My car got owned

KaiineTN · Post by **KaiineTN** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:19 am

By snow. Not looking forward to digging this out!

Post by **Tossica** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:33 am

Fuck snow. At least I get to work from home today but really, just fuck snow.

Insanityfair · Post by **Insanityfair** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:01 am

Same here. I live in an apartment so they say, hey, sorry you have to move for plowing by 9am or we tow you (and they will), so not only did I dig my car out of that same shit, but pushed/dug out at least around 5 other vehicles as well that took two hours. What made it even better was when we moved to the spot they told us to, a public park, that wasn't plowed out either so now a bunch of us are stuck over there. Seriously, fuck snow.

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:12 am

haha ya i got my car stuck in a mud-filled crater-sized pothole that i didn't see because it was cleverly disguised by snow. an hour and $60 later, a tow truck rescued me (and its operators laughed at me . . . the shame!!!).

josh got his car stuck in his driveway this morning hehe . . . i had to take him to work and i'll get the supreme joy of waiting until 3 to take my lunch break so i can pick him up from work. yaaay.

on a somewhat related note, only about 10 women made it into work yesterday, and of those 10, 5 wore pants (we have a skirts-only dress code for women at our company). today, those 5 got called into a special meeting and reprimanded for breaking our pants rule (it has to be below 20 degrees at the warmest for us to be allowed to wear a professional pantsuit). that is such bullshit to me because seriously, it was snowing still and the ground had 5 inches of snow on it already. i felt really bad for those girls because some of them were so frustrated that they cried. what a stupid dress code.

i, however, took advantage of the fact that i'm salaried (and the fact that my power went out) and took a snow day. ^_^

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:35 am

WTF, there's a rule girls have to wear skirts? Is that legal? I'm pretty sure you could sue for sexual discrimination for that.

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:37 am

that's what i've always thought, too--how on earth do they get away with it?

i think it's because we go into it knowingly. they make very sure to inform us of the dress code before hiring.

doesn't mean i don't still think it's crap

Post by **Tossica** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:37 am

At my job the girls must go topless and give head. Is that illegal?

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:38 am

leah wrote:that's what i've always thought, too--how on earth do they get away with it?

i think it's because we go into it knowingly. they make very sure to inform us of the dress code before hiring.

doesn't mean i don't still think it's crap

Are any of the top managers women?

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:38 am

No snow in Texas...YEE HAW

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:40 am

Zanchief wrote:
leah wrote:that's what i've always thought, too--how on earth do they get away with it?

i think it's because we go into it knowingly. they make very sure to inform us of the dress code before hiring.

doesn't mean i don't still think it's crap

Are any of the top managers women?

the head designer is female. otherwise, it's mostly men. and the head honcho (who calls the shots and came up with the dress code in the first place AND makes sure that it's enforced) is a man. go figure.

they actually have told us that "professional attire" affects our productivity.

Insanityfair · Post by **Insanityfair** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:54 am

Tossica wrote:At my job the girls must go topless and give head. Is that illegal?

I can't believe people totally ignored this! :rofl:

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:03 am

leah wrote:
Zanchief wrote:
leah wrote:that's what i've always thought, too--how on earth do they get away with it?

i think it's because we go into it knowingly. they make very sure to inform us of the dress code before hiring.

doesn't mean i don't still think it's crap

Are any of the top managers women?

the head designer is female. otherwise, it's mostly men. and the head honcho (who calls the shots and came up with the dress code in the first place AND makes sure that it's enforced) is a man. go figure.

they actually have told us that "professional attire" affects our productivity.

In this day and age. Who knew.

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:06 am

seriously. it's one of the few things i dislike about my job.

the other: my insurance doesn't cover women's health (contraceptives, yearly well-woman exams, etc.)

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:08 am

Wow, that is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:08 am

Do you guys have work outing at the strippers? Seems like a pretty misogynistic place.

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:13 am

haha actually, when i went on my business trip to arizona, i accompanied a marketing girl, and she told me that one of the guys in the marketing department takes his clients out to strip joints/bars and has drinks with them whilst sealing marketing deals.

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:14 am

The Kizzy wrote:Wow, that is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

to be honest, i don't really understand how there hasn't been one yet.

Post by **Tossica** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:20 am

leah wrote:
The Kizzy wrote:Wow, that is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

to be honest, i don't really understand how there hasn't been one yet.

Because you are all being good little girls and doing what you are told.

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:21 am

i know, right?

araby · Post by **araby** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:52 pm

I have always been one of those people who doesn't like rules just because they're rules. I'm like, "oh a rule!" Then I break it.

Post by **Lyion** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:35 pm

Tossica wrote:
leah wrote:
The Kizzy wrote:Wow, that is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

to be honest, i don't really understand how there hasn't been one yet.

Because you are all being good little girls and doing what you are told.

Probably moreso because it's in Nebraska and the court system there wouldn't allow it.

That doesn't make it right.

ClakarEQ · Post by **ClakarEQ** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:41 pm

If a company can force you to stop smoking while not at work, or force you to pay more because you smoke, even if you don't at work.

Being forced to wear a dress sounds perfectly reasonable. I bet the IT guys loving putting in patch cables jeje

Xaiveir · Post by **Xaiveir** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:45 pm

ClakarEQ wrote:
Being forced to wear a dress sounds perfectly reasonable. I bet the IT guys loving putting in patch cables jeje

HA!

Companies have the right to have a certain dress code, as long as you are notified of it before taking the job.

Look at H@@ter's dress code. Short shorts, no law suites there.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:20 pm

ClakarEQ wrote:If a company can force you to stop smoking while not at work, or force you to pay more because you smoke, even if you don't at work.

Being forced to wear a dress sounds perfectly reasonable. I bet the IT guys loving putting in patch cables jeje

Some companies have group policies for health insurance and it is no fair to the healthy non-smokers to pay for those purposely ruining their health driving up premiums.