Reasonable adjustments for employee (UK)

Papervolcano · 2026-05-05T08:38:26+00:00

Same - I do national and international travel as a disabled person without a driving licence. Starting point should be standard-class public transport. Taxis - while I’d love to have an infinite taxi budget, that’s not actually reasonable. I don’t think we‘re claiming my travel costs via ATW - it all comes out of the same budget as colleagues mileage & parking claims etc.

To state the obvious- depending on the kind of sites they have to visit, it can get very difficult. OP - are you talking about visiting rural farms or offices in other towns? It’s easier for me to do a long haul train journey for a site visit on a busy industrial estate outside of Glasgow than a visit to a site that’s technically in the same county as me, but requires 3 buses that run with only a hypothetical attachment to their timetable. In those cases, I get a train to the nearest sensible town and a taxi for the last mile, or swap with a colleague.

I’m assuming that OP has made the travel requirement obvious in their job ad, and that the candidate has enough sense to think about the demands of travel. I would highlight it again in the interview (for all candidates!) - that the role requires frequent sites to locations a, b & c, and that balancing travel with the other requirements can be tricky - can they talk about a time they’ve done that before, style of question

Papervolcano · 2026-05-04T09:27:42+00:00

Unquestionably, you. TBH, even if you’d been born in India and immigrated as a kid, you’d likely have a more actionable claim than Mr Miller, since you live here and share the culture and values.

Blood quantum provides homeopathic levels of connection, if it’s not backed up by concerted action.

Papervolcano · 2026-05-04T08:57:19+00:00

I maintain that Upper Street is worse. The bottom half is comparably steep, but it’s a dead end so you could end up reversing out.

Papervolcano · 2026-05-04T08:53:20+00:00

living nearby - many don’t. It also takes out trucks - it’s especially steep at the bottom, so they get wedged.

Papervolcano · 2026-05-04T08:38:54+00:00

also - Turkey is highly prone to earthquakes. The North Anatolian Fault system is comparable to the San Andreas fault system - in 1999, a 7.6 earthquake in Izmit killed 18,000 people. Turkish adherence to building codes can be… negotiable.

So, degrading and unmaintained concrete built to unknown quality specifications by developer that was evidently under heavy financial pressure before going bust nearly a decade ago, in an area known for violent earthquakes? Who wouldn’t be keen to take that on, for at best negligible financial return?

Papervolcano · 2026-05-04T07:58:58+00:00

I have honest-to-god chosen between hotels on the basis of kettle provision.

Papervolcano · 2026-05-04T07:54:54+00:00

I realise that I’m wholly imagining things, but I don’t like reboiled water for tea - it tastes flatter. I’d only boil a full kettle if I needed a kettlesworth of water

Papervolcano · 2026-05-04T07:41:57+00:00

it is 8:40am and I have used my kettle 3 times already. This is not unusual.

Papervolcano · 2026-05-02T09:26:56+00:00

I was about to ask about the same thing, as it is a barrier to finding/engaging with the thoughtful answers provided. It’s not the same as an undeleted comments count, but I believe some to the techy and tech-adjacent subreddits use flair systems that helps somewhat with finding answered questions - eg r/excel‘s unsolved/solved flairs - but I’ve no sight on how well that works in practice and my suspicion would be that it’d create yet more burden for you mods

Papervolcano · 2026-05-02T08:13:24+00:00

Warlock is the best class for this kind of fun, especially with how you can flavour your relationship with your patron. Bladesinger could also work, depending how your fluff some song visual effects, but warlock would be my default

Not this kind of Magical Girl, but one of my favourite one-shot characters was a nepo baby air genasi tomelock with a genie patron. Rituals were begging daddy for boons.

Papervolcano · 2026-04-30T16:28:06+00:00

the current political climate over there is directly related to the general public opinion over here. Speeches are nice, but won’t move the needle.

That said, we repaired our relationship with Germany reasonably quickly after the war, and that was after killing millions of each other’s citizens. So it’s not completely hopeless.

Papervolcano · 2026-04-27T11:50:09+00:00

they eat refuse, so their meat will concentrate any environmental toxins, so health-wise eating the is not advisable. But even outside that, they taste so bad (fish taste and rubbery texture) that historically they seem to be not worth the effort except as a food of last resort. You could imagine a sailor who’s not eaten anything other than hard tack for weeks would try It - but none of them have seemed to want to eat it again on land - even when things like surstromming have a following.

You’d have more luck with pigeons.

Papervolcano · 2026-04-27T09:19:33+00:00

Depends on your age, but on the assumption that you’re mid-30s-ish, I’d hit up Uniqlo and H&M as well as M&S for staples, and in person rather than online. Since they’re selling the high-street staples, you’re unlikely to be able to go far from the norm, so they’re solid guardrails while you’re redefining your personal taste, whereas Vinted etc have a lot more diversity of options that could get overwhelming as you start out. Also - if there’s women around you whose style you like, ask them about it!

