BottleOfAlkahest @ BottleOfAlkahest @lemmy.world

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Likely an enlistment bonus, some enlistment bonuses can get fairly large.

Im not the person you were replying too and I assumed you were using the backend in the photo because you were feeding a cat. But I've only ever seen people eat using the end that isn't connected when you first open disposable chopsticks (or the pointy end if using non disposable). Thats why they are shaped differently. I didnt realize people used both ends. Do you not use a spoon or tongs to move food from communal plates? You just flip your chopsticks once you've moved the food and there's never sauce or anything that runs down them? Sorry for all the questions I'm just fascinated with the idea.

They can also track who your devices are near. If your phone sits next to someone else's in an office building for nearly 8 hours a day and they know that persons job they can infer yours, especially since departments tend to sit together. Ad companies often assume recurring groups of people share overlapping interests (hence why their together multiple times) and will push out ads based on what other people around you are interested in to see if you are too.

People keep saying that's phrase is harmless. To me that sounds like the type of confused and stupid thing Maga people would yell while committing a hate crime. That combined with two people not taking no for an answer while advancing on you? It sounds like a threat.

When I was living in Virginia I was in a pretty rural area so my view of Virginia might be colored. I found it to be a really red state ( at leadt the part I wan in, not sure about the part this took place in) and yelling at someone there for thinking about your twinkle sounds like a prelude to bigoted violence to me.

Most companies won't ask you for your age in an interview and it's a giant red flag if they do. If you're over 45 and they ask and you don't get the job you may have a case (not that it's likely to do you much good.) -this is only relevant to the US!-

Also I do want to point out that in my experience dealing with hiring managers (especially when I was in HR) it wasn't true that a ring would help you land a corporate job, unless you were a man. A ring wouldn't make anyone hesitate to hire you for a travel job, if you were a man. The assumption being your wife would pick up the slack at home but if you were a married woman you'd be more likely to sacrifice career goals for a family (existing kids, or if you were young then you were likely to "start a family soon" regardless of if it were true.)

Also interviewers can ask about anything they can see in the background if youre doing a virtual interview. That picture behind you with your two young kids is now up for discussion. Many companies won't let you ask "do you have kids" but if the picture of your family vacation is visible then I can ask about that because you displaying the image counts as your having "brought it up." I cant ask about your political views but theres a copy of mein kampf behind you on the book case or BLM flag on the wall? Fair game. So be aware of whats behind you during interviews.

In the US at least they shouldn't be asking your age during interviews.

Blåhaj is a stuffed shark sold by Ikea, its very popular with some of the Trans community. Presumably the mental illness is dysphoria?

Faster, stir-fry is typically cooked fast over high heat. Get the oil nice and hot and keep the ingredients moving around the pan through the oil to keep them from burning to the pan. (Pat dry vegtables if you just washed them or the oil is gonna splatter.) Precooked egg noodles only need like 2 minutes in a wok, less for vermicelli noodles. Don't "stir" them, toss them with chopsticks (or tongs) so that the other ingredients mix in with the noodles.

Best of luck, stirfry is great!

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the work you do in a difficult field. But honestly I think you're overly optimistic about a potential business case for this idea.

I apologize this is likely gonna be long.

Loss leaders are designed to pay for themselves over an average of other items bought so the store is never actually losing money. Some fast food places do this with food vs drinks. The cost to them for a drink is a few cents but they charge a couple dollars. That's a 200%+ return in profit on the drinks which covers the cost of the drink and the margin of loss on the food plus some. Ketchup isn't gonna do that. Things people might buy to supplement aren't gonna do that. (If we were talking about lowering the cost of potatoes to get people to buy ketchup and condiments for them? maybe?) Labor is a huge expense, people cost more than their salary (401k, benefits, etc.) If someone makes $20K a company likely calculates their cost at $40K. So three full time employees to work the counter, work in back, etc is like $120,000 a year (assuming full time employees at $10 an hour) just in labor costs for 1 store. You would also need regional managers, lawyers, etc to run the program and they cost a lot more, plus the regionals travel expenses etc. Loss leaders at a grocery store isn't gonna even dent that cost. Add to that the overhead for the building, storage, upkeep of the space. They might make some of it back on tax write-offs but why do all that when I can give $.25 off the profit on a can of beans to charity and write that off without the additional liability/cost of a food bank? I can give cash, write it off, and use it in my ads to appear less capitalist greedy oversteer. When I can use the space a food bank would take up to sell overpriced sugar? That's lost opportunity cost on that floor space and that could cost $100,000+ a year depending on how much space the food bank would require. Per store. That's millions a year for sure to get back? Not much from the companies perspective.

