A moment of silent for all those in retail this holiday season.
this cartoon works at target clearly
Author: hidd3nsyst3m
Your company has recently hired a crow hybrid. Most of your coworkers were avoiding him due to crows being “bad luck.” You thought they were just being hybridist jerks and decided to welcome him by bringing him a box of treats and letting him know you’d be around to help whenever he needed it. He was so sweet and seemed so grateful that you began bringing him a coffee and saying hello every morning before going back to your office. You begin to notice little trinkets showing up at your desk. Pretty stones, candy, little origami creatures, candles. No one seemed to know where they came from. However, you catch the crow hybrid blushing whenever he looks at you and didn’t you read somewhere that crows leave presents for people they like?
“Under capitalism, value is produced collectively, but appropriated individually. In other words, the vast majority of work in our world is done by groups of people cooperating with one another, but the vast majority of the wealth created by that work is captured by shareholders as individuals. We have to teach these contradictory lessons, to share and to compete, because that’s how our economy works. We cooperate to produce wealth, but compete for a piece of the pie we’ve made.”
— Scott Hiley | The Basic Contradiction of Capitalism (via fullpraxisnow)
a bro: actually I’m a devil’s advocate
satan: *appears from hell* you’re not even a lawyer, chad
Amazon workers ‘refuse’ to build tech for US immigration, citing Hitler
People working for Amazon have written to the company’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, to protest the sale of facial recognition tools and other technology to police departments and government agencies.
The workers cite the use of Amazon technology by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, which have been criticised for enforcing Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, which has seen parents separated from their childrenat the US border.
“As ethically concerned Amazonians, we demand a choice in what we build, and a say in how it is used,” the letter states. “We learn from history, and we understand how IBM’s systems were employed in the 1940s to help Hitler.
“IBM did not take responsibility then, and by the time their role was understood, it was too late.
“We will not let that happen again. The time to act is now.”
Holocaust experts claim IBM’s German subsidiary directly supplied the Nazis with technology which assisted the operation of concentration camps at Auschwitz and Treblinka.
In their letter to Mr Bezos, the Amazon workers said they would “refuse to build the platform” which powers ICE, or any technology used to violate human rights.
Listing three demands, the workers called on the CEO to stop selling the technology to law enforcement, stop providing infrastructure to partners which enable ICE, and implement stronger transparency measures.
“Our company should not be in the surveillance business; we should not be in the policing business; we should not be in the business of supporting those who monitor and oppress marginalized populations,” the letter concludes.
Fucking badasses every single one ❤️❤️❤️
Get fucked jeff
Imagine Amazon workers going on a Wildcat strike at Christmas.
It begins…
All respect to you, sister and brother workers.
Amazon workers ‘refuse’ to build tech for US immigration, citing Hitler
All because of a dog toy.
Tw: threats of violence
I work at Place Hardware and we sell lovely little dog toys of a particular yellow-haired cheese cheeto that lives in a white house. These fog toys sold like crazy despite their $21.99 price, even by the people that support this cheese cheeto. In fact, they sold so well, they were put into the impulse buy lane by the front! Most people loved it, but once in a blue moon, we got a customer that told us we need to learn respect and that we’re a shitty company. We usually shrugged it off and carried on with business…until recently.
We had a rich entitled customer who supports cheese cheeto, come into the store and see these things. He immediately starts yelling and complaining that we need to learn respect for Mr. Cheeto because he’s very important and that we need to be more patriotic. He told us that our opinions don’t matter and that we need to support him “no matter what” because he is still in office. He told us that he’ll take his buiness elsewhere. (and thank goodness he did) We were having a huge rush and a long fucking line going and this guy yelling wasn’t worth any cashier’s time, so we apologized and carried on with business as usual. The guy leaves in a huff and drives away in his big trophy truck.
A few minutes later, the store has calmed down and everyone is trying to relax a little now that the store had about one customer in it.
The phone rings.
It’s the rich entitled guy! He calls and asks for a manager, so i put him on hold to transfer him to one. In the mean time, i radio the entire store and tell them what happened earlier and management just kinda sighed and picked up the phone. My manager ended up having a bit of fun with this guy because he hung up with a grin.
I guess this really pissed off Mr. Entitled because we got a call from corporate 20 minutes later… i felt so bad for her because i cpuld hear the exhaustion in her voice after dealing with that asshole. The store owner picks up and comes out a few minutes later and moves the dog toys to the pet aisle. She didn’t really talk so she probably got some shit from corporate about it.
The next day, the employees opened and holy shit was that a wild opening. This guy’s mother came into the store, HIS MOTHER, and started screaming and yelling that if those dog toys were still up, there were going to be some problems. Management dealt with her but she started going fucking nuts and revealed that she was carrying a gun on her belt. This startled management at first, but then they got really pissed off, especially when customers that were coming in got scared and ran to their cars.
So they managed to make her run out of the store, scared. How, you may be asking…
Apparently while on the phone with corprate yesterday, the entitled guy threatened the store with “someone like me might make a pipe bomb and plant it at the store if the store continues to sell these dog toys”. This happening the same day as the synagogue shooting and close to the time of pipe bombs being sent out to certian politicians, corprate took this very seriously and reported him to Homeland Security and to the FBI.
