Wogi @ Wogi @lemmy.world

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I have never actually tried, it's just suggesting it as an app that can do those things.

I work in a manufacturing environment. A few years ago they decided they needed a company social media app. They hired, or more likely were sold the idea by Salesforce and built this stupid ass website, then went on a fucking War campaign to get people to install the app on their phone.

They demanded. They begged. They removed functions of HR to the app exclusively. When we protested they simply said no, no room to negotiate, no give. You will use the app or you will not have access to certain information required to do your job. When they closed the plant one day and posted it on the app, they threatened to write up an entire shift that showed up to work anyway without knowing any better.

Because apparently, when you get up at 4 am the first thing you're supposed to do every day is check an app on your phone to see if you have work that day.

They used to just push out a robo call.

When we have committee meetings with HR they go something like this.

HR: how can we get you guys on the app Committee: how can we retrieve these functions from the app HR: you can't Committee: that's your answer.

There have been at least 6 versions of this meeting that I have been a part of.

Most of my coworkers are older than me. Few of them have fancy phones, generally the most basic phone you can get. A number of my coworkers are on parole or work release and have limited access to smart phones for one reason or another and literally have no access to the app.

I was chatting with one of the IT gals recently and apparently resistance to the app is pretty widespread. When I said "venture capital IT firm" she gave me a high five.

They want everyone using this thing and maybe 15% of the company has it. Then they switched to Workday.

It hasn't gone well.

I have an app for my sprinkler system and it's a fucking nightmare. Not only is it basically just a web API, it's so transparently just a glorified browser with access to exactly one site that frequently my phone thinks that app will work for whatever else I'm trying to open.

Document? Sprinkler app. Web Page? Sprinkler app. Installing from a source other than Google? Oh you better believe the sprinkler app can do that.

Doing anything takes longer to load than it would take me to walk from anywhere on my property to the fucking box and hit whatever button I need to hit.

It frequently forgets what I entered for preferences. I can tell it a week ahead what days I want it to skip but if I do that more than 24 hours on advance I might as well not have done it at all.

Oh you want to make a payment online? Let your sprinklers do that for you. YouTube video? Sprinkler app. YouTube video about fixing your fucking sprinkler system? Sprinkler app.

Apparently the one thing it can't do is effectively manage my water usage. It's ONE job

I'm just now noticing how sloppy his robot arm sleeve is.

Likely a production issue where the prosthetic just wouldn't fit in the sleeve so they said fuck it and cut it, which is what civilians would do.

But that man is a citizen, and active duty. A) since so many of the military members are missing limbs it stands to reason there would be a standard protocol, even a special shirt issued for members who's limbs no longer fit. And B, presumably, regardless of limb status, torn sleeves have got to be a few lashings.

This season of Maury is gonna be lit

A lot gets you on that list. Practically the entire country is on that list

Does requesting a design get printed on a garment still get it stolen? Could we sick Nintendo on them?

No but I'd cut one in half and give it to two different women

No way man tell you what my brother skeet done seen that dang ol sasquatch when he went to to Calistoga to seent his two brothers Jim and Jed. See they was out huntin one day though I think Jed was out evadin the police on accounta he's got warrants and unpaid could support, an he an Jim are wanted by the bondsman see, so they was out huntin deep in them woods up there up by the squirtin hole and them old rock woods you know? Anyway they was out there and they seent him. Big ole samskatch. Tain't no yeti in no bear suit man maybe a Stanley though it were pretty big

Communism is when the government

100 year old president: Jimmy Carter

There I fixed it, exact same news, no fuck yous.

They knew they were fucking with us with that title and they did it anyway

Wait what happens to mufasa? He lives to the end right? He's a strong father figure for Simba right?

Yes you fucking do.

You cannot be arrested without charge and detained indefinitely. Generally it's between 24 and 72 hours before they're required to charge you or release you.

People were saying that in 2016 and every year since.

Eyyyyyyyyy fuck you I'm not your buddy guy

10 thousand people marching would make world headlines. Though admittedly that's more difficult than smuggling soup in to an art gallery.

THIS IS DEMOCRACY MANIFEST

It's called SudoGetLinux's law

It's to get cameras thrust in their face so they ask when oil executives will face consequences.

"Is destroying art worse than destroying the whole planet???"

It's an idiotic form of protest, it accomplishes nothing but turning the public against you, and forever associating your cause with petty vandalism.