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Aaaand the group doing a burger commercial has descended into arguing over whether or not they can get away with using pictures of dairy cows in the ad instead of beef cows. This feels like a uniquely Kansas conversation.
Oh, I think that same conversation would happen in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin...definitely not in Missouri though.
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I'm not sure what I just did is even legal in Missouri.
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OK. I am utterly delighted.
During lunch, when I have time, I like to watch the YouTube Reddit compilations, because I don't have to actually watch anything.
Today's question was, "What surprised you about visiting America?"
One Thai visitor ended up entirely perplexed by a street sign.
In Thai, เป็ด แข่ง translates loosely to "Racing Duck".
Translating to Arabic-style letters, you get Pĕd K̄hæ̀ng.
He couldn't figure out the "Xing", but when someone said it out loud he translated it in his head.
So he saw all the Ped Xing signs and thought Americans were huge duck racing aficionados.
I LOVE it!!!
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I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.
At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
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Aaaand the group doing a burger commercial has descended into arguing over whether or not they can get away with using pictures of dairy cows in the ad instead of beef cows. This feels like a uniquely Kansas conversation.
Yeah, in California I don't think 1 in 100 Californians would notice.
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The other quote was from a Netherlander that sounded so much like Woran that I might accuse her of posting it:
(1) Your small pizzas are our large pizzas
(2) Your medium pizzas are our family-size pizzas
(3) Your large pizzas would not fit within our borders
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I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
They turned me down for a corporate card. I don't rank highly enough to be allowed to have one, regardless of the fact that I travel more than anybody in IT aside from our CIO?
So instead I have to pay up front and expense it later. I will get the money back, but, like, in 2-3 weeks depending on where we are in the payroll cycle. They won't cut a separate check/direct deposit for reimbursements. They always tack it on to the regularly scheduled payroll.
I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.
“Well in my opinion, the IT are evil!!!”
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I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
They turned me down for a corporate card. I don't rank highly enough to be allowed to have one, regardless of the fact that I travel more than anybody in IT aside from our CIO?
So instead I have to pay up front and expense it later. I will get the money back, but, like, in 2-3 weeks depending on where we are in the payroll cycle. They won't cut a separate check/direct deposit for reimbursements. They always tack it on to the regularly scheduled payroll.
Yeah, I really don't know how much leverage you have, but I always like to point out that this is equivalent to the employee loaning the employer hundreds or even thousands of dollars, interest-free, in the course of doing their job. If they won't pay you interest, they have no right to make you pay.
But unless you and your whole group threaten to walk over it, I doubt it'll change.
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Final note before I get back to work: We had a global employee satisfaction survey. It was mandatory. The response rate was 77%.
Considering that execs have made massive changes over the last few years (infinite vacation was just one such change) based on the results of those surveys, it really boils down to, "When you're so jaded you don't even care enough to try to improve your lot."
Now THAT is sad.
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I'm not sure what I just did is even legal in Missouri.
that state is important to me for reasons.
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...they have decided to call their burger place "Thicc-Fil-A." The debate has turned to how many C's are required.
I will gladly advise them as to the appropriate number of Cs.
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I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
There are low rent fanfictions detailing what would happen if I was given one of those.
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I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
They turned me down for a corporate card. I don't rank highly enough to be allowed to have one, regardless of the fact that I travel more than anybody in IT aside from our CIO?
So instead I have to pay up front and expense it later. I will get the money back, but, like, in 2-3 weeks depending on where we are in the payroll cycle. They won't cut a separate check/direct deposit for reimbursements. They always tack it on to the regularly scheduled payroll.
you have got to be kidding me.
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There are low rent fanfictions detailing what would happen if I was given one of those.I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
I have hilarious stories of epic abuse, but they would give away where I work...
...they have decided to call their burger place "Thicc-Fil-A." The debate has turned to how many C's are required.I will gladly advise them as to the appropriate number of Cs.
I would download their app.
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Aaaand the group doing a burger commercial has descended into arguing over whether or not they can get away with using pictures of dairy cows in the ad instead of beef cows. This feels like a uniquely Kansas conversation.Yeah, in California I don't think 1 in 100 Californians would notice.
I'm a native Midwesterner, and I wouldn't have noticed.