We threatened the mother with calling the fbi because of what her son said yesterday and she took tf off. We managed to get her plate number and reported it to the police.
In other news, we’re getting training for emergency situations soon.
TDLR: Cheese cheeto supporter didn’t like a dog toy we had and threatened corprate that he may bomb the store if this dog toy continues to sell.
these are actually hella fucking cute y’all
1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk?
2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day?
3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books?
4: how do you take your coffee/tea?
5: are you self-conscious of your smile?
6: do you keep plants?
7: do you name your plants?
8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?
9: do you like singing/humming to yourself?
10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?
11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?
12: what’s your favorite planet?
13: what’s something that made you smile today?
14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?
15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!
16: what’s your favorite pasta dish?
17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?
18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.
19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it?
20: what’s your favorite eye color?
21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces.
22: are you a morning person?
23: what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?
24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets?
25: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever broken into?
26: what are the shoes you’ve had for forever and wear with every single outfit?
27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?
28: sunrise or sunset?
29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?
30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared?
31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks.
32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends.
33: what’s your fave pastry?
34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?
35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often?
36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now?
37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean?
38: tell us about your pet peeves!
39: what color do you wear the most?
40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you?
41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?
42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it!
43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with?
44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything?
45: do you trust your instincts a lot?
46: tell us the worst pun you can think of.
47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?
48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?
49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought?
50: what’s an odd thing you collect?
51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them?
52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far?
53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them?
54: who’s the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face?
55: what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point?
56: what are some things you find endearing in people?
57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics?
58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?
59: what’s your favorite myth?
60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves?
61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received?
62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind?
63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be?
64: what color is the sky where you are right now?
65: is there anyone you haven’t seen in a long time who you’d love to hang out with?
66: what would your ideal flower crown look like?
67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel?
68: what’s winter like where you live?
69: what are your favorite board games?
70: have you ever used a ouija board?
71: what’s your favorite kind of tea?
72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you’ll forget it?
73: what are some of your worst habits?
74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.
75: tell us about your pets!
76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t?
77: pink or yellow lemonade?
78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub?
79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you?
80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why?
81: describe one of your friend’s eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of.
82: are/were you good in school?
83: what’s some of your favorite album art?
84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?
85: do you read comics? what are your faves?
86: do you like concept albums? which ones?
87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?
88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy?
89: are you close to your parents?
90: talk about your one of you favorite cities.
91: where do you plan on traveling this year?
92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch?
93: what’s the hairstyle you wear the most?
94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday?
95: what are your plans for this weekend?
96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?
97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house?
98: when’s the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it?
99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them.
100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?
bad night. come distract and get to know meeee 🌟
honestly missionaries are evil. the idea of traveling the world to tell people Who Didnt Fucking Ask that their beliefs are wrong in the hopes that theyll adopt your beliefs seems sinister
Since once in a blue moon I actually discover a decent rule for adulting, and since I know I have followers a few years younger than me who are just entering the workforce, I want to tell you about a very important phrase.
“I won’t be available.”
Imagine you’re at work and your boss asks you to come in on Saturday. Saturday is usually your day off–coming in Saturdays is not an obligation to keep your job. Maybe you were going to watch a movie with a friend, or maybe you were just going to lie in bed and eat ice cream for eight hours, but either way you really, really don’t want to give up your day off.
If you consider yourself a millennial you’ve probably been raised to believe you need to justify not being constantly at work. And if you’re a gen-Z kid you’re likely getting the same toxic messages that we did. So in a situation like that, you might be inclined to do one of three things:
- Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Cave when they pressure you to come in anyway, since you’re not doing anything important.
- Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Over-apologize and worry that you looked bad/unprofessional.
- Lie and say you’ve got a doctor’s appointment or some other activity that feels like an adequate justification for not working.
The fact is, it doesn’t matter to your boss whether you’re having open heart surgery or watching anime in your underwear on Saturday. The only thing that affects them is the fact that you won’t be at work. So telling them why you won’t be at work only gives them reason to try and pressure you to come in anyway.
If you say “I won’t be available,” giving no further information, you’d be surprised how often that’s enough. Be polite and sympathetic in your tone, maybe even say “sorry, but I won’t be available.” But don’t make an excuse. If your boss is a professional individual, they’ll accept that as a ‘no’ and try to find someone else.
But bosses aren’t always professional. Sometimes they’re whiny little tyrants. So, what if they pressure you further? The answer is–politely and sympathetically give them no further information.
“Are you sure you’re not available?” “Sorry, but yes.”
“Why won’t you be available?” “I have a prior commitment.” (Which you do, even if it’s only to yourself.)
“What’s your prior commitment?” “Sorry, but that’s kind of personal.”
“Can you reschedule it?” “I’m afraid not. Maybe someone else can come in?”
If you don’t give them anything to work with, they can’t pressure you into going beyond your obligations as an employee. And when they realize that, they’ll also realize they have to find someone else to come in and move on.
IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ!!
Just like with many other parts of life, learn to say ‘no’ to people. You are important. Don’t kill yourself for another person, esp. if they are your boss.
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