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Former Twitter Employee Can't Seem To Find Meditation Room At New Taco Bell Job

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — According to sources, a local developer who was recently let go from Twitter is having a difficult time finding the meditation room at his new job at the SFO Airport Taco Bell.

"Huh. It's gotta be around here somewhere," said the confused 2nd shift Burrito Assembly Specialist as he looked around the facility. "I hope I find it soon because that last order was very, very stressful."

Sources say the man previously held a prestigious position at Twitter as an Assistant Algorithmic Diversity Intervention and Sensitivity Coordinator making $238,000 per year. He also enjoyed free food, unlimited naps, and the use of 42 conveniently placed "quiet rooms" for transcendental meditation between meetings.

"Hey guuuuuuuys, where do I go to meditate around here?" he said to his confused coworkers before slipping in a puddle of nacho cheese and collapsing on the floor in a fit of sobs. His shift manager then kindly informed him that he could meditate in the cooler for a few minutes as long as he brought back 3 bags of shredded lettuce.

At publishing time, the man had been fired after insulting his shift manager on Twitter.
 
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — According to sources, a local developer who was recently let go from Twitter is having a difficult time finding the meditation room at his new job at the SFO Airport Taco Bell.

"Huh. It's gotta be around here somewhere," said the confused 2nd shift Burrito Assembly Specialist as he looked around the facility. "I hope I find it soon because that last order was very, very stressful."
Sources say the man previously held
a prestigious position at Twitter as an Assistant Algorithmic Diversity Intervention and Sensitivity Coordinator making $238,000 per year. He also enjoyed free food, unlimited naps, and the use of 42 conveniently placed "quiet rooms" for transcendental meditation between meetings.

"Hey guuuuuuuys, where do I go to meditate around here?" he said to his confused coworkers before slipping in a puddle of nacho cheese and collapsing on the floor in a fit of sobs. His shift manager then kindly informed him that he could meditate in the cooler for a few minutes as long as he brought back 3 bags of shredded lettuce.
At publishing time, the man had been fired after insulting his shift manager on Twitter.
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I really like Mike Rowe...
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& Brian Kilmeade too
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — According to sources, a local developer who was recently let go from Twitter is having a difficult time finding the meditation room at his new job at the SFO Airport Taco Bell.

"Huh. It's gotta be around here somewhere," said the confused 2nd shift Burrito Assembly Specialist as he looked around the facility. "I hope I find it soon because that last order was very, very stressful."

Sources say the man previously held a prestigious position at Twitter as an Assistant Algorithmic Diversity Intervention and Sensitivity Coordinator making $238,000 per year. He also enjoyed free food, unlimited naps, and the use of 42 conveniently placed "quiet rooms" for transcendental meditation between meetings.

"Hey guuuuuuuys, where do I go to meditate around here?" he said to his confused coworkers before slipping in a puddle of nacho cheese and collapsing on the floor in a fit of sobs. His shift manager then kindly informed him that he could meditate in the cooler for a few minutes as long as he brought back 3 bags of shredded lettuce.

At publishing time, the man had been fired after insulting his shift manager on Twitter.
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It's in the back of the restaurant (there are 2)...he should probably take a mop with him, since he may need it, and don't be too shocked by the smell.
 
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Mike Rowe described the same problem as we have over here in NZ.

A company that I contract to as their electrician, cannot get staff to work - as basic factory hands. Sure, the money is not the greatest, but when they get nobody answering adverts about a job, when so many people claim benefits because they "cannot find work"....that's just BS.

My son worked there as a factory hand all last year to make enough money to put himself through College this year. He didn't like the work, but he was a great worker, and he even got a raise where others didn't, because he was a real worker. He turned up early every day and didn't punch out till he was done with his shift. I know they have had people turn up for interviews, start the job, and leave within a week or less......a little bit of hard work for a few hours didn't suit them.
One guy went out for some food on his first break of the first day, and he never came back.

That's just one business that I know of. There are plenty more having the same problems.
 
kiwigtx said:
Mike Rowe described the same problem as we have over here in NZ.

A company that I contract to as their electrician, cannot get staff to work - as basic factory hands. Sure, the money is not the greatest, but when they get nobody answering adverts about a job, when so many people claim benefits because they "cannot find work"....that's just BS.

My son worked there as a factory hand all last year to make enough money to put himself through College this year. He didn't like the work, but he was a great worker, and he even got a raise where others didn't, because he was a real worker. He turned up early every day and didn't punch out till he was done with his shift. I know they have had people turn up for interviews, start the job, and leave within a week or less......a little bit of hard work for a few hours didn't suit them.
One guy went out for some food on his first break of the first day, and he never came back.

