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    DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    @liiya what's good to do in Manchester if you're a hipster foodie? My sister has a few days there

    @tynic not liiya, but 6 years of working in Manchester left an impression on my waistline. Here's what I can remember

    Changos on Oxford road for burritos.
    Crazy Pedro's for great pizza.
    Home sweet home in the northern quarter for cakes as big as a small child and comfort food.
    North tea power for a nice cup of tea and a sit down
    Koffee pot for breakfast (knows the difference between Irish and English breakfast)
    Almost famous burgers for ridiculous burgers
    Fazenda does an all you can eat meat buffet with sizzling stuff brought straight to the table. It's amazing

    You're spoiled for choice with Chinese because of Chinatown, but the Yang sing is probably the best mix of taste and value, whilst still being somewhat authentic.

    For bars and going out spinningfields has a nice selection - the alchemist / Australasia / neighbourhood

    If you want to go fancy there's a James Martin restaurant in the casino (Manchester 235) that is pretty amazing

    I also love "hey little cupcake" in spinningfields. Really nice little cafe that does ridiculously decadent cakes

    We'll jeez, now I want to visit Manchester.

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    TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    You guys know that Canadian safe workplace video with the cook lady and the pot of oil?

    It's looks really bad in real life too. Only this dude was lucky it wasn't his face, but his junk will never be the same.

    In short, don't carry pots of boiling shit.

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    DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    No no no no no no no no no no no no

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    KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    Tox wrote: »
    Muzzmuzz wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    I forget, was it Koro's workplace where the dude dunked his entire arm into a barrel of lye?


    Yup, that was how I was first introduced to Koro's workplace. AKA the place where the first super villain will be created.

    Wait shit what?! can someone link this because holy shit dude what the entire fuck

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/31983610#Comment_31983610

    edit: month later post http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/32075296#Comment_32075296

    oh my god this story is from two years ago and the shit show stories haven't stopped or changed since then

    how does that place exist

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    MuzzmuzzMuzzmuzz Registered User regular
    For a moment I thought you were talking about your workplace, and then remembered that you work in a hospital.

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    @liiya what's good to do in Manchester if you're a hipster foodie? My sister has a few days there

    @tynic not liiya, but 6 years of working in Manchester left an impression on my waistline. Here's what I can remember

    Changos on Oxford road for burritos.
    Crazy Pedro's for great pizza.
    Home sweet home in the northern quarter for cakes as big as a small child and comfort food.
    North tea power for a nice cup of tea and a sit down
    Koffee pot for breakfast (knows the difference between Irish and English breakfast)
    Almost famous burgers for ridiculous burgers
    Fazenda does an all you can eat meat buffet with sizzling stuff brought straight to the table. It's amazing

    You're spoiled for choice with Chinese because of Chinatown, but the Yang sing is probably the best mix of taste and value, whilst still being somewhat authentic.

    For bars and going out spinningfields has a nice selection - the alchemist / Australasia / neighbourhood

    If you want to go fancy there's a James Martin restaurant in the casino (Manchester 235) that is pretty amazing

    I also love "hey little cupcake" in spinningfields. Really nice little cafe that does ridiculously decadent cakes

    Places for me to explore when I'm back!

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    schussschuss Registered User regular
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    RAD!

    This is what kills me. It's REALLY easy to say "thank you" and "great stuff", but so many managers just don't do it. It's FREE! It increases PRODUCTIVITY! IT REDUCES WORKPLACE DRAMA WHARGLBARGLL!1!

    Sorry.


    Glad your management chain transitioned to something better!

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    korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    Tox wrote: »
    Muzzmuzz wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    I forget, was it Koro's workplace where the dude dunked his entire arm into a barrel of lye?


    Yup, that was how I was first introduced to Koro's workplace. AKA the place where the first super villain will be created.

    Wait shit what?! can someone link this because holy shit dude what the entire fuck

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/31983610#Comment_31983610

    edit: month later post http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/32075296#Comment_32075296

    oh my god this story is from two years ago and the shit show stories haven't stopped or changed since then

    how does that place exist

    Haha wow, I didn't realize that happened two years ago this month. Time flies I guess. That lab tech is now in our main office making six figures while sleeping half the day.

    In lighter news, our Korean vendors always provide us with the highest quality trash cans wire:
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    I find shit like this in product we get from Korea all the time. Bottles. Beer cans. Cookie boxes. Old magazines.

    Thankfully we've gotten incredibly strict on that kind of stuff, and finding trash inside the wire we get gets it automatically slated for a return.

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    Tox wrote: »
    Tox wrote: »
    Muzzmuzz wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    I forget, was it Koro's workplace where the dude dunked his entire arm into a barrel of lye?