A charity branch? No. Food banks that they run out of every store? Yes. From a business perspective it doesn't make any sense at all, that's why you've never seen one even at more "progressive" grocery stores. A charity branch will make cash donations, set up "sales for charity" schemes, and do what some people have already commented and donate the food to local charities. All for that sweet sweet tax write off money. The logistics of that transfer with meat plus the additional liability is why you're unlikely to see them donate it even if the food bank has a fridge. The issue is with getting it from the store to the food bank.

You're getting a lot of pushback from people in this thread because your stance that a grocer would do this voluntarily is, in a business sense, wildly optimistic and bordering on absurd. The only real path I see towards this idea (which I do think is an ideal that's worth striving towards) is if the government mandated it. The issue there (in the US, I'm US based and understand that system best) is that it would likely have to be a state mandate, and while some states (CA) might be open to it, others (TX) likely won't. You could try to force it through from a federal funding directive like they did with highway money and the drinking age being standard (drinking age is set by the state, they've just all been bribed by the feds to make it 21). But you'd get a lot of pushback from companies who would be losing millions+ every year on the requirement and we all know the outsized impact companies have on our money grubbing politicians.

So while I like you're idea in principle I don't think it's realistic at all since youre wanting companies to do it voluntarily. It might be possible to force them to do it involuntarily but it would be a bitter, bloody fight and the populace would need to want it overwhelmingly which I don't think would be the case. You'd have my vote in favor for what it's worth.

You may want to take your own advice, coming up with unrealistic solutions to every realistic problem posed to you isnt helpful either.

Loss leaders is a sales strategy that does not require additional overhead like permanent staffing, storage, and additional liability. Suggesting that they are makes it seem like you don't understand sales, Operations, or logistics. I'm really trying to grasp how you think your "solutions" are helpful. Would you be comfortable providing insight into what industry you have the most experience in so that I can try to see it through the lens your looking at the problem through? (i.e. finance, customer service, procurement, etc).

That not necessarily just a Russian Military thing thats just a military thing. "Desertion in the face of the enemy" is punishable by death under multiple military codes. Including the USs UCMJ.

Yeah, not every man of draftable age was in a position to flee when the invasion started, and even if they were...what a shit list of choices. Join the poorly trained/outfitted army on a shoddily planned hostile invasion or leave everything (and often everyone) behind to go try and start anew in a brand new country you may have never been to before (or even one that hates you) with no idea if you'll ever be able to return home.

I should clarify that it was legal in MD when they did it (this may no longer be the case). I had to talk to the company lawyer for guidance when it happened since I was part of the HR team at the time.

So you're not suggesting some sort of legal requirement? You want a company to voluntarily add labor cost, storage costs, any liability, equipment costs, etc on the chance people coming in for food assistance might buy stuff that not all grocery stores even carry?

Companies aren't going to do that voluntarily, that's not a realistic expectation. The ROI on your suggestion doesn't make sense, the only way something like that gets staffed is if you convince states to pass some sort of requirement that companies do this..

Just for clarity, when you say staff you mean like government employees? Or charity workers?

Honestly I'd be skeptical of working for them even with a retainer. Not only will it probably be paid in leprechaun gold but he'd turn around and ask you to do a laundry list of illegal things for him immediately after.

This is likely state dependent. I've seen them pull back funds from people in MD. That was some years ago now though so that may not still be possible there.

This is the part everyone misses. I worked in HR for a number of years and 90% of my job was telling low/middle level managers "you can't do that to your employee." (I wasnt high up enough to be dealing with c-suite level complaintants), 9% was recruiting and paperwork, and 1% was telling an employee "You did something potentially terminable."

Most people only seem to recall that 1% and then keep talking about how "HR isn't your friend/on your side theyre on the company's side." Which is true! But they also didn't see the 1000 times I slapped their managers hand because I was on the companies side not the managers. Unless your really high up your manager is someone's employee too. HR isn't siding with you manager for shits and giggles, there is a reason management won a complaint against you and it isn't "HR likes management better." It's that they framed your problematic behavior better than you framed theirs. Frame everything you report to HR as "this is why it's a liability for the company" not "I don't like x,y,z. So-and-so is mean."

Also remeber just being a bad manager (not doing something immediately terminable) isn't a firable offense. Yelling/being a low level dick for example may not be something deemed firable. One complaint isn't gonna e enough and ideally multiple people will complain as well.

I think it may depend on your instance what up/down votes you see cause I still see downvotes on that comment but I have a different instance than any of you.

I've never met a person irl who didn't think this guy was unfunny and a super creep. I could never figure out why he was famous cause I've never met a person who was even kinda a fan of his