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Seeing this post made me flash back to how often wage theft happened to me during holidays as a teenager.

4th of July, New Year's... Didn't even know about time and a half.

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 141 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Tina and a half? Do people not proof read?

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 74 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh it's meant to be "time and a half". Took me a while!

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At first I thought they were making a sly joke by using the actual employee's name.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I thought it was a bob’s burgers reference I didn’t get cause I don’t watch it.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There Is No Alternative. Tina.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Speaking of people who get exploited for inadequate pay ...

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago

This is what I was picturing the whole time

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I have a special love for that episode where they’re made to clean the beach, and Louise learns about negotiating compensation for their labor. (And that rich people will use you and fuck you over in a heartbeat.)

For anyone unfamiliar, it’s Season 12, episode 6. “Beach, Please.”

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[–] Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Mistypes drive engagement.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The shit that is done nowadays to farm engagement is ridiculous.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, this is correct. They get paid in methamphetamines

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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago

For making posts here? I sure hope not. Much funnier to see the typos.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

No. “I have to be first to post this and get internet points!”

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 113 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Had a (roughly) similar experience when I used to work for a construction company. Once, a job was behind schedule, and they asked us to voluntarily work on a Saturday. Virtually everyone did, because working on a weekend got you time and a half pay.

Instead of a full day, though, they sent us home at lunchtime. Nobody was expecting that. One guy summed it up pretty well: “I got up at 6 AM on a Saturday to make less than I did yesterday? This is bullshit!”

After that, whenever our bosses asked if we’d come in on a Saturday, someone asked if it would be a full day or a half day. When our bosses said “I don’t know” (which is what they said every time) nobody came in.

They got away with exploiting us once, but completely screwed themselves in the long term. I was (and still am) very proud of my coworkers for continuing to hold management accountable for their decisions.

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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 110 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Everyone focuses on the typo when dude did an awesome thing. Reddit doesn't allow title edits and GBoard is shit at producing the words you want, and then dude gets a bunch of Tina jokes.

They got screwed thrice; by their boss, by Reddit, and by their keyboard

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Yeah, but they chose to use Reddit and gboard. Like 2/3 self-inflicted.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 9 points 3 months ago (6 children)

On android, what keyboard do you recommend for swipe typing?

Moving the cursor by swiping in space bar is also something I haven't found in other keyboards

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have been using SwiftKey for years and have been very happy with it. Spacebar swipe cursor movement included (but maybe in a setting).

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[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Heli-board (available via f-droid, be sure to apply the .lib fix)

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use FUTO. It has built in, private, voice to text as well. I don't swipe too often, but it seemed to work fine writing this comment.

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[–] canihasaccount@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just as an aside, I hadn't heard of that cursor feature before, and this is wonderful. Thanks for drawing my attention to it. I have to keep my work phone loaded with all the Google/MS spyware, so I still use Gboard on that phone. This will make typing work emails a lot easier.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 16 points 3 months ago

You're welcome.

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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago

I mean, blame Gboard all you want, they didn't proofread something that can't be edited later

That's 100% on them and they deserve the Tina jokes

They also deserve praise for what they did in the OP

[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 8 points 3 months ago

eat your ham

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[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

SOB's. Thinking they are entitled to have poor Tina... And the half bit is extra worrying.

[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] frunch@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Thankfully not Talking Tina, however

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Autocorrect typo for “time”.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That llama from Napoleon Dynamite?

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

tina, eat the FOOD! *fling!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Starbucks may deserve all the stick that they get for their labor practices, but here in Canada on holidays they pay double time and a half (or about CAD $50/hour).

[–] leverage 19 points 3 months ago

Are they staying open because there's marketing value in being open on a holiday, or because there's business as usual money to be made. If it's not for some extra marketing purposes, this just lays bare how much more money they could be paying folks and still remain profitable.

Overtime and holiday pay was meant to disincentivize manufacturing companies from overworking their people and not letting them spend time doing frivolous things like being with family on holidays. The difference between the cost of labor and the value of labor was so small back then (after decades of negotiating, union action, and bloodshed) that a simple 1.5x was enough to disincentivize it under most circumstances. It's so vast now for the service industry that they are willing to pay 2.5 times as much.

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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Fuck, you Americans are getting ripped off. Here the legal minimum is 2.25x pay for public holidays (Australia)

1.5x? Are ya serious? That's like the lowest tier of overtime. Or sunday penalty rates.

For real, I can't believe people aren't even getting that.

(Illegal underpayment still happening here, aside).

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A half of tina is a pretty decent chunk of meth, you probably don't need that much.

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[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Damn I thought this was my local grocer for a quick second.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months ago

Totally looks like Wheatsville Coop in Austin. If so, they have pretty good wages from my understanding, and also this location is closing permanently soon. But there are probably other stores that look like this too

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[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

All for all and one for one.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 3 months ago

I've never gotten Tina and a half... 😔

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