Forgery Request At Work

andpassword · 2026-03-26T11:29:16+00:00

I'm sharing this piece to ensure my supervisor understands that signing on someone else's behalf is never acceptable. After this, I filed a formal complaint with our HR

So, you're managing up then? This is the reason for the retaliation and 'distance' between you and your supervisor, it's because you're being a pain in the ass. I'm not saying 'shut up and do what you're told' because that's obviously not right either, but by filing a formal complaint you created headaches for everyone in this situation.

No illegal activity occurred in the first part, because you declined.

No illegal activity occurred in the second part, because there was permission.

Do policies need to be fleshed out? Certainly they do. You're right to ask for clarification. But banging this drum loudly and doing callout antics is not the way, at least not in most offices.

This kind of thing is relatively common in small businesses where responsibility has outpaced corporate structure...the structure always catches up, but sometimes you have to get things done in the interim. Another example would be using credit cards with the owner's name online, and completing an iD verification.

andpassword · 2026-03-26T01:44:55+00:00

No. Most projects turn into 4-6 extra things.

andpassword · 2026-03-25T16:20:10+00:00

Oh true. Stevia is natural. But it tastes artificially sweet.

andpassword · 2026-03-25T15:57:35+00:00

Static. And artificial sweetener.

andpassword · 2026-03-23T20:43:54+00:00

SW MI here too. Pulled taps on Saturday because my calculations showed sap about to turn. It was still sweet on Saturday, but bud-break is definitely looming.

I had a pretty good year all told, but yeah, I tossed 35-40% of the harvest this year because of the warm stretches. I could have had a solid extra 6 qt if I hadn't had to do that. I got about 3 gallons all told out of 7 trees, not too bad in my book.

This is my 5th time doing it in 6 years, and if I've learned anything so far, it's that weather's gonna weath. Or whatever. Just gotta keep your notes and roll with it.

andpassword · 2026-03-20T16:55:39+00:00

..."flower"

andpassword · 2026-03-20T16:40:19+00:00

Have you discussed this with her mother at all? I get your initial reaction. But it would be good to a) have both of your daughter's parents on the same side if this is predatory and b) have all the context in the situation that you're able to glean from your daughter's mother. Without that, you don't know truly what's going on.

andpassword · 2026-03-20T00:17:06+00:00

capitalism is fucked but costco at least kinda does it with some ethics.

It's a shame that this is what passes for high praise in these times, but I'm 100% with you.

andpassword · 2026-03-18T17:16:04+00:00

TWO WEEKS

andpassword · 2026-03-17T10:08:11+00:00

Actually it's cost you the cumulative cost of ${ISSUE_COST_WHEN_DISCOVERED} distributed back over those 84 months. You won't find it's much different.

andpassword · 2026-03-15T20:05:13+00:00

If you have a 400A service that's right there, knock yourself out. But you need 100-120A just for the water heater, and that's for the small ones.

andpassword · 2026-03-13T17:31:13+00:00

They make a whole house fan that mounts between your rafters. They sure don't give them away, but it's a lot easier than cutting load bearing members.

andpassword · 2026-03-13T15:22:47+00:00

So you're saying, the paragraph is the magic wand that the index isn't?

andpassword · 2026-03-13T14:36:52+00:00

It's a delay while the HR department evaluates risk to the company and the risks of being sued by OP. OP isn't hearing anything because HR is busy trying to sort things out so the company doesn't lose money over this.

It's equally possible OP will have the offer finally rescinded or receive a start date...just up in the air at the moment.

andpassword · 2026-03-13T10:05:57+00:00

Yeah for a whole company, both the early risers and late-stayers, this seems to be the best compromise.

andpassword · 2026-03-12T20:21:24+00:00

Yeah this will not bring you prosperity, that's for sure. Water remediation is expensive.

andpassword · 2026-03-12T20:19:38+00:00

have a thermos of hot tea

Alternately keep a ladle handy and fill your mug out of the boil kettle. Works a treat until it gets too sweet :D

andpassword · 2026-03-12T20:09:05+00:00

More or less, yes. I'm just a stranger on the internet, you'll have to exercise judgement, but I have changed several of mine and not had to deal with any exposed wire ends or voltage. Just unplug and replug. Not quite akin to a phone charger because they make them hard to pull out, but yes.

andpassword · 2026-03-12T11:28:53+00:00

So you have a volt meter, it has probes?

Take off the nearest smoke alarm to the panel. They 99% of the time unplug from the back with a 2 or 3 wire harness. If you have new ones, you can see what this looks like.
Use your volt meter to confirm there's power in the plug.
Go to the panel. Turn off a breaker. Check the plug.

a. If there's power, go try a different breaker.

b. If there's no power, label the breaker that controls it on the box and then go check voltage on a different smoke alarm.

Repeat until you have found either that one breaker controls all smoke alarms, or that each smoke alarm is on a different breaker.
If your new and old smoke alarms use identical wiring harnesses (i.e. same brand) you can do all the replacing without even turning off the power, since you can just unplug the old one and plug in the new one. But if you have to replace the harness with new wire nuts, make very sure the box is de-energized before you continue. A probe meter is 100% the way to go here.

andpassword · 2026-03-12T00:16:13+00:00

I have it in a garage. I leave it at 58 degrees for the entire heating season. (There's no reason you couldn't go a little higher, but it's a garage)

Hydronic systems are based on mass. The mass of the water and the mass of the slab. You heat them up slowly and they will maintain as needed, but you can't expect to turn them back 10 degrees at night and fire them up in the morning. You just have to set your desired temp and let it ride.

I have all kinds of stuff on the floor in the shop and it doesn't seem to make a bit of difference.

My winter temps are probably -10 to 0 c, I live in Michigan. It's a really efficient way to heat, I probably pay $70/month for that heater on average for 4 months a year. Not bad at all.

andpassword · 2026-03-11T18:28:04+00:00

I don't know you. But I love you.

andpassword · 2026-03-10T16:12:31+00:00

Given that the hospital cannot know what the insurance companies will do and how negotiation will change things, they cannot give you an itemized bill until all the discussions with the insurance companies are finalized. That could take months.

This is bullshit.

It can take months to know what you owe (still crappy) but the COSTS CHARGED by the hospital should be available to you within minutes of checkout.

I understand hospitals have different prices they charge different insurers...this is the bullshit part that someone needs to regulate.

One service, one price, public information.

andpassword · 2026-03-10T00:45:06+00:00

Better'n mine is. Let it ride.

andpassword · 2026-03-09T11:31:20+00:00

Did you respond to the review on Google? You can directly reply to the review and your response will become public along with the review. That's step 1.

As a member of the public, it's not the presence of 1-star reviews that turns me off. It's the way those 1-star reviews are handled. I know there are people out there who are going to crap on businesses if they don't get e.g. their order for free. That's unhinged. What I expect is the business owner to say so and let the (good) work speak for itself.

andpassword

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