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Catharsis, expressing exasperation over the general state of things.

Looking to make someone laugh.

Self deprecation.

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  • I have a very strong suspicion that a large number of people would simply work “less” like “quiet quitting” (I hate that term.)

    The majority of people I’ve worked with don’t like asking for raises. It’s not that they don’t think they deserve more, they just have this aversion to going and initiating the conversation. I literally fought for a round of raises for everyone at the factory I work at to be considered because everyone I spoke to said they hadn’t gotten one in ~5 years… I suspect they’ll get envious of the people making more than them, but they won’t have the guts to go ask for what they’re worth and they’ll stew in their envy just working less as retaliation.





  • I work in similar condition, but unfortunately the owner has a nice air conditioned office on the off chance he’s even at the factory so he doesn’t give a shit. After 7 years of this crap I finally started recording the temperatures and humidity this summer so I can calculate the heat index and then I can write up an email to send to the health and safety team that I’m part of at the end of the summer to really give some data as to what we actually deal with. Maybe someone at your factory can do the same thing to try to make an argument? It’s one thing to check a thermostat that’s reading a dry temp of 88-92, but if you were able to show in real terms that’s actually 100°+ it might help.

    Not even halfway through the summer and we’ve already had over 2 weeks of 100°F+ temperatures… Hit 106° 3 times and 109°F was the worst so far. Hell I’d be thrilled if they installed some system that only activated at ~90°F heat index, I don’t need 67° perfection, just anything to not be roasting all the damn time.