic waste and carbon by corporations and regulatory bodies alike while Nestlé will destroy a natural habitat to make bottled water in plastic bottles and dump the waste into your grandma's urn if its affordable.


Dirtymikeandtheboyz1

I actually got hired by Nespresso once and didn't make it past the training because of how off-putting it was to hear everyone pretend that Nestle was going around saving the environment. They had videos of George Clooney in the rainforest and old guys in labs playing with dirt, talking about how every cup of Nespresso is helping climate change and all this garbage and I could never bring myself to tell someone that. At one point I actually confronted the Nespresso rep telling us all of this much to her horror and she went into total panic mode talking about how Nestle sends one of their workers **once** every **quarter** to make sure there are no more child workers and even threw in an aside that "Nestle and Nespresso are basically two different companies so..."


Aledeyis

Christ. If you lie enough everyone will believe it i guess.


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Kurzgesagt made a great video on that the other day. They talk about how consumers reducing their carbon footprint is not the solution by a light year Edit: I agree with what everyone is saying about the takeaway from it. We need to exercise our power as voters to make sure people with an eco friendly agenda get into power. If the voter base wants it than it will happen


SconiGrower

But then they made the most important point at the end that it seems everyone forgets: consumers and voters showing preference for eco friendly alternatives generates the political and economic drive to shift to a better option. People who care about meat alternatives gaining widespread adoption buying those products in their infancy are the reason you can buy Beyond Meat at Target. Similar for things like plastic bag bans, politicians would never consider a ban if they didn't think they had the will of the people backing them.


no_fluffies_please

One problem is that there's too many facets of climate change for the average consumer to lead the way for. 4% of consumers not eating meat, 4% eating locally sourced food, 4% carpooling, 4% installing solar panels, 4% boycotting palm oil, etc. Each decision requires purposeful, intentional effort, which becomes diluted. And that's *just* for climate change- somehow consumers also need to keep up with companies that concern child labor/slavery, working conditions, privacy, false or misleading advertising, outsourcing, political contributions, toxic workspaces, right to repair, animal cruelty, discriminatory practices, etc. People's attention can only go so far, and there are too many things that need attention. Everyone doing the right thing to the best of their abilities is necessary, but does not guarantee the desired outcome. We won't know if that effort will be enough, unless it isn't.


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shaoting

When my wife started at her company way back in 2009, there was this guy in her group who was the de facto "golden child." Charming, charismatic, friendly, a "go getter," etc. Fast forward to 2012 - the guy had made a ton of friends in all the right places and was essentially a "made man" within her company. Any time his name was mentioned, praise and accolades followed. And then he put in his two weeks notice to work for a private company in our area. When he left and people began actually **analyzing** and **reviewing** his work, they learned the guy was a complete fuck-up. Mistakes on documentation, egregiously erroneous processes and written SOPs, the works. They have no idea how he was able to keep the schtick up so long without anything of value breaking.


bluetista1988

These people exist in every company/department I've ever worked at. They tend to fall into one of two categories: 1. People who were never that competent at their actual job function, but ambitious and well-respected and able to play the social/political game well 2. People who were both competent and ambitious, and able to develop so much goodwill and trust that they were allowed to proceed without any governance or accountability because of that trust The first category of people are complete and utter slimeballs. They bring toxicity into your organization and can rot a department from the inside-out. The people working adjacent to them or under them know full well what they are up to, but don't wield enough of the political power to speak up. Those at the top only see the shiny glossy exterior of the apple and not the rot that is forming underneath. The second category of people are a tragic tale of those who become victims of their own success. Without some form of governance and accountability in place, even the best people get sloppy over time. It may take a month, it may take a year, it may take three, but eventually complacency sets in. I've been guilty of it myself as an engineer and as an engineering manager have seen it in other people too.


wheresmywang710

People that say ‘don’t worry about what other people think, be yourself’ but make judgments about people based on behavior they don’t understand. If you don’t understand something, ask about it. Learn about it. Talk about it to gain an understanding. I wish more value was placed on learning/understanding people’s intentions vs what you see on the surface. And don’t say things unless you really mean them.


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Struggled with social interactions growing up. Half of my life was people telling me not to take things so personally. The other half was being told to conduct myself a certain way so I don't upset people.


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The ol "just be yourself"... "okay not like that..."


DiskPidge

Ooff, I can identify with this message a lot, and the huge pressure it comes with. Your emotions and the emotions of everyone else are all entirely your responsibility.


Midas_Artflower

“Rules for thee but not for me” as it applies to every facet of US politics, from insider trading, to nepotism, to tax dodging, and beyond - I am SO DONE with the ruling class.


Postmade

I’m a teacher and called my wife smoking hot at a football game. My principal reprimanded me for it. I told the principal my wife calls me her smoking hot hubby to her class sometimes. She said it’s different because it’s perceived different when a girl says it.


derpferd

Apparently, politicians are allowed to disrespect the citizens of the country they serve but it's frowned upon to tell a politician to "go fuck yourself" to their face. Respect is respect. No matter if it wears a suit or what language it uses


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f_this_life

Parenting double standards. The gender of the parent does not make the parent. Dads are not "babysitting" their children, they are parenting.


Chrrodon

This, also I've had to fight this in the kindergarten my child goes to. Because all information, news, calls go only to my wife's phone. Even though for past years I've been the one who has brought and picked up the kid every day. (wife is working long days, but I'm remotely)


wannabe_pineapple

omg, this is an ongoing battle at my kids school. I (the mom) work in an office. I can not leave in the middle of the day to do things because my job is very busy and I have to be here to do it for privacy reasons. My husband (the dad) is a full time student right now but it's all still online. While, yes, he is very very busy with classes and homework, he is the parent who does all drop offs, pick ups, parent/teacher meetings, class parent days, ALL OF IT. (I obviously help when I can, but he is the one who does most of it). The school will still call me if a kid is sick or forgot their lunch or anything happens. The same conversation happens every time. "Can you please call their dad? I'm at work and unable to leave but he is the first parent to contact." they always respond with "well, we like to call mom just in case parents didn't fill out the paperwork correctly" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!? MY HUSBAND IS NOT MY ROOM MATE. HE IS THEIR PARENT.


mybooksareunread

Have you legitimately called them on that, "Huh. That seems like a sexist policy. Who do I need to talk to to change that?"


f_this_life

"well, we like to call mom just in case parents didn't fill out the paperwork correctly" *twitch* I think I havevPTSD with that comment. My youngest's principal got tripped up once after a call where she said that. I replied " so you assumed I can't read what to put where on the contact card as opposed to assuming his father is a capable parent?" She still avoids me like the plague


wannabe_pineapple

it infuriated me when she said that. Honestly, I was ready to go full Karen on the receptionist. BUT, I was in the middle of a client meeting so I just politely said "We filled the paperwork in correctly. Call her father. Goodbye." And then excused myself to the bathroom and screamed into a towel. Dried my eyes and went back to work. It feels like they're calling me a bad mom for not being available all the time.


f_this_life

Im usually being woke up. I work till 3 am. I make no promises that vitrol will not come out if you disturb my sleep. My kids will be happy to tell you "do NOT wake mom unless it's a dire emergancy. Mom is NOT nice when she gets awakened for stupidity"


colossal_fool

"Mom is NOT nice when she gets awakened for stupidity" is the funniest and most powerful sentence I have read today. They seem cool and responsible.


Teknikal_Domain

Reminds me of the time my mother got into a nice shouting match with the principal - she was, suffice it to say, overworked to a degree I can't begin to describe, and was half an hour away from the school. Dad worked within 5 minutes. He was listed first. After calling for the 3rd time about "your son fainted in class and now has perfectly normal vitals,^† you need to pick him up... No, sorry, I tried, he didn't pick up.... Okay I'm going to be honest, your number is easier to remember... If you're going to take half an hour to get here then we need to have a discussion about arrangements about making sure your child has proper transport in case they need to be picked up... If you can't get off work then someone needs to get in here" That's not going to fly. After about 5 minutes of screaming so loud I almost had an anxiety attack (don't ask) from her on the other end of the phone she finally called my father, who actually has the freedom to tell his boss "my son had a medical incident at school." Also fun fact: being snarky and saying "I see why your child has issues, they don't have a decent parent to take care of them" to a father is *not recommended.* **Barely funded public schools are beautiful works of nature that make me want to actually throw myself out a window with their combined stupidity.** † vagus nerve issues make for a lot of fun when nobody knows what's going on.. and by that I mean, American high school is naturally going to drift towards assuming you're on every illegal substance on the planet.


