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[@Super_Panda_BS]

Fun animal fact: Meerkat parents train their offspring to hunt scorpions. They will bring back dead or almost dead scorpions back to the younger ones so that they can practice killing them without getting stung.

[@iclynnx]

Meerkats are so adorable

[@edgyanole9705]

Another fun animal fact: meerkats are the most homicidal mammals

[@dickottel]

omg why would they hunt scorpions, why not something less dangerous

[@GoingSwimmingly]

@@edgyanole9705 Thank you for the unholy fact, we need those around Meerkats.

[@DenMotherArkala]

@@dickottel Because they’re tasty and nutritious, not to mention great when there’s no other prey about. 😃

[@l.francesca4780]

The woman in the car ranting about how her son can't afford everything she could when she was his age is my hero. My parents and many others don't seem to understand how expensive everything is now. It's worse in the cities and worse in California. I live in a Californian city. I'm so screwed

[@MissCaraMint]

My parents thankfully do understand. She knows they were super lucky entering into the housing market when they did. I’ll tell you the analogy she uses to explain it and maybe that can help you explain to your parents. So it all comes down to how much money you have free to spend right. Let’s liken that to frogs trying to jump up a staircase. So you have two frogs. One can just barely clear the first stair with its jump (aka has the capital for their very first apartment), and the other just barely can’t reach that first step. Now the first frog having made it up the first step can jump up to the second step, and from there to the third step and so on until they reach the top. Meanwhile the second frog is still struggling to clear that first step at the very bottom. Apart from this one tiny thing these frogs are identical and yet one is at the top and one is at the bottom. The same with housing. The person who was able to add their first apartment can usually afford to upgrade and buy more housing by selling off the one they already have. Eventually they will probably end up with a house. Then you have the people who can’t afford that first apartment, they probably won’t be able to get a house. We have created an environment where that first apartment is an incredibly difficult bar to clear. So naturally young people are struggling with housing as a result.

[@Tamara-ju3lh]

My parents understand but they struggled until just a couple of years ago with paying bills. I finally got my CPA license and am so relieved because I will probably have to take care of them when they're older. My dad has worked 60-80 hours a week for years but will probably get hardly anything from SS. The system is fucked.

[@katrinascarlet5637]

My mom had this vision of me doing 2 years at my community College then moving to Houston to work and complete another 2 to get my bachelor's. We lived in a tiny town with very few jobs an hour away from Houston and that plan wasn't very different from what she did when she was my age so I showed her the actual job market for a 2 year degree and Houston rent. She understood and said "Well at least I'll have my baby at home for a few more years than expected." Silver lining if there ever was one.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Yeah.

[@RisingRevengeance]

Here in sweden rent isn't the absolute worst but finding an apartment will take you at least 5+ years unless you somehow (rich parents) can buy one. Its incredibly common for adults to live at home up until their 30s, not by choice. I've heard it's very similar in most of the world right now. Sure new apartments are built all the time... but they're built for the people that can afford a new place.

[@ThatMoonBoy]

A couple years back the laws in my area changed so that minors didn't have to be paid minimum wage. When one of the adult employees asked for a payraise the owners would randomly select an employee that was a minor and lower their wages/hour to give the adult the payraise. They did this to 3 kids before one of their parents noticed and confronted the owners about it. But in the process of "fixing" the wages they took the raises away from the ones that had been given one. We had 7 people end up quitting because of this. Soon after all this, one of the owners went out and bought a new sports car. He called us all outside to look at it because "We made it possible for him to get the car of his dreams". I stayed out a little longer to talk to him explaining that what he just did was fucked up and that at least 4 of the people he just forced to look at his new toy were struggling to make rent. There's a happy ending though. Later that day some guy that just wanted icecream didn't like that the sports car was taking up 3 spaces and bro slashed 3 of the tires.

[@feuerling]

So he literally took money from teens to buy an overpriced car when he can't even park properly?

[@Suppagappa]

Do you, by any chance, crave icecream at times?

[@shmendrickswamii5914]

Only ever slash 3 tires. Insurance will pay if all 4 are destroyed...

[@FrancisR420]

​@@shmendrickswamii5914 life pro tips

[@sythenalpha2037]

@Nic DeGrave dammit you caught me also as a 20 year old in the uk our minimum wage is £7.50 for a 20 y/o, and for over 23 £10.42 im struggling to pay fuel, insurance, rent and other monthly expenditures whilst also trying to save whatever little money i have for a apartment. now for my income i make £9 an hour and 40 hour weeks, its a stable job but not much scope so im now also doing a set of courses for getting a it job hopefully(ps sorry for the info dump had to vent a little)

[@VellusTerennia]

"You've created an environment where there's no incentive for me to work hard, so I don't" This describes every job I've ever had.

[@VellusTerennia]

@Inspiring_Learning2 Right

[@TheArcticWitch]

Yeah i have that with my job as night receptionist in a hotel I am allowed to "close" the hotel. That way no more people can book it during my night shift At first, I didn't, cause I wanted to be a good worker and put in more effort. Made the hotel easily several hundred to a thousand per night extra. But I did a couple small mistakes Well, performance review told me i make more mistakes than my peers. I told them its because i keep the hotel open. They didnt care and told me to keep my mistakes down. Guess what, i keep it closed now and instead of making them money i watch yt videos on my phone. Corporate is happy now 🤦‍♀️

[@VellusTerennia]

@@TheArcticWitch Corporate will always find ways to work against itself, but still come out making more money in the aggregate. Truly, money does make itself. :| Please be safe.

[@ExoticalT369]

This!!

[@VellusTerennia]

@ Stay safe out there!

[@SkycometAnimeVamp]

I remember when I worked for a bakery. I got about $0.50 raise per year. Then Taco Bell was offering $12 an hour. I was getting $10 an hour. I talked to my boss about it repeatedly and she said it was over her head. The higher ups ignored me. So I quit. And so did half the store that was inquiring about the same thing. Management looked dumbfounded that paying less than Taco Bell would drive their employees away

[@KaityKat117]

[exaggerated Swedish accent] "What is this? The consequences of my actions?" -management probably

[@edcrichton9457]

@@KaityKat117 and management always gets a raise.

[@KindredKaye]

This happened to me! For my second job in 2021-2022 (my main job was as a teacher in an inner city) I worked at a chain bookstore. My manager would complain to me about how people would “quiet quit” after working a single shift. I “joked” that it was probably because of the help wanted signs at the stores on either side of us offering $15 and $17per hour. I was getting paid $8 and was only staying because of the book discount for my classroom. I quit both jobs when I found out the assistant manager was making $10k per year more than me, even though I was working two jobs

[@verynsawyer1413]

Same thing happened at my old job. We were getting $11/hr when a very similar store opened up directly next to ours offering $15 an hour. Lots of people brought this up to management, and when we got a $0.12 raise, half the staff quit, in addition to those who had quit before the raise. Guess what? About a month later our pay was raised to $14/hr (still a better deal because cashiers at the other store only made $10 rather than the stocker's $15) so that they could actually have an attractive enough rate to hire new people.

[@raisonforbeing]

The “pity city” CEO didn’t really apologise. Instead, she said “I’m sorry that everyone took my words the wrong way”, meaning that’s it’s everyone else’s fault for misinterpreting her words. I hate people who blame others for “misinterpreting” what they said when they were being rude/offensive.

[@foxinabox5103]

Oh absolutely, especially the "30 minutes out of context"

[@mini-mei]

That is the narcissist's way of apologizing. Those non-apologies are typical for them. Sadly, through their ruthless nature, they more often than not end up in positions of power.

[@dynogamergurl]

who even was she? what company was she in charge of?

[@gamarleton]

You know it's worth cutting everyone that always apologizes like that out of your life to make your mental health skyrocket.

[@robertnett9793]

I mean - yeah. Logically. We low-payed peasants are simply too stupid to understand the words of wisdom of them rich people, amirite?

[@Okay_Is_Wonderful]

Love/Hate how he kicked off w/ a joke about eating pets for the grindset & immediately there's a ceo praising someone for giving up their dog for the job 🤦‍♀️

[@snomcultist189]

Literally 1984

[@Mythical4227]

I Wonder if he does the intros before or after recording the video lol

[@Syth69]

my phone says this was 4 hrs ago even tho the vid was 3

[@jacobc9221]

@@Syth69 You clicked on the video 3 hours after it was posted then went into or just refreshed the comment section an hour later.

[@dumbfukx]

​@@Syth69 when you join the paid thing you can watch videos early sometimes

[@filocheese4294]

The fact that we could convert all of the old office buildings to affordable homes for more people AND allow people to work from home to save the company more money in the end, but the companies are complaining about the fact that their “city aesthetic” is being ruined really makes one wonder what the hell is wrong with them.

[@maxkrystal7403]

Simple being super wealthy often times means being a sociopath

[@justanoman6497]

It is harder than you might think, but still quite doable, especially if you are willing to take some compromises. Individual full apartments might be difficult, but communal apartment with shared bath facility would be fairly easy.

[@voidbreather7405]

@@justanoman6497 ..... So dorms? Nah, just scrape a bit off that bloated US military budget and give people their own apartments.

[@Skullhawk13]

@@voidbreather7405 but but we’re only seven generations of fighter plane above everyone else, we need more! Even though our fancy tech lost the war on terror and we’d never get into a shooting war with a nuclear power

[@jeffstrongman3097]

​@@Skullhawk13 I know right,let alone dogfights with the Taliban or Daesh aka ISIS.

