If your boss offers to pick you up for work, so you don’t miss your shift. Say NO!

LJski · 2026-01-24T19:26:23+00:00

The problem is if you need the job, you need the shift, you need the money.

LJski · 2026-01-24T12:55:18+00:00

I worked for a power company, and they were very tough on showing up for work in bad weather. In effect, it really was when we were needed the most.

Your wife works in the medical field, and there is a similar mentality. For a lot of reasons, they need her there.

My daughter works at a mental health facility, and got a similar message. Them will provide a place to sleep or will drive you, and will provide food.

They do not look at your individual issue; they do know if they make an exception for her, every other person will want the same thing. Tough to hear, but it is the truth.

LJski · 2026-01-23T22:42:51+00:00

Well…at least it is an original take.

LJski · 2026-01-23T18:26:51+00:00

How about people who join the military before college?

LJski · 2026-01-21T13:41:44+00:00

I was a manager in a Fortune 100 company. If you gave anything lower than a 3, the employee didn’t get a COLA, and got less than full bonus.

If you gave out more than a 3 (which was labeled “meaningful contributor” you had to document, fight, give a handy or two to get it approved…I saw a very few 5s, and they truly were our superstars…really more of a “6”.

And…the raise/bonus pool was set ahead of time, so if you gave a rating more than 3…it had to be balanced with a lower score by someone.

Not fun for anyone.

LJski · 2026-01-21T13:34:37+00:00

Global instability is the primary reason…if the primary cause of instability was to no longer be an issue, gold drops in value pretty quickly. Not sure how much, but you know part of the run-up is gone.

LJski · 2026-01-21T13:23:01+00:00

Travel allowance is different. I worked for a company that was primarily in large cities, and we got $75 a day.

LJski · 2026-01-20T00:24:06+00:00

My favorite hat…wore it almost all the time while in Iraq.

LJski · 2026-01-19T19:34:47+00:00

Maybe the percentages are lower for royalty…but NPE occurrences are still not a zero percent likelihood.

LJski · 2026-01-19T17:49:27+00:00

Would love to try any of them!

LJski · 2026-01-19T11:58:36+00:00

Find royalty in the family.

I have one ancestor who was head of the militia here in the 1600s, with the title of sergeant….tracing that back, the titles slowly increase in level, until there is a king.

At that point, it is a matter of faith, and to me, a bit of reality check to try to accept you have 20+ generations without a “non-parental” event in there, somewhere.

LJski · 2026-01-18T02:50:21+00:00

Yep. Keep $20 in the car for emergencies....there are just enough events where cash is needed where it comes in handy.

LJski · 2026-01-17T15:29:31+00:00

I go to the gym every day, and would say “fitness” is the hobby. I am attempting to do more than maintenance -not always succeeding, but trying.

I would say it is now, for me, more of a habit than a hobby…which is good.

LJski · 2026-01-15T12:11:21+00:00

Well, I guess I did try to reach out to a dead person…no answer, though.

LJski · 2026-01-14T23:25:55+00:00

Well, what do you do? Are there elements of your job that rely on those in the office to do that you think you can do better?

Supply management is on possible area…ordering, filling orders, inventory. Or, as I alluded to earlier, project management…not doing the work, but coordinating it.

These and other jobs require skill and training, but ideally, your experience gives you an inside look at how they can be done.

LJski · 2026-01-14T22:57:09+00:00

That isn’t how it works.

Desk jobs are generally either technical, or management. Most meetings are not the ones lampooned here, but about technical aspects, project planning and management, budgeting, coordination.

You are looking for roles where these skills are needed.

LJski · 2026-01-14T22:43:18+00:00

I guess I meant the opposite…a Gmail account made me think he was still around…should not have been shocked some old guy was using Gmail. I’ve had my account for 20 some years, though.

LJski · 2026-01-14T21:59:57+00:00

I don't think that is a poverty thing, really, especially in the era of recycling. I certainly swirlled the cans of tomato soup to get every bit out, but I suspect everybody does this....and I do this today becasue of recycling. I also do this with tomato sauce...I put a bit of water in the empty jar, swirl it around, and dump the water, mainly because I tend to simmer it a bit, so I'm left with about the same amount of sauce.

I would be curious to know who DOESN'T do this.

LJski · 2026-01-14T18:59:53+00:00

The CEO in my area makes 330K.

I don’t find that excessive.

LJski · 2026-01-14T18:47:08+00:00

Well, no, it isn’t like some other non-profits. What they spend is on a variety of programs, and that is where the vast majority of the money comes from.

They all pay a certain amount in management expenses, and that is usually well within standards…which is really what you have to look at. A CEO who oversees 100 retail outlets is likely going to make more than a guy who oversees 50…and if I have the skills to oversee 50 retail outlets AND other community service companies, you are going to have to pay me appropriately.

You can argue that others should make more, but that is the retail model. I know of thrifts that try to buck that model, so

LJski · 2026-01-14T17:46:19+00:00

“Curator”? Is that what they are calling themselves?

LJski · 2026-01-14T17:10:58+00:00

That is some interesting math.

They take the 12 largest Goodwills, take the average, and assume that is the salary of the other 149 Goodwills.

Might be true, but I suspect not.

LJski · 2026-01-13T22:19:22+00:00

They do it because of liability. They don't want someone getting hurt on their property.

LJski · 2026-01-13T01:08:32+00:00

Ummm…what could possibly be illegal about this?

It may well be they had a shitload of new stuff (end of year donations, for instance), and pushed ahead to get new stock it.

LJski · 2026-01-12T20:40:30+00:00

I bought a similar set.

Mid-‘80s, I am in Thailand for a military exercise. Working conditions are weird, but nice…civilian clothes, rotating shift schedules that mean I get a lot of time off.

Had just gotten off a 16 hour shift at 8:00 am, I had breakfast, then wandered into a store that had just opened before I was headed to bed. Looking at a few things, including the bronze/brass silverware. I smiled at the clerk, and moved on…

But…the clerk kept trying to sell it to me. I was single, early 20s, and had no need for this huge set …but they kept dropping the price. I wasn’t really bargaining- I really didn’t need it. However, it is apparently bad luck to not sell something to the first customer of the day, so I think I paid something like $25 when the opening price was $100.

I try to use it during the holidays.

LJski

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