That's just one business that I know of. There are plenty more having the same problems.
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Funny (not really) Kiwi that you should mention those guys that start and quit by lunch or in a week. I myself did that after high school. Got jobs in restaurants and quit in less than a week. I also took one job in a foundry - struggled to make it to lunch. Left for lunch and never returned. Didn't even PU my check. But at the time all that served an up coming unknown purpose for me. I realized I just wasn't cut out to do that kind of smarmy work and had no skills to do otherwise. It woke me up in the good sense - not todays sense - and pushed me into college where I worked my skinny butt off to get a double degree, graduate one thin hair below honors and then go out and get a professional job. All that beforehand stuff somehow allowed me to find myself and a profession I was very good at - where I again worked my *** off for 35 yrs and did quite well. It allowed me to retire with security on my terms - I bailed at 55 mostly due to health reasons. My regret is that I gave so very much more than I ever got in return. Corporate America is a blood sucking leach. I was able to bail early because of my accumulated investment skills not because they showered me with truck loads of money for the blood I gave them. What are todays deadbeats going to do when the clock starts running on them - who knows - It will be interesting to watch - and I can tell you w/o reservation I have zero sympathy or empathy for any of them. I have a nephew who's playing that game - and after helping him for years I just slammed the door on him - he's a deadbeat who never lasts more than a month in a job. He's 36 now - no place to live - no money coming in - and he's run out of sympathizers. He's up against the wall but still refuses to work. I've run on too long here but this is a subject that gets me going.
 
GetX'd said:
Funny (not really) Kiwi that you should mention those guys that start and quit by lunch or in a week. I myself did that after high school. Got jobs in restaurants and quit in less than a week. I also took one job in a foundry - struggled to make it to lunch. Left for lunch and never returned. Didn't even PU my check. But at the time all that served an up coming unknown purpose for me. I realized I just wasn't cut out to do that kind of smarmy work and had no skills to do otherwise. It woke me up in the good sense - not todays sense - and pushed me into college where I worked my skinny butt off to get a double degree, graduate one thin hair below honors and then go out and get a professional job. All that beforehand stuff somehow allowed me to find myself and a profession I was very good at - where I again worked my *** off for 35 yrs and did quite well. It allowed me to retire with security on my terms - I bailed at 55 mostly due to health reasons. My regret is that I gave so very much more than I ever got in return. Corporate America is a blood sucking leach. I was able to bail early because of my accumulated investment skills not because they showered me with truck loads of money for the blood I gave them. What are todays deadbeats going to do when the clock starts running on them - who knows - It will be interesting to watch - and I can tell you w/o reservation I have zero sympathy or empathy for any of them. I have a nephew who's playing that game - and after helping him for years I just slammed the door on him - he's a deadbeat who never lasts more than a month in a job. He's 36 now - no place to live - no money coming in - and he's run out of sympathizers. He's up against the wall but still refuses to work. I've run on too long here but this is a subject that gets me going.
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Same crap that motivated me to drive a truck to pay for law school, invest every dime I could scrape, and then go back on the truck when the corporate game was over. Fear is a powerful motivator. I have known many who don’t fall in the same mold. They may experience less angst, but they don’t have a GTX in their garage. Or a garage for that matter.
 
padam said:
Then the real question is if it stays down for good, will anyone know the difference in a week?
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... only the Blue Checkmarks who feed off each other.

Wow, so much meat in this thread! The subject matter itself is depressing -- and speaks volumes -- but the contributions from you guys made it a lot more positive.

I too started off in professional America at 16 as the secretary for a small insurance agency (following 2 years of waitressing at the Spudnut) after focusing on administrative classes and art in high school. It turned into almost 21 years of law firms, a paralegal certificate and a couple years of night law school simply to broaden my knowledge. (I never wanted to be a lawyer.)

Moving to B.F.E. Tennessee in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina made a 1999 hobby (learned while restoring my '68 Barracuda) seem a lot more attractive than a 4 hour daily commute to a firm that would pay enough to make it worthwhile. I LOVE working for you guys and it pays the bills usually but retirement will never be an option.

A few people have called about a job; no one has ever walked in looking for an application. If I had to tally them I'd guess six ... in 17 years in business. Most sound young. The last kid a few weeks ago initially impressed me by claiming "I saw your website and have experience in your industry!" It turned out he worked for 9 days for a guy who did pressure washing. He would also need $28 an hour to start. Crickets chirped when I asked him "Start what?"

I truly hope he took my next two minutes of honest suggestions about how to properly seek employment to heart because BS wasn't the way to do it.

But I'm Old School. From Mike Rowe and all the Help Wanted signs even around Greenfield with its booming population of 2198, he's probably had 6 jobs since then.

From all the countless distractions put forth by our media, it screams WRONG!!!!! when Current Events That Actually Matter -- like a nationwide evaporating workforce with no ethic, foresight or ambition -- get absolutely no attention at all.

I pray I die before I see it all come to its rightful conclusion.

[P.S. for a shameless mention that I completely overhauled my website and would love some feedback. I'd also love it if ya'll would consider me for your Teardown Season projects (Forum, Military & Law Enforcement discounts too!). If northwest Tennessee is cheaper to drive to than ship, call me and come on over! You might get homemade pizza or something too. I love you guys muahhhhh!!!]
 