[@Inlelendri]

I am not religious but bless the older lady helping out the girl underselling herself wage-wise and the mum understanding the struggle of her son and his generation with the house prices. It's so nice to see that from the elder generations as well

[@olivinemage4233]

That last lady's video was 10000/10 accurate. Been telling my parents this for the past 5 years but they live in a bubble of wealth and only trust the word of other well-off boomers. It is so incredibly frustrating how out of touch they are.

[@Mythical4227]

Years ago my dad brought cold treats to construction workers because it was too hot outside and they had been working for hours. I kid you not, after bringing them FREE ICECREAM and treating them for the past week he got some sort of cease and desist from the company for ‘interfering with worker productivity’ and ‘trespassing the work site’ and that they’d sue him. He literally just pulled up, brought the stuff out the car, asked if they wanted it, one of the guys would come over and retrieve the treats, they’d finish them before they melted and go back to work. I’ll admit that I don’t know the legality of offering treats to laborers on the clock, but cmon man! They shouldn’t be working in the Texas summer heat that can spike to 38°c! That can’t be humane!

[@Gloomdrake]

Your dad has the moral high ground, regardless of the legality

[@ericahoff8386]

I was still living in Texas when COVID hit and I felt so bad for the construction workers because they were STILL working out in SUMMER HEAT WITH MASKS. I was never able to deal with the heat while wearing jeans, I can't imagine how they powered through it. Your dad sounds like a saint.

[@Mythical4227]

@@ericahoff8386 I have no idea how they do it honestly. My dad used to be a sailor and knows the struggle against summer heat. He tends to just know what people need in a moment. I look up to him a lot, even though we disagree sometimes.

[@rompevuevitos222]

There's literally nothing illegal from giving a gift to someone working They are workers, not slaves. If ANYONE could get in trouble would be the workers themselves for stopping working to eat the ice cream. But from giving it to them? lmao Altho entering private property is a legal issue.

[@Mythical4227]

@@rompevuevitos222 Trespassing was an over exaggeration. Thankfully, my dads not stupid enough to go into construction zones. Especially without permission, safety gear, ect. The one time I was in the car when he stopped by he kinda just called the nearest dude over did some dad talk and passed a cooler of lemonades over the tape from the sidewalk and came back to the car. It was such a non event to me and I didn’t even realize everything until he told it as a funny story at a family get together. The joke was something like “The moment they threatened police my little black butt backtracked so fast” 🤦‍♀️💀

[@synthwolfe8906]

a good rule of thumb i heard years ago: if your employees cannot afford to shop at your store, regardless of employee discounts, then either you charge too much or pay too little.

[@powerofk]

More than likely both. By the way, fun, isn’t it, that because most Americans can’t actually afford clothes made in the US, we have to rely on sweatshops (literally slave labor, usually overseas but sometimes in our own backyard) for clothing.

[@synthwolfe8906]

@@powerofk yup. We hate slaves but can't afford to pay for products that aren't made by slaves. Why? Because the people who own the slave operated sweatshops refuse to pass their savings onto us. I miss the pre-depression days when we produced our own economy, and the government taxed imports/exports instead of the citizens. But they make more money now, and people will NEVER vote to reduce their own wealth willingly.

[@powerofk]

@@synthwolfe8906 You do realize that pre-depression, there was no minimum wage, it was legal to hire 5-year-olds in factories and in coal mines, Social Security was nonexistent, and it was legal to discriminate on basis of race, religion, national origin, and sex. The gap between rich and poor was even greater than today. The gap was narrowest from around 1940 to around 1980.

[@synthwolfe8906]

@@powerofk I didn't say I missed ALL of it. That's why I specified "when we made our own economy" instead of importing 99% of everything bought and sold in this country.

[@RurikDankil]

This only happened with one job I had, but when my boss asked me how much I wanted to get paid I said I was hoping for $9 to $10 since that's about what my last job paid. He laughed and told me I was getting $11.50 to start. And more than once he made sure I was actually taking my lunch break to rest (I would sometimes work through it out of habit.) Good guy and certainly worth working for.

[@kkkkkkkxd4692]

You don't work there anymore?

[@RurikDankil]

@@kkkkkkkxd4692 Yeah, the place was put under new management, I was fired and he quit. Edit: I was fired because the new people thought one person could handle all the work at the property.

[@workindad]

I had the opposite experience, I started at a company and in my section there was three other people working with me. Over two years they all left and I was there alone and so I figured I needed a raise. I asked for a raise and they asked me what extra I was willing to do for the extra money. A heated back and forth and I left the company. Two weeks later I went back for my final paycheck and there were four people working in my section again. They should've just coughed up the money and saved themselves all those extra wages.

[@RurikDankil]

@@workindad Yeah, management never knows what they've got until they have to pay double or more for it. I don't know for certain what happened, but one week after I left a different job (underpaid, overworked, and never got my promised promotion) I checked back and the whole crew had been replaced. So either I missed a culling, or all the extra work I did suddenly stopped happening.

[@kkkkkkkxd4692]

What I'm gathering from this conversation is that not treating your employees properly is not only scummy, it's also stupid. Employers are often stupid.

[@reverendbug]

When Click said raising a child only costs US$200,000 by exchange rate in Sweden I almost cried because that's the average cost of a three bedroom house in an "okay" neighborhood in a moderately large city.

[@LloxieFox]

Also I just want to say, as a millennial, gen Z is doing an awful lot of what I always desperately wished my own generation would do throughout my life, in regards to not putting up with society's bullshit. Keep it up, y'all.

[@katharineeavan9705]

I like to think maybe we and some of gen X are putting our money where our mouths are and making things better by being less likely to kick out or cut off our kids. Many of us never had the chance to turn down work regardless of what kind of sh*tty job it was or how cagey they were about pay as our parents either couldn't or wouldn't support us. What I'm seeing now is that it's getting less stigmatised for people college/uni age and above to stay living with parents and, unlike most of my friends, they aren't expected to pay massive amounts to their parents as board. I literally have one friend who had to sleep on the sofa in the living room but still paid a few hundred quid a month in board, was expected to buy all her own food, pay for things for her younger siblings, and still be keeping up with car payments and saving for a rent deposit. One of my sister's friends lived in an unconverted garden shed in her parents' garden. If nothing else, we can at least do better by the next generation than sticking them on sofas and in sheds and still demanding they pay us rent.

[@screaming_cat2007]

We’re trying man, we’re trying

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

Thanks dude, dudette or otherwise!

[@alosialee]

As a millennial that lives with a Gen Xer I have to constantly remind them of this. Gen Z is doing amazing things and starting off so young with enacting the changes needed to guarantee their own futures on this planet and as a mom to three Gen Zers all I can say is I'm a proud mama bear. ❤

[@RatPfink66]

They're either gonna change society, or society's gonna pound them right into the dirt. We'll see. When the zoomers hit their 30s, there may be a groundswell of resentment and resistance from those millennials who are bought in and settled down.

[@The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

The intro has evolved once again Also mango with the pixelated glasses is adorable

[@Lyzwyzrd]

omg barbotas

[@Parthgamer123]

Barbie toes :00

[@LittleMaitea]

It’s so cute

[@jordanenby9734]

Venti ^^ plus you are so right! Mango is adorable

[@TheClick]

Sl4w made art

[@t1ff4nyall3n]

36:00 You all have no fucking clue how fucking happy it makes me, to finally have at least one confirmed supporter from my parents generation. To finally have some from that time acknowledge that we of the current young adults aren't just bitching about the prices/condition of things because we are spoiled, but because we are genuinely fucked. And I just want to thank this mother for looking at us and simply saying, "I understand your struggle."

[@Excalibur-Sonic]

Totally.

[@I_want_a_discount_in_life]

Strangely enough she looks like a good karen, like idk what it is, she "looks" like a karen but I don't get a sense of dread from her, and Definitely on her side with the housing stuff

[@filiprohn1643]

​@@I_want_a_discount_in_life Good Karen is the type of person who'll tear down anyone in defence of others. Momma bear I think is the closest term

[@I_want_a_discount_in_life]

@@filiprohn1643 yeah

[@janemiettinen5176]

Heres another Gen Xer who gets it. When I graduated, my whole country was in the midst of a huge recession, people lost homes, jobs, everything. Suicide rates were all time high, unemployment rates broke all sorts of records. The color was sucked out of the world suddenly. The only jobs in the classifieds were super shady MLMs or even shadier door-to-door sales. Young people didnt have any chance of getting jobs, when there was much more experienced applicants. Many of my classmates got dropped in the abyss of addiction, because life became so damn hopeless, some of them are still there or dead. I remember counting pennies to buy milk! So I get it, what youre going thru now is just another side of that same monster and I know how it feels, many of us do. My only consolation is this: its not gonna be like this forever, somethings gotta give, sooner or later. So just hang on until that, you got this!

[@luvondarox]

I love the Momma at the end. I feel somehow both bad and vindicated that she's seeing the reality were facing, but I can't imagine her shock and horror as the glittery wool is ripped from her eyes and she understands the truth.

[@arunpharyn1404]

On that last one, i am so glad that the housing stuff is getting noticed. I'm 22, currently living with my parents and two younger siblings(

[@starshine1185]

I'm over here about to bawl over this video. That last clip hit me especially hard. I'm in an increasingly hostile situation living at home because of literally everyone having money problems, and rather than focusing on survival, my mother is nitpicking everyone to death. It's to the point that if I could move out, I'd be gone, and I wouldn't look back.

