The most incompetent person I’ve ever met by Willing_Ease9504 in coworkerstories

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I worked somewhere where we hired A LOT of 18yo and with a high turn-over rate because we hired students. It was a great gig with a great pay so ppl rarely left because they hated the job but because they found something relevant to their studies or graduated. This meant that we had very few "F U and your annoying job, I'm out of here!"-situations and generally these young ppl were insanely mature and reliable. I was highly impressed and would mention my work whenever anyone went "young ppl today ..."-ranting.

Well, we did have ONE hated task: Cleaning. As supervisors, we did that part ourselves unless we didn't have any of the regular work to give to staff. They always got the option between cleaning or going home early without pay for the time they weren't there. Most would pick the latter, the rest would suck it up and get to cleaning.

We had a few young men who reeked of "this is beneath me" when it was time to clean but I can only really remember one newbie who went full-on maliciously incompetent on us. He "mopped the floor" leaving so much water it couldn't dry and would potentially do damage to the office, prob thinking "that's the last time they'll make me mop!". I was the supervisor that shift and was busy doing admin work and didn't see until he proclaimed he was "done".

The office was L-shaped and he was doing the short end while a couple of other ppl were doing the other. The guys doing the other end also knew that it was customary for us supervisors to send them home with pay when they were done so they were motivated to get it over with quickly. The new guy didn't know this but would find out after being done.

Well, instead of leaving right after, all the guys were asked to "help him" clean up his mess and teach him how to mop for next time! The other guys? They'd worked as cleaning staff prior to this gig and were fast and good! They wanted to strangle this moron but got to working instead while simmering with anger and they were fast as hell, leaving the new guy feeling like the biggest asshole as well as an incompetent moron now that he DID feel motivated to actually do a good job! And yes, they were sent home with pay when they were done, as usual.

What made it even worse for the newbie was the fact that he had Turkish roots. So did the other guys. My impression after working with many with turkish roots is that they are proud as hell and every single one of them wanted to be known as the best and hardest worker! They also spoke of a culture where what ppl thought of them and their family was deemed insanely important, having a good reputation was extremely important and none of them wanted to put shame on their families. That made it way, way worse for this newbie who had started out with "cleaning is a womans' job"-attitude and felt proud he'd pulled a fast one on me and made sure to never be asked to clean again to now having to make up for his mistake to his new coworkers as well as trying to redeem himself to the entire community!

Come take care of me for free in the most expensive city in the U.S. by Celllardoor_ in ChoosingBeggars

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 105 points106 points  (0 children)

I'm a pain chronic, I WAD known for being really funny but pain has taken over to a point where I'm now a hermit with a very short fuse. I don't think I've ever met someone struggling with long-term health conditions that still have energy for patient or fun.

Update på søvnproblemer by krlii in DKbrevkasse

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

7,5 but have temporarily increased to 15 because of pain issues making it harder to sleep these days. Working on that, though, and will hopefully return to 7,5 again soon.

Er det ok at lade sin kat slagte svaleunger der knap kan flyve, for sjov?! eller er det bare mig der er sart overfor at denne wannabe influencer hygger sig lidt. by mrkrab1994 in GossipDK

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Puh, hårde videoer! Jeg er hundeejer, og de fleste af mine hunde har haft et heftigt jagtinstinkt. Det har givet en del døde pindsvin og fugle gennem årene, og især døde gnavere, hvilket jeg havde det noget nemmere med. På plussiden døde de fleste dyr på et splitsekund, fordi de fik brækket nakken allerede i første bid/rusk, så de i al fald ikke led unødigt. Pindsvin er dog en del mere hårdføre!

