I have a similar story about a crazy driver at the ATM. I worked as a waiter for a long time, and often made large deposits on Sundays, as that was always a guaranteed off day as we were closed.

I’m not innocent in this one as I egged on the road rager, but it was fun..

It required “an integrated vehicle system that uses, at minimum, the GPS location of the vehicle compared with a database of posted speed limits”. Who maintains that database? Who ensures that cars continue to receive those data? How quickly do they require those data be updated for road work, etc? It was a…

If it’s a known issue and the failure mode is well known, I would expect there to be some kind of permanent fix- like shrink-wrapping the whole connector to keep moisture out. Pretty much every enthusiast car has at least one of these foibles.

So your worst day in 54 years was that you got sick? I don’t know whether to applaud or scold you. Count yourself lucky you haven’t had any actual hardships.

Swearing off an entire car for one easily-replaced part? Sounds like immature drama to me.

I agree with both of you, though both of you pointed out the solution for avoiding the consequences of a hypothetical situation.

This is like saying X number of people are losing money on their stock portfolio.

Plus, once he starts firing, he looks scared of his own gun. Even if the law says his response was reasonable, his lack of gun control should have resulted in charges. But... if your legal system says his response is reasonable, I guess gun control doesn’t matter. Everyone is just lucky there wasn’t a school bus ahead…

That guy was such a toolbox. Just seeing this gif makes my eyes roll so hard I’m worried one will fall out.

And?  I have a hose.

Not a single person can give me a compelling reason to own an EV that doesn’t include 1. responsibility to our planet, 2. not going to the gas station, 3. hauling kids around...

I agree with your greater point that employees should conduct themselves with professionalism and conscientiousness. But my point is this manager is ignoring a pretty big logical flaw when they claim temp workers’ 2% rate indicates that others are abusing the system.

in the last 12 years I have called out from sick 1 time

Okay, boomer.  The number of people calling out your toxic behavior should be a sign, but you think that sign says, “All is well, ignore criticism” don’t you?

You’re confused as to the target of your rage. YOUR EMPLOYER determined the appropriate amount of days and you seem to be upset someone uses those very days.

Well, thanks for spreading your colds and flus to the rest of your co-workers. I find this idea about “I never take sick days” to be utterly ridiculous.

You’re upset at an employee using all the sick time that he’s allowed? A whopping 14 days out of the ~250 working days in a year?  

If you only want them to take 5 or 8 days a year, then only give them that amount. It is absolutely your right to set the amount of sick/vacation days employees get, but see how many employees want to come work for you. If they are allowed 14 days off a year and don’t take all of them, then are you paying them…

If they have enough management to spare for home visits and shirk their actual job, sounds like they have too many in management.