[@noyesbonne]

What concerns me a lot lately is the *entire* houseload of people living in a place each needs 2-3 jobs. Roughly 3 people per place or more x3 incomes/ea. Wtf. Wtf is happening. No wonder no one can live alone.. when a one-bedroom is housing 5+ or something. If you have roommates, some places charge more per head. Fun. I can see why child labor laws are relaxing. Why should Timmy go to school? Doesn't he know that there's no future from education, and that his true path has always been poverty? Pshaw. I'm in Canada, witnessing a lot of professional people suddenly needing side jobs. You can quit jobs, but you can't escape needing to work. Even in disability settings, the $ sent is less than rent. You know, because that makes sense. You lose your shelter portion ($500.. woo! Sign me up for a walk-in closet in a bedroom.. in a stranger's house!!) The moment you lose housing. Good luck renting. Another distressing thought I have about children working is the very real possibility Timmy is the only one in the house with any jobs.

[@saga685]

After that MillerKnoll "Pity City" clip did the rounds, a bunch of articles came out saying this is why we needed to go back to the office. Because apparently recorded Zoom meetings increased the chances of someone clipping the meeting and posting clips like this on the internet. So the real problem isn't ripping your employees off, it's them having the upper hand.

[@kempolar9768]

Yup, no way to pressure you physically if they can't literally stand over you after all.

[@Roadent1241]

You don't even need fancy tech like whatever Zoom uses either XD Anything can be recorded at anytime.

[@me-myself-i787]

​@@Roadent1241 But then your boss will see you holding a camera and will order you to put it away.

[@amberkat8147]

@@Roadent1241 Not always- recording without both parties' knowledge and consent may be against state law. Check for your state BEFORE recording anything.

[@LucRio448]

Yeh, it's the old "evil snitch"-mentality: The issue isn't me being an asshole or doing super illegal and dangerous stuff, that's fine - the real issue is people caaling me out for doing it or reporting it to officials or whatever. Like people actually consider radar traps to be an issue because they are just there so police can "steal" your money - ignoring the fact that you'd actually have to freakin break the law and possibly put other people in danger by going significantly faster than you are supposed to in order to get a ticket when going past a radar trap.

[@jeffreybowen2068]

That mother is such a good parent!!!! She seriously deserves praise for the way she is approaching the situation with her son, I was rushed out the door the minute I turned 18.... I finally just finished my first year of having my name on a lease..... after being homeless for almost twenty years

[@maleineperle1770]

Congrats on your lease anniversary!

[@explosivekoopa5370]

You poor soul… congrats on finally finishing it.

[@elishaforrester1150]

Sincerely as a Parent thank you for sharing this💖 just being tossed out without any prep may have worked for their normal soceital patterns due to a much more stable economy that wasn't exactly respected and now the following generations are dealing with the outcome...not many back then had information access to things like economy growth or stability without the education first...so with that being said some acknowledged accountability of their ignorance and/or choices is indeed necessary for things to move forward....

[@StormTheSquid]

She absolutely deserves praise, it just... Her attitude should be the norm. The fact that we have to praise people for doing the bare minimum of parenting in the modern world is so depressing.

[@JacquelineUnderwood]

The student debt one is almost definitely true. Debt relief means a LOT less people are going to turn to the military to be able to afford higher education

[@Skullhawk13]

It’s almost like making people risk their lives to get an education is monstrous

[@TheXtrafresh]

that just means that currently, the military is employing a lot of people who really have no other option. If that doesn't make you uncomfortable, imagine the conscript is a woman and the employer is not the army but a stripclub. You could even make a case that she'd be better off: much less chance of bodily harm or death, much better compensation, etc.

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

Xtrafresh thats how the military has been for decades. Even in my country, Chile, it made it so they were as fucked as common workers with no rights at the start of the XX century, so it even was common for soldiers to be on the left. Being a soldier wasnt that different to having any other low wage job, when the middle class was barely being born

[@Br0nto5aurus]

There's the added factor of people who experienced the more recent (unnecessary and poorly run) instances of combat with which the the US was involved are at an age where their children are at recruiting age. WWII vets to their children: "I served my country and helped defeat fascism. Join up, son. You'll meet interesting people and travel on Uncle Sam's dime for a righteous cause." Vietnam/Afghanistan/Iraq vets to their children: "My country exposed me to unsafe chemicals an/or sent me overseas for bullshit reasons where I watched my friends die for an unjust cause. Now I have PTSD from the combat and cancer and my kids are at a higher risk of developing cancer because of my exposure to burn pits and agent orange. Stay the fuck away from the US military, son."

[@wendyheatherwood]

I've also been fired from a job I didn't work at anymore. I was off sick with back pain for about two months when I realised I was not going to be able to go back, so I went in, handed the HR manager a resignation letter in person and then went and signed on for unemployment at the office down the road. Six weeks later I got a letter telling me I was fired for not turning up to a disciplinary meeting that they never called me about. Great job HR manager.

[@alangreenwood292]

It seems that some companies have a really good policy, for people with undiagnosed learning difficulties. let them head up HR departments.

[@238Hero238]

That recruiter that couldn't accept Noon as an exact time was 100% a scammer. I've seen plenty of scam baits where the scammer breaks with anger when called a scammer, and proceeds to call the other person and their family scammers.

[@asmodahlia]

So I discussed this whole "changing from work mode to non-work mode" thing with my therapist and it turns out you can pretty easily train yourself to do so. Example: she told me her partner started keeping one of those pull string lamps at their desk and they turn it on when they start work and turn it off when they stop. It has the effect of training your brain when it needs to be in which mode - no commute needed!

[@RebeccaOre]

If you have enough space, have a home office and don’t work in the same room where you sleep even if you can’t have a home office.

[@MissDarknSpooky]

This is a great idea! Thanks!

[@redgoldcrown3990]

I hate to stay at home even when I have days off because I can only work in bed there, and if I'm in bed I'm in non-work mode. I think if I ever get the chance to properly zone my house so that I have a "work space" and a "non-work space" I'm gonna adapt this!

[@bigboredthing]

I find wearing a different style of clothes at work helps. When I'm working I dress sports casual (jeans, polo shirt, trainers) When I'm off I dress like a 90's grunge throwback, complete with custom 501s and flannel shirt.

[@asmodahlia]

@@bigboredthing yes, that's a great one too!

[@perhaps7046]

Here in Australia, we have stuff called “the odd bunch” in some grocery stores. When a fruit or vegetable is weirdly shaped or coloured but still edible, they will be packaged as “odd bunch” and sold for cheaper, reducing waste and allowing people to buy things cheaply while also still profiting the business. It’s great for people who can’t afford regularly priced fresh produce or for affordably purchasing vegetables for things like baking.

[@sabaducia]

When they first launched they were good deal, but lately they've been exactly the same price. I don't understand why???

[@RePhraz3r_Daniel]

I a Aussie in Australia and I didn't even know that 😂

[@oceanmythjormundgandr3891]

Similar in Norway, but it is with aging food not in its prime. It helps those who are already struggling, it reduces waste, the store profits, and sometimes people get the chance to try out foods they would otherwise never afford. It has really helped when I am in a pinch.

[@Earthstar_Review]

But you have a responsibility to only display the nicest fruit and burn the rest! It's unconscionable to not waste food! _Unconscionable!_

[@joannafarmer5852]

I used to work in a store that sold bread that was too close to its expiry date for grocery stores. When it got very close, we marked it down even further. If it actually expired (still fine to eat), then employees were allowed to take home whatever we wanted for free. I buy frozen fruit now from a brand called "Perfectly Imperfect" - it's misshapen pieces that wouldn't sell fresh, but they slice and freeze it, and most of the time it doesn't even look different. It's not that much cheaper, but I like the idea of trying to lower waste.

[@anjelica948]

The clip with the mom actually surprised me. I’m glad someone from Gen X acknowledges the situation millennials/Gen Z are in when it comes to housing/living. Bc my own mother doesn’t- she just assumes people don’t work hard or “smart” enough. But when I was living in a trailer in a really sketchy part of town (very rural, but still had a lot of crime, especially gun violence), she was like “Just move back into town, please!!” And I said “I can’t afford it.” Bc I worked full time for Walmart, and based on by paycheck, that was what I could afford. Now I was a tad luckier than most, bc I owned my own car outright, all I had to pay was insurance and gas, but I took that money and squirreled it away in case I ended up losing my job, or more likely, going insane and finally just storming out bc I couldn’t take being treated so badly all the time anymore. And working for Walmart was AFTER having gotten a Bachelors degree and halfway through to a Masters degree before having to leave the program to take care of my grandfather who had dementia. I don’t understand what both employers and older generations Do Not Get that wages have absolutely not kept up with inflation and many millennials and Gen Z often skip meals, have to have roommates, and don’t want kids bc they can’t afford rent or utilities otherwise. I skipped many a meal working for Walmart. That’s unacceptable. I’m not saying we should eat the rich, but I understand why media that enacts that as a fantasy is appealing to people.

[@Alverant]

Another member of Gen X I agree with the mother. I'm glad I got my home when I did even though it was in a time it was tough for a buyer. My old apartment is going for about as much as my mortgage and it's smaller. What we see is businesses buying homes to rent which will drive up the price.

[@anjelica948]

@@Alverant For real. Currently I am living with my mother bc she is partially disabled and needed my help, but bc she can afford it, we live in an extremely expensive/tourist heavy city. And what I see happening here is two fold- one foreign business/wealthy people are building massive skyscrapers that are so expensive only people like them can afford a unit (whether business or home), and two, bc of the tourism, people who can afford any type of home are buying them up as fast as possible to turn them in AirBnBs or short term rentals. Which is making the working class of the city unable to afford to buy anything.

