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Passenger locator form. May be required to be shown when you land back in England. Salzburg airport asking to see every single one of them. No way they were getting everyone through on time. Reps did nothing. 90 minutes late taking off, land in Bristol and swisspost don’t take the baggage off cos it’s an unscheduled flight. Anger ensues, nothing really done about it until I told some official that was our luggage and we were going to get it ourselves (implying that at least half the passengers present had my back, which was a lie) whereupon they rapidly found it all lol. Lucky to have got away at all but I hate it when they airport is basically manned by screens, no humans. I want someone to vent at!
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Originally posted by Cassius_Smoke View PostIt was almost a challenge at our school to make the toilets at devastated as possible. They were always flooded, **** in the urinal, toilet roll thrown at the wall.
Because I dislike the idea of corporal punishment. I don't believe it's right, and believe it's universally wrong for parents/teachers to hit kids.
But when I read things like this, and I remember my own similar experiences at school, it does make me think that there are some people who, when they do these things, need someone just to give them a slap and physically force them to clean it up.
And I hate that I feel like that.
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Originally posted by Asura View PostI'm really conflicted about this.
Because I dislike the idea of corporal punishment. I don't believe it's right, and believe it's universally wrong for parents/teachers to hit kids.
But when I read things like this, and I remember my own similar experiences at school, it does make me think that there are some people who, when they do these things, need someone just to give them a slap and physically force them to clean it up.
And I hate that I feel like that.
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Originally posted by Brad View PostPassenger locator form. May be required to be shown when you land back in England. Salzburg airport asking to see every single one of them. No way they were getting everyone through on time. Reps did nothing. 90 minutes late taking off, land in Bristol and swisspost don’t take the baggage off cos it’s an unscheduled flight. Anger ensues, nothing really done about it until I told some official that was our luggage and we were going to get it ourselves (implying that at least half the passengers present had my back, which was a lie) whereupon they rapidly found it all lol. Lucky to have got away at all but I hate it when they airport is basically manned by screens, no humans. I want someone to vent at!
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Originally posted by Asura View PostI'm really conflicted about this.
Because I dislike the idea of corporal punishment. I don't believe it's right, and believe it's universally wrong for parents/teachers to hit kids.
But when I read things like this, and I remember my own similar experiences at school, it does make me think that there are some people who, when they do these things, need someone just to give them a slap and physically force them to clean it up.
And I hate that I feel like that.
Originally posted by Cassius_Smoke View PostI definitely would have benefited from having someone sit down with me and tell me I didn't need to be a dickhead and I should concentrate on my studies instead.
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Originally posted by kryss View PostYou'd hate the TikTok challenges that appeared last summer. There were schools where kids were stealing the sinks from bathrooms.
But when kids did **** in the 80s and 90s there was none of that. It was being destructive for its own sake. Somehow that's worse.
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For the past year I've work from home. We all signed contracts that state we now pretty much work from home always, unless you want or need to come to the office.
12 months later they've reviewed the situation and found that overwhelmingly it's women choosing to work from home. Because of this the office space is 'Male Dominated' and they are now having discussions about removing wfh.
So because of a perception of a 'Male Dominated' work space, they'll remove wfh from women. Nice.
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Originally posted by Cassius_Smoke View PostFor the past year I've work from home. We all signed contracts that state we now pretty much work from home always, unless you want or need to come to the office.
12 months later they've reviewed the situation and found that overwhelmingly it's women choosing to work from home. Because of this the office space is 'Male Dominated' and they are now having discussions about removing wfh.
So because of a perception of a 'Male Dominated' work space, they'll remove wfh from women. Nice.
My office has committed to flexible working; but we also had an internal meeting about how we must not show favouritism for things like promotions for staff who work in-person vs. those who work at-home, or vice-versa.
That we've identified this is a concern is fine, because I can definitely see that this might happen unless it's addressed.
But I've no idea how we would address it, and I'm concerned it's going to get messy the first time someone feels they've been slighted and files a grievance.
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Originally posted by Asura View PostY'see, that bothers me less than what happened when I was a kid. Maybe it's destructive but there's a logic there. They're posting videos for likes, or hearts or whatever metric TikTok uses to allow people to validate themselves in place of a personality.
But when kids did **** in the 80s and 90s there was none of that. It was being destructive for its own sake. Somehow that's worse.
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Originally posted by Asura View PostThere are going to be a lot of bumps in the road, with this stuff.
My office has committed to flexible working; but we also had an internal meeting about how we must not show favouritism for things like promotions for staff who work in-person vs. those who work at-home, or vice-versa.
That we've identified this is a concern is fine, because I can definitely see that this might happen unless it's addressed.
But I've no idea how we would address it, and I'm concerned it's going to get messy the first time someone feels they've been slighted and files a grievance.
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