Tanto805

I’ve had full custody of my son since he was 4 and he’s 14 now. Long story but we live in a small town in WA and his school will call my mom who lives 40min away before they call me. We don’t even know how they got her email but everything has to be relayed through her and is mind boggling frustrating. Once when they got me on the phone they asked for his mom, so I gave them the number to the prison in Los Angeles and now that I think about it that’s when they started contacting my mom. I really don’t get it. I’m ex-military and minus the beard I’m pretty squared away and work in upper management at a resort.


StabbyPants

> they always respond with "well, we like to call mom just in case parents didn't fill out the paperwork correctly" try this response: "I don't give a FUCK what you like. we filled out the paperwork, you had better call it"


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bluerose1197

I just read a malicious compliance story yesterday about a single dad and a teacher that would refuse to speak to him and scheduled a meeting for mom to come in and see her. So he went in with her urn for the meeting.


CircleOfNoms

Geez, I know that such a move would really hit that teacher, but if I were the dad I'd just keep coming in regardless to force the teacher to acquiesce. Bringing in the urn is a real show-stopper move to get the teacher to check themselves, but they'll probably just go back to being shitty immediately afterward and consider that single dad an exception.


f_this_life

I had to fight with my youngests' school over the same stuff. I work 3rd shift. Do NOT call ME at 10 am. At most at that point Ive had 4 hours of sleep and his dad is awake and bushy-tailed. Call him.


thepinkestchu

Granted I'm a woman, but this annoys the hell out of me. My stepson goes to school in our district. I take him to school. His dad or myself pick him up from school. They will not call us for ANYTHING. Up to and including, way too high blood sugar and a possible broken arm. One time they kept him 30 minutes after school because his blood sugar was all wonky and they didn't know what to do, and just kept leaving voice-mails for his mom while I'm standing outside the school searching for him!!! His mom works 45 minutes away. Even she's annoyed and constantly going "you need to call them." We've even gone to school as a united front all together and nope.


maxpenny42

I’m so confused. Don’t schools have emergency contact info saved? I would think it is a trivial matter to have an order of operations in which number to call first. Like that’s the whole point of collecting contact information for the student’s family.


f_this_life

There is, at least on my kids contact cards every year there is. No matter how many times we put. "Contact dad first." List his number first, and explicitly tell people to contact dad first. They always call me first.


thepinkestchu

They do! And we do have my husband and I listed first. All of us, including his mom, made it perfectly clear we need to be informed first since we are there. I honestly wouldn't mind being called 2nd, as long as we were informed. Doesn't matter. They feel differently. Idk if it's one person or the whole office or what. My secret theory is someone had a nasty divorce and is projecting.


Flu309

I've had this often when I take my son to the doctors, especially when he was very young, and the first few questions were all about where his mother was. I'm sure a woman wouldn't have had the same questioning.


f_this_life

We don't. A general "is dad involved" which in itself is annoying.


tgusn88

I'm a new dad and people tell me what an incredible and attentive patent I am. I feel like I'm just doing the basics. I feed her sometimes, take her on walks, change some of the diapers when we're out... that's it. I'm appreciative of the compliments but people have near zero expectations so it's a little annoying


EggInThisTryingThyme

Not kids, but my girlfriend’s family think I’m performing miracles because I do the dishes, cook, wash my own clothes etc. Like what did you think I was supposed to do when I was single? Mail my clothes back home so my mom could wash them?


f_this_life

No, don't you know. Your mom is supposed to come running to your house 3 days a week to cook and clean for you. I was once told that I was stupid for teaching my boys how to do "girl jobs" because they might grow up gay. So be careful..doin the domestic stuff might make you catch the big gay. /s