[@janemiettinen5176]

Im Gen Xer who gets it, I happened to graduate in the midst of huge recession. There was no hope, people turned to drugs and booze, or crime. Unemployment and suicide rates were historical. Only jobs in classifieds were shady MLMs and even shadier shit. What youre going thru is just another side of that same monster, so I get it, many of us do. Its not your fault and its not going to last forever, somethings gotta give. Hang on until it does!

[@missnaomi613]

I'm Gen X. I'm also currently living in my van. It's tough for a lot of people. The best we can do is our best, and cut the next person a break when we're in a position to do so. Good luck out there, y'all!

[@sinkalaj]

There's quite a lot of gen x that get it, mainly those of us born later in the generation so mid to late 70's especially as we have been affected by it too. Shortly after I graduated from university, the house prices were starting to skyrocket and by the time I was earning enough to afford to buy a house, the recession hit.

[@wherearetheblanketshans8501]

im a nursing student and when i was in service i was criticised for not talking a lot and described as shy. I told the people that i wasn't someone who talks a lot and not interested in their discussion (they mostly talked about their children or did sex jokes) and the people still told me to take part of the discussion. I'm 17, and i dont have kids, please let me the fuck alone, im here to study not make 40 yo friends.

[@probablysomeidiot1066]

i know right ??? it's so weird ! apparently it really depends on the team and it generally goes better in research centers or palliative care, but there are teams where you're just not allowed to be shy / not very talkative !

[@dings7301]

YES! I work in a field with mainly older people (40+) and have gotten chastised for not talking with them about kids or divorces or like you sex jokes. Whenever I try to make small talk with them it's ALWAYS one of those topics and it's irritatingly bland to me. I don't wanna be rude so I usually just sit quietly on my phone, which irritates them lol I can't win 😅

[@cediviannareeda4305]

I have a worker who loves to talk, not listen, talk, and he can't just talk to a wall either, I need to show that I'm listening to his endless chatter about some guy who invented a machine to clean glass bottles or something which inevitably morphs into something something Tesla is bad, electric cars are bad, which then morphs into Trump is good, blah blah Hunter Biden's laptop and there's a 50/50 shot he ends with Russia or China. and if I don't enable this cearly self-distructive and spiralling thought process all the way down into the weird racist rants about all the stones he threw at Aboriginal people but it's ok, because they beat him up too, then he gets angry at me for being unsociable, and talks about how he wants to just drive into a wall on his way home, because he just gets that depressed. then if I ever get to bring up a topic I like, he so quickly loops it back into whatever he wants to talk about, I swear, I get like 2 verses at the start of his several hour long whine-symphony.I'm quitting because of him, and he has the audacity to tell me he's the nicest guy I'll ever work with. one of the funniest stories he tells is about how the Egyptian Pyramids have hallways with no sign of the soot that would come from torches, and being so flabbergasted about how they could have possibly built those hallways without torches. maybe the ceiling of the hallway - and by extension, the rest of the pyramid above - wasn't built yet?! maybe?!

[@ericgolightly8450]

Leave that job

[@wherearetheblanketshans8501]

@@ericgolightly8450 i plan on studying pharmacy and chemistry later, so i wont be a nurse for long 😅

[@eradragon3090]

I remember apartment hunting with my mom. We looked at the same building complex she rented from solo with a part-time job at my age. Both my parents with their full-time jobs and me with my 2 part-time jobs, all together, wouldn't have been able to afford anything there. She looked at me and just said "You're staying home."

[@Ms.Cookie]

I love it when people admit to breaking the law online with their public identity on the account thats admitting they broke the law

[@mporvichova]

I had once a job interview where the boss told me that "working in hospitality isn't just work, it's a lifestyle".

[@Gloomdrake]

That's kinda culty

[@Llortnerof]

It's not a job though. Jobs get paid.

[@TheCRAZYAunt128]

Wasn't expecting that MN shout out, if anyone was curious we also just banned conversation therapy and passed laws that protect our reproduction rights and protection for the trans community. This includes blocking other states from demanding health records or people turned over to hostile states

[@sanityisrelative]

My husband and I have been considering moving east for a while now and the only state we can both agree on is Minnesota. It seems like a good place.

[@fiyahquacker2835]

*conversion not conversation. Really big difference between the two.

[@Shinyspddmn]

Coming from a trans woman in Nebraska, as soon as I saw that my first thought was "MN is getting more tempting every day".

[@TheCRAZYAunt128]

@@fiyahquacker2835 lol sorry I proof read it twice before I posted it

[@joparkin6960]

You've acted to make sure everyone is included in society- you can be proud. ❤

[@valenciageode25]

My mom was talking on the phone recently about the hiring process at her job (IT for a hospital). They had trouble hiring from the amount of rigamarole. People had to interview with the not just the manager, with the freaking department president, executives, etc. My aunt applied for an open position. She’s skilled and her interviews went well, but she just didn’t click with an executive. Because the exec didn’t like her, it was a no. They’ve cut it down to just the manager interviewing. The executive had done the same thing before. Hospital IT shouldn’t be understaffed.

[@leyrua]

Oh God... I do IT work for a university and we are so understaffed that we fall behind on most of our projects. Imagining the same understaffing in a hospital where people's lives can be lost due to slow processes or glitches is horrifying.

[@happybatty5142]

​@@leyruaI've worked IT in a variety of places, even hospitals, and the IT department was understaffed and underfunded in most of those places 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@kyriearashi]

The city I used to live in had builder that built a bunch of copy and paste “affordable” housing. A rental company bought up almost all of them, even the ones not completed. Upon closing, they immediately flipped them to rent for twice what the mortgage would have been for the first time homeowners the houses were meant for.

[@grenade8572]

In the city where I lived, the appartments for students were quite expensive. So, my University promised to construct bunch of new ones, the lower the prices on the market. The new ones? Luxury appartments. Did the prices went lower? Absolutely not, and they're still increasing over the years.

[@ericgolightly8450]

​@@grenade8572So they lied? Is that legal?

[@grenade8572]

@@ericgolightly8450 Well, thet didn't lie about the cost in the renting contracts... They "just" made a false promise to students complaining about how costly the existent renting were... "don't worry, we know that landlords are making the prices to hight. But our university is a landlord too. And we will create cheap rentings, to pressure the rent market and make the prices going down". It's immoral, but not illegal.

[@Spark0plug]

Thank you for participating in my procrastination

[@Redhead-hz1sm]

Here!🤚

[@SawBSketch]

Here!

[@_Chessa_]

Procrastinating with click instead of getting up to eat and live is very nice indeed.

[@liesjelualockse6377]

Me too!^^ thnx for being part of mine!

[@carstekoch]

Pity City CEO could afford to pay 4000 people a 1000$ bonus just from her own 4million$ bonus and is telling them to suck it up. Forget living in Pitty City, she has 5 homes there and a holiday home in the pitty suburbs.

[@LittleMaitea]

Why am I not surprised?

[@thatwaffleguy4958]

Sucky suburbs, so it stays with the alliteration.

[@melonyreece4195]

So I left an extremely toxic work place back in October and hit the wall with burn out. I have held some kind of customer service job since I was 12 ( worked under the table at some places so I wasn't officially on the books) and it's taken me 30 years to see how much of a mental toll it's taken from me. The mindset was always "if you're not working you're lazy and who cares if your job is terrible no one likes work" never really understanding that we spend more time working then we do anything else ( assuming you're doing more then 25 hours a week, no shade on part time). I'm still looking for a job now and even with the skills I've learned I'm still running into places that either lie about being remote, want to pay 12 an hour OR will make you check in with them for bathroom time as that counts against your "productivity". Last time I checked I shouldn't have to ask permission to go to the bathroom but here we are....but sure yeah no one wants to work. 🙄

[@theuncalledfor]

@Nic DeGrave That is not fair. What have reptiles ever done to you to deserve being compared to those... those _creatures_ that masquerade as people?

[@randomtinypotatocried]

The amount of places I've worked where they pushed me to nearly passing out from exhaustion or getting physically hurt on the job due to the place cutting corners on safety is way too much. I'm at the point of giving up on ever working in a place where I don't need to fear I'll end up in the ER for a work related injury

[@Sinovian]

I watched a video not that long ago that was something along the lines of "You probably aren't as poor as you think you are". And it talked about things like you could afford rent each month without a roommate. Or that you could afford one surprise bill for like your car or health. That put you in a higher than average tier of wealth. Higher than 50% of the population. That shouldn't be normal!

[@MaverickRiou]

Story time: I just started a new job working nights in the hospital. Was half-listening in and got sucked partway into a conversation between two of my (also) immigrant coworkers who were talking about the state of the US post pandemic and how ‘nobody wanted to work anymore and just wanted to live off welfare’. I cut in and tried to say that all of us have been screwed over and those living through said welfare are most often forced to stay on that general income because the government will make them lose benefits that are currently helping them. But alas, no avail. Just bit my tongue and stopped myself from pointing out that if it ever goes truly into a hell in a hand basket situation, it will be us next, with or without our status as blue/white collar workers or visas.

[@situpeutparlemoi]

Damn that HR Lady who had technical difficulties and called the applicant to advise her on salary - respect. Very good. For a few years, I was in HR and managed to get one young person to reconsider the offer we gave her and accept a better one instead. It was the best thing I did in HR other than quit.

[@ruri1706]

About requiring a masters degree for 15/h job, I also ran into the exact opposite with one company. I was rejected because I had relevant education. The company was notorious for hiring uneducated people because those kinds of people were less likely to know their rights, and were thus easier to underpay 🙃

[@shadowking278]

Your profile picture is my mood almost all the time. If I could I would drag a sleeping bag around like aizawa did.