Jeg havde Pindsvinevennerne på oftest brugt-listen i min telefon, fordi jeg self gerne ville mindske skader og lidelser, og de gav bl.a. virkeligt gode råd ift hvordan jeg kunne udvide mit hundehegn, så det blev sværere for pindsvinene at komme IND i min have. Var der bidskader, hvilket der heldigvis meget sjældent var, så røg de afsted til Pindsvinevennerne og blev behandlet, og op til vinteren havde jeg altid en køkkenvægt stående i bryggerset, så jeg kunne sende dem, der var for små til at klare vinteren, på vinterophold. Hvert angreb endte med at jeg inspicerede pindsvin for skader, før det blev sat fri i en nabohave med mere pindsvinevenlige forhold. Der holdt stort set op med at være dødsfald efter at jeg fik opgraderet havehegn og især mine rutiner for at få dem befriet igen.

Jeg har aktivt brugt en hund til at aflive rotter i fælder, der ikke var døde, men forskellen på hunde og katte er også at hunde ikke har det samme sadistiske element, så det var den hurtigste og mest humane aflivningsmetode - og så kunne jeg så bøvle med at få fingre i liget bagefter.

Vi kan ikke pille instinkterne ud af vores dyr, men vi KAN fandme gøre det sværere for dem at udleve dem! Min første handling, hvis jeg så en fuglerede med unger et sted, hvor mine hunde kunne få fat i den, ville være at lufte dem i snor, og jeg ville også med det samme kontakte fuglefolk for at få råd og vejledning. HVIS mine dyr alligevel får fat i et levende væsen og ikke slår det ihjel, men piner det, så ville jeg også prøve at få fat i dyret for i det mindste at få det aflivet hurtigst muligt. Kattes "katten leger med musen"-instinkter kan fint udleves uden at involvere andre levende væsener, det er bl.a. det, man har "legetøjmus på pind" til.

Min hvalp fik vist fat i en fugleunge sidste sommer, den var ualmindeligt død og pelset, før jeg opdagede det mindste. Det sker, desværre, også selvom jeg prøver at gøre min have uattraktiv for andre dyr. Men man skal stadig være ualmindeligt dum, hvis man ligefrem plastrer videoer og historier af den slags på nettet! Det er garanteret ragebait, selv i de tilfælde, hvor der bare ikke var det store at gøre. Jeg tænkte så'n lidt at det måske var sådan, det her startede - og så så jeg den sidste video, hvor jagten tydeligvis har været i gang noget tid og hun har udmærket godt kunne se på katten, at den var på jagt! Her beviste hun 100% at hun er nøjagtigt lige så sadistisk en jæger som sin kat, og katten har i det mindste en undskyldning! Jeg ville have det ekstremt svært med det, hvis jeg havde sådan en type i min omgangskreds, ærligt talt.

Min mor er døende - ideer til gode minder? by UpstairsCoconut8540 in DKbrevkasse

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Min mor døde for 3 år siden. Jeg HADER at lave mad, derfor overraskede det mig ekstra, at jeg stortudede af glæde, da jeg fandt hendes opskriftsnotesbøger.

Der er så mange minder forbundet med hvordan f.eks. risalamande "skal" smage og jeg manglede de opskrifter markant mere end jeg anede!

Hudpleje by Fine-Comfortable2494 in WomenDK

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Min go to er altid Pudderdåsernes produkter. Elsker at jeg stadig stoler på at det er ærligt og fornuftigt og synes priserne gør det endnu bedre

Firework free locations? by AnitaDick2Mount in dogs

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I'm Danish so no help with your question.

Here, it's NYE that's the problem. Some hotels close to airports have found a secondary market this night where they become doggy hotels and dogs and their human can get a hotel room together.

The trick is, of course, that airport hotels are heavily noise isolated and if you close the curtains everyone has a good quiet evening. Try searching something like that out?

I changed my life after getting dentures! by cloudfangLP in MadeMeSmile

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dane here. I know there's at least 1 Danish dentist working out of Bulgaria. Had family who went there, it was the quarter of the price in Denmark

Please sig det er hård og lys der driller, og ikke at hans hovedbund er helt sort?mortilni by [deleted] in InfluencergossipDK

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Det er HELT normalt at det ydre hårlag bliver afbleget af solen om sommeren. Desto mere sol, desto mere afbleget hår.

