Every day I will provide you all with one tip to improve your life.
I think you all will find this most useful. Prepare to have your life changed.
This OP will track all of my tips.
Please note, I am not interested in a discussion and will not reply to any of your responses. Take it and improve or leave it and continue to sink. *Edit - rule relaxed and I'll sometimes reply to or insult participants.
Originally Posted by frozenchief:
You forgot one other thing upon which you should spend a lot of money: quality tires. They connect your car to the pavement. Get good tires for where you live, i.e., rain tires for Pacific NW, all-weather/snow for high elevations or northern climates, tires that resist dry rot in the desert.
I don't know shite about cars. Haven't even driven one. My tip for tyres would be to ask when they were last changed when renting a car. A few years ago a couple of lads died in the UK after their rental van failed to break because the tyres were over 30 years old. Ridiculously, the rental company hadn't even broken a law. A new law banning this was passed in our parliament the day we left the European Union because up until then, the EU laws in place meant that this was perfectly fine and there was nothing our parliament could do to change it until we left. [Reply]
Don't use your work computer or work phone for personal stuff. Most organisations have the power to track every key stroke you make on these devices and they will use it against you, given the opportunity. Also avoid talking informally (swearing/bitching) to colleagues on chat applications like Microsoft Teams or email. If you want to go on Chiefsplanet and shitpost at work, do it on your own phone. If you really want to bitch about something to one of your colleagues (I personally wouldn't) then do it on Whatsapp on your own phone. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
Don't use your work computer or work phone for personal stuff. Most organisations have the power to track every key stroke you make on these devices and they will use it against you, given the opportunity. Also avoid talking informally (swearing/bitching) to colleagues on chat applications like Microsoft Teams or email. If you want to go on Chiefsplanet and shitpost at work, do it on your own phone. If you really want to bitch about something to one of your colleagues (I personally wouldn't) then do it on Whatsapp on your own phone.
Originally Posted by Womble:
Don't use your work computer or work phone for personal stuff. Most organisations have the power to track every key stroke you make on these devices and they will use it against you, given the opportunity. Also avoid talking informally (swearing/bitching) to colleagues on chat applications like Microsoft Teams or email. If you want to go on Chiefsplanet and shitpost at work, do it on your own phone. If you really want to bitch about something to one of your colleagues (I personally wouldn't) then do it on Whatsapp on your own phone.
This is excellent advice. Also, there really is no anonymity online. I’m self employed so my boss doesn’t care, although he is an asshole. But you work for anyone else, you should figure that they can see EVERYTHING you do with any work related equipment. And HR is NOT your friend. HR exists to protect the company. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TLO:
Do one about self confidence
I don't really have much on that I'm afraid. Though every person I've met who describes themselves as confident are foolish blaggers. You can be confident in areas where you have expertise but to be truly self confident, I believe you've either got to be brilliant, woefully stupid or live a sheltered existence. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
Don't use your work computer or work phone for personal stuff. Most organisations have the power to track every key stroke you make on these devices and they will use it against you, given the opportunity. Also avoid talking informally (swearing/bitching) to colleagues on chat applications like Microsoft Teams or email. If you want to go on Chiefsplanet and shitpost at work, do it on your own phone. If you really want to bitch about something to one of your colleagues (I personally wouldn't) then do it on Whatsapp on your own phone.
I have a friend who has been using his work phone as his personal phone for 7 years with no issues. He is not an appropriate man by any means to put it lightly.
But my question for you sensei is what if your work pays your cell phone bill for you, but they have apps you need to have on the phone like for emails and authenticator etc? [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCrockaholic:
I have a friend who has been using his work phone as his personal phone for 7 years with no issues. He is not an appropriate man by any means to put it lightly.
But my question for you sensei is what if your work pays your cell phone bill for you, but they have apps you need to have on the phone like for emails and authenticator etc?
Well if your mate ever has a disciplinary or investigation into his work conduct he' might well end up kicking himself that he was so lax in his judgement.
Dunno about the other part. Seems a bit odd that they would pay for your personal device. I don't know about the US but in the UK there would be some added tax complications which would make the arrangement not worth the hassle. [Reply]
Don't pay the discretionary service charge in restaurants and tip in cash instead. Service charge is often a scam (especially in ethnic restaurants) and the owners can pocket a proportion or all of it. Asking the waiters whether they get the full amount is also pointless because they are told to lie about it and they'll get fired if they don't lie. I know this because when I was 18 I worked at a place that did exactly this. When the bill comes just ask them to take the service charge off the bill and then tip them the amount in cash if you're happy with the service. You might just make the server's day a bit better by doing so. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
Don't pay the discretionary service charge in restaurants and tip in cash instead. Service charge is often a scam (especially in ethnic restaurants) and the owners can pocket a proportion or all of it. Asking the waiters whether they get the full amount is also pointless because they are told to lie about it and they'll get fired if they don't lie. I know this because when I was 18 I worked at a place that did exactly this. When the bill comes just ask them to take the service charge off the bill and then tip them the amount in cash if you're happy with the service. You might just make the server's day a bit better by doing so.
WTF are you talking about? Service charge? Must be a UK thing. [Reply]