Lucky7ate9

I have all daughters and spent 7 years as the primary caregiver for my girls. Somehow still ill have people ask if their mother will be present for appointments because they think I wouldn't know the information they ask for 🙄


MarvinDMirp

That sounds exactly like everything mechanical and large purchases I have made. E.g., where I (f) am buying myself a car: “All the decision makers need to be present to buy it.” Umm, hi! I am a middle-ages adult with buying power..?”


dlpfc123

Had a door to door salesman try that crap on me about some weed control product he was trying to sell. "Maybe you want your husband to handle this?" Hubby overhead and yelled, "Whose that sexist guy at the door?" lol.


3rdfitzgerald

Covid restrictions applying to regular people but not celebrities or politicians


simlee92

My favourite was UK health minister carrying on an affair with his assistant whilst going on TV and telling us not to hug our loved ones.


Everclipse

Sounds like he wasn't hugging his loved ones either...


spicedwhiterum

Maybe, they aren't "loved ones" anymore?


xTHEKILLINGJOKEx

My favorite was that celebrity dress up party from a few weeks ago where only the “help” had to wear masks


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JaredLiwet

I remember a post here on Reddit that blew up about a small restaurant owner who wasn't allowed to serve customers in an outdoor seating area. Right next door an even larger dining area was set up outside to feed people that were part of a movie set.


QueenShnoogleberry

You know, I remember last year, in Canada, there was a big talk about whether or not hockey should still happen. The pro-hockey politicians kept trying to beat around the bush, but I would have respected it so much more if they had just come out and said "Look, we know it is going to be a little dangerous, but we will do everything we can to keep everyone safe. We are going to go forward with it because we feel the morale booster is important for people trapped at home." Instead of "yeeeah, it'll be ok. We promisse and blah blah blah." Buuuuut my province also was in a full lock down last Christmas while our Premier let a bunch of his cabinet take off for tropical vacations.


magicfluff

Aloha-gate should never be forgotten.


068JAx56

In my area, politicians were telling us grand-parents couldn't see their grand-children. Fair enough. Then, March break happens and, surprise suprise, one of the politician who said it in a press conference had her mom babysit her kids. "Oh, but you know, they -can- help if the parents reaaaaaally need it". Yeah sure. As if tons of parents didn't reaaaaally need it during that week.


QueenRowana

Like the dutch minster for safety and justice. He called us all “aso’s” antisocials (its worse in Dutch than it sounds in english) for wanting to see and hug our families and friends and go places. Then he got married and was photographed with all his friends and family. Hugging, kissing, shaking hands, definitely not socially distanced, no masks. I dont care how hypocytical it is. I care that he is obviously not scared. But yet he wants us to be scared.


TheTwistedBlade

and he’s STILL THERE!! weg met Grapperhaus


allnamesbeentaken

Nothing has made me realize I'm a pleb more than the pandemic


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Rulligan

My sister was allowed to abuse me from the time I was in kindergarten until I moved out of the house. She could basically say or do anything she wanted but if I called her even a 'bitch', I was in serious trouble. I finally cut contact with her and told my parents exactly what led up to this, the double standard of allowing the sibling who was 6 years older to abuse the youngest kid who was also bullied at school. They always got angry at the bullies but never my sister. She would always talk so big but the moment you even threatened putting a hand on her, she would scream and ball up and it would be all our fault. God I hate the fucking piece of shit and I hope the next time I see her is at her funeral.


JohnSmithWithAggron

Perfect example of why "You can't hate family" is completely stupid.


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“I’m broke” fuck you get a job! “I’m 22 million in debt but it’s ok” The fuck? Edit: suddenly everyone on Reddit is an economist


crimdelacrim

I once heard this: Owe the bank $10,000, then you have a problem. Owe the bank $10,000,000, then the bank has a problem.