    Yup, that was how I was first introduced to Koro's workplace. AKA the place where the first super villain will be created.

    Wait shit what?! can someone link this because holy shit dude what the entire fuck

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/31983610#Comment_31983610

    edit: month later post http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/32075296#Comment_32075296

    I want you all to know I read these two posts then sat and stared at a wall for about half an hour trying to understand how.

    Just.

    How

    What really gets me is his choice was "well my bosses will be upset, but let me reach in here and risk losing my arm because I don't want to get yelled at".

    I've laughed at supervisors screaming at me, ain't no thing, if I get fired there's always more jobs. You only get one goddamn body.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    korodullin wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    Tox wrote: »
    Muzzmuzz wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    I forget, was it Koro's workplace where the dude dunked his entire arm into a barrel of lye?


    Yup, that was how I was first introduced to Koro's workplace. AKA the place where the first super villain will be created.

    Wait shit what?! can someone link this because holy shit dude what the entire fuck

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/31983610#Comment_31983610

    edit: month later post http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/32075296#Comment_32075296

    oh my god this story is from two years ago and the shit show stories haven't stopped or changed since then

    how does that place exist

    Haha wow, I didn't realize that happened two years ago this month. Time flies I guess. That lab tech is now in our main office making six figures while sleeping half the day.

    In lighter news, our Korean vendors always provide us with the highest quality trash cans wire:
    2o4Gppt.jpg

    I find shit like this in product we get from Korea all the time. Bottles. Beer cans. Cookie boxes. Old magazines.

    Thankfully we've gotten incredibly strict on that kind of stuff, and finding trash inside the wire we get gets it automatically slated for a return.

    Is this just a result of them leaving coils piled around and random folk tossing their shit into the center?

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    Just can't keep his Korean coworkers from tossing their Vegemil drinks into the pile of wire, y'know.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    You guys know that Canadian safe workplace video with the cook lady and the pot of oil?

    It's looks really bad in real life too. Only this dude was lucky it wasn't his face, but his junk will never be the same.

    In short, don't carry pots of boiling shit.

    I work the fry station at my new gig. We have no mats anywhere in the kitchen.

    I had six days of training, two more to go with last night and tomorrow, got to work to find out that nooooooo, I'm now out of training. Last night kicked my ass, but I managed to muddle through.

    Oh, tomorrow starts the new week and I'm not on the schedule yet.

    It's safe to say that I'm already looking for another gig, but at least I have a little money coming in while I'm doing it.

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    korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    Just can't keep his Korean coworkers from tossing their Vegemil drinks into the pile of wire, y'know.

    That bottle actually came from the Korean manufacturer that makes about 60% of the steel wire we use. The workers who process and prepare it sometimes toss their shit in there and sometimes it even makes it all the way overseas and up from Charleston.

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    David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    Co-worker had an issue today while I was out of the office. Texted me for help, then said that he'd sent a copy of the error message he got to our shared email inbox, to see if someone knew what it was.

    I almost felt bad for having to inform him that only two people look at the shared inbox, me and him.

    Now I'm wondering who he hoped would reply?

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Hmm, so I forgot my lunch today. I guess I could get food from the area, but I could also just not eat.

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    Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
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    NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    That is a... really skewed result

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    What sort of category is "opportunity" anyway?

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    caligynefobcaligynefob DKRegistered User regular
    After some stellar legal work it seems that my domain case will be paying my salary the next 6 months.

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    TynnanTynnan seldom correct, never unsure Registered User regular
    What sort of category is "opportunity" anyway?

    From the expanded category:
    Opportunity

    Gini Index
    Household Income
    Low Food Insecurity
    Low Poverty Rate
    Equality
    Disability Employment Rate
    Education Equality by Race
    Employment Equality by Race
    Gender Equality
    Racial Gap in Income
    Affordability
    Cost of Living
    Housing Affordability

    It tries to measure whether or not states are giving their residents the chance to succeed.

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    korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    Yeah, go SC! Pulling up last in Education and third from last in opportunity!

    I need to get out of the South.

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    The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    edited February 2017
    What sort of category is "opportunity" anyway?

    A big factor in me choosing a position in NC over a local one in NY was opportunity. Some places just have more job openings and more ways to network than others.

    Also I'm making the same money with something like a 10% lower cost of living so I'm netting some extra money that way.

    Edit: lol and NC had a shit opportunity score

    Maybe it's opportunity as in like, how likely are kids growing up there to be successful?

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    korodullin wrote: »
    Yeah, go SC! Pulling up last in Education and third from last in opportunity!

    I need to get out of the South.

    If you've got management experience you can probably go wherever you want assuming you're willing to relocate.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Goose! wrote: »

    Woo kansas! Top of the bottom of the pack! Given how much lower the rankings for Economy and Government are than the rest of the categories would probably place a good deal higher without Brownback.

