Random, Random 2.0

[ponchi101]

One of my students accidentally swung an aluminum bat into my left arm full force, only a 4th grader, but man, I am feeling it. (teaching is not for the meek)

Hope you have a lot of ben-gay. Get better.

[ponchi101]

From "you can't make this up" land:

Anti-capitalist 'pay what you can' cafe in Canada closes doors after one year

The gist.
This is what the owner says:
Unfortunately, the lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources left me unable to weather the quiet winter season, or to grow in the ways needed to be sustainable longer-term," Sims-Fewer says in the announcement.

[ti-amie]

From "you can't make this up" land:

Anti-capitalist 'pay what you can' cafe in Canada closes doors after one year

The gist.
This is what the owner says:
Unfortunately, the lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources left me unable to weather the quiet winter season, or to grow in the ways needed to be sustainable longer-term," Sims-Fewer says in the announcement.

Shocked I tell you. SHOCKED!

[Owendonovan]

The school I work at (30+ hrs p/t, no benefits) sends this to me every year.
"As the year end approaches I'm writing to ask for your support in the 2022-2023 Annual Fund. As of today we have not yet received a gift from you and we hope we can count on your support!
A gift of any amount ($1,$5 or $10) would make a difference and mean a lot - I truly mean that! This is about participation and supporting each other and the great work we do every day of every year with our boys."

This is a private elementary school sitting on a $115,000,000 endowment. They'd like to say, to prospective families, that they have 100% participation from faculty and staff. They don't get that though, because of me.

If "supporting each other" means me sending Human Resources labor law they aren't following, great! But it's not.

I don't donate to millionaires.

[ponchi101]

That's some chutzpah.
Stand your ground. You are doing the correct thing.

[ti-amie]

"Puts us in coach?"



Redrum!

[ponchi101]

I have no issues with putting the kids in coach. As far as I am concerned, buy them a kennel and fly them dressed up as dogs.
But, flying your spouse in coach while you are in 1st class would mean divorce in Chez Ponchi. On a couple of occasions that the company paid for my business ticket and it was truly expensive, I bought my GF a coach ticket and when boarding we switched seats. She flies business, I fly coach.
And if she really means 1st class, the difference between 1st class and business is usually big enough to buy TWO business class seats.
The husband of a friend of my mother, a man loaded to the gills, used to do that too. It says a lot about the quality of the man.

[Owendonovan]

"Puts us in coach?"



Redrum!

The comments to that Ethicist column were all suggesting she dump him. I agree, I hope she takes him to the cleaners. I loooooathe people like that.

[Fastbackss]

Two comments:

1) there used to be a Panera Cares in my city. Technically everything is free. They encourage you to pay "menu" price. We found we felt guilty and paid MORE. Every time we were in there it seemed most were paying. Occasionally we'd see someone come in and "clean out" the day old loaf bin, so I was surprised.
Not my city but news story
https://www.eater.com/2019/2/5/18212499 ... restaurant
2. I was lucky enough to go to a prep school. Nearly put my family in bankruptcy to go. They have since increased enrollment, and cost. Kindergarten costs 35K ... and that's without fees (everything from food to buses to sports etc). And of course it goes up to 12th grade. Their requests for donations are extreme. I don't know what endowment is but I am sure it's huge. Their recent "drive" was trying to get 2M+

[Owendonovan]

Two comments:

1) there used to be a Panera Cares in my city. Technically everything is free. They encourage you to pay "menu" price. We found we felt guilty and paid MORE. Every time we were in there it seemed most were paying. Occasionally we'd see someone come in and "clean out" the day old loaf bin, so I was surprised.
Not my city but news story
https://www.eater.com/2019/2/5/18212499 ... restaurant
2. I was lucky enough to go to a prep school. Nearly put my family in bankruptcy to go. They have since increased enrollment, and cost. Kindergarten costs 35K ... and that's without fees (everything from food to buses to sports etc). And of course it goes up to 12th grade. Their requests for donations are extreme. I don't know what endowment is but I am sure it's huge. Their recent "drive" was trying to get 2M+

$58,500 without fees at my school, but guaranteed passing grades and an unblemished elementary school record.

[ponchi101]

Guaranteed passing grades? Wow, talk about a cushy upbringing.

[ti-amie]

And now we know why kids coming out of these cushy schools need remedial help.

[ti-amie]

Apparently this Adams person is as big a tool as this tweet implies. And people wonder why celebrities sometimes run away from "fans".

[JazzNU]

"Puts us in coach?"

Was coming here to post this. Thought it was from AITA at first for real.

[ti-amie]

Thursday's best photos via The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/galler ... est-photos