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ALICIA SILVERSTONE GETS NAKED

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One of my top fantasy babes from my younger days, Alicia Silverstone, wants us to go vegetarian. This article claims that Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth were chosen for the rollout of PETA’s latest campaign because we are perennially near the top of those fattest city surveys. Whatever.

 

I’ve never taken much of what PETA does seriously because they’re so over the top with how they choose to get their message out, but if Alicia Silverstone is getting naked for this particular cause, I’m willing to listen.

 

I tried accessing the video of the commercial from work and got a message saying it was blocked by our firewall. Apparently peta.org has been classified as "Advocacy Groups, Tasteless/Gross". I chuckled.

 

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This morning, on the door inside the men’s room on our floor, some joker posted a copy of an article that claims that 33% of men do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom (only 12% of women do not). This figure was obtained after “extensive observation of over 6,000 people in four major cities” over the past couple of months. Doctors everywhere are outraged at this news though I’m not sure why. I’ve seen tons of guys not wash their hands afterwards over the years that frankly I’m shocked it’s only at 33%.

 

Other “do not wash” findings (for both sexes) from the article:

44% after petting a cat or dog

39% after coughing/sneezing

56% after handling money

22% after changing diapers

9% before handling food

 

I’ll admit that I’m often guilty on the petting cat/dog and handling money charges and even sometimes on the coughing/sneezing, but I rarely touch food with unclean hands. The diaper changing thing doesn’t apply to me since I have and will continue to do anything necessary to avoid that chore, but who are the nasty bastards that make up that 22%?

 

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Finally, a big “CONGRATULATIONS” is due my company’s management. It took some hard work, but they found another little perk to yank away from us when we were least expecting it.

 

Last week, it was announced that our on-site fitness center is closing at the end of the year. The company-sponsored discount membership program we have had with the YMCA is also being canned. The reason given is “cost considerations.”

 

Apparently, management is contending that the member base isn’t big enough to support the ongoing costs of the fitness center. One well-placed source told me that our real estate group claims to have “many studies” that show each member would have to pay out an extra $5,000 a year in order for the center to break even. If that’s true, then I need to polish the ol’ resume because this company is going to be led into bankruptcy by a bunch of idiots that clearly have no idea how to manage money. The fitness center is small in size and has a grand total of four company employees (as opposed to expensive outside contractors) on staff and is housed in a building on a campus this company has owned outright for over 30 years. There is simply no way the it is that expensive to operate.

 

One of the members started a “save the fitness center” petition and posted it at the check-in desk there. Management found out and ordered that the petition be scrapped immediately or there could be consequences for creating disharmony in the work environment. Hmmm. Would that be the same sort of disharmony they created when they suddenly decided to close the fitness center for questionable reasons?

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One well-placed source told me that our real estate group claims to have “many studies” that show each member would have to pay out an extra $5,000 a year in order for the center to break even.

 

Perhaps there are other costs such as insurance and stuff. Not siding with evil management -- just showing off my open mind.

 

And you guys have perks? Real employees get BUTT-fucked with no K-Y.

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It's got to be insurance or something similar. But even still, an extra 5 G's a year from each member is a hell of a lot of dough. I just can't buy their story.

 

As for perks, honestly we probably aren't any better (or worse) off than most other employees elsewhere. I'm probably just annoyed about the fitness center becasue it's one that I use constantly and very much enjoy having around. And for all the blustering management does every year (i.e. at health benefits enrollment time) about how it's important for us to take care of our health and help keep the company's medical costs from getting completely out of hand, it's ironic that they've chosen to yank away one of the easiest ways for us to do that.

 

 

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The funny thing about my place's health care costs is that I'm probably the only healthy one here. And when I leave, the median age of our staff will shoot up. I think the next youngest person here is at least a dozen years older than me.

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whatever happened to Silverstone anyway, I thought she had a quite a career going (not that I care one way or the other). I always confused her with that chick from Legally Blonde, who seems to have surpassed Silverstone in high profile movie roles.

 

I love the guys who wash their hands and then grab a paper towel to use to open the door on their way out. Like that matters--these guys touch all kinds of public things throughout the day, including the break room microwave door, refrigerator door, etc.

 

kkk can back up this up--there was a nutjob where we both worked grading tests who would damn near take a bath in the men's room. This guy had the water running forever and spend 5-10 minutes washing. Oh yeah, this prick also hogged 2 of the 3 microwaves in the lunch room to heat up his giant lunch every day, instead of just thowing his shit into 1 oven.

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Don't remember his name. He was a reader, goofy, kinda big, blonde hair, always wore t-shirts, sloppy dresser, always had 10,000 pieces of tupperware for his lunch.

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Oh Jesus Chirst -- I think you're talking about Peter. Don't forget the bare toilet paper roll he used as a banana holder. That may be before your time, though. And these people decided the fate of students of entire states.

 

Funny thing is he called me "aloof" in the end-of-project survey he filled out when on my team. It's called avoiding you at all costs. There's a big difference.

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