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Early in my career I worked for a CEO who complained about employees arriving late to work each morning. He wanted managers to put a stop to it and demanded the errant employees show up at 8 am …

Top stories for Long   I have two employees who usually leave work at 6pm each day. They are good employees, but I do not like that their commitment lasts only for working hours. What should I do as the boss? Kevin Herring, Founder and President of Ascent Management Consulting • Answered November 7, 2021 Early in my career I worked for a CEO who complained about employees arriving late to work each morning. He wanted managers to put a stop to it and demanded the errant empl... Read more » 2.8M 10.7K 558   Why is the top bunk considered disrespectful in jail/prison? Titan Robertson, studied Bachelor of Science in Nursing & Certified Emergency Nurse at Middle Ten... • Answered September 5, 2020 Bottom bunk is considered having a higher rank in jail. They usually put all new inmates on the top bunk. The bottom bunk owner have the abilities to use sheets to make the... Read more » 1.5M 5.6K 120   Why do the Romance languages have such different words for "children"? French "enfants", Spanish "niños"/"niñas", Portuguese "crianças", Catalan "nens", Italian "bambini"/"bambine", Romanian "copii"? Ygor Coelho, Native speaker and admirer of Brazilian Portuguese language • Updated June 1, 2021 There is a rule of thumb that you can apply for most languages, not just Romance languages: the more common and useful, but unspecific and generic, a word is, the more it i... Read more » 125.5K 722 70   Why are there no public toilets in Amsterdam? Berend Harmsen, lives in Amsterdam • Updated September 3, 2021 Because Amsterdam is in the Netherlands. I'm Dutch and proud of it. When I travel abroad I rarely return thinking: 'I wish our country had this thing they have there, becaus... Read more » 1.3M 1.4K 208   Why isn't garlic used in Japanese cuisine? Hantani Sadahiko, lives in Japan (1967-present) • Updated March 21 Garlic was introduced to Japan via China around the eighth century. In Japan, "Sake and strong-smelling vegetables (Garlic, Chinese chives, scallions, etc.) do not go throu... Read more » 1M 1.7K 67   What do high-end restaurants do if a credit card is declined at the end of a meal? Chris, Five Star, Five Diamond, Michelin Star Expert (2000-present) • Updated May 2 Since I worked at one of the most expensive restaurants in the US I faced this scenario often as the maitre d'. Most notable was the president of [redacted—an Eastern Europe... Read more » 3.9M 11.9K 433   Why didn't the Latin language thrive and spread like the use of English today, given that it had the powerful backing of the Roman Empire? Diego Alejandro García, Bilingual in English • Updated October 18, 2018 I will tell you a little story. A little under a year ago I was on a business trip to Europe. In meeting in Italy there were six of us: two Italian speakers, two Portuguese... Read more » 815.3K 5.2K 434   What caused Bea Arthur to dislike Betty White? Justin Mihalick, Teacher in the United States • Updated March 27 Bea Arthur and Betty White were friends before they did The Golden Girls, and never actually feuded or fought during the show. I think their friendship became frigid when B... Read more » 3.6M 4.2K 111   Do Koreans really sleep overnight at saunas and sleep on the floor, as shown in Korean dramas? Andi Roselund, lives in Seoul (1992-present) • Answered October 2, 2021 The answer is yes, the place being shown in Korean dramas specifically being 찜질방/jjimjilbang. Part of the problem some people seem to have trouble grasping is that most Kore... Read more » 673.8K 1.1K 33   Did Napoleon really say of the British army he faced at Waterloo: "My God, what troops. If I had two such regiments I could conquer the world."? Brokko89, Long period of interest in the Waterloo 1815 Campaign • Answered January 18 Napoleon thought he faced a mostly British army - which he referred to as 'the English'. He was not aware that many of the red-coated troops he saw opposing him before the ... Read more » 730.3K 2K 167   Suppose you are a Finn walking around in Helsinki and you find an Estonian speaking Finnish rather fluently. What speech cues would serve as a giveaway that you are dealing with an Estonian? Henriikka Keskinen, knows Finnish • Answered April 15 Sample in Finnish: Minä aion mennä sinne tänään (I'm going to go there today) Estonian speaking fluent Finnish might say:... Read more » 53.9K 182 16   What is the weirdest effective technique you have seen in a fight between two people? Mike Dochterman, Former Head of Think Tank (1980-present) • Answered December 17, 2019 I was sitting in a bar, minding my own business and next to me was this huge guy..6″ taller and about 20 years younger talking to two girls..well..he said something prepost... Read more » 872.1K 5.8K 137 Read more in your feed

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