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I really want to smack the CEO. He sent out a mass email yesterday saying "There's a lot of misinformation going around about what the government may or may not do..."
He says the guideline on social gatherings doesn't apply to our company. Well, um, we're not an essential service. We're not a grocery store. We're not a bank. We're simply not in those categories.
"We're still operating as 'business as usual'"
Oh?? Is that why your IT department is dropping every other priority we have to send hundreds of people home from across the country that previously were explicitly not allowed to work from home?? Because this is just "business as usual"?
The Zombie Movie Plot Tropes just keep piling up.
Going through something similar here. Boss has asked for a list of names of people not attending to show the strain this is putting on our program. People are still showing up and that is a good thing, as I think our service is vital, but I would not say we are essential/should ignore mass gathering parameters wholesale. Not that we get 100 people in our program, mind, but still.
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Keeping my clothes on at work is very important.
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I tried asking a doctor for advice, but all I got was "not that kind of doctor," "what are you doing outside," and "get up the stairs, the Daleks are coming." Weirdo.
WE WOULD NOT STOOP SO LOW AS TO RE-LY ON BI-O-LO-GI-CAL WAR-FARE! OUR TRA-DI-TION-AL ARM-A-MENTS ARE PER-FECT-LY SUF-FI-CIENT FOR EX-TER-MIN-AT-ING YOUR SPE-CIES!
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He says the guideline on social gatherings doesn't apply to our company. Well, um, we're not an essential service. We're not a grocery store. We're not a bank. We're simply not in those categories.I think he's basically just banking on "either ignore the gov't and keep at the grindstone or you might just not have a job anymore when this blows over."
Because as best I can see, there's no actual penalties to the business if they do that. Sure employees might get sick, but they're replaceable. The only thing that actually works on these kinds of people is a punch to the pocketbook, and a big one at that, and so far I've not seen nor heard anything suggesting any kind of penalty for employers who force their employees to ignore quarantine protocols.
I can see that happening here.
Once again, I am not surprised that the second job puts my health first, while the main job does not.
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Yay! The one day of the year when it's socially acceptable to wear a Green Lantern t-shirt!
It's a good thing I have three of them!
You just described every day.
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I tried asking a doctor for advice, but all I got was "not that kind of doctor," "what are you doing outside," and "get up the stairs, the Daleks are coming." Weirdo.WE WOULD NOT STOOP SO LOW AS TO RE-LY ON BI-O-LO-GI-CAL WAR-FARE! OUR TRA-DI-TION-AL ARM-A-MENTS ARE PER-FECT-LY SUF-FI-CIENT FOR EX-TER-MIN-AT-ING YOUR SPE-CIES!
Well, this isn't ideal.
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Well, this isn't ideal.I tried asking a doctor for advice, but all I got was "not that kind of doctor," "what are you doing outside," and "get up the stairs, the Daleks are coming." Weirdo.WE WOULD NOT STOOP SO LOW AS TO RE-LY ON BI-O-LO-GI-CAL WAR-FARE! OUR TRA-DI-TION-AL ARM-A-MENTS ARE PER-FECT-LY SUF-FI-CIENT FOR EX-TER-MIN-AT-ING YOUR SPE-CIES!
This one one of yours? Not from my department. Too sterile, not enough rusty chains or spiky bits. Though they'd like the plunger thing, and the death ray I suppose.
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This one one of yours? Not from my department. Too sterile, not enough rusty chains or spiky bits. Though they'd like the plunger thing, and the death ray I suppose.Well, this isn't ideal.I tried asking a doctor for advice, but all I got was "not that kind of doctor," "what are you doing outside," and "get up the stairs, the Daleks are coming." Weirdo.WE WOULD NOT STOOP SO LOW AS TO RE-LY ON BI-O-LO-GI-CAL WAR-FARE! OUR TRA-DI-TION-AL ARM-A-MENTS ARE PER-FECT-LY SUF-FI-CIENT FOR EX-TER-MIN-AT-ING YOUR SPE-CIES!
Oh I don't know, "painfully-bright white clean except for A single constantly reappearing stain or smudge" is hot this century in the Psychological Distress Department.
