cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9823286
‘Tis the season to celebrate our loved ones, and also for employers to show how much they care.
Whether by throwing a Christmas bash or handing out extra cash, businesses around the world are broadly expected to offer their dedicated staff a festive token of their appreciation.
And who deserves more recognition than the workers who keep our healthcare systems afloat?
Yet, the senior management team at one hospital apparently decided that rather than boost their staff’s pay or treat them to a slap-up meal, they would provide them with…
Potatoes.
The questionable move was broadcast to social media by an X/Twitter user who calls herself Amanda B.
She explained dejectedly: “My work is doing a potato bar as our Christmas bonus. I’m literally getting a hospital potato as a bonus.”
She then added: “They also said it has a $15 (£11.85) value so it will be taxed on our next check. Does anyone need an assistant so I can just quit right now?”
I’m unfamiliar with this and at first glance it sounds kind of silly, but again I haven’t heard about it so now I’m super curious lol - what’s going on? I know prices are inflated but how does that create a bubble exactly in the same way we saw with houses and such? Cars aren’t exactly investments beyond their immediate utility and the dollars put in are way lower than houses and such.
without knowing anything about the market I’d hazard a guess that old cars are appreciating more because car companies don’t sell cars anymore they sell locked down tablets in a car like case and used car sales are about as trustworthy as they have always been, that is to say they are gouging harder than any other company in the current economy.
No low ballers, I know what I got.
I just don’t think the average consumer really cares about privacy with their cars, especially because it’s only very recently that reports like the one Mozilla created have been coming out. They’ve never really had to consider it before.
I’ve never met anyone that’s OK with the removal of physical controls.
The average person already has a healthy distrust of software and it has nothing to do with privacy.