Was in a meeting today and one of our vendors was complaining they couldn't hire new folks (welders) as either A: they honestly answered they smoked weed, or B: they'd rather stay on unemployment + the covid benefits. I raised the point that maybe they should pay more then. There was much hemming and hawing at that statement.
More like heaven forbid we acknowledge supply and demand. It's the same in every industry that always has strong demand. No one ever considers they aren't paying enough so they stay short handed and the people who aren't being paid enough end up with extra work to pick up the slack.
My wife has a part time job doing elderly care, and they just can't keep people, or find good people, and often have lots of their clients go without care. And it's like this is another perfect example of that. Just pay them more than the $13/hr. Make it $18. Or $20. Or more than that. If you want people, and you're not finding enough of them, clearly they can do less and get the same pay or more to not work for you.
We have one main culture fit question that everyone gets asked, because it's a pretty important one. "How would you respond if you were asked to shelve/check out/help someone find materials that are in strong opposition to your personal beliefs?"
Most people get it right, but you'd be surprised at the number of people who don't!
... The answer is you do it, right? Like I had to read that a couple times to see if there was a gotcha... and I'm fearing I'd fail at that.
Nope, you got it in one. You help them find books on Satanism or quack medicine or ancient aliens or the sovereign citizen movement or whatever, because that's the whole thing with libraries. I don't weed all the homeopathy books and trust that other librarians who go to shitty churches aren't weeding all the LGBT books.
Were I to reorganize the institutions that make up our society, I would establish Courts of State Opinion who would deliberate and opine on matters of human health and happiness, with the caveat that these opinions represent "the best of human knowledge to date" and that everyone is permitted to submit arguments on these matters. The point of these courts would be to organize the public discourse in such a way that we can make tangible intellectual progress as a society instead of repeating the same arguments every generation. Also we get to banput stickers on books, stickers which reference the deliberations that demonstrate the lacunae of the book on which the sticker is put.
So to answer your question, I would serve the patron the books they want if they opposed my personal beliefs, but only if there's a sticker on the cover that says "this book is full of BS, be careful".
This is a good idea right up until fascists gain power and it becomes a doubleplus ungood idea.
Thankfully, Fascists won't interdict good ideas and enforce bad ones if there's no pre-existing structure for them to use.
My kids’ school district has rapidly expanded over the past twenty years; it’s also seen an influx of new houses that are slightly more expensive than the surrounding areas (newer build and therefore more spacious) and so attract higher income people; I think the average household income difference between the district and the neighboring city is something like $20k; pretty big. As a result the schools are new, fancy and I just received an email that every student has to get a new iPad, despite Niko’s only being a few months old. I’m in the same county as Zonugal so maybe the same has happened with that school district too?
My kids’ school district has rapidly expanded over the past twenty years; it’s also seen an influx of new houses that are slightly more expensive than the surrounding areas (newer build and therefore more spacious) and so attract higher income people; I think the average household income difference between the district and the neighboring city is something like $20k; pretty big. As a result the schools are new, fancy and I just received an email that every student has to get a new iPad, despite Niko’s only being a few months old. I’m in the same county as Zonugal so maybe the same has happened with that school district too?
Our school district proposes a lot of education bonds and our district largely approves them.
But I'd say our general area has also started to shift towards more affluent residents over the last fifteen years.
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Was in a meeting today and one of our vendors was complaining they couldn't hire new folks (welders) as either A: they honestly answered they smoked weed, or B: they'd rather stay on unemployment + the covid benefits. I raised the point that maybe they should pay more then. There was much hemming and hawing at that statement.
More like heaven forbid we acknowledge supply and demand. It's the same in every industry that always has strong demand. No one ever considers they aren't paying enough so they stay short handed and the people who aren't being paid enough end up with extra work to pick up the slack.
My wife has a part time job doing elderly care, and they just can't keep people, or find good people, and often have lots of their clients go without care. And it's like this is another perfect example of that. Just pay them more than the $13/hr. Make it $18. Or $20. Or more than that. If you want people, and you're not finding enough of them, clearly they can do less and get the same pay or more to not work for you.
Was in a meeting today and one of our vendors was complaining they couldn't hire new folks (welders) as either A: they honestly answered they smoked weed, or B: they'd rather stay on unemployment + the covid benefits. I raised the point that maybe they should pay more then. There was much hemming and hawing at that statement.
More like heaven forbid we acknowledge supply and demand. It's the same in every industry that always has strong demand. No one ever considers they aren't paying enough so they stay short handed and the people who aren't being paid enough end up with extra work to pick up the slack.
My wife has a part time job doing elderly care, and they just can't keep people, or find good people, and often have lots of their clients go without care. And it's like this is another perfect example of that. Just pay them more than the $13/hr. Make it $18. Or $20. Or more than that. If you want people, and you're not finding enough of them, clearly they can do less and get the same pay or more to not work for you.