[@ruri1706]

@@shadowking278 it is a self portrait, projecting my own self out to the world. I'm glad it resonates. I need one of those blankets with hood and sleeves to live my true burrito life

[@ambiguousjester1043]

@@ruri1706 an.... oodie?

[@atropabelladonna3120]

I thought that 💩 happened only in my country (Italy), weird to hear it happens elsewhere as well

[@Llortnerof]

"Let's employ people who don't know what they're doing so we can pay them less while they make a mess of things" Somehow i don't see that being actually cheaper for them.

[@FreyaofCerberus]

Got to love how corporations are so desperate to force people back the office they are sponsoring studies to frame commuting as mentally healthy.

[@Sonicfan1661]

I love how they'll spend so much goddamn money on perpetuated lies about why x thing that is clearly bad for you is actually good for you, instead of just, paying people more. They'll lobby, pay off studies, make up lies, so many things that likely cost them so much more money, ffs just pay your workforce a living wage then we'll stop bitching at you *_HoLy fUcK_*

[@katharineeavan9705]

I literally saw an article claiming that "research shows" the cure for burn out is working more. They cited one or two "experts" with little to no data and a job or relationship with a large corporation, talking about how maybe you should work from Fiji one week a month and put in extra hours or something equally absurd. Completely out of touch nonsense mostly designed for the 90s off their face on coke 70+ hour a week upper earner, not practicible or effective for the vast majority of workers. I'm sure for massively overworked but also incredibly well paid middle class workers, the commute home on the train where they're not necessarily expected to be on call and can just watch the trees go by from a comfy business class seat, the commute CAN be a positive.

[@stephaniemilligan1067]

I co-manage a restaurant, specifically the evening shift. Most of my serve staff are teenagers and I spend more time trying to unteach the crazy "work ethic" put onto them by their parents. Teaching them to have and enforce boundaries, that they don't owe me anything has been the biggest struggle. I've even had them offer to work for free. Where did this come from?

[@caveychip7]

Cadbury actually sell the deformed chocolate in a big bag called misshapes for like 2 pounds. its great because its not just one flavour, you get caramel, strawberry, basic chocolate and more at random.

[@SpamEggSausage]

hope nobody has allergies

[@mythosinmediagaming]

The "speechless HR lady video guy" deserves a standing ovation. I remember what it was working in a place where they would cling to any subjective crap to NOT give you a raise but then expected you to work over expectations because they do STACK RANKINGS and the bottom 4% got fired. I spent two years straight without a pay raise despite being a top ranked manager, and I had "already reached the top of my salary band, so I should be looking to get promoted"... I was... They didn't promote me. Yes, I can't say the name of the company for legal reasons, but it's the one with the bald supervillain owner who likes phallus-shaped spaceships. Do not. Work. There.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

I mean, that's Amazon (I think it's Bezos who you're talking about there) for you.

[@mythosinmediagaming]

@@nikkiofthevalley well, you said it. I didn't. I bet you like to explain jokes to people because it makes them funnier. Difference is YOU do not have a confidentiality agreement to gag you.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

@@mythosinmediagaming... What? I'm not sure what on Earth your point is. I'm just saying, that sort of behavior is basically how Amazon operates. Why did you start talking about confidentiality agreements?? You can't say the name directly, but alluded to it fairly obviously. (which is probably a breach anyways, but Amazon legal probably won't know and wouldn't waste tons of money on some random person on the Internet.)

[@mythosinmediagaming]

@@nikkiofthevalley well, I get your point, but if I don't say it, there's a reason behind it, and it should be respected, that's where I feel your comment is not appreciated. That's like me saying "Oh I won't mention this person's name but you might know who I'm talking about" and you going "WHO? BILL? I MEAN, IT'S TOTALLY BILL" It's kind of taking away my agency in choosing what to say explicitly and what not to. You don't know what level I may have reached in this company, so I might not be some random guy. Don't assume things.

[@mythosinmediagaming]

Also, NDA's work on explicit statements, not assumed statements. Which is why I'm not being explicit.

[@Erissa]

I had an employer I worked at that I had worked at for around 4 years. The first 2 years I didn't get a raise. First they blamed it on the fact that there was a merger shortly after I started. Then it was because of COVID. I didn't get a raise until my 3rd year when I knew a new worker was getting paid around 7k more than me for the same job. I didn't give a specific amount for what raise I wanted because I wanted to see what they'd come back with. They gave me a 5k raise. I didn't hate most of the people I worked with. They were fairly understanding about my mental health issues, and they were generally friendly, but being friendly doesn't pay my bills. Then they had a company satisfaction survey they sent out to everyone. I made sure to really complain about the pay issues. Then one of the C-level people sent out this cringe as heck email, and made sure to mark it where you couldn't screenshot it, save it, or print it. The email talked about how people needed to be loyal to their colleagues basically instead of paper (aka money) and how we were all like family. Bad news for them, people are getting more comfortable with going no contact with their toxic family members. Can't expect your workers to be as loyal to you when you don't care whether they can pay their bills, save for retirement, or truly feel successful in their careers. I left shortly after that when I got a new job. I found out later that a bunch more left after me for similar reasons, and because of some chaotic management of some of the projects.

[@katherineEadsTreeofCats]

After starting the job hunt and interviews, I finally understood why professors would just say "it's in the syllabus". You have my resume. THE ANSWER IS IN MY RESUME THAT YOU ARE HOLDING.

[@julecaesara482]

The article about commuting was weird, but I can confirm from experience that walking home for 20-25 mins or biking for 10 mins is a great way to wind down; provides you with fresh air, some movement after sitting around for hours, you can run by a grocery store real quick, etc. I have a friend who loves his 15 min bus ride where he can pop in some earphones and chill. 2 hour car drive through traffic jam? not so much

[@aikologic]

Eh, a 10 minute walk to/from work isn't bad most of the time, but I have a physical job in a location that gets lots of snow in winter and walking through knee-deep snow after a long day at work isn't fun. My home is far more relaxing than the commute anyway.

[@JennyCThree]

Yes, I like my commute too.

[@SpamEggSausage]

your friend must live in the only place in the world with no crazy people on public transit

[@julecaesara482]

@@SpamEggSausage she has noise cancelling ear phones in an area where the bus driver will stop in he middle of the road if you misbehave and kick you out.

[@SpamEggSausage]

@@julecaesara482 bus drivers never do that around here

[@alissagrissom6437]

I also low-balled myself at an interview once. I had mainly been applying for education jobs and quoted what I knew was fair in that industry. However, oil firms pay so much more than that. They gave me the lower salary, but after a year HR stepped in an gave me what was essentially a 25% raise to bring me in line with the rest of the team. I was grateful but I wish they'd stepped in sooner.

[@theTastiestNacho]

the lady at the end made me feel so much better, my mother is constantly telling that i don't work hard enough and that at my age (21) she already was out of the house and working even without going to college (had to drop out cuz covid whipped our savings) and that i'm just lazy. I've been working jobs as a replacer for 2 or 3 months each job, wildly different jobs that only require 1 week training and you're good. As soon as the employee comes back? i'm gone. There's no jobs giving people like me full-time yearly contracts or something like that. So I applied to get whatever many work formations I can so my resume will look prettier and i have a better chance of being hired. I am studying (paid by the gov, but it's half of part-time wage) to become a Health Technician (cuz that's what they need now) and a Sociocultural Animator (people that stay at festivals and fairs and stuff). I know full well that even if i get a job i won't be able to afford a house. I am working to get the best job i can possibly get in my condition ans yet i get demotivated and called lazy every single day. it feels dehumanising, makes it seem like it's somehow my fault that the previous Generations (I'm a Gen Z) fucked the market so bad that i can barely afford rent (yes i pay a very small rent) in my own childhood home. so the lady made me feel better, thank you

[@foxinabox5103]

Thats what i feel as well, im lucky enough to be able to attend college but i dont expect to be making enough to afford a house. I mean its not that bad in my country, but i wont be able to be happy here (with the anti lgbtq+ views in here) But im still worried that it would be even harder to be able to life out there, in another country. With how even more "wild" the economic system is and finding connections and friends. im constantly worried that i would die alone in a dingy apartment while freezing on the winter.

[@arielruby13]

you are doing the best you can! Hoping you get a good job soon

[@rompevuevitos222]

Because they grew up in a time where working side jobs was enough to have a decent life. And instead of realizing the world has changed, they'd rather blame the younger generation. Try to distance yourself from her (because the abuse is going to catch up to you eventually if you don't) and get your mind to togheter for the time you have to leave her behind. You can't always salvage all relationships, even with family If she actually loves you, she'll stop blaming you and will rethink things. Otherwise, i'm sorry your mother sucks

[@pinksenshi9690]

Ugh! So sorry you have to deal with this. Hopefully the training you are getting will lead to some interesting opportunities. Keep it up!! You are doing this for you, not for your mom. I agree with minimizing interactions (not being rude, just avoiding when possible). You don't need that added stress and negativity.

[@pinksenshi9690]

Also, I like your Bill profile pic ;)

[@vaughnhaney7020]

I'm 18, pre college, and CONSTANTLY under threat of being kicked out. My mom is abusive so I'd actually like to leave, but that last video is precisely why I can't. The kind of apartment she said she wouldn't feel comfortable with him living in go for $1200 a month here. Minimum wage is above the national minimum but still on the low end. I'm terrified. I'm also disabled mentally AND physically. Even a healthy person couldn't manage working and going to college full time for both (literally how am I going to be two places at once??), How am I supposed to do it???

