B4 - General Topic 2026 #35 (June)

[Noldus]

B4 2026 #35

[Tenxring]

All this talk about pay/worth/equal has been hashed out years ago, but every generation feels as if they are the first to discover it.

Back in the dawn of time, I was an architectural drafter working in a middle sized firm for the most despicable person that I ever met. Fortunately, I found a job elsewhere and moved on. 

The principal/owner of the firm had a building construction firm along with his architectural practice, known as design/build. The pay scale for the architectural side was linked to the final profit on the construction side plus a straight hourly rate for architectural work. Shortly after I left, the architect in charge of the architectural side of the business discovered that the principal had been cooking the books to show minimal profit on the construction side which then cut the architectural folks pay drastically.

At a company meeting, tempers flared and everyone except the secretary on the architectural side quit on the spot. They assumed that it would inconvenience the principal somewhat to loose them all at once. His final comment was along the line of, "Go ahead and quit. I'll have everyone of you replaced by Monday morning."

I think that happened on a Friday, but it might have been Thursday afternoon.

The principal made a few phone calls and as he had said, had every drafting table filled on Monday morning.

That little lesson made a deep impression on me as to exactly what my real worth was in the grand scheme of things. But in similar situations for other folks, it has to be learned again and again.

[Tenxring]

A secondary aspect about the despicable architect was how generally hated he was by almost everyone who worked for him. He'd come into the office ranting and raving regularly about things that could be resolved with just a few minutes of discussion, but were spread around like group guilt. Time in/time out, break time, even a random office non-business comment would set him off on a ten minute tirade.

One day, shortly after he'd turned forty, the principal came into the back office and began a screamathon. After a few minutes of yelling and throwing things, he grabbed his arm and collapsed onto the floor. It was obviously a heart attack so EMS was called.

While waiting, the staff discussed giving the principal mouth to mouth artificial respiration. The discussion quickly turned into a series of, "Not me. You do it."

EMS arrived and realized that the object of their attention was as dead as Hogan's goat, but their job was to get him to the hospital for the final verdict.

As the ambulance departed and the office staff stood around, a quiet voice asked, "Does this mean that we can go home early?"

[Captain Kangaroo]

11 minutes ago, Tenxring said:

A secondary aspect about the despicable architect was how generally hated he was by almost everyone who worked for him. He'd come into the office ranting and raving regularly about things that could be resolved with just a few minutes of discussion, but were spread around like group guilt. Time in/time out, break time, even a random office non-business comment would set him off on a ten minute tirade.

One day, shortly after he'd turned forty, the principal came into the back office and began a screamathon. After a few minutes of yelling and throwing things, he grabbed his arm and collapsed onto the floor. It was obviously a heart attack so EMS was called.

While waiting, the staff discussed giving the principal mouth to mouth artificial respiration. The discussion quickly turned into a series of, "Not me. You do it."

EMS arrived and realized that the object of their attention was as dead as Hogan's goat, but their job was to get him to the hospital for the final verdict.

As the ambulance departed and the office staff stood around, a quiet voice asked, "Does this mean that we can go home early?"

Sounds like a few assholes that I worked with over the years 

[thereala78]

What did I say earlier?

The guy is glued to his phone while 3 almost naked girls are in the kitchen around him... just lift your head and look at them!

Sad 😭

[Brit Guy]

23 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Sounds like a few assholes that I worked with over the years 

Why does this remind me of Leora (L&P). 

[thereala78]

It seems George called a friend to translate the discussion between him and Kaya...

[thereala78]

Azura just told him to talk less loudly 🤣

[X758man]

4 minutes ago, thereala78 said:

It seems George called a friend to translate the discussion between him and Kaya...

Pretty simple if kaya had a damned brain she brought him in there she can help him get out  but aint anything between her ears but fuckin air 

[thereala78]

10 minutes ago, X758man said:

Pretty simple if kaya had a damned brain she brought him in there she can help him get out  but aint anything between her ears but fuckin air 

We don't know what happens exactly... 😕 

[thereala78]

At least they feed him 😛 

[getty5437]

Broccoli head and 4-inch sneakers... a classy and demure woman's choice for future husband.  Luckily for him, these females have no class and are lightyears from demure.