|
United is cutting bonuses and asking employees to enter a lottery for $100,000quote:Employees of United Airlines used to get quarterly bonuses if they hit certain performance targets. Now, they’ll all be entered into a lottery, out of which one—and only one—lucky person will win $100,000.
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 17:48
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 16:19 |
|
|
they aren't going with a steel cage match? Eh, I guess a lottery is just as fair...
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 17:52
|
|
|
Grand Prize Winner posted:I played trumpet primarily because my dad and grandpa had played trumpet, and used the same trumpet they did. Just three generations of dudes mixing their spit together Wanted to play trumpet, like my dad, and use his old one but there were 25 other trumpet players in the junior high band. To give you an idea of just how loving ridiculous it was to have that many trumpet players: there were maybe 150 students in my (very rural) junior high, total. I switched to tuba. IIRC it was only a $25 a year rental. That covered a tuba at school, a tuba at home and a sousaphone for marching band. Didn't even pay for my own valve lube. Funding Band, Orchestra, and Choir like most schools fund Sports is cool and good. MisterOblivious has a new favorite as of 18:09 on Mar 4, 2018 |
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:05
|
|
|
My favorite from this is that they'll be doing non monetary prizes like vacations and cars too! Enjoy your tax liability on this lovely vacation you won and oh sorry about the pto blackout over the days of it!
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:18
|
|
|
MisterOblivious posted:valve lube catholic school?
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:27
|
|
|
ladron posted:catholic school? thats lube free, jesus doesnt allow lube
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 19:34
|
|
|
I'm going to defend Amazon instruments. They're not great, but middle school band isn't great either. If your kid is passionate about music, by all means get them the best instrument you can afford. If you kid is just fulfilling a requirement get the cheapest decent thing you can find and let the orchestra teacher deal with it. I will say the trumpet my kid got works pretty well. But I didn't buy the cheapest or the second cheapest options either. 3rd cheapest is my sweet spot. Grand Prize Winner posted:I played trumpet primarily because my dad and grandpa had played trumpet, and used the same trumpet they did. Just three generations of dudes mixing their spit together I'm pretty sure that's a Pornhub category.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 20:02
|
|
|
Carrion Luggage posted:thats lube free, jesus doesnt allow lube 1 Samuel 10:1 posted:Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2018 09:56
|
|
|
Can a non-musician tell the difference between a pro playing a student violin and that same guy playing a 20k model?
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2018 11:29
|
|
|
Volcott posted:Can a non-musician tell the difference between a pro playing a student violin and that same guy playing a 20k model? Yes.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2018 14:28
|
|
|
Volcott posted:Can a non-musician tell the difference between a pro playing a student violin and that same guy playing a 20k model? Maybe with an instrument that isn't as difficult to play as a Violin?
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2018 14:34
|
|
|
Pick posted:Yes. Can a non-musician hear that cheap violin in an orchestra of 50 kids all playing at the same time? I had to sub as an orchestra teacher once and it was painful listening to the kids individually pick at their notes for most of the hour, but then all of them did it in unison and it gave me a little chill it sounded so good. Krispy Wafer has a new favorite as of 20:43 on Mar 5, 2018 |
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2018 15:40
|
|
|
If a violinist plays in the forest and nobody's around to hear is he still bad?
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2018 18:45
|
|
|
It's actually a cello. Perspective trick.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2018 20:29
|
|
|
ladron posted:they aren't going with a steel cage match? Eh, I guess a lottery is just as fair... Looks like steel cage is back on the menu! United Airlines Pauses Lottery for Bonuses After Employees Rebel Online quote:According to United’s latest earnings report, employees earned approximately $30 million in incentive payments for achieving operations performance goals in the fourth quarter ending in December, and approximately $87 million in earned bonuses in 2017. The report did not break out bonuses for executives and other workers.  I think we can all accurately guess whether or not the executives were planning on giving up their bonuses to join the lottery system as well.
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2018 22:37
|
|
|
Doggles posted:Looks like steel cage is back on the menu! I immediately thought of the stupid magazine/candy sales that we occasionally had during elementary and middle school. And someone thought that was a good model for an actual paid adult workforce
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2018 23:22
|
|
|
Plastic_Gargoyle posted:I immediately thought of the stupid magazine/candy sales that we occasionally had during elementary and middle school. I once sold a bunch of magazines in middle school, enough to earn a big reward. The reward was that they gathered all the winners in the auditorium and spread a bunch of candy all over the floor. Then we each got to grab as much candy as we could while racing against other kids doing the same. I never bothered with any of those sales ever again.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 00:01
|
|
|
Angry Birds maker Rovio closes London studioquote:Rovio's head of games, Wilhelm Taht, also resigned on Friday, leaving chief executive Kati Levoranta in charge.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 04:35
|
|
|
Plastic_Gargoyle posted:I immediately thought of the stupid magazine/candy sales that we occasionally had during elementary and middle school.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 05:03
|
|
|
The Angry Birds thing is long past now, I'm guessing that company gets bought out by a larger company.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 05:17
|
|
|
FlamingLiberal posted:The Angry Birds thing is long past now, I'm guessing that company gets bought out by a larger company. but they milked the poo poo out of that property, I'm guessing they're not poor
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 06:08
|
|
|
Minnesotans tortured by the vacuum salesmen who just won't leavequote:The Better Business Bureau shows similar complaints. Though their public listings provide no names or locations, one man says two RG salesmen tried to sell his girlfriend a vacuum for $130, neglecting to mention that was only the downpayment on a $2,600 bill. Two hours into what was supposed to be a 20-minute demonstration, things became heated. How is Kirby still in business? Who the hell wants to pay $2,600 for a vacuum?
