Every time I see the word "Kardashian," I have to remember that it isn't the Cardassians, from "Star Trek."

despicability aside, Kim is super freaking hot

I got the override from the department, but the professor is too lazy to return an email to give me her decision. Going to be irate if I get stuck paying a late registration fee because of someone's inability to return an email.

Is Kim really all that despicable? I'm not saying I'd actually want to converse with her or anything, but shallow and vapid are not, in my opinion, enough to qualify for despicability.

yeah, it's a bit strong

So when you're at the grocery store, and the girl with Down Syndrome who is bagging your groceries asks if you'd like to make a donation to the Special Olympics, it's impossible to politely decline without looking heartless, right? Well played, Special Olympics. Well played.

Slowhand wrote:So when you're at the grocery store, and the girl with Down Syndrome who is bagging your groceries asks if you'd like to make a donation to the Special Olympics, it's impossible to politely decline without looking heartless, right? Well played, Special Olympics. Well played.

My supermarket has a girl with Down Syndrome bagging groceries, but she never says a word to me, even when I thank her.

Well, *%@%@%# you, you stuck up little ^%$#%#^.

swishnicholson wrote:

Slowhand wrote:So when you're at the grocery store, and the girl with Down Syndrome who is bagging your groceries asks if you'd like to make a donation to the Special Olympics, it's impossible to politely decline without looking heartless, right? Well played, Special Olympics. Well played.

My supermarket has a girl with Down Syndrome bagging groceries, but she never says a word to me, even when I thank her.

Well, *%@%@%# you, you stuck up little ^%$#%#^.

Is there any typeface that wasn't created by Tobias Frere-Jones

When I worked at Genuardi's when I was 15 there was a retarded bagger named Barb. She once announced to the entire front end of the store that last night, she peed blood.

So I feel like poop but had to come to the office today because of some silly policy about losing your holiday pay if you call out sick the last business day before the holiday or the first business day after. Is this policy typical at other companies?

So they punish you by making you be the only person in the office on a holiday?

Not exactly. I would just lose a day's salary without being able to make it up.

mickbayne wrote:So I feel like poop but had to come to the office today because of some silly policy about losing your holiday pay if you call out sick the last business day before the holiday or the first business day after. Is this policy typical at other companies?

That is asinine. As was my last supervisor, who raised an eyebrow if you called in sick on a Monday or a Friday.

THOSE ARE 40 PERCENT OF THE DAYS

mickbayne wrote:So I feel like poop but had to come to the office today because of some silly policy about losing your holiday pay if you call out sick the last business day before the holiday or the first business day after. Is this policy typical at other companies?

I've definitely heard of it at other companies, and worked at one with it, so I think it's pretty widespread to prevent extended weekends. I guess it depends on the level of trust at the company.

Once when I was working at a bookstore I was at the register and an adult woman and child (about 8 years old) came to pay for something. I didn't see the child directly at first. The purchase was an MCAT study guide. Being the whimsical dude I am, I joke "Oh, is this for you or for her?" And then I look at the girl for the first time. Yup, Down's Syndrome.

"It's too late to fix it, lady"

Nonono we're going to federal pound me into ash prison

Grotewold wrote:

mickbayne wrote:So I feel like poop but had to come to the office today because of some silly policy about losing your holiday pay if you call out sick the last business day before the holiday or the first business day after. Is this policy typical at other companies?

That is asinine. As was my last supervisor, who raised an eyebrow if you called in sick on a Monday or a Friday.

THOSE ARE 40 PERCENT OF THE DAYS

We get crazy sick time at this job, but you're pretty much blackballed if you use too much of it. I don't understand what it's there for. Once you get on the "sick abuse" list, you have to get a doctor's note for every absence, or you get suspended or something. And they look for patterns in your sick days--my dad told me that the list of patterns is so extensive that you could call out three times in one year, with no discernible pattern, and still fall into one of the categories.

Of course, I called out sick five times last year and didn't get put on sick abuse. But I think one more would have put me over the limit.

lol corporate bureaucratic bull shit