Greed. A sane person will walk away from working once they have enough saved to comfortably retire.
$100 million can let you live comfortably forever, but there are plenty of people who want that much every year.
Those are the folks who become ‘leaders.’
I ask everyone I give my number to to text me first so I can verify
If he’s an adult you can call the police.
People have family members arrested all the time.
Just vacationed in Belize. Tiny place near Guatemala and Mexico on the Caribbean. It’s the only English speaking country in South America; founded by English pirates who wanted to steal Spanish gold. Great food, friendly people, and interesting history.
I don’t know where you live, so I can only tell you what worked in my area.
First, the local library. Near me the main branch has a Job Opportunity Center where they have listings for all the civil service jobs.
The Chief-Leader is a New York City website/printed newspaper that has listings of all Civil Service jobs in the area.
You can contact the state/province Department of Labor and see what they have.
Work smarter, not harder
check the thread. Other people are smarter than us.
I wanted a video, but couldn’t find one.
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You used to be able to get a special dispenser that would hand you a lit cigarette as you drove.
https://jalopnik.com/cars-once-came-with-built-in-cigarette-dispensers-1795733052
Apply for Civil Service jobs.
You won’t get hired quickly, but the jobs come with great benefits and strong unions.
Franz is here to help you, little man. Bend over and breath deeply. It will all be over in fifteen to twenty minutes.
Isaac Asimov wrote books on a wide range of topics.
Start with him
Ask a librarian.
Look for ‘The Recruit.’ One season only [so far] Young lawyer gets hired by the CIA. Manages to mix office politics with national politics.
You can’t make people like you, but you have a right to demand respect.
I worked a job where I shared a space with another worker. They worked the shift ahead of me. Because I was brand new they thought it would be fun to leave the area a mess. I took all the garbage and put it in their company mailbox. I told them that if they left their personal stuff out I’d be nice and return it to them.
They eventually got the idea.
If someone tells you to do their job, tell them ‘no.’
If the supervisor tells you to do it, tell the supervisor that you can’t handle more responsibilities because you’re at your limit.
You have to stand up for yourself.
The problem is that I can’t just explain to the technically uneducated people that I changed mail providers. How should I go about doing this?
Speaking as a nontech person, I can assure you that none of us care in the slightest.
Just give us the new address and we’ll change it. We might curse you for making us do the work, but probably we’ll feel like badasses when we do it in only three hours.
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I like to read old science fiction and check out the things the authors got wrong.
Maybe my favorite is the ‘mini VHS recorders’ from Neuromancer.