I don't know who that is so I doubt it.
I don't know who that is so I doubt it.
Someone in my WoW guild (lolwut loser) is the gayest man ever, yet somehow his wife is in the guild too.
Just last night he was annoying us all, singing along to the [admittedly very good] crab song from Moana.
I'm a twit
The thing that annoys me more is he fronts about 15 different channels.
That is just good banter.
For all my Korean immersion and knowledge, I had no idea they had actually banned pornography. Explains a lot.
I think Ill put the capital of the People's Republic of Queensland and New Zealand in Brisbane where we work 5 day weeks.
Jacinda Ardern flags four-day working week as way to rebuild New Zealand after Covid-19
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...after-covid-19
I've never heard anyone suggest a four-day workweek as a means of promoting domestic tourism. The logic is...fine, I guess (presuming a 4 day workweek means 4x10 and not 4x8, so pay would remain constant), but it's a weird way of selling it.
I dont understand how most things work but this just comes across as a non starter.
@hfswjyr What is the vibe like where you are about this idea?
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We're already working a 4 day week in our office. At first it made sense due to our workloads being low but it looks like that's starting to pick up.
It sounds like a sop to the idea of shutting the borders for years (there will be whole areas of NZ kept going by foreign tourism). Not remotely workable, even in New Zealand.
The future is everyone working 2/3 days a week from home. Wins on childcare and work/life balance, wins on costs for business, doesn't lose vs international competitors who are working full weeks.
Meanwhile, in Jimmy's boss' office....
"Yes, everybody in the office 7 days a week! That's the ticket! If nobody goes home or meets their friends then nobody can catch anything! Brilliant!"
Alternate version is that he sacks everybody but Jimmy.
If he knew what my name was it would be a start. I walked past him the other day, said good morning, not even a flicker.
Johnny Ford Handlebars. I'll be working from home probably until they give me the boot. Or until they need bodies in to work the phones. Before this all kicked off, they were wanting to reduce the footprint in the office so I can only see this being permanent.
I'm sure I read once about some semi-prominent business leader of some sort who would freeze and not move or speak if confronted by a normal person trying to speak to him but I'm buggered if I can remember who.
It's entirely possible I'm thinking of a Simpsons episode...
Saw this yesterday and it does seem to be the more longer term future.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...rom-home-shift
Brings a whole new world of interesting problems regarding compensation, taxation, talent pool, etc as well as the mental health problems it will lead to during the adaptation phase but this is a revolution we'll live through in our lives.
You might get a few more people giving a shit about overtime.
I actually had a call from a Korean bloke yesterday, calling himself 'Kenny', brought back all kinds of nostalgia for the old shit squad - Hank Kim, Leemaster Lee, Grass Song, all the boys.
Hank Kim is a quality name.
One of our Kuala Lumpur office goes by "Bryan."
Leemaster Lee is a Korean rap star
The IT man in question was known only as 'Mr Han', like he was some kind of secret agent. He donned the system by maintaining both Korean and British passports (which you aren't allowed to do under Korean law).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52793339
What a pointless thing that is.
Something something four horsemen.
The related article has me more worried.
MURDER HORNETS!
EDIT: And this:
"Cover for me."
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They're just asian hornets aren't they? The things they murder are bees.
They kill 30-40 Japanese people a year, apparently, but then selfie sticks probably do double that.
I just linked it because I loved the phrase murder hornets. Plus them crushing bee colonies is ... fucking shit.
A lawyer firm made national news last year promoting their "4 day working week", or 32 hour weeks. Looked a bit like a publicity stunt, but apparently good enough for them to continue it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ccessful-trial
Due to business/workload, many companies (including mine) have already been working 4 day weeks with the 5th day as forced leave (annual leave or leave without pay). So we are already doing it. Could be a huge burden on people if it was made permanent (essentially a 20% pay cut).
Tourism, in particular overseas tourism, is huge for NZ. There are certainly many tourist towns feeling the financial pressure at the moment, most noticeably Queenstown. While domestic tourism will help, it won't be nearly enough to make up for the lack of international tourism who tend to be the largest spenders.
Interestingly enough, Australians tend to spend the most in NZ, so this trans-Tasman bubble could actually help.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/ne...ectid=12275346
The first feels like some proper gangstalking madness.
The second has spawned all kinds of memes.
I'm a twit
Fucking loving the uprising. The cunt was ironically originally done for cheque forgery too, the whitest of crimes.
https://youtu.be/721JQZw6Spg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220
People are buying basic USB drives that have "crystals" on them to protect from 5G for £339
https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/29/man-s...mpression=true
A man has been stoned to death in Kent. Fuck sake.
Bucolic. Picturesque.
I've never had a picturesque box of chocolates.
I only ever see pictures of villages on boxes of shortbread, to be fair.
Yes. Biscuit tin would have made sense.
lol.