ThePowerOfGeek
@ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
- Comment on McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve drinks and some locations may charge for refills 5 weeks ago:
I have no idea why anyone still goes to McDogsbreath (I’ll likely hear some reasons in responses to this comment, but I’ve heard them before and don’t buy them). Back in the day I rarely had positive experiences when I was dragged out there reluctantly. Plasticy food of subpar quality, and very uncomfortable, plastic furniture.
And in recent years, between the prices quadrupling, the limited menu for people who don’t like burgers, the shite Wi-Fi, and now them not even being willing to lose 10c on a relatively small % of customers who get a soda refill… Why go there at all! There are so many better fast food options than that disaster of a chain.
- Comment on Every time I drive by it, I get a little angrier... 1 month ago:
That’s some low-key trolling there.
I like it.
- Comment on Every time I drive by it, I get a little angrier... 1 month ago:
Nah, they are just saying that to live is to short the market.
- Comment on " I think your fake eyelashes are messing up " Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett argue 1 month ago:
Sadly, they won’t. This kind of belligerent stupidity is exactly what the majority of voters in her district love to see. The arseholes who vote for her are gleefully fucking over the entire country because they think this kind of shit equates to “OwNiNg tHe LiBs!!1!”
- Comment on I like this text. In which Lemmy community can I best share it ? Thanks. 2 months ago:
No, you are correct about the number of posts. But it looks like the community is only about 2 weeks old. And if they focus on quality over quantity that post count isn’t a bad thing.
- Comment on What do companies get out of rewards programs 2 months ago:
To add to point #3, they can also sell on the customer data they collect to marketing companies for added revenue.
- Comment on World of Warcraft boss says Microsoft is happy to 'let Blizzard be Blizzard,' but I'm not sure that's entirely true 2 months ago:
A toxic workplace, almost no customer support, and plenty of micro-transactions?
- Comment on How do I get my suit tailored? 2 months ago:
Where I live there are a few little mom-and-pop dry cleaning businesses that do clothing alterations for a reasonable price.
- Comment on Why do people hate TV shows like The Biggest Loser and My 600-lb Life? 3 months ago:
So now they are The Leering Channel.
- Comment on Dollar General employees quit at Mineral Point, Wisconsin store 3 months ago:
This story reminds me of the Last Week Tonight review of dollar stores.
- Comment on Plastic tea bags 3 months ago:
Some brands now use plant or cellulose derived material for their tea bags. Though they still use plastic for the outer wrappers, which is a bit annoying.
- Comment on Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her 5 months ago:
I’ve interacted with lots of HR employees over the years. And for quite a while my wife worked in that field, so I’ve had some ‘inside’ insight into the field. And I largely agree with you.
Like with any field, there are good people and bad people in there. My wife (and most of her colleagues) was one of the good ones. She intervened many times at her old job to stop out of control managers from firing store employees for bullshit reasons. Yes, part of that was to avoid the company getting into legal trouble for it. But an equal part was because she wanted to help these employees, because they were clearly being mistreated by their managers. And while not to that level, I’ve been helped by other decent HR people who went above and beyond company policies to help me during things like bereavement and healthcare needs.
I’ve also dealt with some absolute shit-heel HR people. People who would spend almost all day spying on employees using CCTV to try to catch them doing something - anything - that they could write them up for. People who would go out of their way to hide and ignore evidence of managers vindictively punishing employees who they (the managers) didn’t like. People would use their power as HR professionals to exploit vulnerable employees for sexual motives.
It’s a mixed bag. To say all HR people are good is facile (side note: I know you weren’t doing that). And equally, to slate all HR employees is also wrong.
- Comment on The full source code for GTA 5 has been publicly leaked 6 months ago:
Grand Theft Video (Game)
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid? 6 months ago:
I wouldn’t necessarily say ‘stupid’. But lacking in sufficient empathy? Fearful of different people (to the point of being irrationally hostile to them)? Feel entitled? Are smug and sanctimonious about their beliefs? Get to caught up on what other people do with their lives and want you control them?..
Then yes. Definitely.
- Comment on The Downfall of Amazon: Dangerous Products, Fake Reviews & Vanishing Brands - Louis Rossman 6 months ago:
I’ve noticed the same thing better in the US. I looked at getting some toothpaste my kids like and it was about $7 on Amazon. Got it at my local Target store via an online order for under $4.
- Comment on This page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read. 6 months ago:
My subconscious autocorrected that the first time I read it. It was only after reading your comment and going back to look again that I realized they had not written “There are”.