Have you ever seen a tweet that doesn't even concern you, but you immediately go to that person's profile and block them because you don’t want to see any more of their thoughts on your timeline ever again?
I'm so happy I was raised the way I was, I didn't appreciate it back then, but babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, the way some of yall talk, think, speak, get over, scheme, lie, back door, & back stab.. thankful for the integrity, morals & dignity I was taught !!
At 8 a.m. every Wednesday, my team in Tokyo has a Zoom call with our team in Salt Lake City, Utah. For them, it's Tuesday at 4 p.m.
After three years, our side started a shared file. The title: "Things the Utah team does that we still don't understand."
They said I could share some of it.
"The first five minutes are about nothing. Weather. Somebody's dog. Somebody's kid's soccer game. Our manager timed it once. Five minutes and forty seconds, every week. He used to call it waste. Now he logs on early so he won't miss it."
"A three-year-old walked into the frame and announced he had used the potty by himself. Fourteen adults in Utah cheered. Our manager said 'Congratulations' in English. Best moment of the quarter."
"When someone shares an idea, three people unmute just to say 'Love it.' In three years, our side had never unmuted for anything but a problem. Mr. Hoshino now says 'Love it' at home. His wife is suspicious."
"Kenzie ends every call with 'You guys are crushing it.' We were not crushing it. We were six weeks behind. She said it anyway. Every week. We caught up in five."
"They sang Happy Birthday to our oldest engineer at 4:57 p.m. their time. Three minutes before they could go home. Fourteen people. Wildly off-key. He is 61. He said nobody had sung it to him since he was a boy."
The last entry is about Mizuki.
Mizuki is our youngest engineer. He's so quiet that Utah once asked if his camera was a photo.
In March, as a call was ending, after everyone had said bye, he typed one small line in the chat: "My son was born yesterday." Then he left the meeting.
The next Wednesday, Mizuki logged on, and fourteen cameras in Utah turned on at once.
Every single person was holding a sheet of paper. On each one, in marker, copied off the internet: おめでとう. Congratulations.
One of them was upside down. Nobody fixed it.
Fourteen days later, our office got a package. Inside was a tiny onesie with the shape of Utah on it. Fourteen signatures on the box.
His son is eight months old. He has never been outside Japan. He has fourteen aunts and uncles in Utah who have never held him.
Every week, they ask how he's doing.
First five minutes.
Nobody is effortless to love all the time. We all have flaws, habits, and moments that test the people closest to us. The goal isn’t to find someone perfect, but someone who’s willing to understand you, grow with you, and put in the same effort you do. Find someone whose heart is genuinely invested in yours, and build something worth protecting together.
I met a really beautiful man on my walk today and we spent the rest of my walk home yapping and getting to know eachother. It was great until I got to know that he supports Andrew Tate. God pls just help me punish my ex-bf for sending me back to the wilderness
Bro imagine. I’m helpdesk. Lady called in and asked if outlook was down. I said yeah Microsoft experiencing outages. She was like why didn’t yall send a blast email? ….. I just stayed quiet and like a minute later she was like I’m so sorry
I think men are often surprised when powerful men face consequences because it breaks a fantasy they quietly hold: that enough power, money and influence should make you untouchable