Eldercare is one of those things that capitalism can't do well because the people who need it can't afford it, so there's no profit incentive to do it right.
Kind of like childcare, where parents can't afford to pay more, companies can't afford to charge less, and workers can't make rent.
Yeah when I was in nursing school a mill years ago I got my CNA and was thinking of doing that while I was in school.
Starting wage at the local places was $8.75 an hour, and I was making $11.50 at the movie theater, and I didn't have to touch much poop at the movie theater.
Sigh what would have been a 3 day weekend turned into a 6 day work week
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FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
My wife faced a new work problem this week: it turns out she (and her colleagues) were cursed. In song form! Someone sang a song to lay a curse on them.
Honestly, I thought I was aware of most things that could happen to people on the job, but that one was a new one even to me.
The mobile home classroom is usually because the planners didn't account for much larger population growth than expected and is almost surely trying to cut down up front capital costs at the expense of long term operating costs
My wife faced a new work problem this week: it turns out she (and her colleagues) were cursed. In song form! Someone sang a song to lay a curse on them.
Honestly, I thought I was aware of most things that could happen to people on the job, but that one was a new one even to me.
My wife faced a new work problem this week: it turns out she (and her colleagues) were cursed. In song form! Someone sang a song to lay a curse on them.
Honestly, I thought I was aware of most things that could happen to people on the job, but that one was a new one even to me.
My wife faced a new work problem this week: it turns out she (and her colleagues) were cursed. In song form! Someone sang a song to lay a curse on them.
Honestly, I thought I was aware of most things that could happen to people on the job, but that one was a new one even to me.
Well if you really want the curse to stick singing it is the only way.
Cambiata on
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lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
one of my coworkers from Verizon back in maine, almost 15 years ago, his wife has just died from Covid.
I am.
Angry. I know it's been a long time, and we weren't very close, but still.
Was in a meeting today and one of our vendors was complaining they couldn't hire new folks (welders) as either A: they honestly answered they smoked weed, or B: they'd rather stay on unemployment + the covid benefits. I raised the point that maybe they should pay more then. There was much hemming and hawing at that statement.
More like heaven forbid we acknowledge supply and demand. It's the same in every industry that always has strong demand. No one ever considers they aren't paying enough so they stay short handed and the people who aren't being paid enough end up with extra work to pick up the slack.
My wife has a part time job doing elderly care, and they just can't keep people, or find good people, and often have lots of their clients go without care. And it's like this is another perfect example of that. Just pay them more than the $13/hr. Make it $18. Or $20. Or more than that. If you want people, and you're not finding enough of them, clearly they can do less and get the same pay or more to not work for you.
Eldercare is one of those things that capitalism can't do well because the people who need it can't afford it, so there's no profit incentive to do it right.
Kind of like childcare, where parents can't afford to pay more, companies can't afford to charge less, and workers can't make rent.
Working in elder care or nursing homes is miserable.
So guess who got a new temp contract to work in one. (It's me.)
Job search has gone sideways, so figured I'd do a new round just to make money. Upside of temp work: I have a definite exit date, and the agency pays for a flat while I work.
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Just saw a local news article about school districts here begging college ED students to come sub during the long university winter break and figuring out how to give them emergency sub certification.
Just saw a local news article about school districts here begging college ED students to come sub during the long university winter break and figuring out how to give them emergency sub certification.
This is going to suck.
My SO works with someone who will be out on maternity leave soon. They've known for months now and she had ADA accommodation to work from home. They only just this week found a sub for her after looking since the start of the school year and the administration was asking her to come back early from maternity and wfh
Was in a meeting today and one of our vendors was complaining they couldn't hire new folks (welders) as either A: they honestly answered they smoked weed, or B: they'd rather stay on unemployment + the covid benefits. I raised the point that maybe they should pay more then. There was much hemming and hawing at that statement.
More like heaven forbid we acknowledge supply and demand. It's the same in every industry that always has strong demand. No one ever considers they aren't paying enough so they stay short handed and the people who aren't being paid enough end up with extra work to pick up the slack.
My wife has a part time job doing elderly care, and they just can't keep people, or find good people, and often have lots of their clients go without care. And it's like this is another perfect example of that. Just pay them more than the $13/hr. Make it $18. Or $20. Or more than that. If you want people, and you're not finding enough of them, clearly they can do less and get the same pay or more to not work for you.
Eldercare is one of those things that capitalism can't do well because the people who need it can't afford it, so there's no profit incentive to do it right.
Kind of like childcare, where parents can't afford to pay more, companies can't afford to charge less, and workers can't make rent.
Working in elder care or nursing homes is miserable.
So guess who got a new temp contract to work in one. (It's me.)
