TrueStoryBob
@TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world
- Comment on We are so cooked 2 weeks ago:
Still… I expect hurricanes in Florida, not in Tennessee.
- Comment on I'll care when I work for a co-op that is equally owned by all the workers. 1 month ago:
I mean, like the OP said, unless it’s a worker owned co-op or, at the very least, a small mom-n-pop that treats their workers fairly.
- Comment on I'll care when I work for a co-op that is equally owned by all the workers. 1 month ago:
One time at a TV station I worked for, the manager of our marketing department decided that three $90k pieces of robotic studio camera equipment were actually fun toys with which he could (without training) just mess around. I came into the studio that day to find two of my fellow production department coworkers trying desperately to wrangle the situation. At one point, the manager nearly crashed two of these robots into one another and my co-worker threw himself onto the emergency stop switch halting the imminent collision and, potentially, tens of thousands of dollars of damage.
Knowing we had work to do with these units shortly and having been trained on how to reset everything after an emergency shutdown, I turned to the manager at the control panel. Y’all, as the words “wait let me help you reset it” were coming out of my mouth he shouted directly in my face “I said I fucking got it!” So… I threw up my hands and walked to the break room, which was across the hallway from the chief engineer’s office. About two minutes later the marketing manager walked into the chief engineer’s office saying “hey [chief engineer], we’re having a problem with the studio robotics, can you come take a look?”
My coworkers told me that, the moment the door closed behind me, the manager turned back to the robotic controller and said “I don’t think I’ve got this.” An hour later, the GM sent out an email announcing basically “union shop rules” for the incredibly expensive robotic equipment… essentially: if you’re not trained on them, don’t touch and we weren’t training anyone else. Come to find out that when my coworkers explained what happened to the chief engineer (who had fought corporate bean counters for nearly five years to get us these robotic units), he had apparently chewed the marketing manager out to the point of causing an HR situation and nearly succeeded in getting the idiot fired.
Since then, every time I realize that I am doing something that will make the company more money or even just save them money, I always think back to that moment of “I said I’ve fucking got it” and stop what I’m doing. I’ll do a ton of extra work to make my job and my coworkers’ jobs easier long term, but I am NEVER going to intentionally contribute to making any place at which I work run more profitably. It’s just not worth it.
- Comment on Thank god "shit" is censored 2 months ago:
OMG, are y’all dating now?
- Comment on Anon lives with his sister 2 months ago:
Sounds like they have a lot in common… it’s a nice meet cute.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
If the USA were to have a general strike, it’s more than likely that the UAW would be the ones calling for it. They’re a very large union of which most Americans are aware and likely have a very high approval amongst average people.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I’d urge you to organize your workplace and form a union. You can contact organizers at the AFL-CIO (a kind of union of unions in the US) and find which union is right for your workplace. If you don’t work but are still able to do physical or intellectual labor, start getting as involved in your local community as possible… volunteer at food banks, after school programs, nursing homes, etc. The more people you can reach out to and help or with whom you can organize the better. A massive action like a general strike isn’t just organized over night… it takes communities with common cause and familiarity with one another.
If anyone is doing a general strike, odds are it’ll be like United Auto Workers kicking shit off. Maybe the railroad folks or the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, but more likely the UAW will lead the charge.
You’re on the right track asking “how to” and that’s great! Organizing is a rough road, but it’s vital and worth it. United we bargain, divided we beg.
- Comment on Player two has entered the lobby 3 months ago:
That it is Edward. That it is indeed.
- Comment on Elder Scrolls Online developer votes to unionise 3 months ago:
Good for them! United we bargain, divided we beg!
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 4 months ago:
No problem! I work in television/live streaming production. Finding and buying “dumb” monitors when we build out new sets and presentation spaces is literally part of my job.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 4 months ago:
It is still possible to buy “dumb” TV’s. Tons of businesses need them for display purposes (like at fast food restaurants and corporate expos, etc, etc), but you need to search for commercial displays. Like this one.
- Comment on New mobile features are sh*t these days 5 months ago:
Larger form factors also means more room for batteries. Granted, larger screens require them, but I think my point stands. I’ve been on the Samsung Note since like the Note 4 (I think). The larger amount of screen real estate is genuinely a welcome upgrade and that’s the whole point of the foldables… it’s the next evolution of the “phablet.”
- Comment on Relationship goals 5 months ago:
Seriously. Straight dudes are missing TF out.
- Comment on Favoirte indepth youtube channels? 6 months ago:
“And, of course, this podcast is sponsored by the Claymore Corporation! Remember folks, Claymore Landmines: fuck the person directly in front of you!”
- Comment on Favoirte indepth youtube channels? 6 months ago:
The granddaddy of science fiction and futurism channels is [Science Fiction and Futurism with Isaac Arthur] (youtube.com/@isaacarthursfia?si=TltO6YC-Q-MedDM4). The channel has content for days about all kinds of shenanigans humans could be getting up to in space and beyond.
A close second is futurist and science fiction author John Michael Godier.
- Comment on Crypto bros have discovered idle games, and the results are incredibly boring 6 months ago:
Worse case scenario… you get a horse.
- Comment on My new company let me join the union on my first day, within their onboarding app 7 months ago:
Jesus, my Moto G from 2022 has that feature… Apple is a bunch of aasholes.
- Comment on Why do we put up with this crap? 8 months ago:
I mean, in the 1950’s, the planes with all the fancy food and service were basically full first class flights… to return to that weed have to have single class/first class flights and the prices to match.
- Comment on Virginia is shrinking! 8 months ago:
They know what they did.
- Comment on Meet my new puppy: Ass! 10 months ago:
Awe… little Burrito. So cute.
- Comment on FTC Non-compete rule published in Federal Register 11 months ago:
Whoa. This is freaking huge in the media/entertainment industry.
- Comment on Derps of Tiktok 1 year ago:
I remember watching her first interview with Tucker Carlson and thinking “oh thank god she’s a black hole for charisma.” She’s just a void of intellect and nuance collapsing in on itself… of course Ron DeSantis likes her.
- Comment on Nerding out in group is fun tho 1 year ago:
For anyone unfamiliar, “Science Fiction and Futurism with Isaac Arthur” is a prolific YouTube channel. He’s out of dozens -of not hundreds- of hours about everything from building archologies to settling what’s left at the end of the universe. What that guy does is genuinely a public service and he’s gotten awards for his work.
- Comment on Nerding out in group is fun tho 1 year ago:
An Acquaintance: “Oh my goodness and they said that people could actually be living on Mars soon! Isn’t that just neat-o?”
Me: Having watched enough hours of “Science Fiction and Futurism with Isaac Arthur” to qualify for a doctorate
Me: “Yep. Sure is super neat-o.”
- Comment on I dont understand why I have to bring a bottle to the restaurant 1 year ago:
Perfection.
- Comment on Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. 1 year ago:
My Nephew: “What’s a fax machine?”
Me: “A landline network of low quality printers people used to use to do invoices and file for divorce.”
My Nephew: “Landline?”
- Comment on This toilet paper at my work 1 year ago:
They can fucking try.
- Comment on This toilet paper at my work 1 year ago:
My work switched to a double ply… instantly the toilets got clogged. GM blamed it on women’s sanitary products. I have half a mind to lead our own little protracted people’s war against him until the plumbing gets fixed.