[@rompevuevitos222]

Yeah, you can't unless you're ready to turn off your brain for a couple of years or just withstand the (dangerous) amounts of mental stress The current system is not really intended to work for the average folk, at this point it may be a better idea to go to a different country even, if it wasn't so expensive

[@vaughnhaney7020]

@@rompevuevitos222 My best friend and I want to move to Canada together, precisely because of these issues, but neither of us can afford it ironically She's already got income and lives rent free at home but just refuses to save. As I said I'm currently at risk of being kicked out and my abusive family are making me choose between college and paying rent if they DON'T kick me out so I don't even have an opportunity to save like that... So unfortunately our plan's not looking good

[@Tamara-ju3lh]

I worked full-time and went to college full-time but it was pretty stressful. I also left a cult-like church at the same time hahaha My mental health went downhill for sure.

[@TheMistressMisery]

@@vaughnhaney7020 Canadian here, I live in Ottawa(capital of Canada), I will say that although there are many great things about my country, financially we are not much better off than you. Although our minimum wage is higher than most of the states, rent is astronomical in comparison, also...our health care system has all but collapsed. The only people I know with a family doctor is my mother and sister, no one at work has a family doctor, and none of my friends do, most try and use walk-in clinics, but you literally need to line up 2-3 hrs before they open to skip the lineups now. I'm not trying to discourage, but being very honest about what living here is like. I work for events and banquets, so all over the city, and I make more than the minimum wage, but I still struggle. A lot. Our government may not necessarily be run by corporations, instead...it's run by idiots, and we have a growing portion of the population(many of those western politicians) that have extreme right views...to put it mildly. On the plus side, people don't get shot for knocking at the wrong door, and you can feel relatively safe wandering most cities at night, just don't do that in Saskatchewan, during the winter, while drunk, ESPECIALLY if you look even remotely indigenous.

[@vaughnhaney7020]

@@TheMistressMisery Yeah I don't expect it to be some haven. Just... Better than here. Struggle is one thing, it literally being impossible to survive is another, and the US is teetering right on that edge for anyone without their parents paying for their life. Also the fear of being shot thing is legitimately very real on a day to day basis for me. It's less of a concern where I live currently but I remember growing up in the rural South... If I'm this terrified as a white man I don't know how other demographics survive. I am autistic which means that if I did have an encounter with police it'd basically be a death sentence, even though I've never even considered breaking the law.

[@JustV1olet]

I haven't watched this video yet, but I can already tell this is going to be a disastrous masterpiece. Thank you, Click, for blessing us with another upload

[@themambawarrior2290]

Feels kinda funny that you put out this video on toxic workplaces, and you're also working on a video about the toxic workplace that Blair made (and also all the allegations and stuff).

[@lowlowlowlow1453]

by the thumbnail im glad i cant go to that toxic workplace (i just wanted to say that cuz im a scorpio)

[@BlueSkyBS]

Andi Owen says, paraphrased, that it "didn't land the way that she wanted it to". Which means it was still a message she believed in and that the only thing that she thinks she did wrong was to choose her words poorly. The "apology" changes nothing.

[@misteryman526]

I remember as a kid having to answer the phone on weekends for my parents in case it was my dad's work trying to call him in. I (being like 8-9 years old) was coached to be completely unhelpful so that his boss would give up trying to contact him.

[@kanijahkennedy1701]

My boss literally scolded me because a customer complained that I rubbed my eye during COVID and threatened to have me fired🧍‍♀️ I was 14 when I was screamed at by this horrid couple.👹👹👹

[@primeyoriichi]

Do people forget what hand sanitizers do

[@LittleMaitea]

Meanwhile Jan2020 till Mar2020 my employer (I was a checkInAgent at a big international Airport): -„wash your hands in your free time it’s rude to desinfect you hands before your customer“ -„Your whole shift, that checked in a big group of business travelers form Wuhan 2 weeks ago, all got a mysterious flu … why didn’t you come to work? Why aren’t you a team player?“ -„Mask’s no that’s not ok. That’s rude against the customers“ Edit to add: April2020 „sadly because of the global pandemic we have to let you all go…“

[@LoraLoibu]

@@LittleMaitea 🤦bruhhhhhhh

[@feuerling]

​@@LittleMaitea did they at least pay for the medical treatment of the people they caused to get sick?

[@LittleMaitea]

@@feuerling no and some of my colleagues even lost some family to Covid… but it was not provable our former employer did almost everything in extra meetings so there is no paper trail. Even that we got sick at work wasn’t provable because Immunity tests just became a thing in June 2020 … and even with most of us not leaving the house and still having antibodies how can we prove we never broke isolation

[@cijmo]

Before COVID, there was a community project in my area. They went to the grocery stores and picked up the produce that was not rotten but they would be throwing it away because fresher stuff was coming in. They took it to a furniture shop with a big empty area in the back, set up tables and sold it very cheap. It was really great to come home with your arms aching full of veggies for $12. Spent a day chopping and blanching carrots and making soups to freeze. I miss it.

[@kristenrasmussen4135]

Listening to the mom at the end fills me with sadness. She understands something's happening. A lot of older people doubt us when we tell them we are struggling, tell us we're entitled or overreacting, but we're not. I just got done with a conversation with my manager about my pay. I'm getting 13 an hour, which was the pay i got when i started working there over half a year ago as a cashier. They've since promoted me to the customer service desk (which involves more responsibilty, power, duties, and stress) and haven't changed my pay. He said it was because I need to finish training before they consider the title official, and to not "let others discourage me from progressing" (because he figured our I've been asking other coworkers about their experience and what they thought about my pay rate). He did not like that, i felt. So i have to wait several months before seeing... what... a measly dollar increase? By the way he worded it? Waiting roughly 6 more months for that? I live in and pay rent for my apartment and pay for my college tuition, pay for my groceries and school supplies... 13 an hour is absolutely exploitative. That's being gracious with me not bringing up the fact that they keep overscheduling me. I don't care if it's "within the bracket" or if i haven't been fully trained. If they like me as much as they say, they can afford to pay me properly. Not make me wait a year while I do the extra work for them now. Ugh... even confronting him didn’t change anything... I feel like there's no point in trying. Why do we have to become vicious about it just to make companies pay us like the living human beings we are?

[@Ashtree29]

As someone who was fired a while back because "they didn't see the commitment required" despite them loving my performance otherwise, I had to call in a handful of times for health reasons (which I explained to them I even worked a shift with a sprained ankle) I have a new outlook on this video

[@DragonriderEpona]

I'm really glad that the mum at the end of the video made her video explaining her son's situation and how it represents most of young adults situation. I hope a lot of people will see this and will reach some local authorities so that politics will finally do something about it. (They probably won't or won't do enough but it's good to address the topic from different views... so that someone one day will listen)

[@o-mangaming5042]

In some places they will, but not all. Republicans want every tool in their arsenal to force people to join the military.

[@jinxshadow5218]

PSA: Don’t be fooled when CEOs “forgo their bonus / salary” when a company is doing poorly. Most of their payday comes from stocks and dividends, so giving up their salary is peanuts and nothing but a PR stunt.

[@kempolar9768]

And if its just the bonus they are giving up, their salary alone is worth 100* whatever yours is if not more. They wont be struggling.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@kempolar9768 In that case she had a 3,9 millions dollars bonus, on top of a 1,1 millions dollars salary. I honestly can't fathom what to do with 1,1 millions dollars, let alone 4 millions on top of that ^^' Personally, if I get 1 million dollars, I invest half of it in safe places and quit everything XD

[@Llortnerof]

@@krankarvolund7771 1 million won't last you terribly long nowadays. 1 million a year? Now that's a different story. Certainly way more than is needed for a comfortable life.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@Llortnerof If I spend around 3 000 per month, it will last for 27 years, it's not nothing ^^

[@Llortnerof]

@@krankarvolund7771 _If_ you spend 3,000 a month. Which over that timeframe, is unlikely at best, even with just inflation. (It'll probably be closer to 20 years, provided it goes back to 2%.) And you better not even think about buying any new houses or cars or getting sick in the US.

[@Pumaky]

When we were informed that the CEO got 4mil in bonus, my initial reaction was: "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH RENT I CAN PAY WITH THAT?!", instead of thinking like... hey... I can buy a house....

[@MisaKeiJune]

11:19 "leave pity city." *everyone immediately quits*

[@tealrose3248]

I long since figured out that the only way my kids can anticipate owning their own home is if we stick together and pool our incomes. Fortunately the oldest two are good with this too - both the numbers and with sharing a home with each other and me. There's no way they're throwing away money in rent paying off a landlord's mortgage when they have a family home to live in instead.

[@reneedelacruz5523]

With that last video, I definitely felt it. My boyfriend and I have been looking for a house for a little over a year, and the prices were so over the top that we couldn't even get a foot in the door. There were a couple of times that we made offers on houses that were actually decent and within our range at the time, but we were always outbid by other people that had better credit and more money towards the down-payment. (There were also a ton of houses that we looked at where they were DEFINITELY NOT worth the amount that the owner was asking for and were absolute garbage.. these particular houses probably would have been cheaper just to tear them down and build up again from scratch.) Regardless, we kept looking, and I'm proud to say that we were finally able to buy a house! We closed on it near the end of 2022, and we have a mortgage that is about the same as paying rent around here. It's crazy to think that buying a house would be cheaper than renting in the long run and I can't say it is easier since not everyone can get a good enough credit score for a mortgage loan. We had a lot of work to do on this place and still have some work to do, but eventually, when the time comes to refinance, we'll get a lower rate and have some added equity when we eventually decide to resell😊✨️

[@NekoChanSenpai]

Shout out to our last apartment where nothing was repaired properly and the infestation was so bad it was structurally integral. We were literally yelled at when the barely functional plumbing caused problems that we literally couldn't do anything about (human waste running down the walls of the unit downstairs). The rent was raised every six months and reached 1300 before we were forced to leave (almost double what it started as in the span of two years). This was at the height of the pandemic and there was and still is nowhere to go.

