Michael Cornelius @emdeesee@octodon.social
INTP with an MBA. Lisp, Clojure, C++, FOSS, software engineering and development, teams, leadership, cocktails, cycling. Fights for the users. [he/his]
ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵇˡᵉᵐ ʷᶦᵗʰ ʰᵃᵛᶦⁿᵍ ᵃ ᵛᵉʳʸ ˢᵐᵃˡˡ ᵏᵉʸᵇᵒᵃʳᵈ ᶦˢ ʰᵃᵛᶦⁿᵍ ᵗᵒ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵛᵉʳʸ ˡᵒⁿᵍ ᶠᶦⁿᵍᵉʳˢ ᵈᵘᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᵏᵉʸᵇᵒᵃʳᵈ ᵇᵉᶦⁿᵍ ᵛᵉʳʸ ᶠᵃʳ ᵃʷᵃʸ
@Annalee Yes, in a nutshell. Here's how it came about...
Founder hired a retiring cop for position of HR director. (!) Dude had no previous HR experience.
Dev made questionable work-attire choices while founder was trying to sell the company and potential buyers were visiting. (Pajama bottoms 😬)
Founder demanded a dress code, so ex-cop googled and copied the first one he found into the employee manual, so now we can't wear bandanas or flashy athletic shoes.
But at least it's mostly ignored.
@CobaltVelvet Thank you for all you do!
Today is a great day to donate (or donate more) to our ever wonderful instance maintainer. It's a tough job and she deserves to get paid for it. let's send our spare $s to @CobaltVelvet
CobaltVelvet's profile - Liberapay https://en.liberapay.com/CobaltVelvet/
The trees are budding out.
It's warm enough to take a comfortable walk at lunchtime.
These are good things.
Other stupid, insulting things...
There's a dress code, which is apparently based on an anti-gang (i.e. racist) school dress code.
School dress code. WTF.
There's a padlock retrofitted to the refrigerator that contains soft drinks for clients. Consider for a second the optics of calling for the key to open the fridge to give a soda to a customer.
I think this is a result of the special affinity the previous owner had for local cops, which led to former cops being hired in HR and maintenance.
"I tried leaving Facebook. I couldn’t" by Sarah Jeong https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/28/17293056/facebook-deletefacebook-social-network-monopoly
Great read, and this comment in a thread by her also hits home for me: https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/990974005162094599
On the bright side (I guess) after my profanity-laden rant, I feel a little better than I did before.
After gaining access, I took the liberty of exfiltrating supplies to strategic locations. 😤
I just lost my 💩 at work over janitorial supplies being kept under lock and key: stupid and frustrating.
Background: our maintenance guy is out with an injury, so as a group we're compensating by handling stuff on our own. But you can't just take out the trash and replace the bag without access to a special closet where the supplies are kept. You can't just replace the toilet paper, because of course you can't, someone might steal rolls of TP.
😠
@RussSharek @banjofox@dev.glitch.social @amphetamine @tinker
This made made me wonder how long DFW has been known as the Metroplex. I knew it was called that in the 1980s when I moved to Texas the first time. Turns out it originated in 1972, so 45+ years.
I think the term is less used now? I'm seem to hear North Texas more often...
:draenkin:
I wish I were as organized outside of the office as I manage to be at work. I wish I knew the reason for the difference.
The idea of the modern job application process is kind of disgusting, tbh.
It could be so much more humane.
My brain: *sudden nostalgia and regret for things I didn't do 30 years ago*
Me: Dude...
Review for cocktail bar: "It gets pleasantly crowded..."
This is a thing?! 😬
@applecandy @kensanata I use two heaping scoops using the bamboo scoop thingy. I haven't measured more closely than that.
@kensanata @applecandy A reason I felt compelled to take a picture was the nice foam.
And I don't use much water either -- 60-70 ml probably?
