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Mostly Lurking's avatar

It's a "premium business activity"

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Dave Ferguson's avatar

Cost-benefit analysis for the discerning manager 🤣

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Rich's avatar

And remember kids...... it's only illegal if you get caught

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M W Knepp's avatar

This is uncomfortably true. I’ve seen many a story where the legal fines are a part of the budget

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Clumber's avatar

"Uncomfortably true"

Exactly. I've seen it in action, especially regarding employee rights and treatment. Or at the anon🗝️ymous bank I worked at 600 years ago they used this sort of math to determine how many customers they'd lose by making false promises and overcharging. A certain number won't know or bother to look into illegal actions, and those are an evil business' favorites.

Now I need a scalding shower, perhaps with a steel wool "loofa" after remembering that place. FTOR I quit when they insisted that I lie to customers. Told them exactly that in the exit interview. HR lady did an amazing gymnastics display trying to convince me to use a description other than "lie".

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Clumber's avatar

I can give no reaction more perfectly than the expression of the lad in the 4th panel, right side.

Excellent. 🤟

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Dave Reed's avatar

Calm down, folks. It’s just the cost of doing business. 🤡

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Seun Joseph's avatar

This is a classic example of the '9 and 6' scenario😅😅

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david thomas's avatar

Brilliant.

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Шала Бајзер's avatar

Smells like Big Pharma mafia.

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Irina Rokosz 🧩's avatar

Hahaha, spot on! 🤣

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⚡️Kathy E Gill's avatar

Until the fines have real meaning, this IS the calculus.

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