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As an aside, an i the only one that always reads the “cc” that substitutes for “ck” sounds as “tch” instead?
“That’s a thitch filet!”
I’m guessing it’s because of exposure to the Italian-American use of “cc” but it always takes me more than one reading to correct what the writer is going for. I’m always amused.
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One advantage of going to an office: GothBard has golden retriever puppies at work today.
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One advantage of going to an office: GothBard has golden retriever puppies at work today.
that sounds messy.
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I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.
Been there before.
I'll never forget the look of defeat on my boss's face when they discovered I kept all my travel related receipts. They were banking on me to lose them.
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On the upside, to the extent that there is one....if you expense on a cash back or mileage/point type card, you may get the minimal benefit of said program.
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On the upside, to the extent that there is one....if you expense on a cash back or mileage/point type card, you may get the minimal benefit of said program.
Yeah, all our trainers and sales guys used mileage cards for everything, then used the extra miles to take their families on trips.
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Aaaand the group doing a burger commercial has descended into arguing over whether or not they can get away with using pictures of dairy cows in the ad instead of beef cows. This feels like a uniquely Kansas conversation.
Hey, they need to make cheese for cheeseburgers from something, don't they?
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Aaaand the group doing a burger commercial has descended into arguing over whether or not they can get away with using pictures of dairy cows in the ad instead of beef cows. This feels like a uniquely Kansas conversation.Hey, they need to make cheese for cheeseburgers from something, don't they?
All cows are beef cows if you are hungry enough anyway.
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The other quote was from a Netherlander that sounded so much like Woran that I might accuse her of posting it:
(1) Your small pizzas are our large pizzas
(2) Your medium pizzas are our family-size pizzas
(3) Your large pizzas would not fit within our borders
Pizzeria where I usually order have small (30 cm, or 1 foot diameter), medium (40 cm), large (50 cm), and mega (60 cm or 2 foot diameter).
Others have more or less similar sizes varying between 25 cm and 60 cm.
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I didn't go to HEMA today, which means that the instructor will be wroth with me; instead, I went to see the band 'Earth' in Leeds. They sound kinda like electric Neil Young, only slowed down 400%, should anyone be curious.
In other news: Congratulations, Lord Synos!
In other, other news: I am highly disappointed that 'Thicccc-A-Fil-A' is a beefburger chain, when I think what it might have been. Must do better.
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Final note before I get back to work: We had a global employee satisfaction survey. It was mandatory. The response rate was 77%.
Considering that execs have made massive changes over the last few years (infinite vacation was just one such change) based on the results of those surveys, it really boils down to, "When you're so jaded you don't even care enough to try to improve your lot."
Now THAT is sad.
Happiness is mandatory citizen. Unhappiness is a treason. Only Mutant Commie Traitors are unhappy. Don't make your Friend Computer have you terminated.
Satisfaction is mandatory. Your place and function was chosen for your by Your Friend Computer. Only a Mutant Commie Traitor would be unsatisfied with the wise choice of Your Friend Computer.
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They say they're a burger chain, but let me tell you from experience, weird s#%$ goes down after dark in the back of a fast food restaurant.
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They say they're a burger chain, but let me tell you from experience, weird s~$# goes down after dark in the back of a fast food restaurant.
o.o
-.-o.o
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I have hilarious stories of epic abuse, but they would give away where I work...There are low rent fanfictions detailing what would happen if I was given one of those.I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
Epic abuse?!
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...they have decided to call their burger place "Thicc-Fil-A." The debate has turned to how many C's are required.I will gladly advise them as to the appropriate number of Cs.
I'll bet that Scint is thinking of how many "C"'s she's about to give out too,...
;POn the plus side, I would TOTALLY buy a "Double Thiccc-Cheese-Burger", that just sounds good!
:)
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They say they're a burger chain, but let me tell you from experience, weird s+%@ goes down after dark in the back of a fast food restaurant.
according to my sources, a lot of premarital/extramarital intimacy and weed.
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The other quote was from a Netherlander that sounded so much like Woran that I might accuse her of posting it:
(1) Your small pizzas are our large pizzas
(2) Your medium pizzas are our family-size pizzas
(3) Your large pizzas would not fit within our borders
Pizzeria where I usually order have small (30 cm, or 1 foot diameter), medium (40 cm), large (50 cm), and mega (60 cm or 2 foot diameter).
