... and I'm getting notifications about replies I saw a week ago.

Work Reform Nemo • 2 months ago • 98%

I work in a restaurant, high-end, multiple locations across the US. We are in Chicago, specifically. We have corporate in for the week as we launch a new menu with training for the whole team every day. Yesterday, second day, right before the end of the day, they sprung on us that they are changing our pay structure. I have minor concerns but some of my coworkers have major ones. We met beforehand today to get united in our talking points. We raised them at the meeting with the corpos and though the bosses were clearly pressured and made (verbal) concessions, they would not acknowledge our concerns. We had another off-premises meeting just now where we agreed to all skip the (technically optional) training meeting tomorrow while each sending the same written message through the official, and public, communication channel. We will still show up for our actual scheduled shifts. Where I feel we're strong: + We're asking to keep the status quo rather than make a change. All we want is income stability. + All but four of us were at the organizing meeting, and of the four missing, two said in advance they'll do what the group decides and one of the others spoke up verbally during the meeting today in support. + The bosses have already offered us concessions, some we asked for (after initially refusing) and some we didn't ask for (greater leeway in comping [giving away] menu items, which may or may not improve tips). + Most of us don't need this specific job, and can find a new one in less than a week. If it comes to an actual walkout, they will have to close the restaurant. + Management has already been trying to hire more staff for months, and cannot find worthwhile candidates; of the few they've hired, half don't make it through training. We are not easily replaced. Where I feel we're weak: + Some servers have said they can't afford to strike if it means lost income or losing a job. + The management we're talking with may not have the authority to roll back this decision. + The company already made these changes at one other restaurant in the chain already, and we can't count on other locations to support us. Any advice is appreciated. None of us has done anything like this before. Edited to fix typos and add location.

Chicago Nemo • 4 months ago • 96%

abcnews.go.com

How do we feel about this? Article makes it sound like there will be a greater emphasis on deëscalation and oversight, but is that enough of a change?

Dad Jokes Nemo • 4 months ago • 89%

Now I tell Yo-Yo Ma jokes, which are much classier.

Weird West Nemo • 6 months ago • 75%

This is one of my favorite songs off my Xmas playlist. The Michael Martin Murray original is also good, but I prefer the sound of the Killers' cover, and the video only makes it weirder. Also one of the best descriptions of American folk dancing in popular media.

Weird West Nemo • 6 months ago • 100%

Atomic Robo is a comic book, mirrored on the web, about alternate history. In this arc, the eponymous hero has been sent back in time to the Old West... where he finds an *old* enemy who hasn't met him yet.

ADHD Nemo • 8 months ago • 99%

Often I end up closing the list and immediately turning to self-soothing. And because there's no way to know in advance if a task on the list will give me anxiety, this often results in my list being not just unusable but unreadable, preventing me from doing or even remembering the non-anxiety tasks on the same list.

OC

OC, [first posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/s/cNV2fqFM6Q)

OC, [first posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/s/Wbfep7QFXA)

If you're interested in gardening or ecology, the entire Solarpunk instance (slrpnk.net) is full of great munis for you. Here's all of those plus some from other instances. !farming@slrpnk.net !diy@slrpnk.net !zerowaste@slrpnk.net !composting@slrpnk.net !reclamation@slrpnk.net !cdr@slrpnk.net !animal_husbandry@slrpnk.net !soilscience@slrpnk.net !diy@beehaw.org !greenspace@beehaw.org !righttorepair@midwest.social !right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

I think the following is a comprehensive list of cycling munis: !utilitycycling@slrpnk.net !bicycles@lemmy.ca !bicycling@lemmy.ml !bikecommuting@lemmy.ml !bicycle@lemmy.ml !chibike@midwest.social !fuck_cars@lemmy.ml !bikewrench@lemmy.world !bicycling@lemmy.world

Out of the loop Nemo • 12 months ago • 91%

I'm not from California, so I don't know much about her; but this genuinely surprised me, especially how vicious and vitriolic the comments were. What's going on there?

OC

youtu.be

I can't remember how I first came across this song: My wife says I played it for her, but I remember her playing it for me. The important thing is that we both love it, which believe you me, is not all that common. I love it because it's rollicking and high-energy and earnest. I eventually looked up the lyrics (which are in Catalan) and it's a pretty normal love song with some nice sentiments, but the passion and desire come across in the vocal tone, even through a language barrier. If you like Yo La Tengo or The Magnetic Fields, this song will probably hit the spot for you. And if anyone has more music that sounds like this, send it my way. I'm always expanding my library.