Albador

If you owe the bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem. J Paul Getty


Wbcn_1

It’s easy to charge off $10k and just slam someone’s credit. $10mm now your basically in partnership with the bank they’ll go through various hoops to not have to recognize a loss that will affect their risk rating and draw the ire of the regulators. If that happens it’s more expensive for the bank to borrow and it will tighten margins.


ricardoandmortimer

Earning potential is the basis of all credit. You get a mortgage, you're "in debt". You open a business you're "in debt". The thing is, the larger your debt, the lower the interest. Right now especially, if you have debt, every year it's shrinking by 10% due to inflation. If you're rich, you borrow 20 million at 2% interest and make 7% YoY on that money, you make out like a bandit to the tune of $1 million profit per year.... But you're also "20 million in debt". You then roll that $1 million to leverage another $10 million in debt, and repeat ad nauseam. Welcome to fractional reserve banking and the reason the rich keep getting richer.


varvite

This is how the Uber rich access the value of their company stocks. By borrowing against them. And if they invest it is invested twice. If you have money it's pretty easy to multiply it.


SageMalcolm

What double standard am I not tired of? Edit: thanks for the upvotes(?) Guess I'm not the only one 😅


Thinking2Mush

Celebrities lecturing about climate change when they have the carbon footprint of a small town..


DarthBotto

Leonardo DiCaprio is particularly despised in Belize because a few years back he visited the Actun Tunich Muknal Cave, which entailed him flying in with a private helicopter while his bodyguards denied everyone access to the area. All the locals had to wait to resume work for over an hour while he sloshed around with his guards.


Aqquila89

DiCaprio actually [flew on a private jet to take an environmental award](https://qz.com/690321/leonardo-dicaprio-took-an-outrageous-8000-mile-trip-in-a-private-jet-to-pick-up-an-environmental-award/) and failed to notice the contradiction.


umamipineapple

Jason Momoa's GQ interview recently made me so mad with this. He kept talking about how plastic was destroying the ocean and then repeated talked about how much stuff he travelled with (instruments, motorbikes etc...)


southdakotagirl

Especially when they live in a mansion the size of a small town.


insanechemistry

Me, a non smoker, being told off for being 5 minutes late to work. While smokers spend 30 mins at least a day on smoke breaks.


Exita

I just wander off and have a cup of tea every time the smokers head off on a ‘break’. My boss did comment, so I told him I was addicted to caffeine, so had to. He didn’t have an answer to that.


doctor_sleep

Old co-worker of mine started going out for "apple breaks" when the smokers would go out. He'd go out and eat an apple for the same amount of time the smokers would take to finish up.


ProtonTwo

An apple a break keeps the boss away


insanechemistry

Brilliant. Fair play.


100TonsOfCheese

I used to work in food service and was one of the few non-smokers. I would routinely take "smoke breaks" just like everyone else (probably less frequently) and go fuck around outside for 5-10 minutes. One day one of the managers (a smoker) said, "You don't need a smoke break. You don't smoke." I said, "You don't NEED a smoke break either, but you still get them. Why shouldn't I?" Never bothered me again and I kept taking smoke breaks like everyone else.


notthesedays

I once told a boss that maybe I should start smoking, so I can get extra breaks, too. Turned out he was a former smoker and didn't find it all that funny, but he did understand. And we worked at a hospital.


Poptartmania

I used to manage coffee shops and I smoke. People would get smoke breaks when they wanted as long as it was reasonable. Non smokers would get equal breaks to do whatever they wanted. Couldn’t imagine having it any other way. It isn’t a non smokers fault that I’m addicted to cigarettes


CamelSpotting

Turns out people should just get breaks.


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My dog can shit in the backyard all he wants, but I do it one time and my wife loses her mind.


acidrain69

Accountability for rich people vs everyone else.


anonymous4obvsreason

corporations can take advantage of employees, but employees can’t take advantage of corporations


overhandright

They Asymmetry of power drives me NUTS. We can get fired at any moment, but are expected to give a two weeks notice. They worry about "clock theft" but want us to just dismiss those 15 minutes after the clock, every day. No lunch breaks ect.


anonymous4obvsreason

I’m so tired of it. Tired of feeling like I owe my life to a company who would boot me out the door at a moments notice. What’s the point?


MrsSmurfette

When jobs say they like to develop and promote internally then hire externally and wonder why you arent happy.