There was a fight about it but our right leaning government pushed it through regardless. We've now also got a problem with "zero hour" contracts that have no guaranteed hours of work. You could be rostered for 1 hour or 40 for the week. It's absolutely disgraceful and is being abused in the fast food industry. Often…

They've actually sneaked it on the books in NZ too with a "90 trial period" that can be put into your employment contract. allows the employer to fire you without reason and without recourse to the Employment Relations Authority.

That secret shopper story is so infuriating. Why do people put up with such lax employment protections? Not that its exactly the same but this lady got 4 grand after being fired for complaining about a rape joke. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/bette… The important bit is where the ruling states "Whatever the…

Israel is practising straight up Apartheid and has been for decades. I grew up in South Africa and it boggles my mind how more people don't come to that realisation. Israel was the only country in the world to recognise the racially divided "Bantustans" established by Apartheid South Africa because they saw in it a…

Dare I call it.... the Roofitini?

This looks some someone didn't bother to open the roofies capsule and just threw in a fistful.

Is that.... is that Adam and Steve?

I love your story so much, I've tried to type out why for about 15 drafts now and it's just not working without sounding weird. It just hits all the right "family love" buttons I guess is the simplest way to put it.

Not steve?

This is classic victim blaming, "I completely agree that the hospital and CDC are to blame here. That said, she knew she was at risk" is no different to "I don't approve of rape, that said, look at what she was wearing".

All the best with your ER bills then.

If you have such a serious food allergy to an ingredient common in restaurants that it could put you in the hospital, it seems pretty reckless to be eating out at restaurants. I'm allergic to bullets so I don't go sit downrange at the gun club.

It's like watching the sprinkling kid double down.

Must be a US thing. the only way you'd get away with not paying for something you ordered where I've lived was if the restaurant had fucked up (wrong items, wrong ingredient, foreign matter etc etc). Tough shit if you didn't like it. Of course that's the general rule, some places might make exceptions but if you're…

You're talking about a chicken schnitzel there.

I had a friend once bring out a potty for her daughter in the middle of the lounge at a family bbq. WAS NOT IMPRESSED.

It looks good! I'd have no problems rocking that in my living room.

But he did use images owned by other potato guys! he's kickstarting his first potato salad, where did the potato salad pictures come from? hmmm? omg I'm arguing over potato salad smh.