bigclivedotcom - I have no idea what he's talking about 90% of the time but he's generally a relaxing watch.
Ali Spagnola and Aging Wheels aren't quite what you're describing in terms of being calm and chill but I still love their stuff.
Seconding others' recommendations for Technology Connections, TheCrafsMan, Cathode Ray Dude, and Techmoan.
I've been both a line employee and a manager. My answer depends on the situation.
I worked "everything except manager" in a restaurant that sold beer by the pitcher. There's a local law that says you can't sell "floaters" (a pitcher of beer with a cup of ice floating in it). Most customers who wanted one were capable of asking for a cup of ice like an adult so they could assemble it themselves if they wanted. This one guy got hot as hell about it. I told him, sternly, that it was illegal for me to serve him a floater but I'd happily bring him a cup of ice and what he did with it after I dropped it off was his business as far as I was concerned.
That shut him up. He left a tip of like ... 37 cents or some shit so I paid to wait his table that night. That was as much as I was ever going to get out of him so I figured I did alright there.
With things that weren't against the law, I'd tell them sweet as can be "That's against our rules but I'll go ask my manager to see if I can make an exception." You can imagine for yourself how often I bothered actually talking to a manager and how often I did or didn't get or grant an exception. If it actually mattered, I would ask a manager. If an American customer doesn't like your answer, they'll demand to speak to the manager anyway. Telling a customer no before having a manager tell you to do it anyway just invites more of the same. They'll behave even more outrageously next time you see them.
Typically, your manager in a restaurant or retail location has only a fraction more power than you do.
As someone who has managed an in-house support team, if an internal customer is rude, cruel, or demanding to one of my employees or contractors, I won't put up with it. I can and have, politely and firmly, told them they need to behave professionally. I'll happily tell them that we're not the ones who set the rules but we are responsible and accountable if we break them. And I will use my political power to make sure they regret it if they press on.
It sounds like your other, more experienced team member has decided that it probably doesn't matter. Not being a 'Strayan, I can't say whether they're right or not. In an American context (outside of California anyway), I'd probably make the same call. After "checking with the manager." 😉
I'm not sure whether I agree with the premise but, if I did, my list would include Tim Curry, Jeff Goldblum, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, Renée Zellweger, Bill Nighy, Jeffrey Wright, and Judi Dench.
Except for Jeff and Idris, I can think of movies for each of them that weren't rescued by their presence. Still, I usually enjoy them anyway.
Didn't have space with the *checks notes* Banea and calling the Klingons on Discovery another species. 😹
I don’t think I’m got now but I’ve been pretty attractive at times. Bullies will bully when and where they think they can get away with it. Especially where it gives them an advantage or a perceived advantage.
I’ve seen it at every level from fast food worker to upper levels of a large company.
Your hotness might affect how obvious a bully is but it can also make you a tantalizing target.
However, I suspect less skilled bullies are more likely to go for easier targets (people who are less conventionally attractive being a subset of folks a bully might find an easier target).
As far as the Fediverse goes, I’ve mainly been a microblog user. I just got here (Lemmy, etc.). It’s wild to hear someone groaning about Federation not being perfectly seamless on Lemmy in comparison.
On Mastodon and the Misskey forks, if I’m interested in a thread, it’s time to open a browser tab to OP’s instance otherwise I’ll never see the entire conversation. I haven’t been on Lemmy that long but I’ve never once felt the need to open a post on the community’s home instance rather than my own.
I guess everybody’s got their line but this seems a little silly to me.
If I grow a second nose, will it also be stuffed up? If so, I choose teleportation. I know it's only 7 inches but that's enough to get around most doors so it's still useful.
My time has come.
Accidentally came to 196 and, thus, had to post. Enjoy this classic screenshot from the halcyon days of ... ~2 weeks ago.
American suburbanism is truly wild. When you see how people live outside of the U.S., it's startling what we're putting up with here for the wonders of spending hours in a car every week.
It's technically against the law in my state to make a new neighborhood that doesn't have an HOA. I live in a neighborhood without an HOA because it was built before the law was passed. No one's running a tavern but we've got one neighbor who grows vegetables in a patch of their front yard. Another neighbor has a bunch of chickens and also a rooster. We're technically not allowed to have roosters but who's going to tell on them? Not me, for sure.
Usually, I have to let the cat fur accrue over months. That's such a time saver!