myplacedk

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myplacedk,

When I was in Denmark I was shocked how many cameras there were, everywhere. I mean not just in the city, but everywhere on the countrywide.

I’ve lived in Denmark for decades. The only cameras I see are basically surveillance cameras in stores etc and speed cameras. I see more cameras in most other countries I go to.

We have nothing compared to fx. London.

Where did you see cameras?

Denmark is one of those weird countries where its illegal to have your map software tell you where the speed cameras are.

That’s not correct. You can even buy gadgets for this in many stores.

myplacedk,

Security is a spectrum. Telegram has never been the most secure alternative, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have any security.

myplacedk,

If it’s “just a phone”, it’s not running Android. No Android that I ever heard of is “just a phone”.

myplacedk,

The cops aren’t going to sit there and wait for the person to start shooting at them.

That’s what they do in countries where non-criminals aren’t afraid of the police, and they seem to do much better both in terms of staying safe and keeping the citizens safe.

myplacedk,

I live in Denmark, Europe. One Bic Mac meal is 9.39 USD incl taxes.

The minimum salary in McDonals is around 3500 USD per month for a standard 37 hr/week, including pension.

This is every month, not affected by holidays, sick leave, paid vacation… It comes with 5 or 6 weeks of paid vacation per year, and virtually unlimited sick leave.

Yeah, I also don’t understand why McDonald’s says they can’t raise salaries or improve working conditions, because it will make the price go up. So why is it expensive now?

(Yes, taxes are high here. But we also have a lot of stuff that is tax paid, that evens it out somewhat.)

myplacedk,

vi bliver nødt til at sørge for, at vi alle har samme muligheder

Har vi ikke det?

Enhver medarbejder kan sygemelde sig med stress, med fuld løn. Derefter kan de vælge at udtale sig offentligt om hvad der stresser dem, eller lade være. Enhver som udtaler sig om grund til sygdom, risikerer at blive nedgjort af folk der er uenige.

Og når man kommer tilbage til jobbet er der en større risiko end normalt, for at miste jobbet af helt urelaterede årsager.

myplacedk,

“Barely ever”? Isn’t that enough?

My car can drive 4 people and their luggage. I need that every time my family goes anywhere.

But usually it’s just me and my laptop bag, maybe a couple of grocery bags.

So I’m that guy. Big car, rarely filled to capacity. What do you suggest I do? Buy two cars to reduce waste?

(Although mine is not an American pickup, it’s a European station car. If that changes anything.)

myplacedk,

It’s cheaper, especially for such a relatively uncommon battery type.

myplacedk,

I wish my normal oven was a convection oven so I didn’t need an air fryer.

Here, pretty much everybody has a convection oven. I wish I understood why air fryers are so popular here.

I’ve heard one argument: “Mine can stir the fries”

Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice (lemmy.world)

luckily this is just a 32; i had a 70 from the same brand with the same INSANELY FUCKING STUPID STAND DESIGN that i had to find something for…literally at the most extreme edges of the thing, what the fuck is this? this is so fucking stupid, it cannot be meaningfully cheaper than a proper design and it looks fucking dumb as...

myplacedk,

Yep, the included feet are just something you might be able to use until you get a real mount.

If you really want the TV to stand on furniture, buy a proper vesa mounted stand (they can be very cheap) and maybe even a proper TV table.

myplacedk,

Are you seriously saying that the customer who pays full price and no more is “a piece of shit”, and not management who chooses to underpay the staff?

I’m not having any of that. I’d rather just not eat out. Enjoy no tip AND one less customer.

I’ll pay extra when I get extra. I paid over 150% yesterday. I’ve given big tips for free services. People sometimes give my cash tip back assuming I accidentally gave them 10x my intention. But not when it’s a simple transaction when I get what I ordered and I’m paying the advertised price.

myplacedk,

Fair enough, they can both be shit. I just don’t see how it’s my responsibility as a customer, to fix the problem that the resto is underpaying its staff.

The way I usually do my part to help workers who are not treated well, is to boycott the employer. If tipping is seen as a solution to that problem, I’d call that enabling. Tipping is the only reason restos can get away with grossly underpaying their staff. I don’t want to support that.

myplacedk,

So $10 plus a $3 tip is “paying extra” to you people

Yes. The price is 10. I pay 13. That’s 3 more. Simple math.

you’re gonna happily pay the same shitty owner $15 "and no more

That’s a straw man argument. I probably won’t support a shitty owner at any price.

