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‘It’s a very easy job to lose’

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  • MikM Offline
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    Mik
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    #8

    My daughter did Instacart contractor for a few weeks when she first got to North Carolina. It was very relaxed, and she did not accept any jobs that paid less than $20 or did not hve a tip.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • MikM Offline
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      #9

      That said, I hate being late. It smacks of bad planning And I'm a LOT better looking than Horace.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • Catseye3C Offline
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        #10

        Going by George's article, a job like that would drive me insane. I'd last five minutes before I told the C-Man behind the app to eff off.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        • JollyJ Offline
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          I admit it. I can be late sometimes. Nah, I can be a couple of minutes late, a lot.

          And I'm not good looking.

          But I'm A) extremely reliable (missed four days work in 34 years, B) extremely rugged (I led my section in OT for over twenty years, and C) I wasn't half bad at what I did.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • JollyJ Jolly

            I admit it. I can be late sometimes. Nah, I can be a couple of minutes late, a lot.

            And I'm not good looking.

            But I'm A) extremely reliable (missed four days work in 34 years, B) extremely rugged (I led my section in OT for over twenty years, and C) I wasn't half bad at what I did.

            George KG Offline
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            George K
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            #12

            @Jolly said in ‘It’s a very easy job to lose’:

            I'm A) extremely reliable (missed four days work in 34 years

            Pussy.

            I missed zero days from 1989 to 2016..

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • Doctor PhibesD Online
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              #13

              That job sounds awful. If you monitor your people all the time, clearly demonstrating that you don't trust your employees even to take reasonable bathroom breaks, what kind of loyalty or professionalism do you expect to receive in return?

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                That job sounds awful. If you monitor your people all the time, clearly demonstrating that you don't trust your employees even to take reasonable bathroom breaks, what kind of loyalty or professionalism do you expect to receive in return?

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                Axtremus
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                #14

                @Doctor-Phibes said in ‘It’s a very easy job to lose’:

                That job sounds awful. If you monitor your people all the time, clearly demonstrating that you don't trust your employees even to take reasonable bathroom breaks, what kind of loyalty or professionalism do you expect to receive in return?

                They don’t. These are employers who decided to rely on sensors and algorithms.

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                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                  #15

                  George was never late and never missed a day?

                  Asshole! Making the rest of us look bad!😛

                  The Brad

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                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                    George was never late and never missed a day?

                    Asshole! Making the rest of us look bad!😛

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                    George K
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                    #16

                    @LuFins-Dad said in ‘It’s a very easy job to lose’:

                    George was never late and never missed a day?

                    That's right.

                    I always planned on being at work 20 min early. When I worked in the city, the weather and traffic were an issue. On the days when I was running the OR, I'd show up 35 minutes early. That way, I could get a cup of coffee, have a smoke and see the schedule. So, "late" for me was "later than I want to be" but never late to start working.

                    When the kids were little, I took about 4 sick days due to transmitted illnesses (that was from 1980 through 1988). But from 1989 to 2016, no sick days.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      LuFins Dad
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                      #17

                      Jerk! Making the rest of us look bad!

                      The Brad

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                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        Jerk! Making the rest of us look bad!

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                        George K
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                        #18

                        @LuFins-Dad said in ‘It’s a very easy job to lose’:

                        Jerk! Making the rest of us look bad!

                        Traffic going downtown in the 1980s wasn't that bad - if you left home at 6:00. Private practice was much easier - it was a 12 minute drive.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                          #19

                          We have flexi-time where I work, but you're supposed to be in by 9am. Typically people start between 7.30 and 8.00.

                          I was once told off by my former boss for getting in late (at 8.15). Tosser.

                          I was only joking

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