You are right. I mean a crew. You are also right, sometimes every job needs the people responsible for the work to stop and think.

This is not what the op was describing. They were describing a desire to actively avoid work that contributed to the whole, not because they had to have that time they would lose to do their job right, but because it was “extra” work. The point was “extra” isn’t always “extra”; you are being paid to be at work for x hours, you should be working. Sometimes working = thinking, but that wasn’t the story.

If I hired a crew, and Joe was sitting around with his thumb up his butt, and ducked out of the extra work his leads gave him, I suspect I would never have to say anything, because Joe probably wouldn’t have his job long enough for me to talk to the foreman.

The point was to encourage op to look at what they were doing from a different perspective that puts them in the position of having to see resources being wasted, and how it is impactful to the end result. It is good to consider things from multiple angles, so your choices are informed.

I am not sure what a pause is, so maybe I don’t understand the standards in your industry, so, grain of salt here.

If you hired a contractor to work on your house, and one guy just stood around waiting to do his part, and declined to help his peers to make the process more efficient, but you had to pay his regular rate, I bet you would be annoyed.

The ‘other duties as assigned’ expectation has been consistent during my entire career, at every job I have ever had. I have never held a job where, if I was not busy, and someone else was, and I possessed the ability to help, where I was not supposed to pitch in. That is just what you do to support the peers you work with, which should be the goal. Your organization is there to provide a thing (no matter what the org is) and everyone hired is meant to support achieving the goal.

I can empathize with the desire to malicious compliance, but… I would make sure ‘other duties as assigned’ are genuinely not a part of the expectations, because if they are, this is a pretty lickity split route to not having this job anymore. No manager wants to have to either chase someone down and argue about being generally helpful, or place additional work on your peers because you want to do less.

I read the other day about a protocol called Gemini.

https://geminiprotocol.net/

It might fit what you are looking for, if you goal is just to publish interesting content, or get the experience learning something new and different, but not for you if you want to monetize.

It is an alternate to the internet. You can self host there, also, but they have built Gemini to be unable to support applications, bots, malware etc… it goes much deeper, if you are curious, you should read, I am fascinated.

It was a little popup that opened the first time I clicked the link. It does not open on subsequent link clicks.

Hey. That link said first name last name (presumably yours) shared that document with you.

Might want to clean that up for privacy sake.

Is their a field of study that focuses solely on the behavior, and the root cause, in the way your third and forth paragraphs does? Or, like, a flowchart of emotions and root causes? That was an interesting way to dissect why people might behave in that way.

I think it is because code switching goes beyond just the words someone uses, and more into how the words are used, and the cultural expectations that come along with the way those words are said.

A lot of those cultural expectations are very American in flavor.

maybe you also experience the same, I am not sure, but I do think it is deeper than just language.

Which ones are you in? I like personal finance and am in several on Reddit, but none here.

It is amazing. They put mango salsa on it.

If you ever come to Anchorage, Alaska. Burrito factory. It’s in a gas station, but they have a proper kitchen, and cook to order. Super weird, I know, but i take all my friends there when they come for a visit, and they always ask to go again, the next time they come up.

…it was delicious. I thought I abolished you… No more nonsense, thank you.

Yes! I do not understand children in breweries. It seems like irresponsible parenting to me. Taking your kid with you to a place not meant for them, while you drink, and then getting into your car and driving your kid home after?

Just go have a beer at home ffs, and don’t subject me to your kid running around like a… Kid.

You, sir or madam, are an abomination and should be abolished.

Pineapple is only slimy when inappropriately treated. For pizza you need to cut into small chunks, drain over a sink for a minute, and then quick fry in a pan to give a little caramelization. THEN put on pizza and bake. It is magic, paired with Canadian bacon, salty, sweet. Yum

Best breakfast burrito: the Hawaiian. Ham, potatoes, pineapple, eggs, sour cream. In fact, you have inspired me, with your hateful statements this morning, and I’ll be putting and order in shortly.

I confirm this anecdote. Just got my booster yesterday, and I know I am not alone.

I live here.

There is no real good place to evacuate to. All of the large population centers will likely be impacted, and most of those places aren’t “large” at all. Literally nowhere to go, if we wanted to, except to the lower 48, or Canada.

The distance Alaskan cities are from anywhere else makes evacuation logistically … Challenging.

The volcano could blow tomorrow, or in 6 months. You cannot realistically evacuate and abandon your entire life for a totally indeterminate amount of time.

We had a similar eruption in 1992. It was fine. Airport was down for a day.

The only real danger is volcanic ash. The volcano is 70ish miles off the coast.

Everyone here is aware. We will all just hunker down. 3-7 days of food in the house, and water. Extra pet food. Schools and businesses will probably shut down for a few days in some towns. No driving, so the ash doesn’t get kicked back up. Tape all of our windows to keep ash out, get dog booties, cotton to stuff their ears if you have pets that have to go outside. Swim goggles for pets and people. Respirators or masks do you don’t breath it in. Might have to go a few days without electronics.

All in all, everyone I know is just annoyed this will happen in the summer, and we’ll be stuck inside. Summer is precious here, losing any of the days suck.

The far, far greater danger is the wildfire season, it’s been a very dry winter here. We always have lots of fires in the state, but this year will likely be worse, and with all the “winning” in the government right now, it is unclear what the firefighting response/capabilities will be. THAT could get plenty of people killed, and absolutely devastate out cities and individuals economic stability, which, frankly, is already not stable.