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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Seeing this post made me flash back to how often wage theft happened to me during holidays as a teenager.

4th of July, New Year's... Didn't even know about time and a half.

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Had a (roughly) similar experience when I used to work for a construction company. Once, a job was behind schedule, and they asked us to voluntarily work on a Saturday. Virtually everyone did, because working on a weekend got you time and a half pay.

Instead of a full day, though, they sent us home at lunchtime. Nobody was expecting that. One guy summed it up pretty well: “I got up at 6 AM on a Saturday to make less than I did yesterday? This is bullshit!”

After that, whenever our bosses asked if we’d come in on a Saturday, someone asked if it would be a full day or a half day. When our bosses said “I don’t know” (which is what they said every time) nobody came in.

They got away with exploiting us once, but completely screwed themselves in the long term. I was (and still am) very proud of my coworkers for continuing to hold management accountable for their decisions.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Damn I thought this was my local grocer for a quick second.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Totally looks like Wheatsville Coop in Austin. If so, they have pretty good wages from my understanding, and also this location is closing permanently soon. But there are probably other stores that look like this too

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Everyone focuses on the typo when dude did an awesome thing. Reddit doesn't allow title edits and GBoard is shit at producing the words you want, and then dude gets a bunch of Tina jokes.

They got screwed thrice; by their boss, by Reddit, and by their keyboard

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

I mean, blame Gboard all you want, they didn't proofread something that can't be edited later

That's 100% on them and they deserve the Tina jokes

They also deserve praise for what they did in the OP

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

eat your ham

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

But not by Tina that we know of

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but they chose to use Reddit and gboard. Like 2/3 self-inflicted.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

On android, what keyboard do you recommend for swipe typing?

Moving the cursor by swiping in space bar is also something I haven't found in other keyboards

Edit: thanks for all the replies, I'll be checking them all out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just as an aside, I hadn't heard of that cursor feature before, and this is wonderful. Thanks for drawing my attention to it. I have to keep my work phone loaded with all the Google/MS spyware, so I still use Gboard on that phone. This will make typing work emails a lot easier.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have been using SwiftKey for years and have been very happy with it. Spacebar swipe cursor movement included (but maybe in a setting).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

No other keyboard is as good but they're definitely more private.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Heli-board (available via f-droid, be sure to apply the .lib fix)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use FUTO. It has built in, private, voice to text as well. I don't swipe too often, but it seemed to work fine writing this comment.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Starbucks may deserve all the stick that they get for their labor practices, but here in Canada on holidays they pay double time and a half (or about CAD $50/hour).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Are they staying open because there's marketing value in being open on a holiday, or because there's business as usual money to be made. If it's not for some extra marketing purposes, this just lays bare how much more money they could be paying folks and still remain profitable.

Overtime and holiday pay was meant to disincentivize manufacturing companies from overworking their people and not letting them spend time doing frivolous things like being with family on holidays. The difference between the cost of labor and the value of labor was so small back then (after decades of negotiating, union action, and bloodshed) that a simple 1.5x was enough to disincentivize it under most circumstances. It's so vast now for the service industry that they are willing to pay 2.5 times as much.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

All for all and one for one.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

SOB's. Thinking they are entitled to have poor Tina... And the half bit is extra worrying.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tina and Tiny Tina

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Thankfully not Talking Tina, however

[–] [email protected] 143 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Tina and a half? Do people not proof read?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

No. “I have to be first to post this and get internet points!”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, this is correct. They get paid in methamphetamines

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Hopefully its the blue stuff, heard that is da bomb

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Mistypes drive engagement.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The shit that is done nowadays to farm engagement is ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It pisses me off so much when Farcebook puts one of those rage-bait stories in my feed that I feel compelled to respond to, but I don't want to go off half cocked, so I take a minute to Google it, or maybe just grab an image to make a witty response, and as soon as I click back on the tab, it refreshes and the post is gone, never to be seen again...

/rant

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

For making posts here? I sure hope not. Much funnier to see the typos.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There Is No Alternative. Tina.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Speaking of people who get exploited for inadequate pay ...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I have a special love for that episode where they’re made to clean the beach, and Louise learns about negotiating compensation for their labor. (And that rich people will use you and fuck you over in a heartbeat.)

For anyone unfamiliar, it’s Season 12, episode 6. “Beach, Please.”

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

This is what I was picturing the whole time

[–] [email protected] 75 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh it's meant to be "time and a half". Took me a while!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At first I thought they were making a sly joke by using the actual employee's name.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

I thought it was a bob’s burgers reference I didn’t get cause I don’t watch it.

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