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WW is still scheduled every day this week, including Saturday, even though his office breaks the 50-person rule. And their main focus is still trying to hire 1800 more people in the greater DFW Metroplex, hoping at least half of them work out, because the Gummint officially "needs" to have them all hired and ready to start going door-to-door April 1st.
As Kurt Vonnegut said, the motto of our country should be changed from "E Pluribus Unum" to "In Nonsense is Strength".
And he's meeting new people, checking their documents, fingerprinting them, etc., multiple times a day, not able to maintain 6' of distance. If one of them is infected, he's toast.
Neither of us is sleeping very well at the moment. If it were possible for him to work from home or get paid time off, boy howdy, that would be awesome. Yes, he is actively looking for another job. I read a news report yesterday in the Dallas paper that said Amazon is looking to hire over 5000 new people in Texas alone, immediately, to meet increased demand. He's not crazy about the idea, but it would be something, with less human contact than his current job.
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Keeping my clothes on at work is very important.
Depends on the job.
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I tried asking a doctor for advice, but all I got was "not that kind of doctor," "what are you doing outside," and "get up the stairs, the Daleks are coming." Weirdo.
YOU are my new favorite person.
(Don't tell my wife?) ;P
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To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
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Sigh,
you'd THINK I'd be at home now, kicking my feet up, catching up on all of my recorded shows, Netflix, Disney +, etc.
But NOOoooooooo,........
I run a facility on Campus. Specifically a performing arts facility (And the attached building which houses the Music program, even though i was NOT hired to do that!)
Officially, everything is canceled. Performances, classes moving to online, etc.
BUT,... performance majors still have to perform in order to graduate,...
With NO audience, and NO teacher in the room,...
So 'but YOU can set up mics, and cameras, and live stream,...' all of which REQUIRES ME (and student workers) to BE AT WORK AND IN THE ROOM WITH THEM.
'But the TEACHERS are safe!'
<FACEPALM>
<FACEPALM again>
AND my wife is freaking out about this, because she is a worrier, and telling me to not go to work.
(News flash, while my student workers are vital to running this place, the building literally cant run without me at this point. I'm lucky I can take a vacation. When the school is closed for a holiday. I've taken over TOO much of the everyday running of the building on my Aged, wizzie, short-shoulders. I mean Job security is nice and all, but Sheesh!)
O_o
EDIT-
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To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
I don't know anybody that doesn't think they sound weird on recordings.
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To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
Just wait until you have to watch videos of yourself teaching.
THAT is true agony...
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We're going to do so good during the apocalypse!" - Crookshanks.
"I've been training how to fight zombies for years!" - Tiny T-Rex.
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I start work next week unless society collapses, in which case I'll probably still report to work if only to weaponize the trucks and barn cats.
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To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
Just wait until you have to watch videos of yourself teaching.
THAT is true agony...
My journalism teacher in high school did a television news workshop. We wrote scripts, set up a "studio", and produced a news video on camera.
Then he played it back at a fast speed so we could count how many times we blinked on camera.I hated him.
And resolved to stick to print journalism.
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I don't know anybody that doesn't think they sound weird on recordings.To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
Do you know how many times I have to rerecord my outgoing voicemail message to try to sound vaguely Kathleen Turnerish instead of just sounding like a guy?
Sometimes being an alto really sucks.
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There's a reason I hate being videotaped.
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I don't know anybody that doesn't think they sound weird on recordings.To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
Do you know how many times I have to rerecord my outgoing voicemail message to try to sound vaguely Kathleen Turnerish instead of just sounding like a guy?
Sometimes being an alto really sucks.
I leave my messages with the default robot voice for this precise reason.
The Singularity can't come soon enough. Robot voices for everyone!
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Tacticslion, if you do Facebook, might this group be of interest?
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I start work next week unless society collapses, in which case I'll probably still report to work if only to weaponize the trucks and barn cats.
Barn cats come pre-weaponized.
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I start work next week unless society collapses, in which case I'll probably still report to work if only to weaponize the trucks and barn cats.Barn cats come pre-weaponized.
WHAT???
Why have none of our reports ever mentioned THIS before?!?
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Hugs and handshakes have been repeatedly suggested be replaced in this time with the Wakandan crossed-arms salute and the Vulcan spread-fingers "Live Long and Prosper" gesture, respectively.