Job search has gone sideways, so figured I'd do a new round just to make money. Upside of temp work: I have a definite exit date, and the agency pays for a flat while I work.
When my brothers and I lived in Cheyenne we called a certain near by part of town the necropolis. A visible parlor of death hung over the various homes and the condo rooms for the elderly {I forgot the name of them it was a long day at work]
But You could both feel and see the miasma of death. the caregivers in the various elderly condos were well onto the road to achieving devout apathy
It was sad to see people just giving up
Second night as single, was the handyman an asshole for installing a 3 light unit of these as the only lighting in my bedroom?
Yes.
For a start led lights would save like 80-90% energy compared to halogen.
My neighbor leaves her halogen security light on her drive way on all night. I looked up how much it cost according to the Dept of Energy of the US oddly one of the few things not changed over era of the troll
$40 a month!
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
Just saw a local news article about school districts here begging college ED students to come sub during the long university winter break and figuring out how to give them emergency sub certification.
Second night as single, was the handyman an asshole for installing a 3 light unit of these as the only lighting in my bedroom?
The handyman was probably told to get the cheapest fixture he could find. You should be able to buy LED equivalents. This is what you want to look for: 50 watt, MR16 GU10 base bulb.
The mobile home classroom is usually because the planners didn't account for much larger population growth than expected and is almost surely trying to cut down up front capital costs at the expense of long term operating costs
From my experience, there are usually fucking stupid limitations imposed on how much 'extra' capacity can be forecast and included in planning a new school, so that in the time it takes to go from proposal to opening the doors, the school is already at 107% capacity.
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Found poetry in the incident log: "I told him verbally at that point that he is banned from this library for a month to which he responded that I could ban him for a fucking million years."
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I am going through the back log but I am guessing there is a washington federal next door?
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Help... me...
There is not, no.
nonononono!
nonononono!
Free Market applies to the proles. Not from them.
No!
Bad L Ron!
Thankfully, Fascists won't interdict good ideas and enforce bad ones if there's no pre-existing structure for them to use.
They're kinda cool like that.
Ah, must be another complex you could land a presidential aerial motorcade in.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
It isn't located in a major city...
My last year actual buildings with foundations accounted for somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 of the classroom seating at the school
Our school district proposes a lot of education bonds and our district largely approves them.
But I'd say our general area has also started to shift towards more affluent residents over the last fifteen years.
My mistake! Won't happen again!
I love "temporary" mobile home school additions! One day, that new building is going to be built! You'll see!
Yeah when I was in nursing school a mill years ago I got my CNA and was thinking of doing that while I was in school.
Starting wage at the local places was $8.75 an hour, and I was making $11.50 at the movie theater, and I didn't have to touch much poop at the movie theater.
Honestly, I thought I was aware of most things that could happen to people on the job, but that one was a new one even to me.
Was it a good song at least?
Well if you really want the curse to stick singing it is the only way.
I am.
Angry. I know it's been a long time, and we weren't very close, but still.
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I stayed home and rethought my life.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Second night as single, was the handyman an asshole for installing a 3 light unit of these as the only lighting in my bedroom?
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Working in elder care or nursing homes is miserable.
So guess who got a new temp contract to work in one. (It's me.)
Job search has gone sideways, so figured I'd do a new round just to make money. Upside of temp work: I have a definite exit date, and the agency pays for a flat while I work.
This is going to suck.
My SO works with someone who will be out on maternity leave soon. They've known for months now and she had ADA accommodation to work from home. They only just this week found a sub for her after looking since the start of the school year and the administration was asking her to come back early from maternity and wfh
Everything is on fire and everything is fiiine
Yes.
For a start led lights would save like 80-90% energy compared to halogen.
The hunt begins
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Work related, it's going to be a long short week this week I think.
When my brothers and I lived in Cheyenne we called a certain near by part of town the necropolis. A visible parlor of death hung over the various homes and the condo rooms for the elderly {I forgot the name of them it was a long day at work]
But You could both feel and see the miasma of death. the caregivers in the various elderly condos were well onto the road to achieving devout apathy
It was sad to see people just giving up
My neighbor leaves her halogen security light on her drive way on all night. I looked up how much it cost according to the Dept of Energy of the US oddly one of the few things not changed over era of the troll
$40 a month!
Oh, oh no.
Oh noooo
The handyman was probably told to get the cheapest fixture he could find. You should be able to buy LED equivalents. This is what you want to look for: 50 watt, MR16 GU10 base bulb.
The first sweep of my eyes over that URL rendered it as "Damnable Bright".
So, yes.
From my experience, there are usually fucking stupid limitations imposed on how much 'extra' capacity can be forecast and included in planning a new school, so that in the time it takes to go from proposal to opening the doors, the school is already at 107% capacity.
yes and i am still quite steamed about it