Holy crap, I won with Stonehenge in #7Wonders – that’s awesome! on Flickr.
Holy crap, I won with Stonehenge in #7Wonders – that’s awesome!
Who wants to play a game called Spot the Asshole?
I’d reblog this on my other blog but people need to learn about this if they work in fast food and I have a lot of followers on my main blog.
DON’T FUCKING DO THIS, YOU CAN KILL SOMEONE WITH THIS.
seriously though, i’ve heard stories of people giving “skinny” people regular soda instead of diet… newsflash: high blood sugars make you lose weight. a skinny persom that asks for diet soda could very well be diabetic… and then if you give them regular soda, you could cause some serious damage, even comas or death. i don’t care how you feel towards a customer, GIVE THEM THE DRINK THEY ASKED FOR.
There is a coffee place near my home and they happens to serve sugar-free hot chocolate being a type one diabetic this is great because it has about half the amount of carbs. This one time I ordered it the employee rolled his eyes at me. When I got my drink I thought it tasted differently but I was with friends and wasn’t paying a ton of attention. Later my blood sugar was in the high 400s and we had no idea why, everything was in order. I had to stay up all night to get my blood sugars under control. I thought of the employee might have something to do with it. The next day I went back and the same guy was working, my mom confronted him and the manager and the guy admitted that he had given me a regular hot coco and had even put extra sugar in it. He tried to justify his actions because ” how was he supposed to know I was diabetic” and ”I thought just thought she was some chick trying to lose weight that she didn’t need to lose” He lost his job and I never went back there. But it put be in danger and if I hadn’t caught the high when I did I could of ended up in the hospital.
Something like that hot cocoa thing is ridiculously dangerous. With soda the taste is such a drastic difference that while it is still dangerous you have a much better chance of immediately realizing something is wrong.
I’ve had someone do the inverse to me. While I’m not diabetic, I do have a strong negative reaction to most fake sugars. Definitely not as bad as the above (I’m not in danger of dying), but still dangerous. For me, it is basically like someone slipping me syrup of ipecac.
Seriously, just give the person what they ordered. It isn’t hard.
Who wants to play a game called Spot the Asshole?
I’d reblog this on my other blog but people need to learn about this if they work in fast food and I have a lot of followers on my main blog.
DON’T FUCKING DO THIS, YOU CAN KILL SOMEONE WITH THIS.
seriously though, i’ve heard stories of people giving “skinny” people regular soda instead of diet… newsflash: high blood sugars make you lose weight. a skinny persom that asks for diet soda could very well be diabetic… and then if you give them regular soda, you could cause some serious damage, even comas or death. i don’t care how you feel towards a customer, GIVE THEM THE DRINK THEY ASKED FOR.
There is a coffee place near my home and they happens to serve sugar-free hot chocolate being a type one diabetic this is great because it has about half the amount of carbs. This one time I ordered it the employee rolled his eyes at me. When I got my drink I thought it tasted differently but I was with friends and wasn’t paying a ton of attention. Later my blood sugar was in the high 400s and we had no idea why, everything was in order. I had to stay up all night to get my blood sugars under control. I thought of the employee might have something to do with it. The next day I went back and the same guy was working, my mom confronted him and the manager and the guy admitted that he had given me a regular hot coco and had even put extra sugar in it. He tried to justify his actions because ” how was he supposed to know I was diabetic” and ”I thought just thought she was some chick trying to lose weight that she didn’t need to lose” He lost his job and I never went back there. But it put be in danger and if I hadn’t caught the high when I did I could of ended up in the hospital.
Something like that hot cocoa thing is ridiculously dangerous. With soda the taste is such a drastic difference that while it is still dangerous you have a much better chance of immediately realizing something is wrong.
I’ve had someone do the inverse to me. While I’m not diabetic, I do have a strong negative reaction to most fake sugars. Definitely not as bad as the above (I’m not in danger of dying), but still dangerous. For me, it is basically like someone slipping me syrup of ipecac.
Seriously, just give the person what they ordered. It isn’t hard.
Cop Threatens To Shoot Group Of Black Men For Filming Police
Screenshot of encounter
A police officer in Boynton Beach, FL. is under scrutiny after a video of him threatening to shoot a group of young black men who were video taping the encounter after being stopped for a traffic violation.Here’s the video:
Boynton Beach Police Chief Jeffrey Katz defended the aggressive reaction of his…
Hello home. I see you’re just as racist as I remember and your cops are as whacked out as I remember.
Glad I don’t live there anymore. Not that things are all that much better anywhere else here…
Cop Threatens To Shoot Group Of Black Men For Filming Police
Screenshot of encounter
A police officer in Boynton Beach, FL. is under scrutiny after a video of him threatening to shoot a group of young black men who were video taping the encounter after being stopped for a traffic violation.Here’s the video:
Boynton Beach Police Chief Jeffrey Katz defended the aggressive reaction of his…
Hello home. I see you’re just as racist as I remember and your cops are as whacked out as I remember.
Glad I don’t live there anymore. Not that things are all that much better anywhere else here…
My voice: S.D. teacher shortage at ‘crisis’ level
The S.D. School Superintendents president urges the Legislature to increase K-12 funding.
For as long as I was a student in the Rapid City, South Dakota public school system, I was told that our teachers were paid the least in the nation, so we really shouldn’t be expecting a whole lot from our education.
