Yeah definitely. There was an urban legend in the same company about Saudi visitors before my time and they went WILD. Strip clubs, 5am finish, the works.

And yeah yer man just was not used to drink in any way. Poor bastard. I’d say the fear and hangover combo must have been something else to wake up to.

No it didn’t. Europe ponied up mostly cash to keep the country running while the US donated arms and intelligence because they had more of it but total value Europe was ahead.

Yeah to be honest I feel like there was a decent bit of social pressure that he felt. The CEO was a fairly hard character in general but the lad in question was well liked. The “fuck off” did shock us all though.

Like none of us would have been surprised if he’d been let go but it would have affected morale generally, laws here are generally worker oriented and he was a good worker, plus the added effect of visa removal has to be part of the decision process.

The guy who wrestled him into the taxi definitely put in a good word too. He’s a good soul.

Edit: the belligerence was only half the story on the negative side. We were all very embarrassed that the staff had to clean up the puke but they were absolute champions about it. I’ve worked as a waiter for a good few years in college and you do tend to just pass these things off as best you can, especially for large groups that are going to leave a solid tip.

JAYSUS 😂

Just for clarity… The lad shaved his pubes, lobbed them in a bag then brought them into work and sought your counsel on whether or not he had crabs? Is that right? because I’m rolling around here picturing the absurdity of it.

European and I love the Aussie and Canada communities. The Europe ones are good too but I feel like there’s more banter in those other ones. The Ireland one is picking up steam which is great.

!tenforward@lemmy.world too for the Star Trek memes. I watched TNG through with my now 18 year old when she was about 10-11 and I’m in the middle of it with my 11 year old now so I send them on and we have a good laugh.

They’re both amazed that new Star Trek the next generation memes are still being made on the daily.

I also get silly laughs out of !noncredibledefense@lemmy.world and !roughromanmemes@lemmy.world .

Shout out to /u/PugJesus for the Roman memes. I try to throw OC in there if I ever dream any up but that’s not often.

Christmas party, of course. We had an Indian dude join the company. Really nice lad that I got on great with.

There’s a company meal kicking off at 7pm not far from where we work so the entire office (about 40 odd people) decide we’ll get a few scoops in beforehand.

Well this lad was quite small and very obviously not used to drink. He was fairly toasted before we even got to the restaurant. He kept drinking then became belligerent.

Proceeded to puke all over the place half way through the meal. He went out to get some fresh air and the CEO went out to have a chat with him and suggested he head home.

Promptly told the CEO to fuck off and leave him alone.

My bestie was his boss and at that point basically wrestled him into a taxi. The CEO took it well in fairness. It was totally out of character so he kept his job (and his visa which was dependent on the job).

That’s exactly what you get when you don’t punch the bully back. Russia broke the well defined post WW2 rule. It was a pretty simple rule too… Don’t try to rob your neighbour’s land.

They should not be rewarded in any way for it. If anything they already have been.

I accept that 100%. I’ve seen a decent bit the US and it’s such an enormous lump of land with so many different people and cultures that anyone trying to lump them together into some homogenous mass is off their rocker.

Sure you can travel an hour on a train in Europe and be in a totally different world culturally. The distance for those changes is bigger in the US but holy moly do they exist.

I’m only across the water in Ireland and I can tell you from experience that ambulances arrive quickly, are free and so is the treatment. The UK health system is measurably better than ours so I feel like this is plucked from somewhere that the sun doesn’t shine.

Very first thought was “surely that’s treason”.

I must look up the legal definition.

“Even if the U.S. continues to impose higher tariffs, it will no longer make economic sense and will become a joke in the history of world economy,” the ministry said in a statement,

Very concisely put. We’re at that point. Trade is effectively shut down at this point between the two. My limited understanding is that on the US side this will hit farmers the hardest.

Guess we’re going to see a flood of cheap Chinese stuff in every other market in the world too soon.

Slice of ham, leaf of lettuce, coleslaw. Roll that sucker up like a little burrito. Nom nom nom.

Is that house arrest?

Thank you.

Could someone tell me how she was able to walk out of the court having been sentenced to prison?