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    scooter
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 26 Dec 2015

    Self-aggrandizing behavior is annoying as f#ck. This forum needs a down vote button, badly...

    Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

    last edited by scooter 12 Aug 2024, 16:34 8 Dec 2024, 16:33 T 1 Reply Last reply 8 Dec 2024, 19:53 Reply Quote 9
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      sabergirl
      見習いボス
      Joined: 4 Oct 2013

      🙋🏼hit the nail on the head, Scott

      last edited by 8 Dec 2024, 16:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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        Matt
        見習いボス
        Joined: 4 Oct 2011

        I was gonna say that but now it just looks like I’m copying you.

        last edited by 8 Dec 2024, 18:29 M 1 Reply Last reply 9 Dec 2024, 01:14 Reply Quote 6
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          steelworker
          見習いボス
          @goosehd
          Joined: 16 Apr 2014

          @goosehd said in Random Rants:

          Corporate conglomerates are ruining Veterinary Medicine for everyone involved from clients, patients, staff, and vendors.

          The same way they loot nursing homes, funeral service, houses...you name it.
          Then media is shocked, shocked! that a health care denier is killed. Tremendous manhunt because money.
          Good riddance. I hope it starts a trend.

          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
          Well, I have others.

          last edited by 8 Dec 2024, 18:44 G 1 Reply Last reply 8 Dec 2024, 19:54 Reply Quote 0
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            tody
            啓蒙家
            @scooter
            Joined: 24 Feb 2021

            @scooter What did I miss?

            last edited by 8 Dec 2024, 19:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              goosehd
              Mod Squad
              @steelworker
              Joined: 8 Apr 2016

              @steelworker The disconnect in corporate culture between profitability and humanity is definitely troubling. I really can’t condone the violence taken out on the insurance executive, but I do see why it’s happened.

              Too many families, loved ones, and friends lives have been affected by policies written to enhance the bottom line that they’ve forgotten that people are on the other side of the equation.

              The same is happening in the veterinary fields where clinicians are to meet profitability standards or else be disciplined or let go from their positions.

              I don’t know what the answer is, but we need to start asking the question of how much is enough? Violence is not the answer, nor is it acceptable for people’s quality of life to suffer for profit.

              The answer is much bigger than any one of us, but maybe we all need to ask the question.

              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

              last edited by goosehd 12 Aug 2024, 19:57 8 Dec 2024, 19:54 M 1 Reply Last reply 13 Dec 2024, 14:57 Reply Quote 4
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                steelworker
                見習いボス
                Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                Oh, they know what theyre doing. They count on us to remain docile.

                Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                Well, I have others.

                last edited by 8 Dec 2024, 20:35 T S 2 Replies Last reply 8 Dec 2024, 20:43 Reply Quote 0
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                  Tago Mago
                  Mod Squad
                  @steelworker
                  Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                  @steelworker the internet is the great equalizer, in that everyone has all the information available at the click of a mouse. Unfortunately, most people don't know how to use the internet. Critical analysis and appraisal takes time and effort, and who has either?

                  last edited by 8 Dec 2024, 20:43 S 1 Reply Last reply 9 Dec 2024, 00:28 Reply Quote 4
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                    Tago Mago
                    Mod Squad
                    Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                    @Mister_Brue priorities!

                    last edited by 8 Dec 2024, 21:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                      SKT
                      見習いボス
                      @steelworker
                      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                      @steelworker it feels to me like the days of obedience and compliance are about over

                      Edit: I could be wrong and people would rather just sigh and look back at their phone

                      last edited by SKT 12 Aug 2024, 21:53 8 Dec 2024, 21:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
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                        sabergirl
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                        Joined: 4 Oct 2013

                        Let South Korea be our guide! @SKT

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                          steelworker
                          見習いボス
                          @Tago Mago
                          Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                          @Tago-Mago said in Random Rants:

                          @steelworker the internet is the great equalizer, in that everyone has all the information available at the click of a mouse. Unfortunately, most people don't know how to use the internet. Critical analysis and appraisal takes time and effort, and who has either?

                          Critical analysis? Met many Americans?

                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                          Well, I have others.

                          last edited by 9 Dec 2024, 00:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            Mizmazzle
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                            @Matt
                            Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                            @Matt this made me laugh out loud

                            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

                            last edited by 9 Dec 2024, 01:14 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              Graeme
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                              I ordered a rucksack from the US in the Black Friday sales. Any imports into the country are tax and duty free if they come in under $1000 (Australian).

                              Somewhere along the line, someone declared its value to be just over $1000, which meant that I was due for about $100 in tax and $100 or so in customs fees.

                              I contacted UPS after they started hassling me for payment, pointing out that the goods are worth less than the threshold. Things got escalated up the chain of command, and my contact replied that the taxes have been waived, but I still need to pay the $100 customs lodgement fee, because that cannot be refunded.

                              Someone has made a mistake, possibly within UPS, and I'm responsible for paying for it. That doesn't seem fair.

                              last edited by 12 Dec 2024, 07:25 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                UPS would not have declared the value of the goods, that would have been the sender surely.

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                last edited by 12 Dec 2024, 08:05 M G 2 Replies Last reply 12 Dec 2024, 13:39 Reply Quote 0
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                                  Brian
                                  Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                                  Commercial cool rooms can fuck off or at least the sliding door they have
                                  Was on a job yesterday and the bruise and pain I have from the idiot baker slamming the door open onto my back and the fuckwit didn’t even say sorry just a watch yourself

                                  last edited by 12 Dec 2024, 09:33 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    Marty_funkhauser
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    @Giles
                                    Joined: 2 Apr 2023

                                    @Giles correct

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                                      Graeme
                                      啓蒙家
                                      @Giles
                                      Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                      @Giles it could well have been at the vendor's end. I've dropped the company an email, and I'll see if they come back. Their site runs on the Shopify platform, so I'd guess that would do it all automatically.

                                      Regardless of whoever made the mistake, it's annoying that I have to carry the cost.

                                      last edited by 12 Dec 2024, 13:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
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                                        Graeme
                                        啓蒙家
                                        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                        It turns out that the customs declaration didn't have the discounted price I paid on it, and the Shopify software was also doing something funny with prices.

                                        last edited by 13 Dec 2024, 01:19 M 1 Reply Last reply 13 Dec 2024, 02:27 Reply Quote 0
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                                          Mizmazzle
                                          見習いボス
                                          @Graeme
                                          Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                          @Graeme maybe you can get out of paying then?? Sure hope so.

                                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

                                          last edited by 13 Dec 2024, 02:27 G 1 Reply Last reply 13 Dec 2024, 07:42 Reply Quote 1
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