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Tiruin

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68430 on: December 23, 2013, 08:10:42 am »
Quote from: SalmonGod on December 23, 2013, 07:45:01 am
As long as we're talking about grocery stores getting away with crap, one of my friends who works at a local chain posted this yesterday.

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Scumbag manager tried to convince me it was okay to sweep gallons of gasoline and gasoline neutralizer into a nearby stream.
. . .wat.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68431 on: December 23, 2013, 08:26:23 am »
Quote from: Tiruin on December 23, 2013, 08:10:42 am
. . .wat.
USA, baby. Prevailing corporate philosophy seems to be "It's not a crime if you don't get caught, and even if you do, it's still okay so long as the fines cost less than compliance." Rather imagine it's not too different in other economies, but eh.

It was actually kinda' amusing, thinking on it. One of the homework problems I did in a business spreadsheet class was calculating how much safety failure for a product was appropriate given a set of variables. Basically, how much it'd cost to absorb lawsuits and punitive damages vs. testing and safety measures. In retrospect, it was one of the most cold hearted numbers problems I've ever dealt with. "How many people can get maimed or die using this product before working to prevent it stops being a net monetary loss?" Naturally, with the initial set of variables it was unprofitable to improve testing and safety, haha.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68432 on: December 23, 2013, 08:57:15 am »
Quote from: Frumple on December 23, 2013, 08:26:23 am
Quote from: Tiruin on December 23, 2013, 08:10:42 am
. . .wat.
USA, baby. Prevailing corporate philosophy seems to be "It's not a crime if you don't get caught, and even if you do, it's still okay so long as the fines cost less than compliance." Rather imagine it's too different in other economies, but eh.

It was actually kinda' amusing, thinking on it. One of the homework problems I did in a business spreadsheet class was calculating how much safety failure for a product was appropriate given a set of variables. Basically, how much it'd cost to absorb lawsuits and punitive damages vs. testing and safety measures. In retrospect, it was one of the most cold hearted numbers problems I've ever dealt with. "How many people can get maimed or die using this product before working to prevent it stops being a net monetary loss?" Naturally, with the initial set of variables it was unprofitable to improve testing and safety, haha.


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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68433 on: December 23, 2013, 09:33:55 am »
Me and my younger brother have just spent the best part of the last 12 hours being sick everywhere, this has caused the death of my favourite onesie, somebody shall pay, probably the tuna samwhich.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68434 on: December 23, 2013, 11:46:33 am »
Quote from: Frumple on December 23, 2013, 08:26:23 am
Quote from: Tiruin on December 23, 2013, 08:10:42 am
. . .wat.
USA, baby. Prevailing corporate philosophy seems to be "It's not a crime if you don't get caught, and even if you do, it's still okay so long as the fines cost less than compliance." Rather imagine it's not too different in other economies, but eh.

It was actually kinda' amusing, thinking on it. One of the homework problems I did in a business spreadsheet class was calculating how much safety failure for a product was appropriate given a set of variables. Basically, how much it'd cost to absorb lawsuits and punitive damages vs. testing and safety measures. In retrospect, it was one of the most cold hearted numbers problems I've ever dealt with. "How many people can get maimed or die using this product before working to prevent it stops being a net monetary loss?" Naturally, with the initial set of variables it was unprofitable to improve testing and safety, haha.
As someone who works for a local non-profit who deals with our the health of our marine ecosystem, that is really, really saddening. I'm feeling kinda depressed right now.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68435 on: December 23, 2013, 12:35:03 pm »
Quote from: Tiruin on December 23, 2013, 08:10:42 am
Quote from: SalmonGod on December 23, 2013, 07:45:01 am
As long as we're talking about grocery stores getting away with crap, one of my friends who works at a local chain posted this yesterday.

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Scumbag manager tried to convince me it was okay to sweep gallons of gasoline and gasoline neutralizer into a nearby stream.
. . .wat.
"It's got neutralizer in it, what could be the problem!"
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68436 on: December 23, 2013, 12:38:43 pm »
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68437 on: December 23, 2013, 12:45:24 pm »
Sooooo inter family gifts today...

Good news, upgrade to my shittop.

Bad news(?) it has Windows 8 and I can't convince my dad to put 7 on it.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68438 on: December 23, 2013, 12:49:56 pm »
Unless you have compatibility problems, Windows 8 isn't that bad. Install Classic Shell and you'll rarely have to look at that POS interface again.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68439 on: December 23, 2013, 12:51:57 pm »
Quote from: Iceblaster on December 23, 2013, 12:45:24 pm
Sooooo inter family gifts today...
Isn't it a bit early for Christmas?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68440 on: December 23, 2013, 12:53:40 pm »
Quote from: Lord Shonus on December 23, 2013, 12:49:56 pm
Unless you have compatibility problems, Windows 8 isn't that bad. Install Classic Shell and you'll rarely have to look at that POS interface again.

Heh. Well I'll wait on definite opinions until I get steam and all that on it. For now I wait for updates :P

Quote from: MagmaMcFry on December 23, 2013, 12:51:57 pm
Quote from: Iceblaster on December 23, 2013, 12:45:24 pm
Sooooo inter family gifts today...
Isn't it a bit early for Christmas?

My family does this thing where the five of us exchange our gifts.

'Santa' still comes on the 25th though :P
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68441 on: December 23, 2013, 04:07:57 pm »
My grandfather's cancer has progressed to the point where he has days to live. I knew this was coming eventually, but...
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68442 on: December 23, 2013, 04:11:40 pm »
Quote from: Powder Miner on December 23, 2013, 04:07:57 pm
My grandfather's cancer has progressed to the point where he has days to live. I knew this was coming eventually, but...
Fuck cancer :/
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68443 on: December 23, 2013, 04:37:07 pm »
Cancer's a terrible thing. My sympathies to you and your grandfather.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68444 on: December 23, 2013, 04:51:14 pm »
You have my condolences.
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