JB Pritsker

So you think that no one living in an apartment should own a cat?

You mean another idiot?

I saw Ozzy 3 times in the 90's and a couple more times in the early 2000's. Was an amazing show. The point I was trying to make is as long as people are willing to pay the fees, they will keep charging them. It's really that simple. I'm not saying people shouldn't pay to see their favorite performer, but the issue is companies don't listen to anything but their bottom line. Hopefully the FTC's lawsuit (I think it was the FTC) against Ticketmaster will have some effect on things in the future, but time will tell.

I have, in the last 10-15 years started going to smaller venues where Ticketmaster isn't part of the equation. Saw Gemini Syndrome not long ago in Wisconsin for $45, got to see a public show and then a more intimate acoustic show after for that price. Did something similar with In This Moment earlier this year. Will fully admit it's a different kind of experience then a big arena, but at damn near 50, I kind of prefer the smaller crowd.

Snails for the salt party sounds like it would work out exactly how you'd expect.

People pay the outrageous prices. If people didn't, they wouldn't charge as much. Ticketmaster is a shit show, for sure, but if no one played the game, there wouldn't be a game.

Wife was hired in 2014 for a position that was designed to be remote. They changed things in 2017 and tried to make her come into an office 2.5 hours away, 5 days a week. She's legally blind and doesn't drive, a fact they were fully aware of and had no issues with when they hired her. She tried to argue multiple times, and it just ended up going in circles with several managers getting pretty insulting to her. So, she quit, and eventually decided to contact a disability lawyer to inform the ex-employer she would be suing for discrimination, and ADA violations. Because they said some pretty stupid things in emails and voicemails. They ended up offering a nice sized settlement. She found another WFH job that paid 3x what she was making at the old place, with a higher level position and more closely fits her education. She's much happier with how things turned out for her. The position has been on various job sites for over 3 years and doesn't look like it's been filled since she quit, though I can't say that for sure.

Still better than Trump

This just happened:

• Wife was promoted to a managment position in the company 1 year ago.
• Was given a list of things they wanted her to accomplish.
• She not only checked off ever item on the list, but exceeded the expectations, sometimes by 10,000% and way faster then they expected.
• Told weekly by her boss how impressed they are, and how great she is doing, and how much of an asset she is.
• A meeting with the management team was held a month ago (mid August). Wife was not invited, despite being part of that team.
• Merit raises are given out every year, between 3% and 10% depending on performance, wife finds out yesterday (9/21/23) that she is only getting the 3%.

I'm more pissed then she is, and I don't want to fight with her about it, but if it was me, I'd have quit on the spot.

Employers are less motivated to pay workers a living wage.

For my brother, it let him openly be sexist, racist, homophobic, anti-trans, and hateful. I haven't spoke to him since 2017 when we got into a big fight and he said some pretty horrid things about my wife.

Yeah, it doesn't work that way Shitbag, you fucked around, now you will find out. And I hope it burns like the heat of a mmillion suns you fuckwit.