Things I've learned so far:

  • the door handles are shitty and flimsy

  • the car sometimes doesn't go into park and will keep driving

  • they have a 'toy box' app including a whoopie cushion.

  • one of the settings for the whoopie cushion is, "I'm so Random!"

  • they are manufactured super quickly and sometimes are missing things as crucial as the charging kit

  • they come in at different charges

  • they come in on transport mode which limits the speed to 31 mph

  • they have an annoying ass UFO sound when you go in reverse, but are completely silent when they drive forward

  • they are just so plastic

  • CyberMao [it/its]
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    2 years ago

    I hear if you try and unionize, Elon will personally come and kidnap you to the emerald mines. Is that true?

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I'm gonna find out. I want to ask the drivers to officially work for Tesla if they have a union. I'll doxx myself if I see Musk coming towards me with a burlap sack.

        • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Just hedging the question like, 'It's good to work there, right? So you got a union?,

          • CyberMao [it/its]
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            2 years ago

            In case you’re not meming, don’t use the U word and get in contact with a Union rep who can get you organizer training. The course I took was 12 hours spread across 2 weekends and it gave us a fighting chance.

            • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Good call. I'll be careful. Thanks, comrade.

              • CrimsonSage [any]
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                2 years ago

                If management sniffs the U word you can be canned, and more than that blacklisted cus you can be sure as shit they have a way to flag that in background checks, be safe comrade.

                • CyberMao [it/its]
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                  2 years ago

                  :this: especially if it’s a “right to work” state.

                  It’s also a race to see who can reach more employees first and better. Doing social mapping and initial one-on-ones after management’s sicked their middle manager dogs on everyone is real stressful work.

                  • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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                    2 years ago

                    Hmmm. It is a right to work state. Oh well, I can use this time to do the reading and learn when best to agitate for unions.

                    • CyberMao [it/its]
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                      2 years ago

                      Better to learn before you need to than after. I lost my first push, but if I’d been able to start even just a few months early at “full strength”, we’d have wiped the floor with those ghoulish fucks. Just a few less mistakes and a bit more time to work on some tough social leaders would have pushed us over. Having a party organized and waiting until the material conditions are right isn’t just for governmental revolution. My workplace was so fucking ripe and I sat on my ass looking for a new job for 2 months before I reached out to a rep.

                  • CrimsonSage [any]
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                    2 years ago

                    It would really suck to become a "trouble maker" over a temp job. Like don't get me wrong hella respect if you are gonna do it, but it just seems like a bad idea to me.

                • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  That's good advice. I don't think many bazinga brains who unironically love Tesla would listen to a poc in a vest talk about the virtues of a union.