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NeoNachtwaechter, in Mandatory security check followed by a long travel to area of work. When do you clock in?

As soon as you are doing the things that your company has ordered, you are working.

This includes enduring the security check.

bostonbananarama,

2014 unanimous Supreme Court case says that they do not need to be paid. State law may require otherwise though. Believe there was a PA case recently that ruled they did need to be paid.

effward,
@effward@lemmy.world avatar

Wouldn’t that definition also include time spent commuting?

bluGill,

Sometimes. Generally the.company doesn't order you to live where you do. If you want paid commuting time they will tell you to move next door so your time is 1 minute (that zoning doesn't allow this or someone else lives there isn't their problem ).

If you are told to travel from one office to another though you should be paid for your time. If they transfer your office they may owe you moving expenses so your commute isn't too long '

Trainguyrom,

If you are told to travel from one office to another though you should be paid for your time

This is actually law in the 'states. If you need to travel further than your normal commute you are paid for your travel time from your normal location to the new one and if you drive your milage is paid at a rate of 67¢/mile off the top of my head. I worked IT at a rural bank for a while and had to expense my milage pretty often as I went to branches 30-50 miles away to swap computers and whatnot

NeoNachtwaechter,

Good question. Generally No.

Your duty to come to work is part of your work contract. But not the question where you come from, or where you go after work. That’s your decision and your private time.

If it is different, for example if they order you where to live, then that must be compensated.

Narrrz, in If zombies are supposed to go after brains, then why do they almost always end up tearing into the abdomen and other parts instead?

apropos of nothing, have you ever tried to actually get your jaws around someone else's head? you can't really open your mouth enough to do more than scrape the skin - biting someone's skull open would probably not be possible.

Coreidan, in If zombies are supposed to go after brains, then why do they almost always end up tearing into the abdomen and other parts instead?

We’re talking about zombies here bro, it’s not like logic has any place here.

shinigamiookamiryuu, in What's your favorite thing to dream about?

I dream very, very infrequently, partially because of hypophantasia, partially because I learned lucid dreaming interferes with my sleep (it really isn’t that healthy), and also I’ve sort of stunted my dreaming. To explain, during a time when my outlook on the dreaming process was different, it used to be I primarily dreamt about people I missed. Such dreams were my glory, but then I’d wake up and the realization it was a dream once again would hit me hard.

One night I had such a dream, it became lucid, and I discovered that, despite being emotionally numb in real life which meant I have a hard time crying, in my dream I gravitated towards crying, and it felt unnaturally natural because I wouldn’t have expected it if I don’t gravitate towards crying in real life. It came to a point when I didn’t want to dream anymore, even if I never dreamt that often in the first place, so I pushed my ability to do so far, far away.

tofubl,

Woah, are you okay?

shinigamiookamiryuu,

Okay? Yes. Satisfactory? Meh. I know life circumstances have demonstrated they could be better than they are. I’ve lost a few people in life in ways that are particularly difficult to think back on. I go about myself normally but I’d be lying to say I could confirm the parts of my mind I may be neglecting have or will ever see itself as beyond all that.

tofubl,

I’m sorry to hear it, and I hope you are being kind to yourself.

Mugmoor, in Has Nintendo lost it's magic or is it just now waking up and making good games again - my thoughts included, but what are the views of Lemy users?
@Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Your takes on Mario games are wild. Have fun never being happy with them.

sbv, in Have you ever come across some sort of container or organizer for anything that ended up being strangely useful?

Before I had a car with a remote, I really liked Keyport organizers. They’re a good way to stop keys from getting clanky and stabby in your pocket. And they have a snazzy flashlight and pocket knife. They’re a fun fidget too.

Rylyshar,
@Rylyshar@lemmy.world avatar

Oh my gawd!! Looking into this now! Because of my job, I constantly need to carry far too many keys around, including my damn car key fob — meaning when I lean over, I sometimes end up pressing a button on my fob! These look like problem solvers!

sbv,

They’re awesome. I was kind of disappointed when our old car died and I updated to a vehicle with a fob.

IonAddis,
@IonAddis@lemmy.world avatar

I have never seen one of those before. Those look really cool!

Thank you!

ZagamTheVile, in If zombies are supposed to go after brains, then why do they almost always end up tearing into the abdomen and other parts instead?

Most zombies aren’t Anatomy majors.

RBWells, in How do you deal with incompetence?

My own? Or that of others? Ignorance is usually fixable, learn what you need to. Incompetence can often be remedied through practice. Nobody starts out knowledgeable or competent.

If it’s someone else’s incompetence and it’s affecting me (like we had an A/P person at work who could not get one vendor paid at the right amount, ever, and it was making my job harder) I usually look at the systems around the person, thinking things should be set up to avoid human error - people are often asked to do things that don’t make sense. For example, to keep the same example - “make sure you don’t pay an invoice twice if it’s sent to us twice”. I mean, sure, but the system should be preventing that, people are always going to fuck it up.

Long answer but I generally approach it thinking people aren’t trying to do bad work, and certainly not doing bad work to annoy me, there is something in their way.

Tronn4, in Have you ever come across some sort of container or organizer for anything that ended up being strangely useful?

Danish cookie tins. mic drop

sbv,

Are you my grandmother?

LaunchesKayaks, in Gifts for young kids who are really into airplanes?
@LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world avatar

A shirt with an airplane on it. Get one that’s a few sizes too big so he can wear it for a while.

Pons_Aelius, in If zombies are supposed to go after brains, then why do they almost always end up tearing into the abdomen and other parts instead?

The digestive system actually has a high number of neurons.

Think Twice: How the Gut's "Second Brain" Influences Mood and Well-Being

It has the second highest concentration in the body, after the skull. Since the human bite force is not strong enough to penetrate the human skull the zombies are actually targeting the next best area to eat brains.

Kolanaki, in If zombies are supposed to go after brains, then why do they almost always end up tearing into the abdomen and other parts instead?
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It’s a common misconception that zombies are stupid and don’t know the brain is in the skull. They actually are just attracted to humans who were known to have shit for brains, and are going for the abdomen, because that’s where shit is made.

setsneedtofeed, (edited ) in If zombies are supposed to go after brains, then why do they almost always end up tearing into the abdomen and other parts instead?
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

There is no singular zombie lore. The brain eating entered pop culture with “Return Of The Living Dead”. That movie and the associated Living Dead series exists as a result of an IP fight between John Russo and George Romero. It is not canon with the George Romero zombie movies (Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, Day Of The Dead, Land Of The Dead, and the lesser following low budget movies).

In Romero’s movies the zombies do not go after brains, they don’t say “brains”. Their hunger for human flesh is discussed by characters but nobody really knows for sure why zombies attack or eat people.

In many other zombie series, there are often theorized reasons for their behavior, but rarely a solid answer, and very few series have zombies that explicitly want brains to eat.

tsonfeir, in If zombies are supposed to go after brains, then why do they almost always end up tearing into the abdomen and other parts instead?
@tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

The iconic phrase “Brains!” associated with zombies is most famously from the “Return of the Living Dead” series. This horror-comedy franchise, which started with “The Return of the Living Dead” in 1985, diverged from traditional zombie films by featuring undead creatures that specifically vocalized their craving for brains. This particular depiction of zombies was a departure from earlier representations, where zombies typically didn’t speak and were not specifically focused on eating brains.

iHUNTcriminals, (edited ) in Has Nintendo lost it's magic or is it just now waking up and making good games again - my thoughts included, but what are the views of Lemy users?

🥺 …But …it’sa me …a Mario…

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