• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlOP
    49·
    1 year ago

    My friend, an immigrant to my country, was laid off two weeks ago and wasn’t able to land a new job. She was 4 months away from getting her PR, but without a new job, she wouldn’t qualify. After many stressful nights of crying, doing resume review and interview practice, she YOLO’d and sent the CEO of her old company an email asking to be employed until she got the PR, and the CEO simply said “Sure”.

    Absolutely crazy, and rare to see that sort of compassion. I’m super happy for her, even though it might be awkward, but getting over this cusp will lock her in on her new life.

    • bob_lemon@feddit.de
      16·
      1 year ago

      In this context, the question really boils down to “Do you want to ruin your former employee’s life to save a bit of company money?”. Which should not be a hard decision, but there’s way too many people who would disagree here. Kudos to the CEO to realize this and do the right thing, and good luck for your friend.

      • Torvum@lemmy.world
        13·
        1 year ago

        I think it’s more that most of these issues would never actually reach the CEO if brought up through standard channels. Some bs middle management explanation of why it’s not possible, even though they never passed it up. CEOs are still people, and if they just randomly receive an actual personal email that wasn’t debated over by a board meeting or considered inconsequential by people they hired to micromanage, they’re likely to just say fuck it why not.

  • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
    30·
    1 year ago

    You know how you get electric cars? Know how you get electric bikes?

    You get electric boats now!!!

    Currently floating about on one on an alpine lake and it’s completely silent and nature is just fuckin amazing so why disturb it. Just trundled past a duck family and they barely moved

    • Dandroid@dandroid.app
      5·
      1 year ago

      There’s a lake near where I live that doesn’t allow gas boats. It’s electric or manually paddles only. It’s very nice how quiet it is out there.

  • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    Haven’t had a smoke or vape in more than a week now. I know I’m not out of the woods yet but this is a big achievement for me.

    • Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      Good for you. Quitting nicotine is fucking hard. I quit smoking over a decade ago, but I finally got completely off nicotine products just last year.

      Just some advice that helped me: keep a zero nic vape around so if you’re out drinking (or some other situation where your willpower is low) and find yourself needing to vape you have one that you can hit without backsliding with nicotine. Otherwise you’re going to find yourself hitting a buddy’s vape loaded with 50mg nic salts or something, and you’ll be back to square one.

      • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
        1·
        1 year ago

        That might help me out. I’ve tried to quit vaping so many times but I keep going back while drinking. I live a 2 minute walk from 2 different vape stores and disposable vapes are so easy to talk myself into buying

  • davefischer@beehaw.orgEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    I finally had an opportunity to photograph the neighborhood hawk last weekend. I’ve been trying to photograph this guy for YEARS, but he always takes off before I can go get my camera.

    Image

    • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      Wow, and it’s a great shot too! He’s looking right at you, very cool. Thanks for sharing.

  • Moghul@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 year ago

    Was supposed to watch something with my best friend last night but we just ended up chatting for like 4h. Never fails to cheer me up

  • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.de
    12·
    1 year ago

    A friend came by that I hadn’t seen in a while and while hanging out she asked me if she could put some make up on me. I agreed and when she was done I felt attractive for the first time in a long while. That was a nice experience. :)

    • hotbathenthusiast@feddit.de
      6·
      1 year ago

      Sound great! Being gently touched in the face always feels wonderful, I think, no matter whether in a romantic or a non-romantic setting like yours. Scratches the itch for intimacy with another being.

  • FlashZordon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Got health insurance AND dental b so finally fixing some dental problems that I’ve had for years without worry of going broke.

  • ratofkryll@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I found some money I squirrelled away for a big luxury purchase, so I’m buying a painting. It’s the first piece of art in years that’s stopped me in my tracks to stare. I have a print, but it’s not the same.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    • the humidity is way down

    • my wife and I are actively clearing our house of things we don’t need and want anymore

    • I’m successfully knocking a lot of small, tedious tasks off my to-do list

  • multicolorKnight@lemmy.ml
    10·
    1 year ago

    I went on a vacation trip last week. We took the ferry fron Connecticut to Long Island, rode our bikes from Orient Point to the Hamptons, took the train to New York City, hung out in Brooklyn for 4 days. No car the whole way. It was awesome. Brooklyn is super cool, biking in NYC is the best way to enjoy the city. I am full of ideas for the next trip.