Posts made by MrMazda

@blablarg18 It's a bit of a hard one to call really. On one hand, one could praise them for taking an active role in trying to reduce the crime rate of the store. On the other hand, one could argue that doing so potentially puts their safety at risk.

Personally, if I were in the same position, I can likely say that I would have done the same thing. When the perps involved become known to management as repeat offenders, something more needs to be done. After all, this was not just a one off situation. If it were, that may make things just a little different.

I mean, I know that businesses have insurance for just such things, but when the issue becomes a repeat or frequent occurrence, you really can't blame the employees for trying to do something about the problem. I do agree though with their husband's point that if this kind of thing continues to be allowed to happen unchecked, then they will end up like any other major US city with a raging crime problem. That's where it begins to get complicated on what side to take.

That said though, even saying that these employees did engage in a way that is contrary to company policy, termination seems a little harsh. You would think they would at least skip the initial disciplinary steps and go straight to a final written warning as a more acceptable solution to the breach of policy. After all, you could reasonably argue that these employees were looking out for the best interest of the store by trying to do something about a recurring issue.

@frostycab As far as I am aware, it is. The owner just recently did some fixes to it to make it work right again.

@serenity Why do you think liberals are so pro-illegals? It's the only way to sustain the population. On a global scale though, we are way over populated, so even if we redistribute people from over populated places to less populated places, the global population is still UN-sustainable according to these folks.

@blablarg18 The story does not give enough information. The claim now by the head office official is that they were terminated for trying to interfere or otherwise engage with the accused, but yet it does not mention how this exactly transpired.

Without knowing the full story behind the matter, it's hard to say which side to take. In most retail operations that I have worked, the rules are clear... I have been known to push the line when I worked in retail because you legally cannot harass someone or have them charged for theft until the merchandise has actually left the store, and you're not supposed to engage with them.

I would push the envelope. If I saw 5 items on 5 hangers go into the change room, and only saw 2 items on 2 hangers come out of the change room with the other 3 empty hangers in the change room, I would walk up to them as they're about to walk out the front door, hand them the hangers, and say something like "These are your get out of jail free cards. If those items magically reappear on these hangers in that change room in the next 5 minutes, I'll pretend I saw nothing". If they just ran or walked away, I would not engage any further. By most company policies, even my pushing the envelope is considered a no no.

The same holds true if a customer reveals a weapon and threatens to use it and/or demands that you open the register. Even if you know you can over power them and disarm them, you are not allowed to be a hero, and can only open the register, then hand over the cash and let them walk out of the store with it. Once they're out of the store, most places want you to then lock the door to prevent re-entry, then call 911.

Being the way that I am, I can understand why these employees would want to try to intervene, but given the world we live in these days, that can be quite a dangerous thing to do.

@blablarg18 But what would doing what is right for the people do for them? What could they gain from this? It seems that they can gain a lot more by trying to push products and services down people's throats to make them spend money on certain things to make other people rich. That's the way politicians work these days.

We do have an RSS feed, which can be brought into a number of programs in order to download certain torrents automatically.

@raphjd Personally, I use Mozilla Thunderbird myself. I have found it works with everything I want it to. My email servers, my Hotmail account, my Gmail account, and many other services I have tested it with.

I haven't tried it with Proton as of yet, however I would imagine it would handle that just as well as it handles everything else I have thrown at it.

@raphjd It's both... It's already come to light that there are a large number of vax related deaths, many of which get chalked up to other things like heart attacks. So of course he wants the population to get vaxxed because it will mean that many more of them will mysteriously drop dead, thereby helping to thin the population.

@john32123666 You stole that line from me LOL

@lololulu19 Would you like some cheese and crackers to go with that whine?

@fandeslip-0 My only problem is their use of these pesky things called condoms. In my world no condoms are allowed. Raw is law!

@blablarg18 ... @jaroonn .... Do I need to call Jerry Springer? LOL

I'd be happy to set it all up for you haha

@jaroonn You crack me up sometimes... Being found liable for something and being found guilty of something are two very different things. In the civil courts, the standard of proof required to prove liability is far lower than the standard of proof needed to convict on a criminal indictment. So no... Liable does not necessarily mean guilty.

@jaroonn Cancel culture is all about promoting a bullshit agenda. It's all about "we're allowed to say and do as we please, but you can't because it doesn't agree with our views".

What sickens me is just how far some people will go to force their beliefs or views down the throats of other people's, while simultaneously trying to silence and deny any view, thought, or expression that doesn't fit their narrative.

@blablarg18 Yeah.... It's a sad and strange world that we live in at this day and age. It really makes me wonder how some people manage to reproduce. There should be a universal law in all countries that says that if both parents have the combined IQ of a potato, they should not be allowed to reproduce. That would solve much of the issues we're having at this day and age.

When it comes to riots, looting, arson, etc. people don't bat an eye, but the moment that religious belief comes into the picture, all shit seems to hit the fan and everyone goes into some kind of satanic panic as it was once called back in the day.

@raphjd said in Two Women Are Told They've Broken the Law by Criticizing Male Attempting to Breastfeed a Child: Report:

Also, what studies have been done to say that sucking on juiced-up man titty milk is safe for the baby?

Precisely my point.... While they may be similar, they are not the same thing. As they are not the same thing, a reasonable person would exercise caution as not to harm the baby.

@raphjd At this day and age, you can't be a white anything according to society.

@raphjd Oh no.... Not the pronouns! LOL

@hubrys I have assumed no such thing. I am merely saying that they are not the same thing, but the problem is that there is no scientific basis to determine one way or the other how it compares, so one should air on the side of caution as the effects of the non naturally occurring version are not known.

@PythonLover Restarting your client is actually a big mistake. See, your torrent client only updates with the tracker once every 30 minutes on each torrent. When a torrent is stopped and restarted, any data since the last update is usually lost. As well, when you restart a torrent, the system sees a new session and resets the totals against the torrent in your profile to zero. You need to be patient and let your torrent client do its thing to properly update your stats.