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Msg from that pained customer. This was a very unpleasant experience I had. I request everyone to be careful when visiting shopping malls. Today, I went to watch a movie with my family at Forum Mall on Kanakapura Road. As usual, we ordered popcorn and Pepsi. When I noticed the paper cups they were using to serve Pepsi, I became suspicious. So, I asked them to take out and show me all the cups. When they showed me the cups, I was genuinely shocked because nearly 99% of the cups there appeared to have already been used. As you can see in the video, it appeared that cups previously used by customers to drink Pepsi were being collected and reused to serve Pepsi to other customers. When I questioned them and raised my concern, the staff repeatedly apologised. I also recorded this incident on my mobile phone. I don't think this is just an issue with Forum Mall on Kanakapura Road. I suspect that similar practices may be happening in other malls as well. My humble request: Please be careful when buying popcorn, Pepsi or Coke at shopping malls. If possible, avoid purchasing these items. Please share this video with your friends and family. Take care of your health and stay alert.

Why is Russia teaching young girls to be tradwives? In tsarist times Russia’s aristocracy sent its daughters to finishing schools known as Institutes for Noble Maidens, where social graces and domestic skills were honed in preparation for an advantageous marriage. Similar academies are springing up around the country for the purpose of training the next generation of wives and mothers. Like their forebears these girls are taught floristry, cooking and dancing. And so too they are referred to as “noble maidens”. In the parlance of the 21st century though, a closer translation may be “tradwife”. The Traditional Education of Girls course was founded two years ago in Udmurtia, a region in central Russia, for girls aged 10 to 16. Launched in four schools around the regional capital of Izhevsk, the programme has expanded with support of local government funding to schools across Udmurtia as well as to Krasnodar, in southern Russia, and Crimea, the peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. 🔗 Tap here to read more: thetimes.com/world/europe/ar…

Some people just get on your nerves with their useless brains 🤧

October photo dump, anyone?

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There's a printer in our office that hasn't worked since 2021. Last month Facilities asked IT to dispose of it. Easy. Except company policy requires a signed Asset Disposal Authorization before any equipment can be removed. The authorization must be printed, signed by the department head, and attached to the equipment. I submitted the form. Finance rejected it. Reason: The printer still has a book value of $14.62. They can't write it off until the next depreciation cycle. Fine. We moved it to storage. Facilities rejected that because storage is reserved for operational equipment. It's not operational. "Then it needs to be disposed of." I explained Finance won't let us. Facilities said that was an IT issue. So I found a solution. I submitted a repair estimate. $480 to fix a printer worth $14.62. Finance rejected the repair because replacement would be more economical. I submitted a replacement request. Finance rejected it because we already have enough printers. I attached the rejection to the disposal form. Finance rejected that too. Last Friday an auditor asked why we had a broken printer sitting in the hallway. I explained the situation. He said leaving unused equipment in a hallway creates an asset management compliance risk. He recommended assigning someone to oversee it. My manager just informed me I'm now the official custodian of the printer. It's been broken for five years. It has no toner. It cannot print. But it has an owner, a depreciation schedule, and a quarterly compliance review. It has more job security than I do.