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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by paul_f on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:33PM (#28557964)
Reminds me of the story in Freaknomics of a Daycare that instituted a late fee. After the fee was instituted, the number of parents being late went up!
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by KptMarchewa on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:59PM (#28558888)
Sounds like a situation where you go from feeling like an asshole to the daycare employees to utilizing service that you paid for.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by HWR_14 on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:52AM (#28561354)
That is exactly the conclusion they drew.
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