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 06:15
|
|
|
Bloopsy posted:Minnesotans tortured by the vacuum salesmen who just won't leave I imagine they make them for like $100, so if they sell one it makes them $2,500* profit. Much like telemarketing or spam email. * = Disregarding other costs.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 08:02
|
|
|
Kirby seems to have shills working the comments section too: "Charley Behr King · UW-Superior Future Teachers Association Love my Kirby. Thanks for the sales folks for coming out. Our Kirby was 15 years old and still worked well, but we upgraded anyway; even got a trade in offer. It is great to see people out there trying to make a living the old fashioned way. What a great way to get young folks out among the public and work. If people are leary, ask for I'D and the contact info for the company to verify legimacy of sales people."
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 21:34
|
|
|
TKIY posted:Kirby seems to have shills working the comments section too: "I am also 70 years old and going outside scares me"
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 23:00
|
|
|
TKIY posted:Kirby seems to have shills working the comments section too:
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 23:07
|
|
|
TKIY posted:Kirby seems to have shills working the comments section too: Haha as if being a door-to-door salesman hasn't ALWAYS been a soul-crushing experience that has only gotten worse and scammier over the years.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2018 23:32
|
|
|
Volcott posted:Can a non-musician tell the difference between a pro playing a student violin and that same guy playing a 20k model? It will depend on how crappy the instrument is but many bad musicians blame their gear for their poo poo sound while here's Joe Satriani playing on less than probably $300 of really low end equipment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9v5e1TTwts Bloopsy posted:Minnesotans tortured by the vacuum salesmen who just won't leave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeoHK1RZnqA
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2018 00:29
|
|
|
Ok, internet press, you can stop that poo poo now. A more accurate word would be "harassed", "bothered", "annoyed", not loving tortured jesus. The mental image this headline gave me wasn't pretty. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2018 00:31
|
|
|
if guns were illegal how would this man protect his dirty carpet? also in 2018 who still has carpet? it is gross
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2018 03:24
|
|
|
Carrion Luggage posted:also in 2018 who still has carpet? it is gross All these idiots are getting rid of their carpet and here i am positively swimming in lightly-used carpets. I'm gonna be the carpet king of the Los Angeles Wasteland
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2018 07:22
|
|
|
Grand Prize Winner posted:All these idiots are getting rid of their carpet and here i am positively swimming in lightly-used carpets. I'm gonna be the carpet king of the Los Angeles Wasteland
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2018 07:32
|
|
|
Bankrupt Toys R Us may sell assets and close all U.S. storesquote:Toys R Us Inc. is making preparations for a liquidation of its bankrupt U.S. operations after so far failing to find a buyer or reach a debt restructuring deal with lenders, according to people familiar with the matter.
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2018 17:02
|
|
|
Aw yeah here we go, gonna find a liquidation sale and buy all my son's birthday presents for the next 10 years
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2018 17:19
|
|
|
I knew a guy who sold Kirby's until he couldn't live with himself. The whole thing is a scam. They are good vacuums, but there's maybe $100 in cost in them. The company has a bare minimum that you can sell them for, and at that price all the profit goes to the company and the salesman gets nothing. It was something like $600. Anything above and beyond that went to the salesman. So of course you're going to have some predatory poo poo going on. All of the people buying Kirby's for more than $2000 could have saved about $1700 just by leaving the house, going to a store, and buying the best model they have.
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2018 17:20
|
|
|
Wait a vacuum called Kirby? Apparently it's not the case but I want to believe the Nintendo employees had one in the office when designing that first game. It's a pretty funny coincidence.
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2018 23:27
|
|
|
Nintendo's lawyer in the Universal/Donkey Kong suit had the surname "Kirby".
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2018 23:29
|
|
|
Gorson posted:I knew a guy who sold Kirby's until he couldn't live with himself. The whole thing is a scam. They are good vacuums, but there's maybe $100 in cost in them. The company has a bare minimum that you can sell them for, and at that price all the profit goes to the company and the salesman gets nothing. It was something like $600. Anything above and beyond that went to the salesman. So of course you're going to have some predatory poo poo going on. All of the people buying Kirby's for more than $2000 could have saved about $1700 just by leaving the house, going to a store, and buying the best model they have. whoa whoa whoa, slow down there mr. anarchy in the uk
|
|
#
?
Mar 10, 2018 01:41
|
|
|
Kirby vacuums seem like they could in theory be the Viking or the Sub-Zero of vacuums—the vintage look, the lack of more than one model at a time, the fact that they're all made in America (at least according to Wikipedia). But maybe there's already a brand or a couple brands that are aimed at the Viking/Sub-Zero demographic.
|
|
#
?
Mar 10, 2018 02:44
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 16:19 |
|
|
Oh hey, another victim of Bain Capital
|
|
#
?
Mar 10, 2018 03:00
|
|