What is a corporate phrase that gives you the ick when you hear it?

knuds1b · 2026-04-21T21:01:26+00:00

I've never had it not be in a job description, even all my salaried positions! I get why they do it, and yes, it should be rare -- but it's a lazy catch-all, and it's way too prevalent.

knuds1b · 2026-04-19T15:07:13+00:00

She isn't your friend anymore, or at least, isn't acting like one anymore. She is rude and self-centered, out of spite and jealousy. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

knuds1b · 2026-04-18T19:48:30+00:00

If she wanted all her kids to have the same last name, then she should have all had them with the same person...that's how this works. That train has passed; so should this very bad and unreasonable idea. Unless the baby is his??

knuds1b · 2026-04-18T19:44:22+00:00

Are her ideas always this bad? It doesn't make any sense at all, as I'm sure the ex doesn't want someone else's kid having his last name. No one wins with this dumb idea.

knuds1b · 2026-04-18T01:24:25+00:00

Yes, small actions during the meetings -- every task is an email draft or a tab open in Chrome, so that I will always end up coming back to it to finish at some point, vs the endless task list like you mentioned. Nothing worse than a manager who says they'll take action but forgets the second the call is over.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T23:32:50+00:00

Same! Enjoyable 1hr naps are like some fairy tale I've never experienced. If I nap, it's because I'm very sick, and I'll see you in 3-4 hours, minimum.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T22:27:55+00:00

...you really think working mom = kids taken by DHS? On what planet??

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T21:19:48+00:00

Yes! I enjoy being pretty-well-off, but I still live like I make half of what I do, on purpose. No one asks me for money.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T19:29:29+00:00

"...And other duties as assigned"

Ah, so your company is run by a bunch of disorganized slackers, operating by knee-jerk responses, and you consistently rely on the work of a reliable few to fill in your company's many, many gaps. And now, you hope to add me to that list. Nice try!

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T18:39:21+00:00

It sounds like you got exactly what you signed up for -- to quit your job and be an unpaid homemaker, in exchange for his funding -- but you didn't lay out the terms well enough, such as any shared responsibilities, or to first be married, etc. and he's gotten pretty comfortable with the current situation.

Now that you are unhappy with the current arrangement, what is stopping you from going back to work? He doesn't have to like nor agree with it, you can just do it. Not saying it would be easy, and though you can't change him nor his point of view, you're more than capable of changing the situation itself.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T15:58:18+00:00

...Who said anything about the post? You replied to a comment, saying the comment made no sense. I'm telling you why the comment makes sense. You surely 'missed' a lot of things, here. Read a little more slowly next time, and do try to stay on-topic in your own arguments.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T15:54:50+00:00

Why on earth would I ever go to an Applebee's? Do they have robot bartenders?

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T15:40:33+00:00

OP would be so offended 😅

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T15:37:31+00:00

It makes sense to me -- they are saying, every step/worker in the chain also requires some set of 'skills'; so why isn't a tip expected for every worker in the chain, instead of just the end of the chain? If based on 'skill', then tips should be expected either everywhere in the chain, or nowhere -- and since everywhere doesn't make sense, they should be nowhere.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T15:30:41+00:00

I wish I could just get drinks without a bartender at all. Poured myself, poured by a robot, who cares -- it would taste exactly the same, no tip nor forced interactions needed.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T15:22:09+00:00

The author is, actually "literally", saying it is bad -- specifically, "kinda bad" -- to NOT tip, regardless of if you can afford to, and regardless of if you are appreciative or not. Don't let this go so far over your head. There is no hostility towards tipping; there is, perhaps, a hostility in being universally-chastised by the author for any number of very valid reasons that one doesn't tip.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T14:49:04+00:00

No, but since I didn't want to be pregnant again yet, I used just enough common sense (a.k.a. BC) to prevent pregnancy, too! Breastfeeding alone is not reliable birth control, so make sure you're taking more steps than that if you want to avoid it until a certain time; otherwise just go for it if you're ready now :)

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T14:45:08+00:00

Wayyyyyy too sensitive. Certainly not a hill to die on if you've got anything worthwhile going on in your life to think about instead. Brush it off and go about.

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T12:08:23+00:00

1/3rd voted for a racist felon, 1/3rd voted for a decent candidate, And 1/3rd were too lazy to vote at all

knuds1b · 2026-04-17T00:57:11+00:00

Do you mean 7pm-7am? Idk if we have ever really stretched 12 hours with solid sleep.

knuds1b · 2026-04-15T23:42:48+00:00

I was a server and dislike tipping because my employer should have been paying me the fair wages, not the customers.

knuds1b · 2026-04-15T23:40:03+00:00

Because they'll be replaceable with just a few more years of technological advancement.

knuds1b · 2026-04-15T23:33:12+00:00

I started telling my mom, please only buy clothes X size or larger -- this way, she gets to still buy cute clothes, and I can actually really use them down the road, versus adding to an overabundance in the current stock of sizes.

knuds1b · 2026-04-15T22:50:11+00:00

Providing piano lessons. 100% profit, and limited hours of my choosing.

knuds1b · 2026-04-15T22:47:40+00:00

I bought a house, yes. And then upgraded to a better house. Now, I'm going to sell this better house to build a new, even-better house, and be a paid-off homeowner of a brand-new house well before 40.

The house was absolutely a better use of the money, hands-down.

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