The Off Topic Topic

[Ideologue]

That is the reason kids have problems in Middle School.  It is because as toddlers somebody called them bossy.

You don't think negative language effects people?

That being said, I'm not for policing anyone else's language.

I am not completely against the sentiment, but it is just a little over the top to suggest using the word Bossy has such overwhelming and devastating long term consequences.  I also am suspicious of the notion that some 3 year old boy throwing tantrums and demanding everybody do what he says is praised as a leader.  I certainly have never seen that.

Than doctor?  No way.

Than the other things the average person can do, it was one of the better professions.

But I've heard it's being flooded now and I wouldn't be too shocked to see a nurse oversupply, in a similar vein to the lawyer and pharmacist oversupplies.

(And with an ounce of brains, at one point you could make insane money.  Look at my vapid stepsister, who makes like $120k a year working 35-40 hours a week, as a nurse anesthetist.)

[derspiess]

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/02/obama-calls-gop-budget-plan-a-stinkburger/

  What's next, calling them doodooheads?

[Valmy]

Poopypants.  Though with the age of some Senators that might hit too close to home.

[Capetan Mihali]

The intense competition for spots in nursing schools and the large number of men entering the profession disagree.

Many of them turning down spots in medical school, no doubt.

[Valmy]

Many of them turning down spots in medical school, no doubt.

Medical School is a long and brutal grind and the Doctor profession is not exactly a bed of roses either.

[Capetan Mihali]

Many of them turning down spots in medical school, no doubt.

Medical School is a long and brutal grind and the Doctor profession is not exactly a bed of roses either.

And (assuming you meant RNs) nursing school/being a nurse; it isn't/is?

[Valmy]

Many of them turning down spots in medical school, no doubt.

Medical School is a long and brutal grind and the Doctor profession is not exactly a bed of roses either.

And (assuming you meant RNs) nursing school/being a nurse; it isn't/is?

I think it depends on your priorities.  I would much rather be a nurse than a Doctor personally.  That is a career for masochists.

[Syt]

German airline Lufthansa is to cancel 3,800 flights on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday because of a strike by pilots over pay and working conditions.

The airline said 425,000 passengers would be affected by the stoppages.

It says that it has sent 100,000 text messages and emails to people who have booked on its flights in an attempt to prevent chaos at airports.

Emergency sleeping and food has been made ready at bigger airports for those who did not get the warning messages.

Fun!

This conversation happened a couple weeks ago for real:

Mrs. MIM--"We're going to Europe, what if there's a strike?"

MIM--"Just don't buy the tickets on an Italian airline and we'll be fine. If you're not sure, stick to Lufthansa."

Airline pilots are some of the best paid employees in Germany. They're asking for a 10% raise. More importantly, they're protesting a change to their retirement regime (previously, Lufthansa would sort them out at age 55, then pay their salary for ten years till they hit the official retirement age of 65 - Lufthansa now decided that this s too expensive for the airline).

[Ideologue]

Well maybe that's what you get for starting World War II and interrupting our plans for the Transatlantic Tunnel.

[Eddie Teach]

Doubt it. Airline pilots are some of the best paid employees here too.

[Razgovory]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/02/obama-calls-gop-budget-plan-a-stinkburger/

  What's next, calling them doodooheads?

Screaming "Liar" was already taken.

[Zanza]

This conversation happened a couple weeks ago for real:

Mrs. MIM--"We're going to Europe, what if there's a strike?"

MIM--"Just don't buy the tickets on an Italian airline and we'll be fine. If you're not sure, stick to Lufthansa."

Air travel is actually by far the most strike-prone industry in Germany. That's because every niche job (air traffic control, ground staff, security personnel, airport administration, cabin staff, pilots, etc.) has their own union and collective bargaining agreements and if just one of these many groups strike, the whole complex system doesn't work anymore.

On the bottom you see how many workdays per 1000 employees were lost to strikes between 2005 an 2012. 16 in Germany and 10 in the USA.

[Iormlund]

Heh. I can understand Spain being so high. We've had three general strikes in the last few years because of cuts and labour reform. But what the hell is going on in Norway, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Canada and France?

[Liep]

Strikes are a thing of the past here, but they were quite frequent around 1900-2008.

[Zanza]

What happened in 2008?