Wtf did I just read.

I have recently learned that the new helicopter parent type is the snowplow parent - these are the ones that not only shield their kids from the world, but also fully manage their lives for them. I work for the University of California and seeing how absolutely helpless these kids are is scary.

Shaka tea, either ice tea in cans or brew hot from packets.

More like day 2.

Temu is absolute cancer in terms of business practices so no surprise here at all.

It’s 2024 and we’re still looking into other people’s pants.

When I had my first job as a receptionist, our fax still printed on thermal paper rolls and we had a particularly bright customer fax us a 50 page contract. I was almost in tears as I watched a newly replaced very expensive roll getting wasted in minutes. I called my supervisor to vent and he walked to my desk with a sharpie, wrote IMCOMPLETE across the roll and said “fax it back to them”. They were calling us back in less than a minute screeching on the phone to stop transmission.

Oh, my favorite one:

Management: Why is the graph going up and down?

Me: Market cycle

Management: We can’t show this at the board meeting! Fix it!