Yep, I’m in the US. Floating holidays may be something you’re more likely to find at larger employers. I don’t recall having any when I worked at a small nonprofit, but I’ve had them when I’ve worked for large entertainment companies like the one I’m working for now.

Generally, a day off that doesn’t count against your sick day, vacation time and/or personal time, depending what your benefits package looks like.

Oh, I didn’t take it that way at all! I figured you were rhetorically questioning the situation, because it’s kinda gross when you think about it. Back then, it just seemed a little weird to me. It’s only in hindsight that I realized it was a harbinger of things to come.

This was an Alaska cruise, and was not on a cruise line that markets itself to families with young kids or 20-something partiers. If I had to guess, I’d say about half the passengers were senior citizens, and most of the rest were middle-aged couples. I never saw more than 10 kids in the designated kids activity area.…

I’m voting Snow because he’s shown a talent for getting himself killed. Team Mormont all the way.

My family went on a cruise a few weeks before I departed for college. I don’t know how my mother got it into her head that it was something we just HAD to do - but there we were, bottom deck, the four of us crammed into a tiny cabin. My brother was 13, and there were a few kids his age on the ship. I was 17 and, as…

First off: The whole situation sucks, and it is not your fault. The guy is a manipulating shitass.

Plus, I think the IOC likes having Los Angeles to use as a threat.

Los Angeles is making a solid bid for the 2024 games, but the pitch is basically, “We have all the venues already, and we turned a profit last time.”

Oh, blatantly. FIFA at least pretends to be offended by accusations of impropriety. The IOC is like, “Well, yeah. We couldn’t possibly have an Olympics without a reception with the head of state, special lanes for our vehicles and extended bar hours at the hotel - which must rate 4 or 5 stars, of course. Make sure the…

I can’t speak for the original poster, but for me it was 2000. I watched as Supreme Court justices largely appointed by Republicans handed the election to the Republican, thanks to ballot shenanigans in a state run by the Republican's brother.

I work on a website that publishes user movie reviews.

1968, maybe? That was a year full of “oh, SHIT” moments.

If you’re limiting the pool to in-person auditions, then supply and demand comes into it.

AAAAAAAHHHHHH!

And the thing is, this was while George Michael was reeling off hits left and right. There’s no way someone around the same age as the bride and groom - so, early/mid 20s - wouldn’t have seen the Father Figure video.

Way back in the day, someone I worked with got married in a quickly-planned wedding just before the groom’s visa was up. Since it was a small affair, someone made a mix tape for them. The couple picked the first song, and left the rest to the maker of the mix tape.

No candidate is totally clean. You have to decide which dirt you can live with.

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Wait, are they trying to say these are the first women signed to a previously all-male minor league American baseball team? ‘Cause Eri Yoshida beat them by about 6 years.