So a hearty "Wakanda Forever" to our essential workers stuck in employment hell.
My mind went to 'Retail Forever' and then it was just saddened by how bleakly accurate it was.
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My mind went to 'Retail Forever' and then it was just saddened by how bleakly accurate it was.Hugs and handshakes have been repeatedly suggested be replaced in this time with the Wakandan crossed-arms salute and the Vulcan spread-fingers "Live Long and Prosper" gesture, respectively.
So a hearty "Wakanda Forever" to our essential workers stuck in employment hell.
....ouch, Yeah.
Tacticslion, if you do Facebook, might this group be of interest?
I technically do facebook, but it’s rare enough that most years my wife logs on for me to let me know who wished me happy birthday this year. Unfortunately, the link resources me to sign in on my phone so I still can’t see it, yet. Maybe from the computer!
...and the apocalypse has begun, as the wise hoarders predicted...
What the what. >:|
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I don't know anybody that doesn't think they sound weird on recordings.To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
Do you know how many times I have to rerecord my outgoing voicemail message to try to sound vaguely Kathleen Turnerish instead of just sounding like a guy?
Sometimes being an alto really sucks.
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"Yep, if you're a worker in any of the 'essential' categories, you have less rights to health and safety than the average citizen. We won't even provide you with protective equipment, and don't you DARE call in sick if you're feeling ill. I mean, technically you *COULD* but then you'd have even more work to do the next time you aren't feeling ill. Oh, and all the work you were doing? Will need to be at less than three feet away from your customers, and no, you can't go wash your hands every two minutes, nor wear a mask, nor do anything but smile and be GLAD you have a JOB! Oh, speaking of, have you cleaned all those surfaces that haven't been cleaned in ten years yet? And why isn't your work done? And why are you staring at me like you're about to strangle me? Get to work."Yeah, I'd say, "Hug your 'essential' employee today," but I suspect that would only add to their woes.
"Hug an Essential Employee, Constrict/Strangle an A!!hole Boss" Day would take off like gangbusters in the U.S. I'm already getting ideas for greeting cards. Call me, Hallmark!
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"Hug an Essential Employee, Constrict/Strangle an A!!hole Boss" Day would take off like gangbusters in the U.S. I'm already getting ideas for greeting cards. Call me, Hallmark!
"Yep, if you're a worker in any of the 'essential' categories, you have less rights to health and safety than the average citizen. We won't even provide you with protective equipment, and don't you DARE call in sick if you're feeling ill. I mean, technically you *COULD* but then you'd have even more work to do the next time you aren't feeling ill. Oh, and all the work you were doing? Will need to be at less than three feet away from your customers, and no, you can't go wash your hands every two minutes, nor wear a mask, nor do anything but smile and be GLAD you have a JOB! Oh, speaking of, have you cleaned all those surfaces that haven't been cleaned in ten years yet? And why isn't your work done? And why are you staring at me like you're about to strangle me? Get to work."Yeah, I'd say, "Hug your 'essential' employee today," but I suspect that would only add to their woes.
he is certainly working my last nerve today.
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Due to Screencastify/Screencastomatic time limits, I have to listen to them all back to back so I can splice together longer videos.
...I didn't realize I actually said "Lincoln contracted a bad case of dead" when building up to the Civil Rights Movement. Ohgod, distance learning is going to be bad.
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Just got an email saying its business as usual for my main job. I foresee the person who sent that email getting chewed out at some point.
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Two very different experiences:
1) Sitting in my office. Suddenly, very urgently, need to go to the bathroom. There are no bathrooms on my floor. I can either go up one floor or down one floor. Fewer people up one floor. Go there. Get there just in time, and have the elation of opening the bathroom door and the motion-sensitive lights turning on...
2) Just as above, except right after the lights turn on a disembodied voice says, "Oh thank God!" And there's only one working toilet.
Guess which experience I had today?
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Oh crap.
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NOT EVEN 40 MINUTES LATER, an email has been sent about completing documentation today, just in case we need to prepare to shelter in place.
