'Stop calling it quiet-quitting': Woman defines 'work-to-rule' and rallies workers to use this form of protest

Since the dawn of capitalism there has been a war going on between corporate elites and the working class. Yes, there are periods of peace occasionally. But workers cannot get distracted—because the second you do, the wealthy will take that as a chance to get wealthier. 

 

Many people on social media apps across the board use the sites to connect with other people struggling in their toxic workplace. In many ways, it's become a new place to rally the masses and start a workforce revolution. I'm not saying that this video is doing that or will do that, but it is an example of spreading knowledge to help the working class. 

 

Recently, a term has been popping up in many videos called "quiet-quitting," which has been defined as basically the same thing as "malicious compliance." It is when you do what you were hire to do and nothing more. However, a TikToker recently went viral for calling out the new term for 1; already existing as a form of protest called "work-to-rule," and 2; for being a detrimental term in helping the working class.  

 

"For the love of God, Comrade. Stop calling it 'quiet-quitting'—it has been and always has been 'work-to-rule.' A form of protest in which employees do exactly what is stated in the contract and nothing more in order to slow down production. It has always been a thing. Do not let the f****ing elites talk you into thinking that this is bad. You're not quitting your job, you're not doing anything wrong. You are doing exactly what they hired you to do and they're pissed because you're taking back your power. Don't f***ing call it 'quiet-quitting!' It's not. You are working-to-rule."

 

The TikToker and the viewers all agree that this term is bad for the fight in worker rights and portrays the form of protest as something like "quitting," when in fact it is there to help set healthy workplace boundaries and get paid what you're worth. Some people are even calling it "working your wage."

Dating Advice: Woman Asks Reddit Why Literally Every Man She Matches With Only Talks About Himself

A good date takes a genuine interest in the other person's life. For this woman, that means most men are not good dates.

 

This thread was posted on Reddit's r/datingoverthirty subreddit by u/Capable_Okra, who expressed having a "conversational issue" on the apps. What happens is after an introductory exchange, the men she chats with tend to only answer her questions about their lives without returning any questions about her interests, career, friends, etc. As Liz Lemon on 30 Rock would say, "that's a dealbreaker, ladies."

 

If he doesn't take an interest in who you are on Hinge or Tinder, he is unlikely to take that same interest in person. If he's unable to recognize your social cues when you try to sneak in information about yourself, then he has no interest in dating you, but rather he has an interest in dating somebody (or some body). Most of the discourse online seems to be in agreement that this is unfortunately a common symptom of being a single "available" male in a metropolitan city. Let's put "available" in quotation marks as the emotional availability here is clearly up for debate.

 

It's important to acknowledge that self-involved behavior can be corrected, but let's be real. That takes a lot of work for the other person. It's better to just swipe left, raise those standards, and stop blaming yourself for the fact that some people have zero self-awareness.

 

We've seen other instances of dating fails online. Check out these top Tinder moments of the week for more!

 

Keep scrolling for the original post and the dating advice that u/Capable_Okra received!

'Corporations quiet quit long before employees did': this hot take on quiet quitting asks companies to look in the mirror

Quiet quitting is really about setting boundaries and corporations are going to have to accept that to a certain extent.

Viral Thread: Hilarious 'Service Desk' Job Description Doesn’t Sugar-coat the Reality of the Job’s Duties

Once in a while, something pops up online that is entirely unorthodox and a bit out of left field. This "avant-garde" take on a job description is exactly that. A little zany and unacceptable, it has defied our expectations of the performative qualities that a job description normally offers. You'd usually expect a job description to tediously lay out all of the things you might expect from a role but in a crap-coated manner of corporate speak that seeks to make light of all the terrible aspects.

Without fail, if a job offer requests that workers work well in a "fast-paced environment" then you know that you are going to be working in a team that is eternally understaffed and in conditions of chronic stress. If a job offers an "exciting" environment you know that you're going to be working in one of hundreds of grey-cloth square cubicles doing the same thing every day for 40 hours a week with no hope of growth or career progression. Similarly, if a job describes a break room with a "kegerator and a ping pong table" you know that you're going to be expected to work 60-hour weeks cold-calling sales leads for a startup that was founded on a half-baked idea. I could go on.

