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spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

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spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Julius CSAR posted:

at least google tells me the manager here got fired for this. That HSBC article was loving wild though. Wall Street is scum.

That's wonderful, but I can't help but think that this happens hundreds of other times with nothing even remotely positive happening.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Sentient Data posted:

I couldn't opt out of having tests or labwork done. It was for an obvious and relatively routine physical injury that had nothing to do with any kind of disease/infection.

That's bullshit.

I do my own stitches though.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

The Snoo posted:

nothing in this thread has made me angrier

The manager got fired and the employee was allowed as much time off as she wanted.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

kuddles posted:

Still makes you wonder whether it was an actual piece of garbage manager with a power complex or if the company put enough pressure on her to force her to be that way and then used her as the scapegoat when the nightmare PR scenario occurred.

I don't wonder at all. That manager was probably the perfect psychopath to move right up the management chain. But she ended up on the wrong end of the PR stick so the other psychopaths dropped her.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014


https://people.com/human-interest/store-manager-fired-after-backlash-employee-son-life-support/

quote:

“We’d like to follow up on the issue brought to our attention recently regarding how an employee time off request was handled by one of our managers,” the post read. “We investigated and have found that the situation was handled improperly and without the compassion that we value as a company. For that, we are very sorry.”

It continued, “As a result of this finding, we took quick action and that manager is no longer employed by PS Food Mart. We have also reaffirmed to our employee that she will be able to take all the time off that she needs during this difficult period. We’d like to thank the public for their concern. Folk Oil Company.”

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

sebzilla posted:

5 hours a week on "business meals" is some bullshit too when you know for sure all their employees are getting half an hour unpaid lunch break while their bosses are counting it as work time and claiming expenses for the food as well.

When we have civilian bigwigs come work with us our lunchtimes immediately go from 1230-1300 to 1100 -1300 (actually leaving at 1030).

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

FogHelmut posted:

Jane Fonda really hosed this country up with the troops with that whole babykiller gimmick in Vietnam.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

EugeneJ posted:

Hope you don't live in Pennsylvania and plan to retire

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehopkins/2018/07/16/a-new-retirement-risk-unclaimed-property-laws/#4dd1c9ea52b8



Retired and no longer contributing to your retirement account? How dare you!

Your account is now inactive and we're closing it!

That's the kind of poo poo that used to get people shot.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Bonzo posted:

TAXES ARE AWFUL!

*pays condo/HOA monthly fees that are 1/3 of the monthly mortgage"

Yeah, but those fees actually directly help me and not poors. :colbert:

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Ordering live chicks in the mail is pretty normal if you want to have chickens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_kmOYRgqVI&t=83s

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Whooping Crabs posted:

Welcome to China. Have a live turtle keychain. Discard when the turtle dies.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU1XGXMELyw

Says the water is full of oxygen and has food pellets. Says the animal can live up to 3 months.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

shut up blegum posted:

If I saw that on a market somewhere I'd buy them all and try to set them free.

And then the dude would keep doing it because they sell really well.

CAPITALISM!!

*edit* ^^^ poo poo!!

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Screaming Idiot posted:

If I could justify the guilt of taking human life I would happily take as many of these white-collar criminal fucks with me as possible when I exit.

We're murder apes. It's easy, and releases endorphins.

Guilt is just what THE MAN wants you to believe you feel when you take a life.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Outrail posted:

Ok so we treat them like humans and guillotine them individually instead of shoveling them into industrial fryers?

Maybe we can automate the judges and rig up some kind of conveyer system for the blades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-dJPoSlPfU

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Switchback posted:

Are scratch-and-sniffs dangerous? :ohdear:

Yes, at the bottom of a swimming pool.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Outrail posted:

I guess this goes in this thread. Let's pretend for a second that I'm very dim. How do mega corps post huge profits and make payouts to shareholders and at the same time not pay any taxes? Like what's the rationale here?

E:

Not the legal stuff, I mean what's the rationale for the masses not rising up and curb stomping the board of directors until they make sure the company pays their fair?

The only thing I can think of is the pay is still taxed.

So if you bring in some factory/warehouse/call center/whatever your area will get the benefit of the income/property/sales/etc taxes on the people that work there.

Also, I'm pretty sure that payouts to shareholders are taxed.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Zzulu posted:

social democracy comrades

come to sweden, we are very accepting

Wasn't sweden named the rape capitol of europe a few years ago?