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I don't know anybody that doesn't think they sound weird on recordings.To prepare for distance learning, I'm playing around with Screencastify so I can put some more in-depth notes up on Classroom.
I don't like my voice, I'm finding.
I sound like puberty never ended.
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Now, with these dangling modifiers, you can get a sense for what the author intended, but telepathy is unfortunately not a valid means of turning in writing, so we have to fix them.
...I want to say it shows that I'm sitting in pajamas with a Pikachu snow hat and thus am out of bothers to give, but the truth is I talk like this in class anyway, so...
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Total non-sequitur, but really Trader Joe's? Et tu?
We bought some Trader Joe's tartar sauce (I don't know whether it's popular outside of English-speaking nations, but it's basically mayonnaise with capers and a little lemon juice, sometimes enhanced with dill pickles).
Here's the Wikipedia quote:
Tartar sauce (French: sauce tartare; also spelled Tartare sauce in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and other parts of the Commonwealth) is a condiment primarily composed of mayonnaise and finely chopped capers. Tartar sauce can also be enhanced with the addition of gherkins, other varieties of pickles, and lemon juice as well as herbs such as dill and parsley.
Notice the complete lack of the word "sugar" in there. Because mayonnaise and sugar is nasty.
Well, we had to throw out the jar.
Why?
Ingredient #2: Sweet pickle relish. Because apparently capers are too expensive.
Ingredient #5 (after water): Sugar.
The stuff was absolutely, positively, inedibly sweet.
Yet again leading to the question: Why the **** do so many American mass-produced foods have added sugar in them?
Grr...
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Total non-sequitur, but really Trader Joe's? Et tu?
(A lot more stuff)
Yet again leading to the question: Why the **** do so many American mass-produced foods have added sugar in them?
Grr...
Um, because,... yum?
(Says the aged Wizzie who is not supposed to eat any of said sugars, making him desire them all the more, of course,...)
;P
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Total non-sequitur, but really Trader Joe's? Et tu?
(A lot more stuff)
Yet again leading to the question: Why the **** do so many American mass-produced foods have added sugar in them?
Grr...
Um, because,... yum?
(Says the aged Wizzie who is not supposed to eat any of said sugars, making him desire them all the more, of course,...)
;P
EDIT- Also, because capers are the suck of foods. Seriously, I have bought three brands, for various recipes, and thrown them ALL out., Nasty Nasty things capers,...
O_o
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Tacticslion, if you do Facebook, might this group be of interest?
Well, I like it. Thanks! :)
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Well -
Tala's company said she didn't "try hard enough" after leaving 5 messages with HR for pregnancy leave, and is effectively fired for having our daughter. Somehow it's HER fault those f~#%ing s$&*heads never called back, they say.
Kroger, by the way. If you want to boycott, Kroger would be the company.
Also, I've been effectively laid off until this crisis is over, as I work in a dental lab, and if dentists are closed, we have no customers.
So we're destitute now.
But the baby is healthy, and happy, and frankly, that's all that matters. It's phenomenal the perspective she can give.
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Well -
Tala's company said she didn't "try hard enough" after leaving 5 messages with HR for pregnancy leave, and is effectively fired for having our daughter. Somehow it's HER fault those f!+#ing s%+#heads never called back, they say.
Kroger, by the way. If you want to boycott, Kroger would be the company.
Also, I've been effectively laid off until this crisis is over, as I work in a dental lab, and if dentists are closed, we have no customers.
So we're destitute now.
But the baby is healthy, and happy, and frankly, that's all that matters. It's phenomenal the perspective she can give.
Consider Krogers on my perma-ban list. Least I can do.
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Well -
Tala's company said she didn't "try hard enough" after leaving 5 messages with HR for pregnancy leave, and is effectively fired for having our daughter. Somehow it's HER fault those f#~~ing s*@~heads never called back, they say.
Kroger, by the way. If you want to boycott, Kroger would be the company.
Also, I've been effectively laid off until this crisis is over, as I work in a dental lab, and if dentists are closed, we have no customers.
So we're destitute now.
But the baby is healthy, and happy, and frankly, that's all that matters. It's phenomenal the perspective she can give.
the F$+$? Do you have evidence of the calls? If so, rub that in their face, and let them know you are telling others what they did.