TheFlopster

@TheFlopster@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy told me to make a lamb cake. Went about as well as I expected.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wilford* Brimley. But I still enjoyed your joke. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bravery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I use “Huzzah” on the regs. It starts ironically, and then before you know it, it’s in your lexicon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z is ‘task masking’ in the workplace. How harmful is it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As the article points out, pretending to do work and look busy isn’t new.

  It happens for a lot of reasons, and I’m sure I’m leaving some out:

  • I’m constantly overworked, and pretending to work will keep something new from being pushed into my lap.
  • I hate this company and I’m collecting a paycheck until I can find something better. Who cares if I’m actually working.
  • My supervisor has been told by the higher ups that if the workers don’t look busy when they walk by, then we certainly don’t need any more workers (despite the fact that the workload has natural fluctuations and we do need more people).
  • I only get paid so much. If there aren’t any tasks for me today, great. They’re not going to get me to ask for more work, or work beyond my job description.
  • I’m only doing just enough work to not get hassled or fired (a la Office Space).
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to chop wood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh, I’ll play! I’m 40 years old. I write checks every month to pay my rent, which has to be delivered to their office either by snail mail or in person (no online payment option). The last time I saw a dedicated fax machine was my retail job in 2008. The last time I used a deposit slip was three years ago when I deposited a gallon bag of change in person with a bank teller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy birthday, peon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never heard of a company giving you your birthday off either. But it’s the only day every year that I feel special, so I always use vacation time to have that day off. And usually a couple of days surrounding it too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨news⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And The Handmaid’s Tale was supposed to be fiction. But here we are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer and Longer⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “All living spaces near office buildings are getting more and more unaffordable”

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to save the future! (by Centurii-chan)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I gotchu fam. c/risa represent!