You CAN do anything you like. People might be less inclined to be around you or talk to you depending on what you do, however.

I fucked up my hip p bad and got the best pain meds probably in the world for it (eventually, that’s a different story) and even though it still hurt, I was high off my ass and didn’t care as much.

‘Behavioral science’ as it is practiced by police departments is no more accurate or specific than your average astrology reading. It isn’t science, it’s science-y. I cannot find any studies which demonstrate that criminal profiling is as effective as evidence-based investigations, but I can find several that note…

Lol I must drive like a maniac or something (my husband thinks I drive like a grandma) because you guys keep featuring rally techniques that I use in my DD and didn't know they were A Thing.

I’m not proud that my knee-jerk response was skepticism, but it still didn’t seem off enough to outright accuse him of faking the attack. MAGA bros have really detached from reality these days; I mean, my former rep in IOWA flies a Confederate flag on his desk which is just completely divorced from anything even…

Uh yeah, duh. I want to do cool shit, not have to worry about whether I’m doing the right thing or like, not get to do cool shit sometimes.

Idgaf what they're called, I just load 'em and shoot 'em.

Obviously it’s pretty bad for a CO to say this even if he thinks it’s a joke but JFC this guy clearly has zero judgement. How do you, as a fucking precinct commander, not have it beaten into your head that 1. you represent your force and you can’t be getting into social media pissing matches with rappers 2. You're a…

It seemed to me that a minute after news of this attack broke, suddenly everyone knew he’d faked it. What the hell did I miss?

Lol thank you, I knew I was aware of this practice but couldn't remember how and I didn’t think my Michigander parents had passed it down.

Like I said, I understand why you and others are hesitant to report because nothing has been done, but you are all going about this in the wrong way. Tl;dr: if you think the company will choose to or be forced to take action against this person by your documentation, the absolute worst thing you can do is wait to…

If you wait to report everything at once, they most likely will not fire him right there, it will only start the process of progressive discipline. It will also call your motives into question. Basically, the longer you hold onto it without reporting to at least HR, the less valuable and more dangerous it becomes.

In the scenario you described, you should have been paid for 74 hours straight (40+34) and 6 hours OT. Cutting your hours on the second week has no bearing on what you have to be paid the first week, because overtime is determined by work week, not pay period. “Averaging of hours over two or more weeks is not…

In general, whether a person has a diagnosed condition or no, if the employer perceives the employee to have a disability that limits their abilities it’s covered under ADA (if the employee discloses and can do the job with reasonable accommodations). It would, of course, be very difficult to document that.

IDK what state you’re in but overtime is usually calculated by week, not pay period. Your workweek may start on a weird day so that you work overtime in a calendar week but not in a workweek, which is legal if a shitty thing to do. Many states also have overtime per day; when I worked in Iowa, anything over 10 hours…

This sounds like the perfect excuse to start making donuts at home.

You started off saying whatever miserable schmuck has to live in this joyless space is being deprived of human comfort. But the thing is, if it brings someone joy, not only is it not joyless, it’s perfect for them even if it doesn’t fit your idea of good design.

I have very few items that bring me joy. I have things I prefer to have, but most of it is it out of utility, and even the things I love are very functional.

I came down here to post this. Driving on the shoulder is not a zipper merge and whether I’ll allow them in totally depends what mood you catch me in, but there's ALWAYS someone who has something to say about how zipper merging is line cutting.

You won the Nansaaaay roulette.