Was going to post that link. It's a friend of a friend's project. It doesn't perfectly solve the problem, but it's getting there.

People who take this kind of shit from employers are a reason we're in this predicament. The employer can fire you at will in a place, but if he thinks the rest are going to walk out if he does pulls this, it's not going to happen. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

"No." And honestly, it's not the same. The boss can't reach me 24x7 on my screwdriver.

How do you reasonably maintain a 24x7 server environment without staffing three full shifts? Why would I call you back off hours if you aren't providing me with a phone? Phone, and compensating me for my off-hours work, has got to be cheaper than hiring 2 more people.

You must be new here.

Unionize.

I used to think this way, but I'm frequently away from my desk long enough for it to matter (or in meetings or in the server room or whatever). 30 mins may not seem like a long time to be away from one's desk, but if something goes wrong, I tend to want to know.

If it's my device that I paid for, I *don't* want to connect to work resources. Fuck that. My device, my number, none of your business.

Do I really want to give him money he can use to support this cause, or the notoriety to give him a microphone? Not really.

This comment is dopey for several reasons. One, the guy was arguing that "$15/hr is more than enough to make a living." Yes, generally in rural areas that we're subsidizing. If we didn't, those places would have higher cost of living also (or maybe too high for people to be attracted to moving there in the first place).

Because someone who had a logical position on government spending wouldn't be going after the USPS when there are much bigger fish to fry that area actually unnecessary spending.

My letter carrier growing up already had a pushcart like this one: http://about.usps.com/oldassets/communications/pccinsider/2009/photos/pcc_0615fp2.jpg ...I imagine he/she still does.

1) Wrong.
2) It's not all about you and "nearly zero" is not zero.
3) Whatever.
4) Private shippers often use USPS for last mile type delivery.

And yes, their business model works -- you are ignorant.

I don't have the dictionary in front of me, but isn't a religion something that generally requires faith because it's not provable?

As far as the debt, it has nothing to do with their business model. You know that if you've been reading this thread or anything about the situation.

When the government starts treating my money like a finite resource and stops funding shit like Star Wars laser guided missile defense systems, aircraft that the military doesn't want, and other funding that brings our spending to more than the next several countries put together -- shit that folks like you tend to argue for -- then you can tell me the government is not a magic money tree when I want to keep Saturday delivery.