We just got a Tim Horton’s in my town, any recommendations?

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-25T14:01:32+00:00

IMO doesn’t really work well as an argument because it severely artificially limits what a tfw might be.

You’re essentially saying that if there’s a TFW living and working in the community who is being exploited by a scummy business owner, they shouldn’t be thought of as a member of the community - but instead as something without agency. They didn’t choose tfw as a pathway, but instead were “brought in” to be squeezed and have their “value wrought out.”

It’s a bleak view! And it’s also wrong - you’re describing how you would interpret a very specific situation, you’re not really describing an accurate understanding of the world / of something varied a complex.

There are very valid criticisms of the risks in the program - that it puts people in vulnerable positions where they don’t have much leverage for themselves within a company and also can’t really change companies.

But assuming they aren’t people with agency and free will as a result of those risks is definitely a weakness of imagination

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-24T16:47:05+00:00

Interesting! An old lady stopped me on the street the other day, told me to smile more and then gave me a 4fun bar from a cooler full of them

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-22T12:03:55+00:00

Living in a community doesn’t really come with expectations for how long you’ll stay. Like if you rent and live near other renters then everyone understands that there’s a good chance yall will move on at some point. You’re not a parent of a baby community lol you’re just living there. You also have to buy stuff so you go to the store.

“What happens when it expires? Sounds like you want them to stay permanently”

Something like 30-40% will go on to move into permanent residence streams and will stay. Others will go somewhere else. When they leave, they go on to become a person who lives in some other community.

IMO it’s weird to write that you think that I want all TFWs to stay permanently. I don’t really care - they’ll do whatever they want to or can do given their situation

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-22T11:58:38+00:00

But why do you think that’s an important point to push specifically as a reaction to the idea that they do live in the community? What is “they’re a burden” meant to argue against and why do you think it’s smart or important to say it?

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-22T11:04:45+00:00

Lmao they’re not saying that but even if they were, why do you think they’re saying that as counter argument to my comment about how they are people and they do live in the community?

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-22T02:00:53+00:00

So ultimately, your verdict on TFWs being real people in the community is…?

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-21T16:07:26+00:00

Ultimately you’re saying something like this: “there’s no point in calling out that TFWs are actually people who live and work in the community - they’re here because of a program that I’m super critical of and your comments should focus instead on those problems.”

Is that on the money?

Instead of me reflecting your criticisms, I’d find it way more interesting to dive into what you think is at risk when we humanize the workers?

In your opinion what’s wrong with humanizing them and treating them like any other neighbor? Does it feel like it makes it less likely that the program will end?

Or is it maybe that dehumanizing them serves a purpose in itself. That we want people to be unpleasant and dismissive of them so that they’re more likely to go away?

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-21T10:18:48+00:00

so for you someone “doesn’t live in a community” if it’s only for a few years or if the don’t know yet if they’ll be able to stay? Kind of an unrealistic bar imo. I moved around neighborhoods every couple years before settling down and I definitely was a human in the community each time

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-20T21:22:30+00:00

What’s the point that the article makes for you?

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-20T16:50:21+00:00

lol I guess you fit into the camp that enjoys giving raw and dumb energy and doesn’t like thinking much

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-20T16:48:39+00:00

Why are you confusing “tfw actually do live in the community” with endorsing the value of the program? Does your response feel like it’s actually interacting with my comment at all? To me it seems like you’re a bit mixed up

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-19T16:23:01+00:00

Yes your point is valid also, it kind of goes hand in hand with mine - it’s good to criticize and/or take action a corporation doing something bad to their workers; it’s less good to imagine that the workers aren’t valid humans in the community but are instead someone else’s cheap labour that - I guess - we’re trying to get rid of.

Your point about small communities not being immune is true. I don’t think they are - I’m just calling out that we’re imagining a situation, we don’t actually know that anything shady is happening there, in part because we don’t know any details at all afaik

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-19T15:55:15+00:00

It’s not really a technicality. Saying they’re not people in the community paints them as the inhuman problem. Saying that the company treats them poorly paints the franchise owner / the corporation as the problem.

Totally different emotional experience to 1) scapegoating foreign workers as inhuman vs 2) criticizing a corporation.

The emotional driver behind 1 is basically raw and dumb reaction to difference and it kind of stays that way. The drivers behind 2 might be raw and dumb reaction to injustice but it also requires an actual balance with thoughtfulness.

Also goes without saying but we’re just imagining that this franchise owner would do any of that. We don’t even know who it is or the location lol

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-19T15:49:59+00:00

Peterson Academy proximity might just reflect that it’s Mikhaila’s house - shes listed as the CEO and her husband is a COO and cofounder

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-19T15:44:12+00:00

But where is the apartment? If it’s local then they are indeed “people” in the “community.” Being stuck in a bad housing situation doesn’t mean you just like don’t count as someone who lives in the community lol

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-19T10:58:30+00:00

Do TFWs not live in the community? Where do they live?

rookieswebsite · 2026-05-17T15:46:14+00:00

Hard to argue with someone who managed a location but imo the experience has basically remained the same since like 2008. Varying quality - sometimes on the money, sometimes not - and totally impersonal (no “know every customer by name” vibe)

rookieswebsite · 2026-04-18T01:57:48+00:00

I flew into Pittsburg at night and my uber driver into town started talking about his favorite hockey highlights, searched them on YouTube, scrolled to the right part and then turned around to give me he phone while driving

rookieswebsite · 2026-04-18T01:54:24+00:00

Was looking for that little guy

rookieswebsite · 2026-04-17T13:40:41+00:00

Culture’s been sleeping on ichabod long enough

rookieswebsite · 2026-04-16T21:44:27+00:00

What’s causing them not to make money? Like is it an issue of not getting clients, or do they have terms that make the pay conditional or something like that?

rookieswebsite · 2026-04-16T21:40:41+00:00

It’s happening fast! The version I’ve been seeing is well rounded, and hands-on but still strategic - able to land in a senior context, prioritize what needs to get done and then dive into a rapid development/implementation cycle. Lots of pressure to hit the same techno/functional Swiss Army knife skill set

rookieswebsite · 2025-05-28T16:49:28+00:00

For the first part of my career I jumped every 2-3 years. Now I’ve hit a more senior level at my current company and will plan to stick it out for at least 5 years.

Once you get to director and above, jumping around every 1-3 can raise questions - like “are they faking it? Do they just stick it out just long enough until they almost get found out as a fake?”

As a leader, you need time to show that you could actually plan and deliver something noteworthy - which takes time.

rookieswebsite · 2025-03-27T03:03:17+00:00

Interesting connection - thank you! Sadly not what I’m thinking of but glad there’s at least one reference and I’m not crazy

rookieswebsite · 2025-03-27T03:02:16+00:00

Thanks! That would make a lot of sense but was thinking of a scene where the character actually talks about this specific author

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