Digressing back to the topic at hand, this service desk job description cut through all of that crap and, with a droll manner, provided an exact description of what a candidate should expect from this role. There's no sugar coating here, what you see is what you get. As multiple commenters have pointed out, none of this should be an excuse for paying below a living wage, but at least this employer has got part of it figured out. 

These screenshots were posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by Reddit user u/8BitSmits in a thread titled "Well at least they're honest…" In the short time since posting the thread has earned 11k upvotes and we expect to see that number continue to climb.

The most comment in the entire thread, in my opinion, was this one. 

"This is a perfectly reasonable, well-written, and honest job description that combined a little humor with a fairly candid assessment of the role. I like that," remarked SlothBasedRemedies. "But the pay is about half what it should be. You can't joke your way out of paying a living wage."

Wife Can't Stand That Her Husband Puts Ketchup on His Pasta

Everyone has that weird thing they would eat in their household as a child, but usually, you grow up to realize that what you were eating was really not normal. That's when you embarrassingly retire that delicacy so as to not draw attention to your bizarre food preferences. Unless you're this woman's husband, who will seemingly never stop putting ketchup on his pasta instead of, say, marinara sauce.

 

His wife unloaded her feelings on Reddit's r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit under the name u/nicorn_. Her thread sparked a ton of discourse from folks who apparently also do the same unforgivable act to their pasta to people who perhaps jokingly (or not jokingly) encouraged this woman to cut and run from her marriage. For the record, the original poster has weighed in to clarify that she's not planning on filing divorce papers much to chagrin of the online trolls. She did, however, acknowledge that she is not a fan of how their kids have seemingly started to put ketchup on their pasta too. Horrifying! We're of the impression that she needs to get rid of all access to ketchup in their household or put some marinara sauce in the Ketchup bottle as a trick if she really wants to keep this infectious disease from spreading. Otherwise one day, some force within this woman will compel her to squirt some Heinz on her own linguini too!

 

Now, it's also worth acknowledging that plenty of couples have done more damage to one another. For example, this guy rated his girlfriend's cooking in front of her entire family. 

 

Keep scrolling for u/nicorn_'s story in her own words and for the funniest comments!

Cheap Boss Insists on Low Thermostat Setting, Cheeky Apprentice Recalibrates It

We've all worked for or lived with this person in the past. That person who would rather suffer frostbite than pay one red cent for one of the most basic comforts that modern society offers. These people insist that the thermostat be set low or the heat be turned off and everyone else be damned. You're going to live and/or work in an icebox and you're going to like it. 

Well, this apprentice had a bright idea and decided that if they couldn't change their cheap boss's mind then they would warp his reality instead. The boss HAD to see 62F on the thermostat, so the apprentice just recalibrated it so what the thermostat thought was 62F was actually about 10 degrees warmer. Genius.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by Reddit user u/Santasotherbrother, who shared their story to the popular sub.

Readers enjoyed this short-and-sweet tale of revenge and shared some experiences and stories of their own in the comments.

"BRRR! I feel your pain, in my office, the temp is set to 72," replied sheilacmd "It is nowhere near it. I wear a hoodie all day at my desk. I took a thermometer in one day and the temp in my office did not go above 64, But the owners insist everything is working as it should."

 

'I don't even really like pancakes that much': Man Forced to Spend 24 Hours in a Diner and Eat as Many Pancakes as Possible

Losing is never a good feeling, in virtually any context. It's rough to admit loss even in the most lowkey situations, but it's something we all have to do unless you want to be that a$$hole who can never accept defeat. Nope, we do not recommend it, nobody likes that guy. Sometimes that's just the end of it, accepting defeat, and that's a pretty manageable task. Other times, however, we also made some kind of a bet, and now we're due a punishment. These kinds of situations are much rougher, especially if you were positive you weren't going to lose.

 

Today we introduce you to one Chicagoan who didn't exactly lose a bet. His fantasy football team came in last place and his punishment involves sitting in a pancake house for 24 hours and eating as many pancakes as possible to lessen the time frame. We'll let him explain his situation to you himself.