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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?

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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.

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                  Mizmazzle
                  見習いボス
                  @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...

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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.

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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.

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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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                                  Graeme
                                  啓蒙家
                                  @Mizmazzle
                                  Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                  @Mizmazzle unfortunately the charge cannot be refunded by the Australian border force once paid. 😢

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    But the shop that fucked up should refund you.

                                    "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

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                                      mclaincausey
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                                      @goosehd
                                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                      @goosehd said in Random Rants:

                                      @steelworker The disconnect in corporate culture between profitability and humanity is definitely troubling.

                                      Elon Musk said something on Twitter to the effect of a CEO’s role being to maximize profitability and returns to shareholders at all costs and ruthlessly in relation to the assassination.

                                      He’s too dumb to realize the logical takeaways from that statement. I won’t say what they are due to the no politics rule but it should be obvious.

                                      Think it, be it.

                                      last edited by 13 Dec 2024, 14:57 G 1 Reply Last reply 14 Dec 2024, 04:44 Reply Quote 4
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                                        Graeme
                                        啓蒙家
                                        @mclaincausey
                                        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                        @mclaincausey and how well did that cost-cutting approach maximise shareholder value at Twitter/X? 😆

                                        I heard an argument that cutting public sector costs will be harder for Musk and DOGE because the sacked employees will remain on the government's books as social security recipients.

                                        last edited by 14 Dec 2024, 04:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                          mclaincausey
                                          見習いボス
                                          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                          Well they want to cut that too even though we paid into it. One of the ideas floated by Vivek was to base the firings on social security number prefixes and suffixes. That is an incredibly braindead idea for obvious reasons I won’t get into.

                                          These are not serious people.

                                          Think it, be it.

                                          last edited by 14 Dec 2024, 13:46 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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