What I want is to know the price up front, without checking for loopholes, adding tips and whatever. I don’t care how simple the math is, or how much I love math or how good I am at calculating in my head, or how big the impact is to my personal economy.

I see a price, I either pay it or I don’t. There’s a reason that anything else is literally illegal where I live.

You’re welcome to have your opinion, this is mine.

Again, I don’t mind tipping if I actually get extra. I’m a big tipper, if I get more than I’m paying for.

just licking some capitalist footwear under the guise of a kind of false consumerism

Wow, that’s American level defense of capitalism. Where I’m from, we pay a lot more attention to consumer rights and employee rights.

myplacedk,

Seemingly. 🙂

My ISP only has symmetric. The cheapest one they advertise costs about 10 Big Macs per month.

I can’t speed test my connection as my wifi is the bottleneck. But the way our law is, they can’t really lie about speed. The “up to” trick was banned a long time ago.

myplacedk,

You can think of it like this:

If a / b = c, then c • b = a

So if 0 / 0 = 1, then 1 • 0 = 0

Which is true. It feels right at first.

But what about other numbers?

If 0 / 0 = 7, then 7 • 0 = 0

That also works. But if every number works, then which one is the correct one?

The question boils down to:

Find x, where x • 0 = 0

Now it might be more clear that the question doesn’t really make sense, so no answer will make sense.

myplacedk,

if you would just live your life I don’t think you would call it a disorder, more like a different way of processing tasks

The more I learn about ADHD, the less I see it as a disorder. I see it more as a personality trait. Unfortunately most of our society is based on people not having that personality trait, making it harder to fit in.

On the other hand, if you’re lucky enough to find a lifestyle that fits your personality type, that personality type is actually very helpful, the opposite of a disorder.

myplacedk,

additional months of paid vacation if they don’t need you to teach the new guy or if they are scared that you could be a pain in the ass, so they just send you home while they pay you for 3 months.

In Denmark it’s based on how long you’ve worked there. The most I’ve got personally was 7 months paid “vacation”.

myplacedk,

Where do you live, where taking breakes is frowned upon? That’s crazy.

Here in Denmark, I’m being reminded to take breakes and go home. I have been asked if I’m sure it’s not hurting my work/life balance, before getting overtime approved.

It’s also common to stay at work after hours to hang out, if there’s a nice place to do that.

myplacedk,

I’ve been told multiple times to take more sick leave.

Usually when I come back from sick leave, I’ve been told I should have taken a day more to recover fully. But after days in bed, I just really want to start doing something, even if I’m tired.

myplacedk,

Ah, here it’s very different. In multiple companies I’ve gotten consistent 5/5 and told by my own manager that I should really get a promotion, but they can’t give me promotion or even a raise. Just the 1-2% salary adjustment everybody gets.

Feels so good… 🙄

myplacedk,

That’s fine, I can’t expect everybody to like that kind of stuff.

But it’s still important to have that for those that do. And of course that people more like you, get what you want.

myplacedk,

Exactly, that’s the thing. Here in Denmark, many (most?) companies think that happy workers are more productive.

I might be colored by mostly working in places where it’s very expensive to replace an employee, but then again, for Americans I mostly talk with people in a similar kind of job.

myplacedk,

At least for me in IT, everybody usually gets an adjustment that’s on average above inflation. So if you work the same place for ten years without ever getting a raise, you still keep up with inflation.

I think my lowest was 0% and my highest almost 3%. Some years slightly below inflation, but in any 3 year period I think I’ve been above inflation.

Then any raise is on top of that.

myplacedk,

I see what you mean, but I’m not the one fucking over the employees.

On the short term you are right, but as long as customers keeps tipping, the system works well enough for nothing to change.

The more people stops tipping, the closer we get to change.

And I’m sorry that the change will hurt the employees, but it’s not my battle. And tipping does not support the employees battle, just this days income.

Tell me another way I can support their battle, and I’ll listen.

(I tip when the employees seems to rely on it, or if I feel extraordinarily well serviced.)

myplacedk,

All good points. But since tipping is supporting this broken system, and not tipping seems to be worse, what do you suggest then?

I could just not go out, sure. Just stay out of it. If enough people do that, this wil lead to less customers, more employers closing their business, more employers loosing the job they couldn’t afford to quit. I don’t see how that helps either.

So I’m listening. What do you suggest?

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