To give you some figures of salaries:
Rapid City Area Schools
First year teacher with a bachelor’s degree: $30,753
Teacher with master’s degree and 5 years experience: $37,554Campbell County School District, Wyo. (30 miles from Rapid City)
First year teacher with a bachelor’s degree: $46,000
Teacher with master’s degree and 5 years experience: $55,200Obviously, we are losing our teachers to other states far within our geographic reach because of the drastic difference in not only starting salaries, but additionally what is being offered for highly-educated and experienced teachers. Because of this, 238 teaching positions, almost 30 percent of the total number of jobs posted in the spring, remained open across the state well past the end of the school year.
This is a major problem.
I knew I fared much better at Central High School than some of my peers in rural communities across the state. And I’m speaking from a point of privilege here; both of my parents are highly educated and I was able to participate in after-school activities that kept me stimulated, involved, and invested in my future. The violin saved my life and opened up a bright future when it came to applying for scholarships to get out of South Dakota. When I’m asked if I’d ever go back to live in the state the reason my stomach sinks is because I feel strongly that South Dakota is lacking that same bright future. More than half (55%) of students enrolled at Central High School as freshman drop out before graduation.
Comparatively, the national average of high school students reaching graduation was 80% in 2012, it is not difficult to see how drastically South Dakota students are falling woefully behind.
The reality is this is not an issue with consequences isolated to the people of South Dakota. As one of the nation’s leading providers in the agricultural and beef industries, we are in danger of losing not only ranchers and farmers but savvy business people who are our hope for maintaining footholds in family-owned operations. They are putting food in your pantries and dinners on your plates and they deserve better educations, or we all suffer.
I recommend calling the office of Governor Daugaard (605.773.3212) and saying something along the lines of:
Hi, Governor Daugaard. As a concerned citizen I am troubled by the lack of financial support being granted to South Dakota public school teachers. As you know, we are losing a significant percentage of qualified teachers to other states with more competitive salaries and are failing to fill hundreds of teaching positions across the state. As a result, I’m worried for the futures of not only thousands of students all around South Dakota, but the drastic affects an uneducated populous will have on a national level. Let’s not have South Dakota teachers be the paid the lowest in the nation for another consecutive year.
If the phone isn’t for you, you can also submit a form.
Sources:
Argus Leader
Rapid City Journal
US News
Washington Post
My voice: S.D. teacher shortage at ‘crisis’ level
The S.D. School Superintendents president urges the Legislature to increase K-12 funding.
For as long as I was a student in the Rapid City, South Dakota public school system, I was told that our teachers were paid the least in the nation, so we really shouldn’t be expecting a whole lot from our education.
To give you some figures of salaries:
Rapid City Area Schools
First year teacher with a bachelor’s degree: $30,753
Teacher with master’s degree and 5 years experience: $37,554Campbell County School District, Wyo. (30 miles from Rapid City)
First year teacher with a bachelor’s degree: $46,000
Teacher with master’s degree and 5 years experience: $55,200Obviously, we are losing our teachers to other states far within our geographic reach because of the drastic difference in not only starting salaries, but additionally what is being offered for highly-educated and experienced teachers. Because of this, 238 teaching positions, almost 30 percent of the total number of jobs posted in the spring, remained open across the state well past the end of the school year.
This is a major problem.
I knew I fared much better at Central High School than some of my peers in rural communities across the state. And I’m speaking from a point of privilege here; both of my parents are highly educated and I was able to participate in after-school activities that kept me stimulated, involved, and invested in my future. The violin saved my life and opened up a bright future when it came to applying for scholarships to get out of South Dakota. When I’m asked if I’d ever go back to live in the state the reason my stomach sinks is because I feel strongly that South Dakota is lacking that same bright future. More than half (55%) of students enrolled at Central High School as freshman drop out before graduation.
Comparatively, the national average of high school students reaching graduation was 80% in 2012, it is not difficult to see how drastically South Dakota students are falling woefully behind.
The reality is this is not an issue with consequences isolated to the people of South Dakota. As one of the nation’s leading providers in the agricultural and beef industries, we are in danger of losing not only ranchers and farmers but savvy business people who are our hope for maintaining footholds in family-owned operations. They are putting food in your pantries and dinners on your plates and they deserve better educations, or we all suffer.
I recommend calling the office of Governor Daugaard (605.773.3212) and saying something along the lines of:
Hi, Governor Daugaard. As a concerned citizen I am troubled by the lack of financial support being granted to South Dakota public school teachers. As you know, we are losing a significant percentage of qualified teachers to other states with more competitive salaries and are failing to fill hundreds of teaching positions across the state. As a result, I’m worried for the futures of not only thousands of students all around South Dakota, but the drastic affects an uneducated populous will have on a national level. Let’s not have South Dakota teachers be the paid the lowest in the nation for another consecutive year.
If the phone isn’t for you, you can also submit a form.
Sources:
Argus Leader
Rapid City Journal
US News
Washington Post
Proper plating is important when you are at a buffet so you can have a little bit of everything, right?
Proper plating is important when you are at a buffet so you can have a little bit of everything, right?
Unconscious improvisation number two didn’t turn out all that weird. Chicken breasts, vegetables, and chicken gravy.