Comparing the government-run census (which is used for a huge range of purposes that you'll learn about when you get to high school someday) is a VERY DIFFERENT from a private company requiring its employees with threat of a penalty to disclose health information for very ambiguous reasons. I participate in the census…

"Sucks to be me"? Are you 12?

My sense is that this policy has no impact on the retail-level employees.

I did review the source, buddy. This is taken from the LA Times article that Jezebel referenced:

I keep looking for mentions of how many store-level CVS employees (stockers, cashiers) are actually eligible for the company's health insurance; I imagine most of them are part-time at most, and full-timers are really just the managerial staff and up.

You might have to go to HR anyway (perhaps an anonymous note will suffice, if you don't feel good about approaching them directly and being the face of the complaint). I know what it's like to be in a situation where you don't think HR would come to your rescue, but she might be required to let them know that she's…

Your post is chock full of dealbreakers for me. You're not asking for gilded napkins and diamond centerpieces on every table, and he should understand that you'd want your best friend there. That should be a negotiation (and not a scenario in which you have to "beg" for his approval). It's one thing to be cheap, and…

@Picomouse—I didn't know who Till was until I moved to Chicago, but I think that was coincidental ("Through the Wire," etc etc). I sense that a lot of curriculum leaves out mentions of him because the story is so brutal, but I agree it is an important lesson and needs inclusion. Most of the civil rights discussions in…

The crappiest part of that horrible wedding I went to is that the bride must have gotten wind of my leaving early (after I checked in with her) from my tablemates, and we haven't spoken since (I just got iced out of her friend circle). I got a weird thank you note from her just for the gift I bought (and not for…

My concern is that I was really enthusiastic about her wedding when we talked about it a few weeks ago, and suddenly I'm not going.

A friend of mine is getting married this summer. I see her maybe 1-2 times per year, and we email on occasion. We had dinner a few weeks ago, and she talked about her wedding planning. I naturally asked questions, etc. even though I'm not personally too keen on weddings and marriage. But anyway. She told me that I was…

I'm very anti-Landmark Forum, so I love how the article talks about how Lululemon requires employees to attend LF sessions as a negative thing (which they ultimately are), followed by an asterisked correction that looks like a lawyer-induced backpedaling about how great and popular LF is...

Seconded. Fantastic, quick read.

You will know when it is time, but try to do this before his symptoms get too out of control. That would be a terrible thing to witness. But like the other commenter said, he's not going to improve, and the most loving thing you could do is put him out of his suffering. I'm sorry for your circumstances.

I know a guy who recently went back to school to finish his undergrad nursing degree—he looks like Lurch from the Addams Family, has below average social skills, and loves war memorabilia—and he very earnestly boasts to his friends that because he's a guy, he'll make more when he is out in the field. His goal was to…

Bitch, go back to high school.

Was always chosen last because I was overweight. Most of the top athletes in my school were also popular kids, so it would always start with ability and then dwindle down to who was socially valuable. It was humiliating to be on teams and I just kind of withdrew and prayed for gym to end. I learned nothing from these…

Jackson was so good-looking before he stuck his face in the plastic surgery machine.

I think Klein was in on it—his nurse was the kid's mother. I think he was mum about it until Jacko died, and started dropping hints to the press that he was Prince's dad. The resemblance is so uncanny.

Prince's bio dad is most likely Michael's dermatologist Arnold Klein, who even went so far as to post side by side pics on his FB page: