Okay that settles it. I hated these damned places before, now we move to firebombing.... kidding. But why the hell are we not done with the whole “unhealthy food and sexual harassment” as business model.

That is all correct except the part of her not being a real judge... although I guess if you wrote that she is not a real judge anymore I might have taken it. She was a semi famous tough as nails judge in family court before going to TV. full disclosure... I efffing love watching judge judy. She is often too mean, but…

Actually, I figure that is probably what happened. Most large companies are not so direct because they have attorneys. But every organization has a dumbass or two.

Excellent piece

I worked at a place in the nineties, where two people got fired within about a month of each other. Both of them were jackasses and not very bright. Here is what has always puzzled me is the second guy. The first guy was caught really quick and let go instantly, it was semi public and everyone knew about it. the Guy…

Not sure how cleanly this story relates to the overall phenomenon of police brutality, racial bias and corruption, but.....

The convictions question varies widely from state to state. In many states (including mine) asking about a person’s criminal history is de riguer, and it is perfectly legal to exclude them from employment based on past convictions. This prompts some people who have served their time to simply lie on applications. That…

This happened to me when temping all the time. I would show up at a job, where they say they need someone a week to help with the giant backlog. I work steadily for a day, and they realize that their own staff are just lazy. I find out the next day that I had cleared the backlog and they don’t need me back.

I had a very similar experience, with a different company in the early 90s. It was clearly a pyramid scheme dressed as a job opportunity. What killed it for me in the interview was when the “interviewer” asked me to name some of my friends that I could sell to. He wanted their actual names. I gave the name of someone…

This is technically correct, but asking about religion is heavily discouraged because it suggests discrimination, and can be evidence of it. If he did not get the assignment, the mention of religious questions is enough to get an investigation started. Family issues are usually a little safer, although they can…

Under what kind of contract does the school get to decide what food the family of its student’s buy and bring. I could see the parents making demands on the school, but cannot figure out why the school thinks it has any say the other way.

Is the school going to pay the mom back for what they threw away. Also, Oreos are cheaper than apples... duh. And also, Oreos are awesome.

Of course the name might have something to do with it. Neither Lulu nor Lemon are particularly masculine. Fruit names in general do not go well to men. nor do flowers. Now if it was Momo Metal or Lenny Leather... maybe.

This whole thing was making me nuts this morning. I have since learned that some areas use the word “dip” and some places use the word “scoop.” If it was called hand scooped shake.. I bet that guy (who in the story is travelling away from home) had no idea, so it sounded strange. But the server, who only knows dip,…

Well this is helpful. I think I’ve got it!!!!! Somewhere in America they use the word “dip” in the same way everyone I know uses the word “scoop”. The act of sticking an ice cream scoop in the ice cream and pulling it out is for some bizarre reason called a dip. whew.... you have know idea how much this was screwing…

Okay... so clearly an entire subset of Americans (regional maybe) are completely unfazed by the use of dip in the context of shake. In my experience Dipping is to take something and stick in something else and then immediately remove it.... does it mean something else in some other place?

Someone tell me what dipping has to do with shakes? Please I have to know. I someone dipping the shake in chocolate sauce or something? I must know???

Its not a stupid question at all... how the hell do you dip a shake? In what way is that different than a normal shake preparation? What the hell is going on???

Clearly she was just not a very clear headed person.

Lobster crackers. I can totally see myself doing this.