It's Personal...

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:29 pm

Probably BECAUSE they look pretty damn stylish.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:45 pm

Yep, hence the question.

fectin · Post by **fectin** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:20 pm

You can't make Downfall, Sound of Music, or Electric Six's Dance Commander video without Nazi uniforms.

Even two minutes hate needed pictures of Goldstein.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:56 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:That's pretty much what I expected. Of course, there's also the possibility the person is really into fetish, given how weirdly popular facist style is in the fetish community, which is pretty uncomfortable too.

I saw a femdom movie featuring asian women wearing Nazi uniforms one time. Definitely the weirdest, most cognitive dissonant boner I've had in my life...

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:20 am

So I work for Goodwill, which has a janitorial contracting program, so I work at the district US Army Corps of Engineers building. Thanks to the Federal government, I make more than minimum wage and get benefits like insurance and paid time off.

Recently, the highups at Goodwill-Easter Seals discovered that there was an error in our favor for how PTO accumulated. What brought this on is one of the old-timers tried to sell his PTO time back (yes, another thing we can do) and they had a duck when they found out he could sell off 150 hours of pay.

So they decided to change it so it can't be stockpiled year after year. Then they decided the time renews on our start date anniversary.

I started at the end of May, five years ago. This would entitle me to ten days off a year. They, however, had decided to retroactively reduce the hours we accumulated, but not retroactively reset my PTO to whatever they would be (I've had about two days off since May).

I did have about five days of PTO. Now the jackasses are trying to tell me I have seven hours (two days). Which is supposed to last me eight months until my hiring anniversary comes around.

So Monday morning I'm going to call and argue with them and go up the chain. I'm a loyal employee who tries to represent Goodwill. Not only that, my boss and I landed Goodwill another janitorial contract last year. I do my job to the best of my ability, help some of the truly mentally disabled coworkers do theirs, and support Goodwill's other programs. I even shop for most of my knockabout clothes at Goodwill.

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Oh, and on the bus to work, a car hit the bus. No injuries, but I did arrive 15 minutes late after being crammed into a van with seven other grown people. Being confronted with my employer trying to rob me did not help my mood.

Surgo · Post by **Surgo** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:15 am

Maxus wrote:What brought this on is one of the old-timers tried to sell his PTO time back (yes, another thing we can do)

There are places that don't do this? It's beneficial for the companies <_<

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:29 am

Surgo wrote:
Maxus wrote:What brought this on is one of the old-timers tried to sell his PTO time back (yes, another thing we can do)
There are places that don't do this? It's beneficial for the companies <_<

A lot of places down here have Use-it-or-lose-it. You either take your vacation time, or you lose it at the end of the year.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:07 am

Got my flight booked for my cruise! All that's left is to request the time off (earliest I can do so is tomorrow).

I'm excited!

fectin · Post by **fectin** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:39 pm

Different companies have different policies to optimize for different things.

Generally though, it's part of you compensation package, and "retroactive changes" should be verboten.

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:12 pm

I'm still waiting for someone who is not employed by a genocidal maniac to make a better looking uniform than the Nazis had. Come on, guys. All I want is a sweet-looking army uniform that isn't associated with any holocausts. Is that too much ask?

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:19 pm

18th century Spanish officer uniforms, maybe?

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:46 am

I'm quite fond of those worn by the Commissariat, though I suppose there's some debate about the "genocidal maniac" bit there.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:31 am

Some of them are decent enough folks.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:32 am

I rather meant that of the Soviet Union. And while there's very little difference between them, there are differences worth noting. Such as "having actually existed in the real world".

fectin · Post by **fectin** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:12 pm

You don't like USN dress whites, or USMC mess dress?

Edit: really, any USMC uniform is pretty good.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:52 pm

Today I turn 30, so it's one of the Birthdays you're allowed to have.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:14 am

Yay! Happy birthday! I hope it's a good one!

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:25 am

Poor you.
I did my best to make sure nobody would notice that it was my birthday (30 as well) by taking, basically, the entire month off at work and leaving the city to hide at my grandma.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:47 am

In all seriose, I'm enjoying the day in a manner which is appropriate to me: getting my passport, eating cake, and later on drinking cider. A nice evening with some family but not too many people, and if I have enough cider I might give you guys a review of 3:16 - Carnage Among The Stars, which is an indie RPG that works okay for rapid-fire convention games or whatever.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:30 am

Yay a multiple of 10!

Count Arioch the 28th · Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:30 am

It's down in the 30's in the Midwest. That makes me happy, I like the cold.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:23 pm

It's a balmy -43 63 up here in Bean Town. But it feels freezing. I had to dip my fingers in boiling water just to thaw them enuff to type this.

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:14 am

Remember those kittens I was bottle feeding? I managed to adopt all but one out, which means that I am alone with an approximately 9 week old kitten, the darkest possible timeline. My ankles are under constant siege.

Red Archon · Post by **Red Archon** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 4:33 am

Whipstitch wrote:It's not particularly fair and is in fact irritatingly complicit with things I ostensibly disagree with, but there are a few taboos where I start to question people's judgement for breaking them even if I don't think the taboo itself is in any way practical on its own merits. For example, face tattoos don't magically make you a bad person but if you get one I will kinda wonder why you'd get a face tattoo in a country where tons of people think that even standard issue tattoos make you borderline unemployable. Owning a bunch of nazi inspired kit definitely falls into that category for me. It's not a lifestyle choice that makes sense for people who aren't in a crappy electro-industrial band.

Lemmy loves Nazi paraphernalia and he's like -5% Nazi. But then, he's Lemmy; he could have slaves and I'd think he's cool.

fectin · Post by **fectin** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:43 am

Upon cursory examination, new Ubuntu is shit, and I hate it.

Totally unrelated, new Ubuntu swore it was going to leave partitions intact and install on Partition A. New Ubuntu instead glommed Partitions B & C together and installed on them.

But the UI is also terrible.