Years ago in a thrift store, I found the perfect pants. The formal look of slacks but without the obnoxious vertical slit pockets. The stiffer fabric and sensible pockets of jeans but with a more genteel cut. I now know these were golf pants, and I wear them every day for work. I have an upcoming wedding, semiformal, indoors. I'm not in the bridal party, nor am I escorting anybody in the bridal party. Can I wear golf pants to this event, or do I need to go buy slacks, or even a full suit? I'm not opposed to buying a suit, I just want to know what my options are. Edit: The specific pants I wear to work are [these]( https://www.target.com/p/men-39-s-golf-pants-all-in-motion-8482-navy-34x30/-/A-77287287) but I might buy something a little nicer for the event.

Chicago Nemo • 1 year ago • 88%

The last FIVE times I've ordered a tuna salad sandwich at a diner, it's been just tuna, not tuna salad. This is very upsetting, and for the sake of preveserving my marriage I'm not able to just make tuna salad at home. Does anyone know where I can get one? Places I know I *can't* get one: + Margie's Candies + Bridgeport Coffeehouse + Moon's Sandwich Shop (Western & Madison) Please. It's been so long.

Pikmin Bloom App Nemo • 1 year ago • 100%

How do we increase the quality of our big blooms? I notice that if I plant 300 sunflowers or red jamaica on a single bloom it typically gives me that nectar back. Is there a way to make big blooms give higher-value nectars? How do the bloom type calculations work?

Soil Science Nemo • 1 year ago • 100%

I'm in Chicago, on the West Side, with two adjoining lots of uncertain history. The lot I live in had no garage going back several decades, but I pulled out a foundation for *something* smallish when I laid down sod after moving in; and when I dug the posts for the fence (and raised beds) I found not one but *two* brick patios, one about six inches down and one about eighteen inches down. Also a lot of garbage, car parts, old clothes, and plastic. The second lot has a sunken area with a footprint the same size as my brick four-square. I don't know if the limestone foundation is still down there. We filled in the area with wood chips to keep down weeds and reduce the likelihood of falling into the hole. Right now we're gardening in raised beds, but I'd like to get to in-ground planting eventually. What do I need to watch out for, what do I need to do, and what plants can I use to pull any heavy metals out of the soil over the next few years? I know sunflowers work if you get them out by the root, and that's great, but is there anything more low-profile or more physically manageable, especially something native to the area?

South Dakota Nemo • 1 year ago • 100%

So many great childhood memories at the Great zplains Zoo. Didn't expect to see Sioux Falls in the news today and I'm honestly a little sad.

Dad Jokes Nemo • 1 year ago • 92%

She wrote inside: "You're the best parents I ever had". I'm so proud of her.

OC

Right now users here can only choose English and Undetermined, preventing us from interacting with content in other languages. There's a lot of Spanish speakers in the Midwest, any chance we can expand the language list?

OC, [first posted](https://old.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/comments/vzj4p9/what_are_your_plans_for_this_roast_chicken_said)

OC, [first posted](https://old.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/comments/x86w7c/i_take_joy_in_the_triumphs_of_my_parishioners)

OC, [first posted](https://old.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/comments/dx1w6v/even_though_we_broke_up_shes_still_my_woman_tom)

OC, [first posted](https://old.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/comments/dp7igf/oh_i_eat_everything_said_tom_in_jest)

Dad Jokes Nemo • 1 year ago • 96%

... but it was all stock footage.

Decadeology Nemo • 1 year ago • 100%

As an American, it has to be Septemer 11, 2001. Y2K had been a mostly smooth transition, thanks to a lot of hardworking cowboys. But the terrorist attack and response to it were such a sharp break from the world we lived in before it, in a way that still dominates media, culture, and politics today. So yeah, to me, all of AD 2000, and most of 2001, were still the old millenium, still the 90's, and for me personally still mostly my childhood in many ways.

Right now it only list English and Undetermined, but I also want to be able to interact with content in Spanish, Latin, and Esperanto. But mostly Spanish.

OC, [first posted](https://old.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/comments/dgm8gb/havent_you_heard_me_singing_in_church_tom_inquired)

OC, [first posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/TomSwifty/comments/w244ii/my_name_is_actually_spelled_tooom_he_said_morosely)

New Communities Nemo • 1 year ago • 81%

If you're like me, you might have grown up reading these kind of jokes in the back of Boys Life magazine. There was a thriving Tom Swifty community on reddit, and as one of its most frequent submitters I took it on myself to recreate it here, and invite over the other most prolific submitters. At least one has already joined, why don't you come join us, too? !tomswifty@midwest.social