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Goose! wrote: »

    how the fuck did Washington wind up at 7 in education

    our education system is criminally underfunded*


    *
    that's not hyperbole, the state supreme court actually ruled that the legislature isn't meeting its constitutional requirement to provide good public education

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    DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    At the last possible, down to the wire day, the contract extension of one month has come through! I get to come to work tomorrow!

    Now to move on to worrying about the new contract bidding and if the next company who wins will offer good pay!

    Before following any advice, opinions, or thoughts I may have expressed in the above post, be warned: I found Keven Costners "Waterworld" to be a very entertaining film.
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    schussschuss Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    Goose! wrote: »

    how the fuck did Washington wind up at 7 in education

    our education system is criminally underfunded*


    *
    that's not hyperbole, the state supreme court actually ruled that the legislature isn't meeting its constitutional requirement to provide good public education

    I think NH is still somewhat in that boat as well and we got #3 (look up "Claremont Case" if you want details - still hasn't really been solved). The real answer is - good teachers that stay. If the results coming out are good, that's the rating.

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    QuantumTurkQuantumTurk Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    You guys know that Canadian safe workplace video with the cook lady and the pot of oil?

    It's looks really bad in real life too. Only this dude was lucky it wasn't his face, but his junk will never be the same.

    In short, don't carry pots of boiling shit.

    I work the fry station at my new gig. We have no mats anywhere in the kitchen.

    I had six days of training, two more to go with last night and tomorrow, got to work to find out that nooooooo, I'm now out of training. Last night kicked my ass, but I managed to muddle through.

    Oh, tomorrow starts the new week and I'm not on the schedule yet.

    It's safe to say that I'm already looking for another gig, but at least I have a little money coming in while I'm doing it.

    Worked in a bojangles for a while (Think KFC but good, for those not in the south) and had to get non-slip shoes. I did, and never in my life have I owned a more skid prone, slippery ass pair of shoes.

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    TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    Goose! wrote: »

    how the fuck did Washington wind up at 7 in education

    our education system is criminally underfunded*


    *
    that's not hyperbole, the state supreme court actually ruled that the legislature isn't meeting its constitutional requirement to provide good public education

    Same for KS and we hit 14th in that metric. Think how good it would be otherwise:)

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    MuzzmuzzMuzzmuzz Registered User regular
    Hey, skid proof shoes could save your life. There's a video where a guy tries to rob a s KFC by making the manager open the safe at gunpoint. The manager crazily manages to get ahold of the gun, and the both fight over it. Manager's non-slip shoes manage to allow him to get the upper hand while the robber slips and slides on the floor.

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    TynnanTynnan seldom correct, never unsure Registered User regular
    The education ranking might also consider higher education and research, and UW is one of the best research universities around.

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    ToxTox I kill threads he/himRegistered User regular
    Tynnan wrote: »
    The education ranking might also consider higher education and research, and UW is one of the best research universities around.

    Yeah that's the only way NC isn't way worse.

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    That is a dumb result

    The Texas government should absolutely not be in the top half

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    QuantumTurkQuantumTurk Registered User regular
    Oghulk wrote: »
    That is a dumb result

    The Texas government should absolutely not be in the top half

    Says everyone about their own state.

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    Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    I'm not surprised in any of the rankings for my state, Maine, except for Opportunity. I'm not really sure how we would be 3rd given the first thing most kids want to do unless they are in a family business like fishing is to get out of the state.

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Tynnan wrote: »
    The education ranking might also consider higher education and research, and UW is one of the best research universities around.

    yeah I looked it up, apparently we're like 4 in university ratings (which, importantly, does not take into account fiscal burden on the student, which is super high at Washington's universities because they get hardly any funding from the state legislature anymore)

    and then like 17th in k-12

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    New Mexico's intentionally tanking itself in the rankings to take advantage of the consumer bounce-back when we roll out Mexico Classic. It's all part of our cunning 105-year plan.

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    My state's government recently enacted emergency powers to overturn a ballot measure that was approved by voters in the general election and intend to replace it with a new one they're writing themselves because, in their words "(voters) were hoodwinked by scam artists who grossly misrepresented these proposed measures.” Like, nearly immediately after it was approved.

    The measure was the "Government Accountability and Anti-Corruption Act".

    Yeah, I'd say we could stand to be lower.

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    Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    I thought you were gonna say for a high draft pick

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    mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    I went down twice yesterday to tell my boss Im quitting and he wasn't there.

    Sent him an email this morning saying I'd like to meet with him and still nothing.

    I'm on a clock here so I think if I get nothing back by 3 I'm just emailing my resignation.

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