[@reneedelacruz5523]

@@NekoChanSenpai that sounds absolutely horrible! I'm glad you're not there now as it seems that's a very disgusting situation and an obvious health hazard. That landlord should be ashamed of themselves for letting that place get to that point. I'm sorry you had to go through that.

[@AdventureHusky]

Yeah, me and my friends want to move out, but we'd literally all have to be working 24/7 at our current jobs with no days off all day everyday or all have Master degrees working jobs that fit said degrees. Inflation doesn't care about the poor or less fortunate, it only favors the rich. It's so tempting to just rob a bank instead of putting in hard honest work.

[@jlessien3826]

Even here in Belgium, renting an appartment is extremly expensive. €800.00 for a 2 bedroom appartment, no parking. And we are living from 1 income at the moment.

[@Lel472]

@@jlessien3826 800 euro would get a room in a shared home in the states 💀

[@felvkitties8]

Some places don't list salary on job announcements. However i found out they were paying new hires my salary after I'd been there several years. I questioned them and they had messed up my pay. There's a reason why companies don't want you to discuss salary

[@rompevuevitos222]

My boss said "you can't be discussing that" and i just gave her a side eye, didn't even answer her. She actually thought she could keep it a secret. Weirdest part is that we were all paid the same for the same positions, she had no reason to keep it hidden.

[@unknowndane4754]

One positive thing about the Alabama mom, her look to me could easily have screamed the typical "karen" look, but man her speaking was incredibly composed (though understandably heated) and at the very least the everything she said showed genuine care for her son "If this is what the alternative is, then I'd rather my son just stays put for now".

[@carlycarmine3858]

Nope, she's a Karen because she's screaming at the the camera and controlling her son's life and forcing him to live with her rather than letting him move out

[@theuncalledfor]

@@carlycarmine3858 You do not understand what a Karen is, and you do not understand people, and you do not understand... probably much of anything really.

[@carlycarmine3858]

@@theuncalledfor a Karen is a deeply unlikable woman who makes a ginormous public fuss about trifling BS, and that's what this lady was doing

[@theuncalledfor]

@@carlycarmine3858 Karen is a mindset, gender is irrelevant. Otherwise surprisingly close to the real definition, I would give it a pass if it wasn't for the fact that you're completely misusing it here. Go back to your retirement home, boomer.

[@comradewindowsill4253]

@@carlycarmine3858 troll?

[@oceanmythjormundgandr3891]

That mother in the car just makes me smile, she clearly cares about her son´s future and well-being. She isn´t freaking out because her son lives with her, no she is freaking out because her son might not even have another choice.

[@3osufdh4rfg]

12:54 I love how the wording is that she's sorry it didn't land well, not that what she was saying was garbage.

[@Dragonbleps]

7:23 Incredibly impressive they went 2 years without noticing that person's absence :'D I quit Walmart like 5 years ago and I still occasionally get dreams/nightmares about going back in and being expected to work despite having quit lmao.

[@sledjenkins5]

I actually have a friend that quit their job a number of years ago and they still get calls from their ex-manager asking how to do some things around the establishment.

[@prastarkeepers]

I swear, every time I find myself driving the route I took from my house to that Walmart, I have a brief moment of euphoria knowing I don’t have to go there anymore.

[@Blanchy10]

I'd be contacting Management at the company. Someone collecting his paycheck for 2 yrs?

[@colewest7096]

Same. Makes me glad I don't live in the same area anymore and therefore don't drive by it often.

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@sledjenkins5 Please make sure he doesn't tell them crap Being an advisor is a job, so he better get paid if he's doing it

[@thekingwhostitches]

I like how versatile his wigs are. Once a blonde woman, now an old man lol

[@bookishnewt8468]

28:40 That actually just pissed me off. We get “be prepared” drilled into our heads about job interviews and this girl doesn’t get a job cause she was ‘too prepared’

[@unionfire]

I've been working at this factory for 2 years now. I'm the youngest (27 lol) and colleagues (40+) have asked me countless time why I'm not studying/ getting a better job. I don't have a single thing I'm passionate about and for the longest time I couldn't even afford studying. This job has made it possible for me to save up in the first place! I earn 26,30 AUD/h for a job that didn't require any experience or degree. One time, a colleague I drive home asked me if I wanted to study to become a phlebotomist like another colleague who's currently studying it. I said the job we currently have pays better last time I checked. She was like ''No! a family member earns $40(?)/ hour'' I said she must have a slightly different job, because entry level pays $30 if you're lucky, but she insisted ugh The aunties are out of touch with wages etc

[@SartorialDragon]

13:25 i love this. You want to pay shitty wages? You get shitty work done. It's good if you have the confidence to ask for what you're worth. Even if you don't get that salary, you've established you know your work is worth more. And if they don't hire you because of that, they have seen they can't exploit you, and you've dodged a bullet. I wish we all had the privilege to do this (but some of us are exploitable because our livelihood on getting the job... 😢) Good on him, hope he got the 30$.

[@waterwitch8902]

I had a job doing public relations. You can imagine how that was. Anyway my mom was sick and needed surgery so I took my built vacation time of so I could care for her. Five days in my boss called to ask when I could come back. I told him after my vacation days because my mom needed care. He than said that won't work, that my job needs to be first. If said excuse me? He said you need to decide what's more important my mom or m y job? So I said OK I understand. He said good than I expect you back on Monday. I told him no you don't understand, I quit. He was quiet for a moment, and than said, you better rethink it. I hung up. Went and put my paperwork on Monday. Never looked back. 😂

[@kempolar9768]

Why do bosses that are struggling to find people to work for them think that threatening the few they have remaining will work? Do any of them think long term at all??

[@rinishan]

What a horrible thing to tell someone, to take their job more seriously than a loved one being ill. You were even doing that on your own vacation days!!

[@arielruby13]

you could always get another job, wtf was that dude thinking??

[@rompevuevitos222]

It's funny how bosses get paid more and more often than not they are completely incompetent at being leaders

[@JUMALATION1]

The story about throwing out food at around 18 minutes into the video: In Finland, some stores have shelves with a little bit of bruised fruit and veggies for a reduced price, still perfectly good to eat, they just aren't as aesthetically pleasing. There's also a reduced price for e.g. meats that are near but not past their expiration date. During daytime it's -30% of the original price on the products, but in the evening when the store is about to close, the reduced amount rises to 60%. Many people are super tactical about this and only go shopping late at night to get that sweet -60% on e.g. porkchops or chicken.

[@kempolar9768]

Dude that is brilliant, best option possible there.

[@krankarvolund7771]

In some supermarkets here in France, there's the anti-waste corner where they put all the things that will expirate in a few days at a discount ^^

[@JUMALATION1]

@@krankarvolund7771 Pretty much the same idea as in Finland 😄 I'm happy grocery stores try to reduce food waste like this! 👌

[@just1luckyguy229]

Theres an app here in hungary, where restaurants, supermarkets, etc.. put up their unsold fresh produce of the day for stupidly cheap prizes, so you can hop around and get a cheap shopping done

[@Goobergal8705]

21:50 I used to work at a Walmart in the next city over from me, one winter, we had a blizzard so bad, that the 4 lane highway was closed, and the only other way in was "travel not advised" (meaning no snow plows were out, and tow trucks would not come to pull you out of a ditch, you're on your own) I got reprimanded the next day by the store manager, it was then that I decided to find a different job. There was later a class action lawsuit against him specifically for being hostile to employees. I got a free $50 out of it.

[@TopLaHats]

You know, I had so many issues with getting a job right after high school that I joined a program that put me into many unpaid internships with some higher up following me to add notes to my file. Guess what, despite being a librarian, a custodian, a hardware store worker, a gardener (I am mildly allergic to pollen), a painter, and a daycare worker all while taking college, people still don't want me! Bruh.

[@TwiggyHetfield27]

33:39 That woman is right! I went apartment hunting with my parents for my own place, looked for MONTHS since we have to be out of the place we're staying soon. Most of these places are $1300-$1800 in New Jersey. For 1 bedrooms AND studios, can't afford it. I tried getting my brothers best friend to find a place with me (he was having issues with the place he's currently at), radio silence. I now have to move with my parents to their place in Florida. I honestly was looking at apartments near their area for shits & giggles... it's the same!!

[@allychan]

I was once in a workplace that was so toxic that the stress from it gave me a migraine so bad that I was physically unable to stand for more than five minutes at a time. Took almost a week to recover. It was the last straw for me and the only time I ever quit a job without another lined up

[@engineer_with_issues]

I worked at a bigger chain bakery and cafe place in their flagship store so we had to keep the displays relatively full until the evening. As a result we had the most food waste out of all the stores. But we were forbidden to take the food that would be thrown away and on our paperwork it said it would be considered as theft. They said they couldn't handle it differently for tax reasons?! One day we threw away over 300€ worth of baked goods including over 60 jam filled doughnuts 😢

[@ScooterBug96]

such a fricking waste of food

[@olgahein4384]

Huh sounds familiar, you german?

