Ben Hur Horse Race

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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • yeah I have to work in close quarters with people in small rooms and before vaccines were even rolled out I got a message that said “I know we all can’t wait to get back into the office” instead of saying “We wanted to check in with everyone to see how you’ve been getting on and how we’re feeling about coming back into in-person meetings” so I quit and worked with a different org











  • yes.

    Im from the states and live in Ireland. Here, people unplug lamps when they leave for the weekend. Dozens of times, I’ve had to plug lamps back in when coming into the office over a weekend or things like Christmas break.

    I’ve also had to explain to at least 5-6 people that something that does not draw power by being plugged in, such as a toaster, electric kettle or light fixture (unlike a computerized device that has a stand-by mode) is not “wasting power” unless you unplug it or turn the outlet switch off.

    I had a person at a party tell me their father was an electrician and taught her to turn the switches that lead to anything such as lamps OFF when they’re not being used because it costs electricity to “keep the wire charged”. True story.

    Mainly they exist because there weren’t central fuse boxes for a while due to wartime copper shortages.