The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

Probably a good time to go ahead and cut ties with her.

[garbon]

People who suddenly stop replying to messsages for a few days for no reason- worse than Hitler?

People who complain about other people having lies are definitely worse than Hitler.

Its just good etiquette to let people know if you're busy or to answer simple questions within a few days.
At least have an apology and an excuse afterwards.

She's just not that into you.

[alfred russel]

Tyr, you should watch this video for pointers on how to tell if a girl is into you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa-4IAR_9Yw

[Maximus]

From the Ed Anger best of '16 list:

http://www.askamanager.org/2016/06/i-was-fired-from-my-internship-for-writing-a-proposal-for-a-more-flexible-dress-code.html

Whiny young people.

We accompanied the proposal with a petition, signed by all of the interns (except for one who declined to sign it) and gave it to our managers to consider.

The next day, all of us who signed the petition were called into a meeting where we thought our proposal would be discussed.

Congratulations on your new job, kid.  You survived the audition.  BY NOT BEING STUPID

Yea, not the intern's job to point out stupid policies.

[LaCroix]

the intern's job is to accept stupid policies and, once hired, contravene them.

[alfred russel]

Yea, not the intern's job to point out stupid policies.

Reading the letter, the intern worked for a company that required suits or blazers to work. Ie, a very formal one. She mentioned they requested that sandals be considered acceptable (but not flip flops!).

[alfred russel]

the intern's job is to accept stupid policies and, once hired, contravene them.

But how do you know it was stupid? There are valid reasons to have a more professional dress code.

[The Brain]

Why did they think being uppity was a good idea?

[Admiral Yi]

Leaving aside other considerations, "wah wah wah GI Gimp gets to wear sneakers" is not the way to go.

[LaCroix]

But how do you know it was stupid? There are valid reasons to have a more professional dress code.

agree, but these interns seem to have thought it was stupid.

most internships are really just long interviews. you don't ask to change policy in an interview

[CountDeMoney]

Yea, not the intern's job to point out stupid policies.

That's right, Max; you tell 'em how it's done over there in Eurotopia.

[Grey Fox]

All dress codes are stupid.

[Admiral Yi]

North Korea's second most important trade partner is...Congo. 

[Syt]

This is a bit creepy. 

[DGuller]

If I spent all the time and effort to get a bunch of interns to work for me, I would not fire the whole bunch of them all at once unless they already proved to be useless and hopeless.  I would explain to them, one on one, how counter-productive they were being with that stupid petition.