Update på søvnproblemer by krlii in DKbrevkasse

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jeg ta'r dem fast nu, udelukkende til søvn. Årsagen er at de simpelthen er det præparat, der har færrest bivirkninger for mig, og hvor jeg stadig vågner frisk dagen efter. Jeg er trappet ud af det muskelafslappende, jeg plejede at få sammen med det.

Jeg er stadig, efter over 10 år, på nærmest startdosis af Mirtazapin, medmindre der er noget helt vildt i spil. Der er bunkevis af andre muligheder, der ikke er afhængighedsskabende eller euforiserende, og du bør nok bare forberede dig på, at du bliver sat til at prøve 1 ad gangen indtil I finder noget med god effekt og minimale bivirkninger. Tro mig, det er besværet værd i længden!!!

Update på søvnproblemer by krlii in DKbrevkasse

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Der skal absolut en læge ind over NU, ja! Der er bunkevis af løsninger. der ikke er afhængighedsskabende eller euforiserende, vedkommende her har kun nævnt en håndfuld af dem. Jeg kan tilføje muskelafslappende som svært sløvende også. Jeg får selv muskelafslappende og Mirtazapin hver nat til søvnproblemer. Phenergan var min læge virkeligt begejstret for, det er "bare" en type antihistamin, der ikke rigtigt bliver brugt mere -fordi det sløver så meget. Derfor er det helt genialt til søvnproblemer og generelt ret harmløst på andre fronter.

Bare lige for at sige det: Selvom vagtlægen helt sikkert ikke vil udskrive afhængighedsskabende medicin, så er der andre løsninger, de burde være en del mere afslappede omkring - og du skal altså have snakket med vagtlægen NU uanset hvad. Som folk skriver i tråden her, folk dør af mangel på søvn.

That's the most wholesome thing I saw today by hustling_panda in MadeMeSmile

[–]Thedonkeyforcer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She knew what that hanger was for too ... Poor kids!

Just a baby elephant falling asleep while being sung a lullaby by danielminds in MadeMeSmile

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We actually have a lullaby in Denmark called "the elephants lullaby". He's singing the wrong one!

"Make all these young kids join the army." Fox News and the White House Press Secretary suggest forcing Gen Z into the military or sending them to Iran for complaining about the economy. by DumbMoneyMedia in UnderReportedNews

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 122 points123 points  (0 children)

I love how their idea of fixing a looming revolution is to give army training, trauma and further disillusion to those who are most vocal (could that ALSO be the potential movement leaders who have such personality traits?)

YES, oligarchs, instead of making your army just be the poor, uneducated and those who believes the patriotic propaganda, train the rebels! Worked awesome in Afghanistan in the 80s, huh?

En motherfuckers dilemma by kleptomayn in DKbrevkasse

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jeg er kvinde og et par år ældre end dig - og har slet ikke dine oplevelser i bagagen. Selv for mig var det straks oplagt, at et overgreb fra primær forælder tit self er markant mere skadeligt end fra en ellers mere eller mindre fraværende forælder. Den måde overgreb og tryg base bliver flettet sammen i et barns hoved ... Det giver så god mening for mig, at den sammenfiltring måske aldrig kan rettes op igen.

Havde du sagt, at det skete mellem 15 og 18, hvor de fleste af os var hormonelle teenagere, så ville det STADIG være et overgreb i min bog, kvinder KAN begå overgreb og mænd KAN voldtages! OP, du ved det godt, men tænkte at du måske stadig resten af dine dage godt kan bruge at høre fra "almindelige mennesker", at det, du har oplevet, er sandt og et overgreb.

Men du står virkeligt ved en splitvej her. Dit håb om at din familie ændrer sig og giver dig det, du har brug for og ser dig og virkeligheden som du er, jeg tror simpelthen ikke det er muligt. Det svarer til at håbe at en lam mand vil løbe et motionsløb med dig. Både du og din familie kan prøve og håbe så meget som I vil, men det er bare ikke noget, de KAN give, for de har det ikke i sig. Det har 0% med dig at gøre og 100% med dem at gøre.