I've witnessed a sea change at Penn State since I was a student 50 years ago. In that era, I worked what were considered second tier part time jobs for students, cafeteria food service for PSU, and landscaping on my own. Local employers were picky, you had to know someone to get the jobs that paid more than the stuff I did. I posted in another thread how the local Roy Rogers was able to request servers who considered themselves "physically attractive," and had no staffing issues. For one semester I cleaned the house of a professor's wife, who was not thrilled with the fact that I was a sophomore, rather a than grad student.

Today, most of the local restaurants have floating hours, depending on availability of staff, and many of them appear to be work release types. The price of a degree at the school has increased at a nosebleed rate, and with that has come a student body that either comes from wealth, or is living the good life on seemingly "free" student loans. My son in law got caught in that trap, with $135,000 in debt, but he worked while in school, and has done well since graduating 12 years ago. He has always been that guy who shows up to do the dirty job, and stays till it's finished.

Although the current mess is not doing society as whole any good, it does create opportunity for those with a work ethic.
 
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I think there are some dots to connect between Rowe and this.
Perhaps others are a bridge to the past?
There was once a real Depression in America.
Bread and circuses.
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While both generations have a love of cars and actively participate at all levels, they go about building and working on their cars with a very different set of values. The older generation was handed down the frugal ways of those who endured the Great Depression, while the younger crowd has only known a debt based, consumer driven society. How far does it all go before the pendulum swings the other way?
 
kiwigtx said:
My son worked there as a factory hand all last year to make enough money to put himself through College this year. He didn't like the work, but he was a great worker, and he even got a raise where others didn't, because he was a real worker. He turned up early every day and didn't punch out till he was done with his shift.
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There you have it! Work ethic at there best, he was shown and taught how it works. That's missing today. I was a busboy cleaning tables all through high school. It was kind of a thankless job and more often than not, people looked down their noise at me, but, I learned a lot about life, work ethic, like it or not, you do your best and move on only when the time is right. Like Roger, my kids were taught that life, a good life, is not free. It works out like this, they will either starve to death or our great country will be forced to carry their, I just can't do it, sorry asses to the finish line. If it came in a bottle everyone would have it! As Leanna said, I pray I die before I see it all come to its rightful conclusion.
 
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — According to sources, a local developer who was recently let go from Twitter is having a difficult time finding the meditation room at his new job at the SFO Airport Taco Bell.

"Huh. It's gotta be around here somewhere," said the confused 2nd shift Burrito Assembly Specialist as he looked around the facility. "I hope I find it soon because that last order was very, very stressful."

Sources say the man previously held a prestigious position at Twitter as an Assistant Algorithmic Diversity Intervention and Sensitivity Coordinator making $238,000 per year. He also enjoyed free food, unlimited naps, and the use of 42 conveniently placed "quiet rooms" for transcendental meditation between meetings.

"Hey guuuuuuuys, where do I go to meditate around here?" he said to his confused coworkers before slipping in a puddle of nacho cheese and collapsing on the floor in a fit of sobs. His shift manager then kindly informed him that he could meditate in the cooler for a few minutes as long as he brought back 3 bags of shredded lettuce.

At publishing time, the man had been fired after insulting his shift manager on Twitter.
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:jackoff: welcome to the real world clown , now get me four tacos and a coke!!!
 
Regardless of the era, being a first generation American seems to be a significant predictor of a strong work ethic. I've observed this in my own family trees (both adoptive and biological,) and with my wife's family. Per the video posted earlier, the pendulum does seem to swing back, given enough time. My biological grandfather on my mother's side left Hawaii in 1920 with $250 which was gone by the time he made it to Philadelphia 28 days later to enroll at Swarthmore. He was able to obtain 20 hours a week of work at the school to pay his expenses. He later became the first Asian to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania medical school. His father worked 45 years as a laborer in the sugar cane fields. His daughter became a Wall Street investment banker. I have done well by today's standards, but well below the bar set by my predecessors. My daughter watched how hard my wife and I worked, and felt that made no sense. I am hoping things swing back the other way with my grand daughters.
 
Not all older generation are good workers either. My son is a tech at a Kenworth dealer and they asked him to be a lead hand. He says there is a couple of old guys there who have the skills but like to bitch and drag their ***. I remember sitting my son down when he was 15 and explaining to him to always put in 100% and be proud at the end of the day that you did a good job and put in a good effort. You owe the company a proper days work and they owe you the pay you agreed upon. Even if you don't like the job you're doing put in a proper effort and either you will move up or you can look for something better but you have to support yourself, no one owes you a damn thing as they say. I think that if you aren't proud that you are doing a good job and not wasting time maybe you should just stay in bed.
Another old saying that rings true is "the harder I work the luckier I get".
 
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Not all older generation are good workers either.
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This exactly makes the point that you never pigeon hole any person or any group of people regardless of their age, sex, color, race, background, religion, ETC. People are individuals...if all millennials were turds, our world would have already crashed lol. Thank God there's always going to be someone to carry the load and figure out what's right to move forward.
 
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