#ooc

Sigh I swear to god our elderly guest and my elderly beagle are conspiring to create more work. that furniture she moved? He's peed next to it when i wasn't looking. She noticed, of course. head desk

AFTER she slept sitting up on the couch that required all the stuff moved instead of the perfectly empty sofa over there, or...radical thought, her own bed.

If we have boxes all over a couch, maybe that's a fucking clue the damn thing wasn't in use for a reason.

What the hell? sigh

Pardon. Just... I know she's old. I get it. And I even like her somedays but she does not consider for one moment what she wants may not be the best way.

Kinda the definition of "old" I'm afraid.

And I'm tempted to kill my beagle.

Who is also old.

but I have a hard time believing he 'accidentally' peed just where the newly moved ottoman would conceal it

Same issue. "This is a good place to pee. I don't particularly care if you don't agree."

Yes, well, one of them I can have put down legally if they keep annoying me

oof

I'd be snarling just as much if I were dealing with that.

Thank you. I can't say this shit outloud to people's faces or even my Housemate by text without making them feel bad (And there is little they can do anyway) so here I can be unreasonably irked.

no worries

They could FUCKING BE THERE WHEN THEY HAVE GUESTS SO IT'S NOT YOUR FUCKING RESPONSIBILITY.

They have jobs elsewhere.

They shouldn't have guests when they have to be at work.

Also, they did plan for a half day. Of course, whenever they take a half day, their bosses read it as "Okay, One more thing" and it's really more like a 3/4 day

...because it's uncomfortable for you, who is also a member of the household.

Hmph. Well, maybe the worst of it will be over soon.

Honestly, one friend shows up at five here and I'm like "You're home early"" And he's "today's my half day" and I'm like "So you get home on time. I think your bosses have trouble with measurements"

yar

Welcome to the south where the 'right to hire' actually means "We can fire your ass for any reason anytime but we expect YOU to have a 2 week notice if you want to quit or you better hope your next potential employers don't call us"

asswipes, yes

Ugh. See, this is why I'm union-loyal, even if some days they piss me off.

*Gritting teeth F-ing internet connection.... like sucking a golfball through a damn garden hose....

Sorry.

Yeeeeup

Unions have suffered a lot of demonization, are, indeed, flawed... but they're also stupidly necessary.

hugs Shades You've got mail.

VW ALMOST had a union in a factory here 10 years ago. You know, crazy German ideals. Oh my god, the local politicians went into a panic

they wanted the business, but not a union

And the business itself was like 'what's the big deal? all of our factories have unions'

Which is ridic. VW would have brought in a lot of jobs and money

free f'ing enterprise

Wait, so...the politicians blocked the union there? Good grief.

Yeah, the company was good with it, even assuming it as a given, and the local politicians freaked and asked them not to.

And now, of course, I'm out of time to linger. Ok. BB ASAP. Have pretty ready phone access. *Zoom*

(Is union, here *Zoom!*)

but.... why?

That makes no sense

why not just let them have a union?

Because then other workers will see the benefits and demand their own unions.

Brekke P pretty much has it on the nose

...which means businesses will be more likely to move someplace where they aren't expected to provide a union (which is how most of those companies probably ended up in that neighborhood to begin with).

Yup. "The jobs are moving to the South" is true. but they are moving because here they can be cheaper, crappier, less protected jobs.

And it's not enough to keep folks from unemployment,underemployment, or just plain 'sorry, we brought in our own workers'