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Cake day: October 19th, 2024

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  • Before I even read your post I am inspired to inform you that managers only notice what they see. They won’t notice you quietly taking care of things, they WILL notice if other employees complain to them about you, regardless of the real issue. There’s a saying “make your work visible”, meaning that you should try to take credit for as much as you can. Even if you have to exaggerate a bit, aka “lie”. Once you understand that concept, the behavior of other workers can be better understood.

    (Will now read the post and respond if I see need to) Edit: I think the response is already appropriate to the text of the post. You are dealing with exactly the problem I predicted from the title.

    You have to work extra hard to overcome documented complaints. Make your work visible. Brag. Be a complete egomaniac. From their perspective that’s normal.



  • I avoid restaurants that require tipping. When I do have to tip, I give way too much if the service was good. IMO, good service is to not try to talk to me too much, and to be responsive to what I need done (refilling drinks, taking additional requests). Bonus tip if I know they’re overworked and handling it well.

    15% floor. Throw an additional $10 sometimes. Always direct to the worker because these places steal tips. Also I tip cooks sometimes.

    But I avoid going to these restaurants.








  • I worked in a Costa del Mar warehouse once. The generic shades were $20, and right next to the brand name shades ($200). The brand name might have had some invisible enhancement, but they looked exactly the same to me besides the logo embossed into them. Both were polarized and mirrored exactly the same way.

    What I’m saying is this: buy cheap generic ones. If you must have that logo, glue one on or something. I don’t understand brand worship.




  • “I don’t personally understand it, therefore God did it” (Argument from Ignorance, or God of the Gaps fallacy)

    I hear this with regard to evolution, chemistry, bacteria, weather. They don’t know how something works, that’s proof enough for them. Eventually they say “then how was the universe created? There had to have been a creator!” (First cause argument) Or “The eye is so complicated, it had to be designed” (Watchmaker Fallacy)

    I used to listen to The Atheist Experience podcast, but it got repetitive hearing the same arguments from religious people, over and over. I also didn’t like how mean the hosts could get sometimes, but I understand their frustration…