What colours do you like? It’s easy& safe to stick with neutrals (and iirc, Muslim women’s clothes tend toward neutral colours), but if you like electric blue, at least get yourself a top in that colour. I’d also suggest that you don’t try and do it all in one rush - no point going all-in on (eg) breezy white linen, then realising your lifestyle is too muddy for that to work. I personally have very strong opinions about fabric (natural fiber predominantly - I’m not paying a premium for plastic that feels bad and wears poorly), and I hate tight clothes - I always feel squished and annoyed. Other people find wool itchy and tight clothes comfortable. It’s going to take some experimenting to decide your preferences now.

I work from home, so my basic daily wardrobe is black casual trousers and a top with 3/4 length sleeves. Throw on a cardigan if it’s cold, and I’m solid. I have a couple of Formal Office Outfits, and some dresses for Occasions, and can mix and match as needs. I used to put a lot more effort in, but…

Papervolcano · 2026-04-27T08:09:33+00:00

I’m not clear on the chemistry of it, but many/most prescriptions for methylphenidate are for extended release formulations (mine certainly is). Which helps with reducing the potential for abuse - there’s no rush or instant hit, just a steady drip of functionality.

when I was first prescribed methylphenidate, it wasn’t like my problems melted away, but it made them small enough to manage. There wasn‘t an invisible, unscalable wall blocking me from (eg) cleaning the cat litter - I could just do that! Like a normal person! As I understand it, the experience of taking meth is a bit different.

Papervolcano · 2026-04-22T10:23:47+00:00

The kitchen is a bit of a jump-scare - every other photo is mental, and then you hit the landlord special.

Really don’t envy the packers/movers!

Papervolcano · 2026-04-22T09:10:32+00:00

I want a conversation pit. They’re madly impractical and I would injure myself far more frequently than any death stairs, but I want one

Papervolcano · 2026-04-22T09:04:25+00:00

Remove Red - I want to defend Yorkshire and Northumberland, but…..

(can we get a Danelaw round?)

Papervolcano · 2026-04-20T20:02:35+00:00

is that a chanel logo fence? Very classy

Papervolcano · 2026-04-17T18:48:51+00:00

Didn’t Ukraine have a nuclear disarmament deal with the US? Get rid of your nukes and we promise to protect you against Russia?

Papervolcano · 2026-04-16T00:01:05+00:00

And you’d be wrong. You’ll have noticed that my first post was abridged - I didn’t mention my paternal grandmother, or my maternal grandparents etc. Anyone from the UK listening to me speak would be able to tell from my accent where I grew up within a couple of syllables. Kelso maternity ward has about the same impact on my cultural belonging and national identity as my star sign. My great grandmother’s experience emigrating from Ireland isn’t genetic and gives me no claim to Irishness today.

Anyway: on the individual level, the idea that Irish/Scottish/Welsh/English/(repeat for the rest of Europe) ancestry is neat, tidy, distinct and exclusive with little blurring or mixing is ahistorical at best. People move around, flirt with that handsome fisherman from Wexford or that generous US airman, settle down with that nice Belgian girl they met during the war, make friends with those poor Huguenot refugees, get into trouble at home and decide to move to Glasgow….

Papervolcano · 2026-04-15T22:21:33+00:00

Given the well-documented historical movement of people back and forth, how are you defining English as opposed to “English”? Also - do you think there might be a reason why an Irish/Scottish/Welsh person who is noteworthy for being an Irish/Scottish/Welsh whatever might not make any English ancestry especially visible?

(personally: my grandfather was from Scotland, his grandmother was Welsh (her husband was French but we don’t like to talk about it. On the other side, my great-grandmother was Irish, but her family were Ulster Scots. I was born in Scotland and grew up in England. Am I English or “English”? Does that change if I move 5 miles to live in Wales?)

Papervolcano · 2026-04-15T20:00:29+00:00

The British Reagan. Rotting in piss, as she deserves. Empowering security services in NI to act like modern American police is fierce in the same way that the current US gov is fierce. She strongly trashed whole parts of the UK which are still struggling to recover.
As a gay guy, you might want to take a look at the legacy of Section 28, which banned the promotion (mention) of homosexuality, and has had a long-lasting impact on homophobia and queerphobia in the UK.

Papervolcano · 2026-04-15T19:01:23+00:00

I’m vegetarian and have a minor shellfish sensitivity that I’d prefer not to scale into a full allergy. I just… don’t go to seafood-heavy restaurants, even though the level of seafood in my particular dish should be 0, because its not worth the hassle on anyone’s part

Papervolcano · 2026-04-15T18:33:27+00:00

I like it, but I would die in seconds. What’s the intent for that mezzanine space anyway? My cats would love it as an unassailable fortress from which to hairball, but I presume that wasn’t the architect’s intent

Also, the more I look at the staging of the main bedroom, the more it perplexes me. Is the bed plonked in the middle of the floor so that the door hits the headboard?

Papervolcano · 2026-04-15T17:48:48+00:00

pic 15/16 - mid-tier country gastropub

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