Uh Bishop I promise White folks in Generation X know who Flavor Flav is 

No one ever told me that the “Holiday Party” for work (held at a restaurant on a Wednesday night and entirely self-paid) was basically “required.” I chose not to go as I’d have to pay for a babysitter and expensive food and booze (because where I’m from, if you don’t drink alcohol, or at least pretend to, then…

It wasn’t really my faux Pas, but years ago the hospital used to open the restaurant for a free buffet for staff on Christmas Day. Unfortunately, it only takes one person with poor hand hygiene to rummage through the vol au vents and you’ve got a potential disaster on your hands, which is what happened to me Boxing…

Uber: Sexual assault happens, ok? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Correctional officers are the worst of the worst. My husband’s application (years ago when we were struggling for money in a rural economic wasteland where making $12/hour meant you “made it”) was denied on the basis of him “lacking the integrity required” for the job - because he admitted to trying to grow a pot…

And those “privacy concerns” can be waived as a condition of employment.  So it’s nonsense.

That also requires the police to take these crimes seriously. Not a sure thing if you wore a short skirt, or had a couple of drinks, or voluntarily got into a car with a strange man (which would be every Uber/Lyft ride).

I didn’t say I worked in an office building? “While at work” is all encompassing.

Searched. Not STRIP searched without parental consent. Asshole 

Right?! His whole smug “c’mon ladies, it could be so much worse, quitcher whining” is LITERALLY THE WHOLE GODDAMN PROBLEM, CHAD.*

Just a hint for any guys who might be reading this. Rather than buying lingerie for your paramour, consider gifting them with a professional bra fitting and a gift certificate.

This. Obviously it’s unrealistic to expect any company to solve this kind of problem completely, but the denial, minimizing and “when you factor in the whole world it’s not THAT many” take is not discouraging this behavior. Hell, you might as well announce that as long as you don’t murder anybody or commit too many…

You’d think it would be easier to catch a rapist using Lyft/Uber than in a taxi. Just find out who was driving the victim when it happened, and give the details to the police to find and arrest the person. But of course that would require said ride-share companies to take those crimes seriously.

Additionally, that statistic only encompasses “serious” sexual assaults. “Lesser” offenses, such as verbal threats, asking for sex, and masturbation are not included.

The problem here isn’t that sexual assault exists in a taxi service like Uber (though, obviously that *is* a problem), the problem is that they do a terrible job of responding to events of sexual violence on their platform. They have the tools to make Uber much safer than a traditional taxi service (GPS tracking;…

Keep in mind these are only REPORTED instances of sexual assault, too. We all know that sexual assault statistics are grossly under-reported for a variety of reasons. How many times has someone ridden with an Uber driver that while they didn’t assault them, harassed them or behaved inappropriately? Then there’s the…

Oh, man, I was FUMING at the NPR story about this last night. I get the scale thing, and they’re not wrong about the fact that at those sheer numbers, you’re gonna have bad shit happen. But, look, we’re not asking Uber to fix humanity and solve the problem of sexual assault in society, we’re asking Uber to appropriatel…

How many zeros after the decimal before safety feels guaranteed—in an Uber and in the world at large?

I... I mean... Sure, they’re not wrong... BUT where they err is in assuming that statistical representation of sexual assault is normal to be present IN THE WORKPLACE, which is what Uber is for their drivers.

And the visit was still conducted through glass which prompts me to ask what the fuck contraband can anyone pass through glass that would make the strip search necessary?? This is an 8 year old child who will now be traumatized for life with regards to police authority. None of these people are thinking through the…