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What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
The employee will lose their flight benefits for at least a year. You are responsible for your pass riders. Most people who I know who can give out buddy passes don't give them out for this reason.
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Yeah, I thought that would happen. It is after all a privilege extended at will by the airline.

The airline is also in a vise, too: they can't adjudicate case by case because of the risk of being sued for preferential treatment by employees they decided against. That's why employers have taken to hiding behind automatic policies. It avoids liability.

IINM employers won't even give ex-employees recommendations any more for fear of being sued by ex-employees they don't recommend.
 
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Oh pizz on Eddie Shore!?!???

@FoxNews: Cops say that a woman lit her boyfriend on fire and then used urine to put out the flames. http://fxn.ws/2t0quc2
 
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Kepler said:
Yeah, I thought that would happen. It is after all a privilege extended at will by the airline..
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At will maybe but I think its in the union contract. Family of employees fly for free(have to pay taxes). You represent the airline so no flip flops, shorts or Tshirts. As a non rev, paying customers go first unless its flight crew. Pilots can jump seat on any airline, even UPS and Fed Ex. And for whats it worth I'll be able to fly to Europe 6 times a year for free :)
 
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I'm not sure how this is possible.

I just assumed it was one of those situations where there's a raised highway and somebody goes through the railing and drops onto the house. But no, this guy was on the ground below the house and driving so fast than when he hit the curb and the front yard incline he got air and flew to the roof.

I've been in a car that got air, once, and the engine block weighs so much that the front immediately drops like an anchor in mid-air.

So again, how is this even possible?
 
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Perhaps more of a head-scratcher than anything, but...

My email account just disappeared from the email server. I called in for a support ticket after receiving a couple errors, was told that'd I'd receive an email when they've fixed the issue. Um...
 
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St. Clown said:
My email account just disappeared from the email server. I called in for a support ticket after receiving a couple errors, was told that'd I'd receive an email when they've fixed the issue. Um...
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This reminds me of Comcast's instructions to report network outages using their website.

I guess it helps their metrics.
 
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Well, the fact that you and these local residents don't understand building codes and liability isn't helping.

Is this absurd? Sure. But this person slapped together some claptrap staircase on public land, and the city is supposed to turn a blind eye?

I see a half dozen code violations in this photo, and I haven't dealt with building codes in a decade. <img width=500 src=http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/suns-prod-images/1297974721046_ORIGINAL.jpg>

From a liability standpoint for the City of Toronto, this is a giant neon blinking "lawsuit" sign.

Do I feel bad that the locals involved are out $500? Absolutely. But wow, this is the epitome of "you get what you pay for."
 
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aparch said:
Well, the fact that you and these local residents don't understand building codes and liability isn't helping.

Is this absurd? Sure. But this person slapped together some claptrap staircase on public land, and the city is supposed to turn a blind eye?

I see a half dozen code violations in this photo, and I haven't dealt with building codes in a decade. <img width=500 src=http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/suns-prod-images/1297974721046_ORIGINAL.jpg>

From a liability standpoint for the City of Toronto, this is a giant neon blinking "lawsuit" sign.

Do I feel bad that the locals involved are out $500? Absolutely. But wow, this is the epitome of "you get what you pay for."
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You either break your neck on the stairs, or break your neck going down a steep hill. Either way, you break your neck. And yet, the ambulance chaser isn't the issue here?
 
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From what I read, there was a longer route that went around the slope. The rope from a tree and worn path down the slope was the locals solution to being lazy. So this guy, tired of not wanting to walk around OR use the rope shortcut built this. On public property.

Ambulance chasers are a problem. So are unlicensed, unsafe stairs built on public property.
 
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aparch said:
From what I read, there was a longer route that went around the slope. The rope from a tree and worn path down the slope was the locals solution to being lazy. So this guy, tired of not wanting to walk around OR use the rope shortcut built this. On public property.

Ambulance chasers are a problem. So are unlicensed, unsafe stairs built on public property.
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Evidently he isn't the only one if the need was presented. One guy doing that? You might have a point. When you have testimonial after testimonial, that case is thrown out the window. And then excuse after excuse from a group that would normally do that after relentless petition, I don't blame them for doing that. But the more important thing is control over enslaved peons. Spoken like a true bureaucrat who has nothing better to do with his/her life than **** on the sheep. I'm sure you're also calling up that community in Hawaii that paved a road the government couldn't be bothered to pave and rip it up, all in the name of fascism.
 
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I'm agreeing with aparch on this one. Those stairs, while serviceable, do not look safe. You can't have unlicensed people building stuff on public property. I get that the city budget was ridiculously high, but the $50 stairs are not the solution.

And, reading the article, there is a safe path people could take instead of this shortcut. I say put a tree or three where the 'shortcut' is to encourage people to stay on the designated path.

Edit: and looking again at the picture, you can see a guardrail in the parking lot. So the people falling down the hill were climbing over that railing to take the shortcut.
To me the problem isn't the ambulance chaser or the cost of the stairs. It's the people willing to climb over the barriers there to protect them and then complain if they get hurt.
 
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Pretty sure you don't understand the meaning of the word fascist. Nor it's proper use. Because this ain't it.


You still can't go putting sh*t on city owned public property.
 
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