Others have more or less similar sizes varying between 25 cm and 60 cm.
That's funny, because that's bigger than U.S. sizes:
Small = 9.5" - 10" = 24-25 cmMedium = 12" = 30 cm
Large = 14-16" = 35-40 cm
Mega = 20" = 51 cm
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I have hilarious stories of epic abuse, but they would give away where I work...There are low rent fanfictions detailing what would happen if I was given one of those.I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
Epic abuse?!
Even trying to be as generic as possible, the very first Google articles when I search saying anything about the incident brings up my company's name, so nope, not going there.
However, I *will* say that I spend a lot of time with sales guys, and they spend a LOT of money in strip clubs "entertaining" their clients on the corporate dime, and the bills can be in the thousands. Every company has those guys.
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I have hilarious stories of epic abuse, but they would give away where I work...There are low rent fanfictions detailing what would happen if I was given one of those.I have actively pissed face right now. My company is now not only telling me what hotel I have to stay in, but that I have to pay for it up front out of pocket until they reimburse me. Same thing with the car rental. I'm utterly shocked I'm not having to pay for the flight as well.At that point you say, "I'm sorry, but with the pittance you pay me I live paycheck-to-paycheck, and with my poor credit history I don't have a card. So, since I cannot afford to loan you any money, I guess I can't go."
I'd be seriously pissed, too. Global Megacorporation has never once made me travel, but they handed me an American Express card with a $5000 preapproval that I just keep in a drawer, because it's easier to just give me one and not bother to track it than to try to manage individual expenses.
You have to travel, you put it on the AmEx, you sign in to our app and say, "Yeah, I spent that," your manager approves, and you're done.
It's not rocket science.
Epic abuse?!
Even trying to be as generic as possible, the very first Google articles when I search saying anything about the incident brings up my company's name, so nope, not going there.
However, I *will* say that I spend a lot of time with sales guys, and they spend a LOT of money in strip clubs "entertaining" their clients on the corporate dime, and the bills can be in the thousands. Every company has those guys.
HAIL CORPORATE
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Yeah, this is how much Paizo authors care about their "bad guy" builds in their APs:
In Shattered Star, there's an arcane bloodline sorcerer, meaning he gets a Knowledge skill as a class skill for free...
...except the author maxed out the Diplomacy for a bad guy who is explicitly written to never use it, and didn't give him any Knowledge skills.
Y'know, if you're not going to use the bloodline bonus, maybe, just maybe, you should be choosing a different bloodline?
(It's a recurring issue with me now that I try to do everything live in Hero Labs. Oh, this bad guy didn't use all his skill points. That guy has an missing feat. The other bad guy has this archetype but doesn't use it...)
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And it begins...
...I tried to resurrect the kids' trauma by re-creating the infamous, "LEEV A GIFT AND WATE OUTSID" sign that was the start of the utter destruction of their attempt at Shattered Star.
Their trauma was so great that they didn't remember the sign.
Or maybe they were just too young. But I prefer the former.
After that, all I remember is a kobold "water skiing" behind a burning pig being ridden by a nagaji as a horrified half-elf looked on...
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Gratz LordSynos! May you both have a long and happy life together!
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Congrats LordSynos!!!
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It might have been NSFW, but I'm working from home tonight. They'll never know.
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Oh... Interesting development...
Congratulations!
Finally?
Thanks Drejk. :)
For those who aren't my friends on Facebook (everyone else but Limey? :P), I got married this past Monday. :)
It certainly feels like a finally. :P It's been a long time coming. :)
Congratulations!
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The other quote was from a Netherlander that sounded so much like Woran that I might accuse her of posting it:
(1) Your small pizzas are our large pizzas
(2) Your medium pizzas are our family-size pizzas
(3) Your large pizzas would not fit within our borders
Your sides are our main course.
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The other quote was from a Netherlander that sounded so much like Woran that I might accuse her of posting it:
(1) Your small pizzas are our large pizzas
(2) Your medium pizzas are our family-size pizzas
(3) Your large pizzas would not fit within our borders
Your sides are our main course.
its comments like this that make me want to cook for you.