I think the point with standing desks is really you just want one that can convert to either be a standing or a sitting desk. And you switch it up from time to time.

It’s odd the people that advocate for standing only all day. Standing in one spot all day is straight up painful unless you’ve got a nice standing mat. Even then it can suck. Walking all day is different and won’t hurt as much. Long periods of immobility in any position aren’t exactly great for you, whether you’re sitting or standing. Not having the option to sit is also terrible.

A combo of standing and sitting is best, not one or the other.

Apple isn’t alone in this. Samsung’s default keyboard does this as well. It’s absolutely infuriating. I’m an adult. I should be able to say what I want to say without my phone of all fucking things censoring me like I’m in primary school or at a job interview. It’s ludicrous. So I use Gboard instead.

Physical therapists are going to be physically manipulating people around helping them to do their exercises and such. You’re going to be physically taxed a fair bit. Although in theory, PT’s won’t have to help a patient every time they need to get up to use the toilet like a nurse or nurse’s aid would.

Can you elaborate more? I also thought there was just sand there. What is there actually?

Odd. That’s backwards from what I generally hear people talk about. When you’re still in your early twenties, it’s very easy to meet people in college/university. Once you start getting older and leaving behind schooling and its associated extracurriculars, it gets way more difficult to meet people. Where are these 35+ people going out and finding partners? Not saying it’s impossible by any stretch of the imagination, just a lot harder.

I know Chicago really blurs the line between “deep dish” and straight up “casserole”, but this is a whole new level. What even is this? I’m both intrigued and mildly horrified.

Yep, doesn’t happen with any specific brand. If this happens then it means the gum is old.

To be a bit pedantic, a lot of millennial fashion in pants are more skin tight (think skinny jeans), whereas gen z fashion in pants are often more baggier. There is overlap, sure. But gen z seem to gravitate away from skinny jeans.

Personally, I’m just happy that higher waisted pants have gotten more popular throughout the years. Low rise pants only seem to flatter the skinniest, most toned people. I say this as a not overweight person too. Higher waisted pants are just more flattering on everyone, no matter the body type!

Edit: Lol why am I being downvoted? I didn’t say either of the styles I described in the first paragraph were bad!

Hoodie terminology is serious business evidently!! Lol

To be clear, I don’t actually refer to it as a “pullover hoodie”. I just said that for clarification.

For me,

A hooded sweatshirt without a zipper = hoodie. In my experience, these are often (but not always) more looser fitting.

A hooded article of clothing with a zipper = jacket. In my experience, these are often more form fitting.

Weirdly for me, this wouldn’t be a hoodie. Pullover hoodies are the only type possible in my mind. Something like this would be a jacket to me.

Employee has had years to figure out how people communicate with them.

Maybe your employee does have more difficulty understanding than the average person, but this is such a bullshit excuse.

Everyone communicates differently. What is obvious to someone may not be obvious to others. Some people need a little more precision in the instructions you give to them. I don’t see why it would be unreasonable to provide that.

I’m reminded of an interaction with my supervisor the other day…

Me: Hello. This case has <issue>. Am I ok to proceed with <issue> or does it need to be corrected first?

Supervisor: Have <Company name> figure it out.

<Company name> has literally thousands of employees so I have no idea why she said it like that.

Me: Uhh…do you want me to ask <Name of specific higher up person>?

Supervisor: No, have them figure it out.

Me: Who is them?

Supervisor: <Lower level assistant>.

For context, <Lower level assistant> usually asks us if they are ok to proceed, not the other way around.

Me: I don’t think they will know the answer. Who should I have them ask?

Supervisor: <Company name>

Me: ???

Supervisor: Have them ask <Name of a specific manager>

Me: Ok.

In this whole interaction, she was getting increasingly rude and irate with me for not being able to read her mind. If she would have just said she wanted <Name of a specific manager> to figure it out, she could have just told me to begin with instead of getting huffy and curt with me and unnecessarily prolonging the interaction.

Here’s another example…

Supervisor: Hey, do you want me to move X out of the way somewhere?

Me: Nah, I don’t mind it being there!

Supervisor: I don’t want X there.

Me: <Supervisor>, I am not a mind reader. If you want something, you have to tell me.

Sometimes what is obvious in your brain is not obvious to those around you.

Ok I’m glad I’m not the only one who is confused. Idk if I’m just stupid, but I read the OP three times and cannot for the life of me understand what was supposed to happen with the emails and products. Can someone explain it to me?

Edit: Ok, I get it now after taking a few minutes, but the instructions are still vague. “This” is not a specific indication. Sounds like the employee sent both the product and the email just to be safe because the instruction was ambiguous. It sounds like the employee was uncertain what was meant, but for whatever reason didn’t ask for clarification.

So why didn’t they ask? Does this employee get pushback for asking for clarification? Were they being lazy? Are they an anxious person? There are many possibilities here.

Ah ok yeah I’ve never seen someone try it that way but it makes sense. I like the butter knife trick because it takes very minimal effort and is the quickest to break the pressure differential in my experience.

I recently found out about these and they have been a huge help, but I found that food still manages to make it’s way into the rest of the basket, even if it’s not as much.

I find a butter knife has a similar effect as the first tool you linked. Jam it into where the lid meets the jar and then twist and/or pry to pop the seal. It’s been the quickest and easiest way to open these kinds of jars for me.

I’ve seen other people just smacking the lid with a knife for some reason and I have no idea what that is supposed to accomplish lol. Doesn’t work that way.

I was gifted an air fryer a while back. While it’s generally useful, cleaning if after each use is really obnoxious imo and so I hardly ever use it.

It’s a lot easier to clean a pan I used in the oven because I can just pop it in the dishwasher. I can’t pop the air fryer in the dishwasher. It would destroy it.

I’m a little confused. Are you looking for advice? It sounds like this guy was into you but you kept friend zoning him even though you wanted to date him?

I love this. Gonna drink my clogged gutter water tea tonight. 😊

I like this take. Thank you for your words.