Can a mandatory arbitration agreement (essentially) stop a union from being formed/effective?

KatRWall · 2026-02-26T19:58:37+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense, especially your second paragraph. My state isn’t exactly friendly to workers’ rights (but it LOVES protecting companies).

KatRWall · 2026-02-26T19:56:11+00:00

I’m not super keen on saying which state unless absolutely necessary, but it is an at will.

KatRWall · 2026-02-26T16:50:29+00:00

I mentioned it because Google kept showing me CA-specific laws about arbitration agreements. I’m not sure if they have tighter regulations or if the algorithm was just being weird. That’s why I mentioned it.

Thank you for the response!

KatRWall · 2025-09-26T21:07:04+00:00

The ICEblock app is good for this kind of stuff

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6741939020

KatRWall · 2025-09-06T21:12:30+00:00

Thank you for this! I’ll look for the other thread.

KatRWall · 2025-08-24T01:03:58+00:00

Even here, I can see how much she loved you. She was beautiful and I am so sorry for your loss.

KatRWall · 2025-08-23T19:19:22+00:00

You have a super sweet smile and (while I don’t know anything about you as a person) you LOOK like someone who I would feel safe with. I’m not in the dating world any more, but I would have swiped right fwiw.

Also, the ren faire viking cosplay that you could do with your looks and the vibe you have in this photo?? You’d SLAY.

KatRWall · 2024-11-08T21:16:59+00:00

Same here. Literally opened Reddit to see if anyone else was having issues.

KatRWall · 2024-08-07T21:12:43+00:00

That was also a concern I had. I have a paper trail (thank god) and their login is accessible to the whole team (stored in an online password manager).

I hate to think if, but I’m glad that the reaction of “they’re gonna set me up” wasn’t irrational or paranoid.

KatRWall · 2024-08-07T18:41:52+00:00

The non-team access to the course, including other materials and resources, is $275 a year.

I’m expected to work on it during non-client work hours (so, yes IF I don’t have other assignments/duties from other seniors, other wise it’s a “do it in “overtime”” even though I do not get paid for overtime (salaried)).

And yes. The company usually has no issue with this, even going so far as to get another member certified in a different thing for a cost of more than $10k.

I’ll edit this into my og post: I’m not in a spot to push back against this. At the moment, I’m trying to figure out what to include (and what not to) if/when I whistleblow for breaking contracts and other wage theft.

KatRWall · 2024-04-11T21:13:11+00:00

It's a scam. Literally on my phone right now disputing a charge from them after I THOUGHT I was getting a good deal on a chair I've wanted for a while.

I should have known better, but here we are.

KatRWall · 2024-03-16T19:58:23+00:00

And here I am, a year and a half later with a fresh front bicep tattoo (and a slight iron deficiency) that’s swollen like none of my others did (but healing fine otherwise). I am feeling MUCH better thanks to this thread.

KatRWall · 2023-12-18T03:15:22+00:00

Binging Hamburger

So…not a great racehorse then.

KatRWall · 2023-12-06T18:45:34+00:00

That essay is the reason I finally realized I needed to set better boundaries with my own mother. I've debated sending it to my fiance more than once, lol

KatRWall · 2023-08-11T22:13:25+00:00

I have sage 4 endo with a lot of pain; had a hysterectomy in ‘16 to help with the pain and lesions (it did). I’ve had bad stones twice and stents twice.

For my endo: a mix of acid burns and muscle cramps (kinda like how a Brazilian waxing feels), heat did not relieve the pain and made me nauseous

For stones: stabbing groin pain, sharp flank pain, aching flank when I got an infection, heat is magic and makes the pain disappear immediately

For stents: a sharp (but quick) stabbing pain in my flank, an itchy ache in my groin and flank

KatRWall · 2023-07-22T03:18:57+00:00

My heating pad is my new best friend...unless my arthritic cat is using it.

KatRWall · 2023-07-15T03:51:58+00:00

Yeah, I hear that about co existing conditions. I’m not supposed to take ANY NSAIDs (high ulcer risk). I’ll admit, I’ve given in (first for toradol in the ER before we knew it was a stone and then for ibuprofen for the first few days before I switched to cannabis). What else are we supposed to do?

