English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

M.A.R.

12:13 AM

@MathCubes you seem to have a specific example in mind, so I wish you'd share it

Yeah they told me that "I do not have any reasonable accomdations" despite giving them to me since April.

And they at the moment they render all of them void even with a doctor note and something that is reasonable for the condition

M.A.R.

@MathCubes in legalese I'm almost certain "discrimination" and "discriminatory behavior" would be specifically defined

MathCubes

Oh yeah true

that is what I asked about

I went up there and like 5 people was working but no one wanted to sign it...

I am quite sad about it they agree it was but they wasn't willing to put it on paper.

M.A.R.

@MathCubes sorry to hear that. But I meant a specific example. As Faheem said, "I'm being discriminated against" is correct and common wording. Also "I'm a victim of discriminatory behavior."

MathCubes

It's quite hard to go to court when no one is backing you.

M.A.R.

12:17 AM

But I'm sure there is more to it than we can tell you in this chat. For example, a lawyer might recommend active over passive voice, or a certain choice of words that leaves no room for other interpretations

MathCubes

I know

M.A.R.

Even whether such laws apply to your case might require some investigation of course.

MathCubes

Yeah discrimation base on disability

Kinda sad because as someone that is train as a first responder. I am train to put other people lieves first at all cost even if it costs me my own and so I wasn't expecting this response like eveyrone was nice and stood up for me until I ask for this

Than they like basically play stupid

M.A.R.

@Lambie "Sound notifications", in other words, pings. So as Jasper mentioned, click on the speaker icon above the room title on desktop

@MathCubes sounds terrible. I would trust only the people that I know would back me in such situations with such information. Others might not opt to help a coworker if it's at the expense of another coworker, even if it's the right thing to do

MathCubes

Doesn't matter there is the non fare act and as such.

And so if they try that $$$$$

M.A.R.

12:27 AM

Are there any organizations devoted to helping resolve issues similar to yours?

That's probably where you can find some supportive people

Lambie

@M.A.R. Thanks. I just did it. That sound is TRULY awful. Why don't they make it a pleasant sound? It's like everything else around here: stolid and grim,

M.A.R.

@MathCubes you mean this one?

MathCubes

Yeah

And there is something with the EEO

M.A.R.

@Lambie if it looks like a fun place managers won't let programmers slack off in SO chatrooms

MathCubes

So I would have to file an EEOC

M.A.R.

12:36 AM

As long as your English is understandable and proofread for typos I'm sure they won't mind

I'm going back to sleep. o/

Robusto

@M.A.R. If the programmers have any skills at all, they will be able to camouflage their activities well enough to evade any manager's attention in that respect.

Mitch

1:44 AM

@Lambie @user4539917 showed how to turn it off and on. And in one sense that answers why (or is it how? I don't really know)

But I think you've succeeded in describing it as the worst of all the effing kinds of sounds there are.

I'd call it a plonk though.

Robusto

@Mitch Some would call it a plunk.

Plunk Your Magic Twanger Froggy!

►

Mitch

I'm sure there's an actually real world label for it, like 'dropping a drawer of cutlery down the stairs' or 'the screams of mimes crushed in a freak elevator accident'

@Robusto It's surely a recording of -some- industrial accident?

Robusto

On the other hand, it does get your attention. Remember, that was what the spec sheet wanted, and the developer just said, "OK, if that's what you want, here goes."

Mitch

@M.A.R. What? Jasper?

@Lambie There is surely a history about it, and it is likely that I have heard that history at one point, but I cant remember and chat search is not helping me much.

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