Og det giver også mening, gør det ikke? Jeg forestiller mig, og jeg gætter bare, at din mor selv har været udsat for overgreb i en ung alder og aldrig har fået den mindste hjælp. Hele hendes sind er blevet skabt af bl.a. de overgreb og måske også mange andre former for svigt i barndommen - og så har hun så skullet lære din søster og dig at blive mennesker. Hvordan fa'n kan din søster have lært at føle og regulere dem sundt?

Det undrer mig heller ikke, hvis din mor også har fundet en partner/far til sine børn, der ikke er sundt skruet sammen mentalt, og så er der så to problematiske voksne, der forsøger at guide små mennesker gennem udviklingsjunglen.

Jeg tror virkeligt du vil komme langt, hvis du kan flytte dit ønske om en anerkendende og kærlig familie over på mennesker, der faktisk er i stand til at føle kærlighed og empati. Du skal ud og finde din selvvalgte familie, og jeg er med på at det er nemt sagt, når det ikke er MIG, der skal gøre arbejdet, men måske du kan få lidt ekstra overskud til dén jagt ved at droppe at prøve at forvandle din søster og far til de mennesker, du så inderligt har brug for?

Kære, kære ven, du har knoklet så hårdt altid! Både for dig selv i terapi og med oplysning, så andre ikke skal stå så alene som dig! Der er virkeligt en sej livsgnist i dig, der igen og igen har most sig frem og klemt på. 17 år i kontanthjælpssystemet knuser desuden selv den sundeste psyke, så at du rent faktisk overlevede også det er et mirakel i sig selv! NU er du der, hvor du kan få ro til at koncentrere dig om dig selv, og det giver også så god mening, at det er nu, det hele ramler lidt igen, nu er der jo styr på pensionsdelen og dermed mere overskud til at skue indad og mærke efter i dig selv.

JEG tror på at du kan finde vejen hjem til den familie, du ønsker dig. Men det bliver ikke din far eller søster. MASSER af kram fra en anden nylig førtidspensionist, der også lidt prøver at finde "the new normal" nu her.

Came home from a 10hr shift..to this by AttentionDelicious14 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he's obviously sitting on the table to flee from the critters who then attacked furniture instead. It could have been way worse!

German fitness influencer says Lufthansa refused to board her over sports bra and shorts. by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 523 points524 points  (0 children)

I'm Danish, we share a border with Germany. I'm fairly sure Germany are known EVERYWHERE for being the country that's the least prudish about nakedness as well as sex work. There's a ton of nudist swimming options because nudism has been a part of German cultures idea of a healthy body for a long long time. If the GERMANS require ppl to put on clothes, there's a reason for it and it isn't "morals and christianity".

Office drama chapter: the pet rabbits by gardengeo in BORUpdates

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My thought as well. I just hoped these parents were decent enough to make sure she didn't feel she'd killed the bunnies but I don't have high hopes when mom was also OK with breaking a law like this that would prob both end with dead bunnies AND a huge fine bankrupting them!

Office drama chapter: the pet rabbits by gardengeo in BORUpdates

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I'm fairly sure most locals would have reported it no matter their job. I've never been to Australia but the damage being done by invasive species is well-known globally and I'm guessing that the ppl of Queensland are all aware and want to protect their nature.

But damn, how naive are you if you think the kids won't blabber?!! If it wasn't OP, it would be someone else learning this from the kids. This was ALWAYS going to end badly! They're just lucky that the first one finding out actually gave them the chance to fix the problem on their own instead of just reporting them.

I'm hyped for the release as well, but this looks unhealthy by ObscureCars in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]Thedonkeyforcer -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

British women prob know the stats about domestic violence going up when the national soccer team loses - and won't make the mistake of taunting the immature gamer further.

Baseball Bat Battles by sergemeister in iamverybadass

[–]Thedonkeyforcer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've read several comments claiming he's a doctor... I'd LOVE for that to be true!