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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hard to argue with⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  She’s made videos and written books full of this vile bullshit. So, we know she’s all too real, unfortunately. She exists in Christian Fundamentalist influencer corner of the internet, which sure is something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How do they know when you’re not working your full 40 if you aren’t clocking in or out? I’m not familiar with Canadian labor law so you may very well be right, but it is kind of hard to imagine a legal pay structure where they can dock you for working fewer hours but don’t compensate you for working more.

  Friendly reminder that wage theft is very common and just because lots of people are breaking the law doesn’t mean it’s actually legal. For example in the States, there is a fairly narrow definition of which jobs qualify as overtime exempt but go to a jobs board and you’ll find pretty much anything under the sun. Many employees are incorrectly classified as exempt and are completely unaware they are even entitled to overtime pay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cursed wretched marketing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s also the amount of blue overlay. If you zoom way in, the cola can has much larger chunks of uninterrupted white, whereas the hand has a lot more blue interspersed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Florida restaurant chain says boosting pay and offering better benefits helped it end its labor shortage⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like, what the fuck do they teach people in business school these days?? Just cut costs endlessly? Like “I have this restaurant with no employees that serves nothing and charges $1B per customer. I will be rich!” ??

  I work in corporate retail, and yes, basically. It’s pretty wild how myopic senior leadership can be at times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hopsital⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That advice was born from women minorities struggling to get doctors to take their concerns seriously. Look, I get that medicine is a risk/benefit analysis, but patients also need some level of recourse if they aren’t being listened to. I can’t imagine what it would feel like to be pushing for tests because you know something is off, only to finally be tested and told it’s too late, maybe if it was caught sooner. Yet, we know this happens. We also know that women and minorities receive demonstrably different care. That fact alone shows there are plenty of situations where a patient may need to fiercely advocate for themselves and question their doctors’ judgment.

  I’m not saying completely ignore medical professionals and scream “lawsuit” because google. However, you live in your body and understand your own baseline more than anybody. Sometimes you absolutely can tell if something is truly wrong. Personally, I learned the difference between bad pain and there-is-something-fucking-wrong-you need-to-go-to-the-ER pain in my early 20s when I had ovarian torsion. Thankfully, I was at one of the best hospitals in the country, got a CT scan, and was in surgery lickety split. However, I met someone who had pretty much the exact same symptoms and story and ended up losing an ovary because she was sent home from the ER with them telling her it was normal cramps & anxiety.

  Ultimately, imo it should be about informed consent. If you’ve gotten the same answer from 5 doctors and you still want the biopsy, despite the risks that have been plainly laid out for your, then fine. If you end up paralyzed, then you have to deal with the consequences of your decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hopsital⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never tried this, but advice I’ve seen online is if your doctor won’t order testing, ask them to note in your chart that they are declining testing. Apparently the implicit threat of a lawsuit if they’re wrong is enough to kick at least some of them into CYA mode.