gewing Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 I agree. The homeless situation in the PNW is a touchy topic at the moment. yeah, the Spokane Suicide by Cop did not help any... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 It's a touchy topic here too. Combine a tourism economy with a top three cost of living and extremely benign weather, and you have a very difficult problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Obviously...trolls have a natural fear of fire. Explain their prescence in flamewars, then. Very simple: like anyone, they instinctively reach for the weapons they themselves fear most. Hermit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 French worker sues ex-employer for being bored at work Starlord and DasBroot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 HAHAHAHAHAHA! If he wins so much money he doesn't have to do anything anymore, will he sue himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I actually understand exactly where that guy is coming from. I went out on extended medical leave one year and the person who filled for me for 6 weeks was sanctioned to retain 75% of my duties when I came back. The terminology used made it sound like a 'promotion' for me on paper... very nice, legal, and tidy. There was nothing wrong with the way I handled my duties (and the person who was 'reassigned' them has to come to me daily with questions even a year later) - unofficially I know it was them finally finding a loophole to deal with my chronic illness and the time I miss due to it without being pulled in front of the labour board. It's not about the money. It's about the loss of self-worth that comes with knowing you're not working on anything meaningful, or career forwarding, or professionally fulfilling. That you are a legacy worker - no just cause for dismissal, too useful when needed to downsize. It's about going to work every day and doing trivial things for a paycheck you yourself don't even believe you deserve sometimes but being unable to move forward because jobs are scarce, your skills are stagnating, and you have thousands of dollars of responsibilities to your spouse and children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 When you put it that way, I can understand that too. I've quit a job over that, although I never considered suing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Old Navy Ad featuring mixed race couple brought out the haters. Mixed Couples send their support. In other news...Sucky People Suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'd be more concerned about making sure that there isn't too much overseas slave labor involved in making the clothes the pretty family is wearing than worrying about the color palette of the pretty family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Can't we be concerned about both where clothes come from AND the bigots whining about interracial couples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I should not have read that article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Can't we be concerned about both where clothes come from AND the bigots whining about interracial couples? I meant the bigots should be more concerned. Though the slave labor is of another race, so fat chance of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 I should not have read that article. I won't. I try to keep my blood pressure under control, and certain kinds of people make that problematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Guess I've been lucky - nobody has ever said anything (to my face) about my wife being black. Nobody even bats an eye. Sadly it's a different story when she's out alone with our kids, however, who through the wonder of genetics both ended up as pale as me. Nobody who cares enough to stick their nose in someone else's business believes they're hers until they actually take a close enough look to see her eye shape, lips, and hair texture reflected in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 KFC chicken-flavored nail polish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 KFC chicken-flavored nail polish There are days I think we've hit peak stupidity. Then I read about that and realize we ain't anywhere near the summit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Taps For Frank Levingston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 I believe the best word to use in regards to that passing is "Respect" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 RIP, Mr. Levingston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 I believe the best word to use in regards to that passing is "Respect" I usually go with "SALUTE" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Australia is going to have a federal election soon. Here is everything you need to know about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Dominos Pizza Store saves regular customer after sending a driver to check on him when he hadn't ordered in 11 days. neat story...kind of sad but neat. Starlord 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 The paper reported that two students at Hanes Middle School got into a fight in the bathroom, and one stabbed the other with a pocket knife CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Well, George Zimmerman's still a class act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Wow, this is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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