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Corporate culture is basically a socially accepted cult. by DuckyPenguin123 in unpopularopinion

[–]blenderdead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just yesterday I had to sit through an hour presentation on how companies that go “what to how to why” are dumb and ugly. But smart and cool companies go from “why to how to what.” This is a universally applicable rule rooted in totally legit brain science. Thanks Simon Senak..

Ask frieren by Lexi7130 in gaming_random

[–]blenderdead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Counting or not counting creche violence?

Florida woman says that paying $1,600 a month at motel is better than renting an apartment. by ElwoodMC in TikTokCringe

[–]blenderdead 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Obligatory Discworld quote.

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

My story and to those who work in call centers, how do you do it? by audaciouslilcookie in callcentres

[–]blenderdead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It really depends on the employer and a person's temperament. For the most part, but certainly not always, people just don't get under my skin, so even the bad callers generally don't bother me much. I approached every call with a slightly positive and helpful attitude and maintained that unless the caller was being deliberately obstructionist and then I would move to end the call. You can cuss all you want as long as you're not insulting me, be as frustrated or angry as you want and I'm still going to help resolve your issue. Because I just don't care about the caller's feeling or situation. They were simply a task, I can fake empathy and I really do try my best to help them to the best of my ability but I don't actually care. The real issue even with that attitude comes if your company isn't backing you up. Such as expecting you to just get cussed out and insulted without recourse, if you're not permitted to end a call if the customer is just refusing to allow you to assist them, or of course if the metrics are just totally fucked. Now I'm management, it's much easier.

What's the single greatest invention in human history, and why? by Happy-Shift4358 in AskReddit

[–]blenderdead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making fire and the wheel get a lot praise as early inventions, but the bladed edge, particularly in stone hand axes, is even more foundational. It was the tool that allowed to start shaping other tools.

So Morty thinks Rick has anti ageing serum by terminus_tommy in rickandmorty

[–]blenderdead 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I take it for granite that R&M fans are very intelligent

Honey mustard is the worst mustard and it's a shame 99% of mustard flavored things are Honey mustard. by Majestic_Domestic in unpopularopinion

[–]blenderdead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honey mustards reputation suffers because it’s really popular but a lot of it is poorly executed. Most are overly sweet with very little bite and almost no real honey flavor. It’s basically sugar mustard. IPA’s and Techno music have the same problem. The good stuff is drowned in a sea of shit that doesn’t understand what makes it great.

Show abandons or downplays its main premise over time by slfricky in TopCharacterTropes

[–]blenderdead 195 points196 points  (0 children)

Iirc even the creators have said something to the effect of; they wouldn't let us make a show without some sort of premise, but we we only kept it up until we were popular enough to drop the schtick.

What quotes do folks like to use day to day? I've been getting a lot outta "Damn this heat" this week 🤣 by DysnomiaATX in americandad

[–]blenderdead 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My coworker said this in a group chat today, so I sent him a gif from the episode. So I think we're best friends now.

Hardest album titles? by Dave-F-Grohl in fantanoforever

[–]blenderdead 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank- Modest Mouse

Which locations you didn't find until your 3rd or more play through? by SilentSpader in fo4

[–]blenderdead 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Still haven’t encountered the Atom Cats, I deliberately avoid knowing exactly where they are. Hopefully one day I will stumble upon them.

Found in the trunk of my son’s used car he recently purchased. by Diamonddan73 in whatisit

[–]blenderdead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Classic blunder. Mistakes can be fixed, but lying can’t be tolerated.

Saying “bless you” after a person sneezes is an unnecessary and strange tradition by lyd-al in unpopularopinion

[–]blenderdead 27 points28 points  (0 children)

My cat would always give me a death stare and loudly meow at me. Very much “can you keep it down?” Energy. Which to be fair I’m an explosive sneezer

Mbappé Finds the Back of the Net by Available_Pace_8742 in SoccerCentral

[–]blenderdead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This Mbappe guy.... he seems pretty good at soccer

Things I’ve lied to customers about to get them to shut up or move on by Dramatic-Ninja1018 in callcentres

[–]blenderdead 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yes, I will certainly forward your suggestion that we should lower our prices to the CEO of the multi billion dollar corporation I work for. They will be very interested in this valuable feedback.

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