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This is absolutely true. My former employer (a big box retail company) reduced my pay while I was on holiday. I had been there for years and accrued a bunch of pay rises - but the company got bought out and the new owners thought they could strip me of these because they felt they were temporary and non-contractual.

I got some legal advice that basically said they can’t do that sort of thing and had a meeting scheduled with HR. I went in with my notepad, I stayed calm - pleasent even - no angry shouting or slamming tables with fists, I just politely asked them questions and wrote down everything they said, then read their answers back to them to confirm thats what they said. I had about 6 questions prepared and by the 4th they were visibly uncomfortable, it was an amazing feeling making them squirm like that. After I got done asking my questions, I dropped the legal advice I had been given on them and it was obvious the answers they gave supported my case very heavily. They panicked and reversed all there decesion plus I got back-pay.

But if the first thing I had done is charge in making accusations and quoting the law I know nothing constructive would have happened.

See the goal is to bury them in their own words.

Edit: predictably the company went bust the next year. So long Office Outlet!

He speaks the true knowledge

Hello Metal Detectors perhaps you can help me: I’m into all sorts of music and I’ve listened to modern day metal.

What confuses me is that Led Zeppelin has also been described as Metal and Heavy Metal. I listened to Led Zeppelin 4 and it has accoustic folk songs on it.

So I guess my question is when did todays metal start to sound like metal? Is there any connective tissue with Metal in the late '60s / early '70s and now?

I am 40 and ready to die.

So its half accurate.

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Maybe I’M a serial killer… of breakfast cereals that is!

My 5 from the '90s was:

The Pixies Pavement Radiohead Elliot Smith Smashing Pumpkins

Its a screenshot. On my phone its done by holding the powerbutton and volume down button together.

Well let me put it another way. Lets say your favourite meal is Steak. I don’t know what it really is, it should automatically be Pizza, but for the purposes of this metaphor, its Steak.

Imagine the only meal you will have for the rest of your life is steak. It will not be possible the enjoy that. We need variety, even if we crave for specifics. And what Lemmy currently lacks is variety. Not variety in memes its currently aceing that. But… sometimes I want Pizza not a can if beans.

*written while hungry.

My biggest concern is that Memes are the most prevalent content in Lemmy. Its like I’m back on 9gag in the mid-2000s.

I wore a ‘weird fish’ T-shirt and was not a fish. I was not a weird fish, or a normal fish, or just a fish. I was just a liar. Please forgive me.

Your honor I argue that the defendant was not alone on the night in question! That there was a large group there! And that is why they must be charged with… A MURDER!

(Sorry)

I’m pretty confident I would not be on Lemmy right now had someone not advertised it.