That being said, when I tried to change my country, it started pulling this loop of taking me to new Reddit layout to change my country, then when I switched back to old Reddit view it blanked my choice, which by their documentation probably means IP address location. Repeated that about 3 times before I gave up.
A very convenient technical glitch there….
The newest Passats I’ve seen in Canada are mk5s I think (2005-2010 or something like that). Most common is the previous gens, which is not common at all.
It’s much, much easier to find and afford a small SUV/crossover than a station wagon body style in North America.
The added olive on the shit pizza here is that skilled maintenance personnel, at least where I am, are a fairly small trade, and word gets around. I’ve never heard of “official” blackballing, but we ticketed folks gossip pretty readily about industry employers, and are in high demand.
Moves like that will guarantee that they can’t get experienced tradies, and even if they do, the ones that are willing to go to their next shutdown will be keeping an eye out for trouble, and at the slightest sign of bullshit and will probably cackle with glee while screwing with this employer.
Beware the phrase “I can retire anytime.”
Spite is my best motivator, even better than novelty! Almost as good as object panic!
This was the term we were using locally since I was a kid, recently everyone’s been making an effort to refer to the phenomenon by the meteorological name, atmospheric river, but Pineapple Express is still pretty embedded with a lot of people that have been hearing and using it for 20+ years.
For the locals, the original term actually conveys the meaning better because the new term, while more widely known worldwide, is not as widely known locally.
They added the extra hamstring move of failing to set up the subtitles properly and having the English dub be the default option, which crippled parts of the show that relied on the viewer realizing that certain characters couldn’t understand each other.
That really killed my interest until I found out, and after I ended up really enjoying the show once that was sorted out.
I get that vibe way more from riding a motorcycle than driving a car. Cars are way too insulated from the rest of the road these days, especially with automatic transmissions. I find myself drifting pretty easily in a modern automatic car.
I’ll hold on to my stick shift with my rigor mortis if I can!
Easier on the stomach than coffee, and free manufacturing break room coffee can be one of the harshest chemicals in industry.
My cats will try and murder me for these, they give no shits about any other crackers or human non-meat food, but I’ve had one literally try and eat one out of my mouth. Makes me question what’s really in them….
Industrial maintenance here, I try and give only Starfleet Estimates when management sniffs around for their broken-ass machines back.
manufacturing workstations have entered the chat
I realized a latent autoimmune disorder instead! Winner!