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Moridin920 posted:

Turns out when you're one of the only ones that gives a poo poo enough to pursue rape cases while the village elders in wherever India don't count ever and the hicks in USA don't run the rape kits ever, the number is higher.

Kinda like california being the hate crime capitol of the world.

Spatial posted:

If you believe Donald Trump and Nigel Farage, yes. Other reality-based methods of assessing this may not agree


I didn't know they had weighed in on the situation. Thanks for keeping an eye on them.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Zzulu posted:

Why haven't americans done a mass exodus yet

Why still live in your country

I've got a house, and bank account, in europe just in case.

But honestly life in merica is pretty sweet if you've got money.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

ate all the Oreos posted:

Lol you're so getting the guillotine friend

lol, if you think that's anything but a dumb meme.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Marxist-Jezzinist posted:

You're getting expropriated when we go full communist. Or fascist

Hmmmmm. Will there still be a job for guys with guns?

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Marxist-Jezzinist posted:

Lol if you think foreigners will be allowed guns

Smart.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Apple looking for some special forces death squads.

quote:

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.
Do you instinctively know how and when to take action? Do you love performing under intense pressure? As part of our Global Security group, you’ll help manage the security needs of Apple’s most valuable assets: our people and innovations. Join us, and you’ll play a meaningful role in preserving the highest standard of security for one of the most-watched companies in the world.
The EP Specialist will be responsible for performing all aspects of protective operations both domestically as well as outside the United States. The ideal individual will be able to operate within a small team environment with a responsibility to ensure the safety and security of designated individuals and assets. Additionally, those with a proven track record of providing discrete protective services, success working in a small team environment, experience maintaining strict confidentiality, and extraordinary communication skills will thrive in this role. Position will reside in Culver City, CA and will require domestic and international travel.

Description

We work under stressful conditions and often times ambiguous environments. We're looking for someone who is calm under pressure and can handle a variety of different tasks including (but not limited to):

Coordinate security related duties such as executive/talent protection, asset protection, safety/emergency planning, risk assessments, special event planning, etc.
Prioritize strategies with a holistic approach to security to anticipate, identify, and mitigate risk.
Assist with planning, organizing, and executing discrete executive/talent protection services.
Quickly collect, analyze, and disseminate information in a timely manner.
Coordinate regularly with cross-functional team members and various service providers and agencies.
Travel frequently, often on short notice, including globally.
Regularly conducts advance operations and develops, implements, and audits internally/externally developed security plans.
Available on-call for emergencies and be adaptable to constantly changing schedules which may include weekends and holidays.
Must be able to work with highly confidential information.
Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of leadership.

Other Duties As Required.

Education Details
Bachelors degree preferred.

Key Qualifications

A minimum of 5 years professional experience in executive protection, law enforcement, or military special operations is required. Experience in the entertainment and corporate spaces highly desirable.
Understand and have demonstrated experience in protection concepts to include protective intelligence, talent security, secure transportation, contingency planning, counter surveillance and have experience in international and domestic travel.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, collaborative abilities, and attention to detail.
Working knowledge of physical security systems to include, but not limited to intrusion detection systems, CCTV, and other security related software/hardware. Technologically savvy.
Strong computer skills and be proficient in the development of Keynote presentations.
Self-motivated, able to work without direct supervision, and understand security concepts and theories. Adept at identifying and managing vendors for concurrent projects globally.
Extraordinary organizational, time management, and problem solving skills.
Good physical condition and capable of sitting, standing, and walking for extended periods of time.
Basic medical training preferred.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

whiter than a Wilco show posted:

I'm the ambiguous environments

I like the conducting of advanced operations pertaining to internal/external "audits".

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

MRC48B posted:

IDGI, why would they be seeking to hire someone, when retaining them as an independent contractor relieves the company of so much liability, both legal and financial?

I would think that a straight up mercenary would be more of a risk to secrecy. Where as a "company man" might be more likely to keep it quiet.

Or maybe the type of professional who can do all that stuff isn't going to do it for less than a high salary and benefits/retirement?

