Well, firstly, these policies aren't based on anecdotal evidence but rather are based on statistical evidence. So let's start there.

Except that many of the opportunities you received were due to you being a white male. You already had your affirmative action, like all rich white men before you did as well.

Yeah, that is one of those indicators. He also always uses the adjectives "tremble," and "shake" when talking about their various trysts. Those are interesting adjectives in that they can mean either pleasure or fear. It's been years since I read it, but I remember there being a few times when she is crying and he…

Also, anyone creeped out by how much Katy Perry looks like Elijah Wood in the video still?

Wow. I just learned so much about pop music. What about that Taylor Swift song that sounds like that U2 song from the early 2000s?

Yeah, I don't think that people understand that you're reading the book from Humbert Humbert's perspective. Hints of the real Lolita come in from time to time - her crying uncontrollably for reasons that Humbert can't understand, etc. That's the whole brilliance of the book.

Yes, but are they "fiercely" real?

Actually, it is the job of the government to ensure future tax revenues to support social services. Looking out for other people is actually considered a good thing in most other nations. America is the weird one.

And yet, if a worker does not show up for a few days, chaos ensues. If a manager doesn't show up for a few days, absolutely nothing bad happens. The only reason why they are indispensable is because they make themselves indispensable by ensuring that decisions must go through them for approval.

I don't doubt the play a role, mainly one of being a figurehead at the top of a hierarchy which is an organization that is more easily digestible in our cultural landscape. However, I do think they pay their C-level executives their salaries for "funsies." There is absolutely no justifiable reason for compensation…

They don't really make decisions though - they sit in a room and say the decisions that have already been made by others (through research and reporting) out loud. They have very little to do with the decision making process other than opening up their mouths.

I'm obviously not the only person who has come to this conclusion after working for several large companies. Anything that needs to be dealt with at the executive level, actually comes down below executive level to get done (any reports whether they are financial, marketing or otherwise), and then are given back up to…

That's okay - I figured. Though it did make me look back at my posts and scour them for misspellings and errors.

Holy crap, this makes me sad. I remember commenting on one of your first stories comparing you to the late-Richard Lawson (no, he's not dead, but he may as well be), and you messaged me thanking you for the complement. This makes me so sad for so many reasons (not least of which that I didn't realize you could go from…

Awesome.

Did you mean to reply to me? I'm on the same page as you, simply replying to the "business founder" above who feels justified exploiting his workers. I also feel like the person above might be trolling though - either that or he needs to invest in a good copyeditor.

Totally agree. The main feature of this particular executive was a complete lack of management skill (though she lacked any knowledge of the department she headed either). However, though she was demoted within the company, she still is in a position of power that she is completely unqualified for, leading me to…

I think it's a matter of the disparity of compensation that is really the issue here. In America's 350 biggest companies, executives were paid 231 times as much as the average private-sector employee. That kind of disparity is not only unjustified, but it also promotes a hostility that I doubt is conducive to a…