Ryan Sponsler

Offering love and support through childish bitchiness. And I make things

[Ryan Sponsler @RyanSpons]

@madebygoogle I've used Pixels for over ten years, and the Pixel 9 Pro is by far the worst. This next repair to reattach the defective screen for the third time, I will have paid more in repairs than I did for the damn phone. This thing is too delicate.

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@FanDuel_Support is your fantasy app broken? My account is at 0, can't access history, place new bets. Nothing

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@united recent flight from Ft Lauderdale to Austin the smoothest flight experience I've had in 10 years. Everything was on time for a change, notifications were helpful and accurate, flight attendants were great and the plane didn't feel like a city bus. Nice job! 👍

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@SpiritAirlines 3 hour delay from Austin to Ft Lauderdale only to be thanked at the gate with an additional $99 change to carry on a bag. Price gouging, shitty customer service and long delays, where you @PeteButtigieg

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@Marlins Garbage organization with an executive problem.
You can do better.

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@JeffPassan MLB has much bigger problems than uniforms. Mistreatment or misuse of young pitchers leading to potential career ending injuries is a big one.

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@NBCNews Is the hero dog ok?

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@AustinWatershed @austintexasgov

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@ATT your field crew built a temporary dirt bridge on a flood plain blocking rainwater drainage. You are going to be responsible for causing flood damage to properties when rain starts this evening @AustinWatershed @austintexasgov

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Just wasted another morning driving my laptop to an empty office. Even the laptop is unhappy being in the office

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

No more YouTube, no more side hustles, nothing. Your life is about working for a company who will eliminate your role the second you start making too much money.

Fuck that, I've only got one life, and this is NOT how I want to spend it.

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

And who doesn't want the added pollution and traffic from adding 15,000 cars back onto the road?

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

Except now, these clients will be complaining they can't hear you 'cause Chatty Kathy one desk over is on the phone getting a quote for a new roof.

This is obviously much better than the current state, where we can work comfortably from our own desk in our own home.

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

Under these new rules, all employees must sit at a desk in an open floor plan office, surrounded by noise from 9-5.

Performing our job which involves staring at a computer screen and talking to clients all day.

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

Those team members are required to either relocate to one of the two major cities where they have offices, or get fired.

Oh, and there will be no pay adjustment.

Enjoy!

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

Important note: this requirement only applies to remote workers within the circles.

If you currently live outside one of the circles, you are grandfathered in; but you can not move without company approval.

Unless, you live in India.

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

HR actually never responded to my original message, and I had only heard about the fallout of my snarky reply through the grapevine.

As I would soon learn, I was far from the only person refusing to return (or in my case, begin).

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

"Please let me know when my last day will be so I can inform my team"

That wasn't what they wanted to hear. Within an hour, the message had been passed up the chain. Leadership was not happy.

"What an asshole. This guy really thinks he's that special?"

[Jauwn @Jauwnio]

... and failure to comply will result in termination."

Fine. I'm not going to drive an hour and a half each way, sit in mind-numbing traffic, contribute to pollution, and pay more in taxes.

So like the smart-ass I am, I responded with a succinct message.