[@emberrobin7210]

I love the mom at the end being genuinely concerned for her son and those of us around his age trying to survive. My husband and I just bought a house a few months ago and when his coworkers hear that we bought a house and hes not making me work they're shocked. But we've done the math. Even if I worked, we'd have to send our 1 year old to daycare and I wouldnt make more than daycare would cost us. How do we survive on one person's salary especially one thats factory work? I dont have any idea, very carefully I guess. And we tend not to be able to save any money. I just hope the housing and food costs get better for everyone. Not to mention the whole job market and sucky pay thing. :/

[@christopheralthouse6378]

Tbh, factory work is perhaps the best paying work out there that doesn’t require any sort of college education to get into, not to mention the benefits that full-time work with such companies can offer, assuming he’s working for the right sort of company (NOT AMAZON). I just started a job with Legget & Platt in the town where I live. They’re the biggest company that no one’s really heard of as they manufacture adjustable frames which go into all sorts of different applications. Ours is a new factory location which manufactures the power-adjustable bed frames for companies like Sealy and TempurPedic. As our plant is so new in the area, demand is HIGH for all sorts of positions, even leadership positions. We’ve only been in production for 2 1/2 weeks, the first half week being training for the only line currently in production, there will eventually be four assembly lines once it’s all said and done, along with our welding department which is also already in operation and a powder coat area which is just waiting to start-up. As of now, I am already in training for my Line Lead position which I will be taking on full-time once Line 2 starts up and we’re preparing our Zone 2 lead for HER Line Lead position once I’ve taken control of my line…and we’re both still working through a temp agency as is the majority of our current staff. Needless to say that we’ll both be going full-time very shortly. Once that happens, I’ll be looking at something around a $20/hr. wage, along with medical insurance, a 401K plan and earning a week’s paid vacation for every 90 days of employment with the company. Manufacturing is really the last decent job opportunity available here in the States for entry-level workers, so your husband is rather fortunate to have one himself as these jobs are also very difficult to find these days… Props to him and I wish you both the best going forward…👍🏻

[@jmurray1110]

We really need these bubbles to pop And maybe some heads to roll

[@olgahein4384]

@@jmurray1110 Well, here in Germany at least food prices already are getting down for a while (we measure them in store brand cucumber prices. Normal price was 2 years ago at 20 cents per cucumber, half a year ago they were at 1.30€ and have been dropping slowly but steadily to 55 cents this week now). Even the house market that has reached ridiculous amounts (by far not as bad as in the US, but worse than it has ever been) is now starting to slowly stagnate and in some areas decline. Those of us who have been looking for house prices - or rather property prices that are often 10 times higher - are actually expecting that bubble to explode within the next 2 years. We also hope that the newest property tax bill by our government (that allows the states to tax freely according to regional living standard costs) will also be canceled. In my area property is among the most expensive in the country, and i know an 80 year old retired man with a small house and a huge property that is not used in any way except for taking walks. He paid for the last 10 years around 400 € tax per year for it. He got a letter from the city council that informs him that he now has to pay 14k (!) every year. His retirement income is lower than 14k! He inherited the property from his parents (who got it after ww2 by a redistribution of property directed by the US government) and had barely enough income to build a 200m² house on it.

[@catchingamuse3857]

​@@christopheralthouse6378I will add utility work being another good paying (and in some cases) pension jobs with minimum training. I've seen people in their early 20s start as field workers. As they progress with their career, they get more company paid training. I can't imagine how teachers and parents don't teach the next gen about trade jobs.

[@Firsona]

Unfortunately, once inflation hits and companies adjust to how much people are willing to pay for things, the prices don't go back down. The inflation rate going forward may grow at a slightly diminished rate, but that's probably the only relief we'll see barring a major event.

[@jessj9418]

That wasn't a sponsorship, that was a full blown commercial Applause to Click's production quality

[@lvncee]

I work at the school I went to. That I graduated LAST YEAR. They pulled me into the job, didn't tell me it was supposed to be temporary (I was kept because apparently they didn't find someone to replace me), forced me to work fewer hours (which I could barely afford), are STILL paying me shit wages, gaslight me, lie to me, didn't provide support for my disability, and told me I could only keep the job until the end of the school year. I'm having trouble finding a new job because of my disability, and the people who are supposed to be helping me, are giving me trust issues.

[@Mushroomfrog748]

Oof that sucks Sorry abt that :(

[@angrymuppet4209]

Problem with letting corporations buy homes to rent out is that they artificial increase the rent prices to make profit and if they don't rent for what they want, they can just write it off. Homeowners who rent their property, on the other hand, usually need that rent, so are more reasonable and stable.

[@Trynsa]

That mom towards the end was so much better than so many parents these days... rather than telling him to suck it up and deal with a crap apartment while he tries to get ahead, like so many of my friends' parents (I was kicked out for not sharing my parents' faith, so that's a different animal altogether). Seeing a mom care more about her child's well-being shouldn't be so refreshing, but it is...

[@kaylanbaker4988]

I worked for a hospitality industry company for six months. At interview, I asked for $16/ hr. For what I knew how to do, it wasn't a bad deal. He offered me $15/ hr starting out and said that when he saw what I could do, he would up it. Eventually it came down to me doing both laundry and breakfast simultaneously and I was there way later than anyone else. Sometimes I didn't leave until 5 or 6 that night, while everyone else left at roughly 2 or 3. Everyone else was actually paid more than I was, as well, with more consistent start times. Worst part, I got a pay raise of .50 after 90 days because it was mandatory. First week I started, told them I would not work a specific day due to it being my anniversary. The day after I got hired, I got asked by 3 different people if I can work it. I left after six months. Paid more, better benefits, start times are generally the same.

[@soarinsorren]

For the MillerKnoll CEO... I looked it up. They have 8,000 employees. If she gave up half of HER bonus, the everyone could get $250 EACH. And that's only HALF

[@Lavonsweet]

I have been a big fan for at least a year and each time Mark addresses some kind of adversity, my admiration grows. Stay wholesome, Click.

[@AlienAceCat]

The guy pulling the bread out of the trash reminds me of when I was 14 working at McDonald's, breakfast service was over and they were about to throw a literal trash bag full of bagels in the garbage. I asked if I could just take it home instead, since my single mom struggled with money sometimes (which was why I was working almost fulltime at 14). They let me, but warned me that it wasn't normally allowed and if I tried to "steal food" I'd get written up (since asking permission is definitely stealing). Next time I came in, i found I had been written up anyway 😂 ah, capitalism.

[@angrymuppet4209]

McDonald's where I worked will not let employees eat or take home food that goes unsold, and any food that has prep errors also have to be thrown away, in the garbage in the kitchen in full view of management. (Say, a cook forgot to add cheese, or condiment on a special order) Our manager told us this was to discourage the "young staff" from deliberately making food wrong or making too much, in order to "score" free food. Swing manager had a "pusher stick" which was metal and had a flat head to squish all the food in the waste can into a disgusting mess before taking to dumpster, so no one could salvage an actual meal.

[@rompevuevitos222]

It's a common rule on all McDonalds unless local law says otherwise They usually say it is to "stop bums from piling outside their business", which is clearly BS because of what you just described AND because they don't donate left-over food either

[@LinkedToReality]

In the scenario with the employee picking bread from the trash I'd say the best way to handle it would be to give staff a chance to take things before it's thrown out. If fearing what people would think truly is the reason, as opposed to the fact that the employee got some free food, that would take care of all of that.

[@celestialturtle6665]

Just wanted to pop in to give you some support while you’re going through everything with blaire right now. be proud of yourself for speaking out against her and standing up for others she’s hurt. keep being awesome!

[@fevre_dream8542]

I missed the tea, what's going on?

[@maleineperle1770]

Something happened to Click??

[@zethcrownett2946]

I agree with this. Very much love his content and hope he's getting some good time to himself and touching grass to be away from it all.

[@Starmadien2019]

Wait, what's going on with Click?

[@zethcrownett2946]

@Here and Genderqueer. a creator he used to collaborate with is spreading slander, and it's very malicious and "do you even have a life" social media stalking and bullying levels. He made a response video where he addresses it and shares screenshots. It's bad and super hurtful.

[@bkmaxfield5113]

The food pantry at our church gets lots of donations from local grocery stores of things too close to expiration to sell but not expired yet. Helps a lot of people.

[@Pa5an1]

Housing prices in Germany are insane too. My brother and his girlfriend are 31, they both have great jobs that pay rather well and no kids. They’re currently looking for houses and even they have to make so many compromises and can’t afford most houses they’re interested in. It’s wild.

[@omgtatercat]

I'm glad the mom at the end personally saw how bad it actually is out there. I was worried she was going to be "well he needs to try harder", but no, she got to see the hellscape trying to find housing in these days.

[@Ellis_AKA_Mr.Sunshine]

The decompressing thing I agree on completely, don't come to my car because I'm in a uniform, and don't talk to me just because you're my coworker, I want 30 minutes to myself thank you.

[@Shalunium]

5:04 my father was once in a course where the teacher asked what is the most important thing in the job. My father answered money and it was wrong. The right one was something like team spirit. Then my father asked the teacher if they would do their job without pay. The situation became a bit awkward then.

[@kempolar9768]

At one point I shifted from one pack house to another and was asked the reason, its a full hour closer so I save 2 hours in travel time in a day. She told me that she travels 2 hours to be there in the morning and I so wanted to ask "do you make minimum wage with 0 benefits too?". Like seriously some of these higher ups are completely disconnected from the average worker even when their whole job is to hire new people. edit: spelling.

[@arielruby13]

your dad was right tho

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

20:39 Daaaaaaaaaamn, he was so eloquent! I wish my points came out that smooth when I wanted to argue something like this

[@billie_the_birdie]

I was job hunting at the back end of 2022. One recruiter called me 'unreasonable' for not moving much closer to London for a shady role in a place where all of be able to afford was a box room. 'You can't expect more than a studio or HMO in the current climate." I asked her how many beds her house is and she never contacted me again. 😂