Literally the only life hack I have is when you're trying to cancel a service (cable, internet, some delivery thing) just say "I'm moving to Ireland*" They don't have any kind of deal/retention script for that and it lets them skip to the end, you can sometimes literally here the relief in the customer service persons voice that they don't have to give you a hard sell on staying.
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I remember talking to a fancy tech person who had taken an interest in the college affordability crisis. They had hired consultants about designing a stripped down low cost version of a degree with minimizing all the expensive frills, focusing on just the costs of instruction, assessment etc., how could we get away from the amenities race to offer a meaningful higher education experience that wouldn't put you in debt for the rest of your life.
When i started my career i used a piece of educational software named Promethues, because it exemplified value of education: igniting the spark of independance, celebrating the triumphs of science and the arts, and the wonder of not reading the second half of a greek myth when choosing what to name your product after
I always think it's a bit weird that we consider giving people a plant as just like a normal nice generic gift thing.
It's like: here, this is your new hobby I'm assigning you. Obviously you don't HAVE to take on this new hobby... but a living thing will die if you do not.
New work place euphemism to replace "what if you get hit by a bus":
"What if you join a band?"
Seems slightly less intense than "What if you won the lottery" also slightly more likely, but not as likely as the bus thing given Boston area traffic patterns.
Theory: the student protestors demands for votes on divestment are being responded to with such swift violence because the ultimate offense any group can do is "f#ck with the money"
@glennf the great thing about job that pay exactly minimum wage is that it immediately tells you the boss would prefer to pay you less if only it were legal… (and that attitude will be present in all other aspects of the work…)