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

ate all the Oreos posted:

The US does a mock nuclear war training exercise every year or two or something, where someone pretends to be the president (because if the actual president did it it would reveal how they would act) and even in the 100% simulated, completely consequence-free training exercise nobody has ever been able to bring themselves to order the counterattack :unsmith:


I do not believe this.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

ate all the Oreos posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outl...06ab_story.html


e: ok i misremembered parts


They'd never retaliate before most of the US was obliterated, and they'd never retaliate at all in a lot of cases

It'd be nice if that were true. But honestly, after the poo poo obama did, and trump continued, I believe they're all a bunch of narsicistic psychopaths who'd do it.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Time_pants posted:

Thanks. Just what I needed. A reminder that babies born in the US are increasingly likely to die.


That's mothers, not babies.

Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension rates are also higher in the U.S. (and it's why the numbers of mothers dying is higher).

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Memento posted:

Anyone who wants to give themselves a feeling of pure existential terror should read Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety. It features such luminous episodes in the history of American nuclear weapon handling as:

  • The time a fully armed Cuban MiG fighter landed unchallenged at a Florida Air Force base, because the pilot wanted to defect. The reason it was unchallenged was because the Army personnel who whose job this was were all drunk and high. Other duties of their's included the responsibility for the nuclear anti-aircraft missiles on the base.
  • The time Thule AFB in Greenland reported a massive missile launch from the Russians because their detection computer went absolutely bananas, which ended up being the radar detecting the moon rising.
  • The time a nuclear bomb was dropped on suburban North Carolina because there was a guy checking on something in the bomb bay of his nuclear-armed plane, the plane hit turbulence and he grabbed and pulled the bomb release handle to steady himself. The bomb itself wasn't armed (plutonium pit was not installed), but the high-explosive detonator went off when it hit the ground, nearly killing some children.

The US Air Force also left two real nuclear bombs on a runway because they thought they were just fake training bombs and went home for the day.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

steinrokkan posted:

lol, the idea that you should find a purpose and structure in life isn't that controversial, dude

"I just wanna be me, I'm my own man." *is a 45 year old living in his mom's basement*

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Laterite posted:

It's almost as if there isn't an incentive to actually reduce crime :thunk:

Kinda like police and prison guard unions lobby to keep marijuana illegal and get more things made illegal.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014


Army Rangers are better. :colbert:

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

The Skeleton King posted:

Winning wars since 1775, lol. The US hasn’t seen an actual victory since Japan in 1945.

*defense contractor counting stacks of money laughing* "sure, whatever"

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

We absolutely failed (continue to fail) at the politics of "winning" wars. But poo poo, we were killing those soviet style fighters by the literal truckload for every one of ours who got iced.

Pretty sure most of the enemy tank crews we killed didn't even see it coming.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

g0lbez posted:

Just save money guys. Just save that money you already have guys it's so goddamn simple!! Maybe instead of buying that next iPhone you can put that spare grand in a bank for emergencies you loving morons!

Pretty good advice.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

actionjackson posted:

I mean a lot of people are kind of bad with finances

I had several friends get those first credit cards in college and go absolutely banannas with them.

"It says I have a 5,000 dollar limit! I can spend 5,000 dollars!"

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Phrosphor posted:

Recent actual thing that happened.

Teacher recognises that a student is slightly behind average for their age group (turns out that this student has been behind for awhile, but no previous teacher has wanted to deal with the hassle of informing the parent), contacts parent to let them know and uses their spare time to prepare a development plan to help bring student up to speed (this is primary school, roughly 11-12 years old). Amount that student is behind isn't by very much, barely registers on metrics.

Parent loses their poo poo, complains to the school that the teacher is at fault for her child being behind, complains to teaching board that child is behind, threatens teacher on phone, comes into the school to threaten teacher, demands teacher comes into school early to personally tutor child (teacher stupidly agrees and the child Never shows up for these sessions), when parent is confronted about how this may affect how other pupils may be affects by this states that she doesn't care, only her child is important.

Parent runs a 'Lifestyle Advice Agency'.

This isn't a private school either.

I wish stories like that were isolated but they aren't. I have teaching friends who are breaking down in tears every day, terrified of parents and hate their jobs with a passion.

Yeah, I've been teaching kindergarten this year and it's amazing how many teachers are in full "don't give a gently caress anymore" mode because it's so easy to get screwed if you try too hard.


Fashionable Jorts posted:

Having a school board that stands up for the teachers.

They're often elected. Which means they'll screw over a teacher in a minute.

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spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

To relate this to capitalism there's a lot of parents just checking right out of the public schools and either taking their kids to private schools, or building a community just outside of a large city, incorporating and creating a school system for rich people.

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