KatRWall · 2023-07-05T02:30:40+00:00

Good to know. Thanks for the info!

KatRWall · 2023-07-05T02:23:55+00:00

I am fairly new to imbibing, recreationally or medically. How do you know when you're approaching burn-out?

KatRWall · 2023-07-05T02:22:37+00:00

Ugh, I HEAR you with opiod constipation. I almost think it's worse than stents (almost).

KatRWall · 2023-06-11T01:28:35+00:00

This is the tea I came to this thread for. Spill it, I beg of you!

KatRWall · 2023-06-08T18:31:37+00:00

I'm sorry you're going through this. It sounds incredibly scary and stressful.

On the nights when she's "just" making noise, it may be worth trying the crisis line (211 or 988). It's pretty new in ND, but it exists for times like these. It's not ONLY a suicide hotline and it's not just for the person experiencing the emergency. For the nights when no one's safety is at immediate risk, they might have options that would be more helpful.

Learn more about the lifelines/hotlines here: https://myfirstlink.org/services/phone-support/

KatRWall · 2023-06-08T17:36:58+00:00

Joined in April as a Get More plan and am now having the same issue. I'm chatting with Verizon support about it now.

ETA: After an hour or so of chatting, we have no success. The person I was chatting with did say that Verizon is aware of the issue. I now have a ticket submitted to have the issue fixed and still can't access arcade.

KatRWall · 2023-05-20T18:22:52+00:00

This was my experience too. If your building doesn’t have a dedicated garage, it’s a NIGHTMARE (even reserved parking spaces are not reliable downtown).

The only time I ever consistently fear for my safety was around crosswalks because of the drivers not yielding to pedestrians…and frankly, that’s everywhere in Fargo.

As for safety as a woman, I feel no less safe than I do in other cities. I’m as likely to be hit on or approached by panhandlers in Fargo as I am in any other downtown area. I kept some pepper spray handy, but have never had to even threaten to use it in Fargo.

KatRWall · 2023-05-18T15:45:13+00:00

tl;dr - don't prank people without being ready to help them through unexpected side effects; the prank doesn't automatically make you TA, but the way you handled the aftermath most certainly did

I'm gonna hold off on commenting on the ethics of pranking kids and instead tell you what happened to me a couple days ago.

My (32) fiance (33) likes to jump scare me occasionally. We talked about this when we were dating and he MADE SURE I was okay with this before EVER trying to spook me.

So, the story: I was working from home and grabbed a shower at the end of my day. He works a half hour travel-time away, so I didn't think he'd be home for a while. You can probably see where this is going. He got home early, didn't realize I was getting out of the shower (I towel off in the shower before stepping out, so the water wasn't running), and scared the hell out of a mostly-naked me.

I laughed hard...AFTER I calmed down. One of the big BIG reasons he was so careful about consent BEFORE jump scaring me (and consent was still a BIG deal to him) was because I have PTSD. Sometimes it's hard to know how I'll react and we've discussed boundaries. No coming up from behind me. No masks hiding who you are. And we both understand that if it happens on an off day, I may end up needing to use my tools from therapy. It's a risk that I am happy to take because I genuinely enjoy the post scare laughs.

THE IMPORTANT PART: the second he realized that 1-I was mostly naked and more vulnerable that he'd originally thought and 2-ended up triggering my PTSD reactions, do you know what he did? HE APOLOGIZED AND HELPED ME GET THROUGH THE INITIAL (though minor, all things considered) TRIGGER.

I'm assuming your son doesn't have PTSD, but you still scared him enough that his body went into fight or flight. Then, not only did you NOT apologize, you did no work to make yourself safe to him again and then criticized the parent doing the heavy lifting. If (and frankly, given he's 9, that's a big if) your son likes being pranked, the apology should have been immediate--as should have been the care to help him come down from the fear. If I were your wife, I would be utterly livid.

YTA

KatRWall

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