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Kurt Hendricks's avatar

You even posted a comment, which is not allowed

Bitter Scribe's avatar

The one time I worked for a unionized newspaper, the only practical effect the union had was to make the management into a bunch of pussies afraid to fire blatantly incompetent or defiant employees. Or at least that was the excuse they used. I guess it was just easier to leave us middle managers to clean up the mess.

The Librarian's avatar

But isn't that everywhere, though? I've never been in a Union, all my jobs have been at-will and incompetents still don't get fired. I'm sure each situation has variables attached, but it still amazes me.

The Librarian's avatar

Ok, I watched every one, just not all the way through. Each starts out with slight variations on the same theme, then to the script. I have to say the K-Mart one was the worst. They moved really fast into scare tactics. Btw, their film was from the 90's. Seriously?

Christopher Boscarino's avatar

"Sex Toy?" I'm pretty sure the Editrix has that in his bio somewhere. :D

javadavis's avatar

In our current neighborhood, the incompetents are probably the connected. "My mom is gonna kick your ass" has been heard when a boss tried to get one of these gomers off of his video game and back to work.

javadavis's avatar

"We are all family here" is not a convincing argument for me. In my experience, family means that a BillO clone terrorizes everyone else, with his minions executing harrassment maneuvers against whoever he is hostile to in order to curry favor with him. And so on. So, yeah, probably about what the corp is like.

The Librarian's avatar

Yes, I've had those goons at work spaces, but I wonder sometimes if others have the goods on someone. Job security if you know where the bodies are buried.

phoenix00's avatar

Well. When DR is old enough to ask questions about the birds & bees......

MynameisBlarney's avatar

HA!No.But probably owned by them now.

javadavis's avatar

I've wondered the same, just stuck to the small town nepotism thing in my comment. And, for the record, I also wonder how literal that 'where the bodies are buried' thing can actually get.

The Librarian's avatar

I'm sure I don't need a real answer to that. :)

Eileen is Still Pissed's avatar

I've seen that in a couple places, also too.